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M (Bernard Lee)

## Miles Messervy

**Sir Miles Messervy (or M)** is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; the character is the Head of Secret Intelligence Service—also known as MI6.

M was played by Bernard Lee from the first Bond movie, Dr. No, until Moonraker (1979). As in the novels, it is hinted that M's real name is Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy. While his name was hinted at throughout the novel series and finally revealed in The Man with the Golden Gun, in the movie series only his first name, Miles, was revealed (in The Spy Who Loved Me). Like his novel counterpart, he also has the rank of Vice Admiral and it is generally assumed that the M of the films and of Fleming's books are one and the same person.

## Film biography

In Dr. No, M refers to his record in reducing the number of operative casualties since taking the job, implying someone else held the job recently before him. The film also saw M refer to himself as head of MI7; Lee had originally said MI6, but was overdubbed with the name MI7 prior to the film's release. Earlier in the film, the department had been referred to as MI6 by a radio operator.

On many occasions, M demonstrates his high opinion of Bond despite his occasionally problematic methods and flippant nature; when informed that Bond had witnessed the dead body of François Derval despite other witnesses seeing him boarding a plane after that time, M stated that 007's word was enough to make him consider that avenue of investigation worth exploring.

## Behind the scenes

A number of Bond scholars have noted the Lee's interpretation of the character was in line with the original literary representation; Cork and Stutz observed that Lee was "very close to Fleming's version of the character", whilst Rubin commented on the serious, efficient, no-nonsense authority figure. Smith and Lavington, meanwhile, remarked that Lee was "the very incarnation of Fleming's crusty admiral."

Lee died of cancer in January 1981, four months into the filming of For Your Eyes Only and before any of his scenes could be filmed. Out of respect, no new actor was hired to assume the role and, instead, the script was re-written so that the character is said to be on leave, with his lines given to either his Chief of Staff Bill Tanner or the Minister of Defence, Sir Fredrick Gray. Later films referred to Lee's tenure as head of the service, with a painting of him as M in MI6's Scottish headquarters during the 1999 installment The World Is Not Enough.

## See also

* M (Literary)
* M (Robert Brown)
* M (Judi Dench)
* M (Ralph Fiennes)
* M (Denia Swaby Ortiz)
Mehmet

**Mehmet** was one of Kerim Bey's sons and Agent of Station T in the 1963 movie From Russia with Love.

## Film biography

He is seen at Belgrad station. Bond told him, his father murdered and asked to help to get across the frontier between Yugoslavia and Trieste. Asked to send a message to M in London, to tell him send someone from station Y to meet Bond in Zagreb. He was portrayed by Nushet Ataer.
Denise

**Denise** is the leader of Pussy Galore's Flying Circus. She is portrayed by Aleta Morrison.

## Film biography

In Goldfinger's "Operation Grand Slam", the pilots of Pussy Galore's Flying Circus are responsible for spraying Delta 9 nerve gas over Fort Knox. In theory, the deadly gas was to kill the gold depository's defenders, allowing Goldfinger to walk in unopposed and plant an atomic device in the vault. On the day of the attack, Operation Grand Slam began with Pussy Galore's Flying Circus spraying the gas over Fort Knox as planned. However, Bond had seduced Pussy, convincing her to replace the nerve gas with a harmless substance and alert the U.S. government about Goldfinger's plan.

## Behind the Scenes

* In the script when we first meet her her name is listed as Althea but later on it says Denise. Either this was a mistake or the two were mashed into one.
Mary Trueblood (Dolores Keator)

## Mary Trueblood

**Mary Trueblood** is assistant to British Secret Service section chief John Strangways in the Ian Fleming novel Dr. No and its 1962 film adaptation. In the latter she is played by Dolores Keator.

## Film biography

As in the novel, Mary Trueblood was secretary to John Strangways, operating the British Secret Service station in Jamaica. Unaware that Strangways has been murdered, she proceeds to make contact with London for their scheduled transmission. Hearing a noise, she proceeds to investigate, only to find Strangways' killers, the Three Blind Mice breaking into the house. As she turns, she finds one of the men at the window behind her and is shot in the breast. As they take her body out, they carefully remove all the Service's files relating to Crab Key and Dr. No.

