Claim: Christopher Lee portrayed Francisco Scaramanga in From Russia with Love.
Evidence: His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun -LRB- 1974 -RRB- , Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy -LRB- 2001 -- 2003 -RRB- and The Hobbit film trilogy -LRB- 2012 -- 2014 -RRB- , and Count Dooku in the second and third films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy -LRB- 2002 and 2005 -RRB-.
In the film , the character was played by Christopher Lee -LRB- the real-life step-cousin of James Bond creator Ian Fleming -RRB-.