Claim: Christopher Lee portrayed Francisco Scaramanga in From Russia with Love.

Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond novel and film versions of The Man with the Golden Gun . Scaramanga 's signature weapon is a golden gun . In the novel , the character is nicknamed `` Pistols '' Scaramanga and is also called `` Paco '' -LRB- a Spanish diminutive of Francisco -RRB- . In the film , the character was played by Christopher Lee -LRB- the real-life step-cousin of James Bond creator Ian Fleming -RRB- .