## Trivia

* Dr. No was Dolores Keator's only onscreen role in the movie business, and her work was uncreditted on the film. She owned the building in Jamaica used for filming as Strangways' house.
* Mary was the first Bond girl ever to appear onscreen in the official EON Bond films. Although she isn't technically an official Bond girl, as her part is minor and she never had any romances with Bond that we know of.
Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)

## Emilio Largo

**Emilio Largo** is a high ranking member of the international and criminal organization SPECTRE and the main villain of the 1961 novel and 1965 James Bond film Thunderball in which he was played by Italian actor Adolfo Celi.

## Film biography

In the 1965 film adaptation, Largo is portrayed as a grey-haired man in his 40s who wears an eye patch and works for the criminal organization, SPECTRE. In the film, Largo is "No. 2" and head of extortion operations.

As with the novel, Largo has two main headquarters; a villa at Palmyra and his private yacht, the Disco Volante. Unlike the novel, his estate at Palmyra plays a much greater role in the film adaptation. When not transporting the warheads, Largo spends much of his time at the villa, which now includes a large swimming pool filled with his prized shark collection. Bond is later knocked into the shark pool, but manages to narrowly escape.

### Scheme

Largo's scheme in Thunderball, at the time, was unique and ingenious. It involved the theft of two nuclear weapons from NATO at sea to which he would then use to hold the world hostage by threating to detonate the two devices in England or the United States unless they paid the ransom of £100 million British pounds. This scheme has been used countless times since Thunderball and is even a joke in the Austin Powers series of movies.

### Death

In the film, his death is less gruesome than the novel, but more dramatic. As Bond and Largo do battle on the bridge of the Disco Volante, the spy is knocked to the floor by a sudden collision. In the confusion Largo snatches a nearby pistol and holds 007 at gunpoint. As he prepares to pull the trigger Domino shoots him in the back with a harpoon. He turns and collapses dead on the ship's wheel, jamming the controls. Unable to move the body and with seconds to spare, Bond, Domino and Kutze leap overboard as the Disco Volante runs aground and explodes violently.

## Henchmen

Fiona VolpeCount LippeAngelo PalazziVargasJanniDimitriRicardoLadislav KutzeQuist
## Trivia

* Emilio Largo is parodied in all of the Austin Powers movies as a character named "Number Two". Number Two, played by Robert Wagner, also has an eyepatch and is the second in command in Dr. Evil's evil organization.

## See also

* Thunderball
* Never Say Never Again
* SPECTRE
* Maximillian Largo
* List of James Bond villains
Nara

**Nara** is a minor character in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, and was portrayed by Yuen Qiu. She and her sister first seen when Lieutenant Hip bring them home from school, but first bring Bond to Hai Fat's house. Next seen when Bond escaped from Hai Fat's Marital Arts School she and her sister helped to defeat the students. Their father has a karate school and they can fight very well.
Kerim Bey (Literary)

## Darko Kerim

**Darko Kerim** (also referred to as **Kerim Bey**, where Bey is the equivalent of the English "Mister") was Head of the British Secret Service's "Station T" in Istanbul and a prominent ally of James Bond. He is known by the British secret service by the letter "T" in the same way that Miles Messervy is known as "M".

## Novel biography

Darko Kerim was born in Trezibond (now Trabzon) to a Turkish father, a fisherman, and an English mother, a governess. At the age of twenty he too was a fisherman, and was recruited into MI6 by a Major Dansey who wanted information about the Russian oil installations and naval base at Batoum, only 50 miles away. He later infiltrated Soviet Georgia as a strongman and wrestler in a travelling circus.

He became Head of Station T in Istanbul in the late 1930s. He uses his many sons and uncles as agents, running a business trading spices as cover. In his office Bond notices certificates showing that he has two Mentions in Dispatches and the military OBE. He is described as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88m) tall, powerfully built, dark, with a broken nose. He smokes Turkish cigarettes (naturally), and has an insatiable appetite for raw food, coffee, alcohol, and women.

He meets Bond and arranges for false papers in order for Bond and Tatiana Romanova to leave the country. Later he takes Bond through a rat-infested tunnel to a periscope he had installed below the Russian Embassy. This gives Bond his first look at Tatania. He then takes Bond to the Gipsy Camp (also used by Kerim as agents) where they witness the girl-fight, before being attacked by "The Faceless Ones", Bulgarian thugs employed by the Russians.

