Byron Lee(1935-2008)

Composer
Actor
Soundtrack

Byron Lee in The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000)

Byron Lee was born on 27 June 1935 in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]. He was a composer and actor, known for Dr. No (1962), The Mosquito Coast (1986) and My Father the Hero (1994). He was married to Sheila. He died on 4 November 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Known for

Dr. No

7.2

Singer at Puss Feller's(uncredited)

1962

The Mosquito Coast

6.6

Soundtrack("Gimme Soca")

1986

My Father the Hero

5.5

Soundtrack("Dance Hall Soca")

1994

Off and Running

5.2

Soundtrack("Tiney Winey")

1991

Credits

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Composer

UB40: Groovin'
3.4
Music Video
- Composer
- 1990
The Treasure Seekers
5.4
- Composer
- 1979

Actor

Soundtrack

The Sound of 007
7.4
- performer: "Jump Up"
- 2022
Death in Paradise
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "Tiney Winey"
- performer: "The Law"
- writer: "The Law" (uncredited)
- 2011–2021
Showboaters
TV Series
- performer: "Express Yourself" (uncredited)
- 2011
Clubbed
6.7
- performer: "Jamaica Ska"
- 2008
The Sex Monster
5.1
- performer: "Feeling Nice"
- 1999
My Father the Hero
5.5
- performer: "Dance Hall Soca"
- 1994
Off and Running
5.2
- performer: "Tiney Winey"
- 1991
Back to the Beach
5.9
- Soundtrack ("Jamaica Ska")
- 1987
The Mosquito Coast
6.6
- performer: "Gimme Soca"
- 1986
Shindig!
7.9
TV Series
- writer: "Jamaica Ska"
- 1964
Dr. No
7.2
- performer: "Under the Mango Tree", "Jump Up", "Kingston Calypso" (uncredited), "Under the Mango Tree" (uncredited)
- 1962