QuickCheck: Was a famous Hollywood star a special forces soldier in WW2?

From Dracula to Saruman (seen pictured here), British actor Christopher Lee played many memorable villains during his long career as an actor.

HOLLYWOOD stars tend to live glamour-filled lives that can get action-packed once the cameras start rolling, but it has been claimed that some like the late British actor Christopher Lee experienced off-screen adventures that would rival some of the best blockbusters.

Over the years, it has been alleged that Lee – who famously starred as Saruman in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and as Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels – participated in secret operations in World War 2, the kind we'd call special forces operations today.