Afterwards Kerim (with Bond's help) kills Krilencu, leader of the Bulgars, with a sniper rifle concealed in a walking stick, as the Bulgarian attempts to leave his apartment using an escape hatch hidden behind a film poster. He then accompanies Bond and Tatania on the train out of Turkey. He arranges for two of the three MGB men following Bond to be arrested, but is stabbed to death by the third, killing his assassin in the process.
Domino (Claudine Auger)

## Dominique Derval

**Dominique Derval**, known simply by her nickname **Domino**, is the mistress of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film, Thunderball. She was portrayed by French actress Claudine Auger and was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. The character was based upon Dominetta Vitali in the Ian Fleming novel, Thunderball.

## Film biography

Domino is seen when Bond is swimming in Nassau, her foot gets stuck in a form of ocean floor but Bond sets her free. She swims up to her boat and thanks Bond. Bond swims back to his boat with his Nassau contact, Paula Caplan. Paula takes care of their boat as Bond is about to learn more about Domino. Domino and Bond have lunch on the beach. But Quist spies on the two. A sign that Domino had to go back to the Disco Volante. At the hotel Bond stayed in, Bond sees Domino with Largo, Domino was smoking a cigar, as Bond bid in the game against Largo. Domino tells Largo that Bond pressed her to a drink. Domino and Bond slow-dance outside but Largo collects her. At Largo's home, Palmyra, Domino is swimming when Bond visits. She leaves Bond with Largo to go make lunch. Largo invites Bond to the Nassau Junkanoo.

After attending the Junkanoo with Bond, Domino tells Bond that Felix Leiter is trying to contact him. He leaves Felix with Domino, to go and search for Paula, who had been kidnapped by Fiona Volpe. It turns out Paula committed suicide by swallowing cyanide. Domino sees Bond in the water the next day, they go on shore and Bond tells the rather misunderstood Domino the entire predicament that her brother was killed by Largo and Largo plans to make a nuclear holocaust with the bombs SPECTRE gave him. She helps Bond kill Vargas and spies on board the Disco Volante but is caught and tortured by Largo.

After being released by a repentant Kutze, she proceeds up to the ship's bridge to find Largo holding Bond at gunpoint. As he prepares to pull the trigger Domino shoots him in the back with a harpoon. He turns and collapses dead on the ship's wheel, jamming the controls. Unable to move the body and with seconds to spare, Bond, Domino and Kutze leap overboard as the Disco Volante runs aground and explodes violently. The two are subsequently saved by the CIA and are carried off into the air by a sky hook.

## See Also

* Domino (Literary)
* Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger)
Julius Harris

**Julius W. Harris** (1923-2004) is an American voice actor, most famous for playing Tee-Hee Johnson in Live and Let Die, a 1973 film.

## Biography

Born in Philadelphia in 1923, Harris moved to England in 1973. The 50-year-old man got a role as Tee Hee, a man with literal hands of steel. His character was killed off when James Bond tore out his arm and off and shoved him out of a window.

Harris had a stunt double who actually died falling from the great height.

## Death

After marrying, having one son, and moving to California in 2004, Harris died from heart failure at the age of 81. He was cremated in Philadelphia, and his ashes were interred.
Charlie

Charlie is a minor character who appears in Live and Let Die.

## Film biography

Charlie is the taxi driver who picks James Bond up after he has arrived in New York. He also works as an undercover agent for the CIA. On FDR Drive the assassin known as Whisper driving a white Corvorado fires a metal dart from the wing mirror into Charlie's temple killing him. This causes Charlie's foot to stomp on the accelerator trapping Bond in the speeding car.
Jill St. John

**Jill St. John** (born **Jill Arlyn Oppenheim** on August 19, 1940) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the Bond girl   in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

## Early life

St. John was born **Jill Arlyn Oppenheim** in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Betty (née Goldberg, 1913-1998) and Edward Oppenheim, a prosperous restaurant owner. As a young girl, St. John was a member of the Children's Ballet Company with Natalie Wood and Stefani Powers. She attended Powers Professional School and received her high school diploma from Hollywood Professional School in the spring of 1955 at age 14. At 15, St. John enrolled at UCLA's Extension School.
Adam

**Adam** is a character who appears only in the film adaptation of Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die. He is portrayed by Tommy Lane.

## Film biography

Adam is an underling of Mr. Big (Dr. Kananga) but mainly receives his instructions from Tee-Hee; in some ways he can be considered the latter's right hand. He first appears at the airport where Bond and Solitaire are captured and then leads Mr. Big's men in pursuing Bond after he escapes from the alligator farm.

He accidentally brings Sherrif J.W. Pepper's attention for speeding and J.W. attempted to arrest him but Bond surprised him by jumping the boat he driven over them while Adam manages to make a getaway. He later steals a speedboat from J.W.'s brother-in-law Billy-Bob to chase Bond and, at the climax of the chase near an abandoned tanker, is doused in petrol by Bond. Disoriented by this attack, he loses control of his boat as it crashes into the tanker and perishes in the explosion.
Miss Moneypenny (Literary)

## Moneypenny

**Miss Moneypenny**, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's boss and head of the British Secret Service.

Although she has a small part in the films, it is always highlighted by the underscored romantic tension between her and Bond; something that is virtually nonexistent in Ian Fleming's novels, though somewhat more apparent in the Bond novels of John Gardner and Raymond Benson.

## Novel biography

In Ian Fleming's first draft of Casino Royale, Moneypenny's name was originally "Miss 'Petty' Pettaval," which was taken from Kathleen Pettigrew, the personal assistant to MI6 director Stewart Menzies. Fleming changed it to be less obvious. In Andrew Lycett's Ian Fleming, he discloses the source of the name "Miss Moneypenny," to be the name of a character in an unpublished novel by Fleming's brother, Peter. Other candidates for Moneypenny's inspiration include Vera Atkins of Special Operations Executive; Paddy Ridsdale, a Naval Intelligence secretary; and Joan Bright Astley, whom Fleming dated during World War II, and who was noted for giving a warm and friendly reception to senior officers who visited her office to view confidential papers.

Miss Moneypenny is the confidential clerk and private secretary to M, the head of MI6. She holds the rank of Lieutenant RN, which is a prerequisite rank for this position. She is cleared for Top-Secret, Eyes-Only and Cabinet-Level intelligence reports, the latter of which she is often required to prepare, and in some cases present. M's personal assistant is utterly dedicated to her work, which means she has little time for a social life. A close confidante of her boss, she also enjoys a flirtatious — though never consummated — relationship with 007, whom she understands perfectly. In both the Bond novels and films based upon them, Moneypenny is smitten with Bond. For example, in the novel Thunderball, Fleming wrote that she "often dreamed hopelessly about Bond." However, she never vocalizes these feelings.

Miss Moneypenny's role in Fleming's novels is generally even smaller than that of her role in the films. In the novels, Bond also has his own secretary, Loelia Ponsonby and later Mary Goodnight, both of which often had their lines and relationships transferred to Miss Moneypenny for the films.

Since the character's first appearance in Casino Royale, neither Fleming nor any succeeding Bond novelist or screenwriter had ever seen fit to give Moneypenny a first name. In a few of the books and at least one film, Bond refers to her by the nickname "Penny" (a shortened version of her last name). The Moneypenny Diaries officially gives her a first name: Jane.

On October 10, 2005, John Murray published the first of three Ian Fleming Publications' sanctioned novels, written by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, entitled The Moneypenny Diaries, a trilogy from the point of view of Miss Moneypenny.

## See also

* Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
* Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss)
* Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond)
* Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris)
* List of James Bond allies
Mr. Ling

**Mr. Ling** is Auric Goldfinger's apparent technical liaison who appears in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. He was portrayed by Burt Kwouk.

## Film biography

He is witnessed overseeing the operation of the industrial laser that nearly bisects Bond, and later, during the raid on Fort Knox, is seen supervising the priming of the atomic device intended to irradiate the gold reserves therein. Near the end of the film, Goldfinger, disguised as an American army officer, callously guns down Ling to convince the incoming troops he is on their side.

## 007 Legends

Ling appears in the Goldfinger level and is first seen talking to Pussy, who wants the report on the gas containers, but he tells her that he only listens to Goldfinger and she tells him that he has thirty minutes. He later appears with Pussy and Goldfinger about Ling ignoring her and Goldfinger tells her that Operation: Grand Slam will go on with or without her help. He later appears in the passenger seat of Bond's Aston Martin DBS V12, holding him at gunpoint with a Walther P99 and tells him to drive back to the complex.

As he drove on, Bond tells him to fasten his seatbelt and quipped "I wouldn't want to lose a passenger." and pressed the passenger ejector seat button on the gear nob, releasing Ling from the car, His fate is unknown, it's possible he fell to his death.
Blofeld (Hollis/Rietty)

In Diamonds are Forever (1971) Blofeld is trapped in his escape sub while Bond uses a winch and rigg to smash the sub into the fake oil rigg control. Somehow Blofeld has survived; he makes his last appearence in the 1981 For Your Eyes Only. Bond is visting his wife Tracy Bond grave whom Blofield killed in On Her Majesty's Secret Service {1969). Bond accepts a helicopter ride, only for the pilot to be killed and Blofield sadisticaly controls the helicopter from a wheelchair. Bond however breaks the connection and gains control of the helicopter and literaly scoops up Blofield; ironically Bond assures Blofield he will put the villian down-he drops him to his doom down a an industrial chimney from the helicopter. Blofield screams MR BONDDDD as he falls to his doom once and for all, ridding Bond of Blofield forever and putting an end to SPECTRE which has bedeviled Bond since Dr No {1962} although Blofield did not appear until From Russia with Love {1963)

John Hollis played Blofeld body and Robert Rietty was the voice actor.Blofeld's face is not seen close-up and his name is not used, due to the legal battle with Kevin McClory revealed in the film's DVD commentary. However as the main villian of the 7 movies it is implied that only Blofeld knowing Bond grief for his wife would have tried to kill him as he did Tracy Bond. Besides a trademark of Blofield is his white cat; before Bond scoops up Blofeld the cat wisely had run to safety.

Triva

Blofied in 1982-2021 Bond Films

Blofield is reserected for a brief Cameo in Never Say Never Again (1983)[ however this is a remake of the classic 1965 James Bond Movie Thunderball ]and also appears in Spectre (2015) (as Bonds foster brother/Arrested), and No Time to Die (2021)[Still in prison]
Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger)

## Domino Petachi

**Domino Petachi** is a re-imagined character based on the Thunderball character Domino. She appears in the unofficial James Bond film, Never Say Never Again (1983), which was an unofficial remake of the 1961 James Bond novel Thunderball and its subsequent 1965 film adaptation. She was played by Kim Basinger.

Never Say Never Again marked the high-point of a long legal battle between United Artists and Kevin McClory. For more information see: the controversy over Thunderball.

## Film biography

In the unofficial film Never Say Never Again Domino Petachi is structured after Domino Derval, this time however, she is played by Kim Basinger. The character is still called Domino (however now it is no longer just a nickname) yet her last name has become Petachi, the reason for this change is unknown. Although somewhat less assertive than the Thunderball version- being clearly terrified when she is nearly sold off to a group of Arabs-, she nevertheless kills Largo and avenges her brother. The film ends with Bond retiring from the service to be with her.

## See Also

* Domino (Literary)
* Domino (Claudine Auger)
Bambi

**Bambi** is the name of one of two women acting as guards to prevent anyone from seeing the reclusive Willard Whyte. The character was developed especially for the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever and was portrayed Lola Larson.

## Film biography

When James Bond enters the house where Mr. Whyte is supposed to be staying at, he's greeted by these two beautiful women, who quickly attack him using various athletic jumps and kicks. James Bond is even choked by Bambi's thighs, but soon gets out from that predicament, only to be thrown into an outdoor pool. Sensing an opportunity to finish Bond off, the two women dive in to the pool and attempt to drown him.

The exhausted and beaten Bond looks to be easy prey for these nimble karate experts and they quickly seize the advantage and hold Bond's head underwater.  However, it soon turns out to be a tactical error for the ladies.  Transferring the fight to the deep end of the pool, negates their martial arts skills and Bond is quickly able to turn the tables on the girls and holds them both underwater until Felix Leiter and his men show up.  Bond continues to hold the ladies underwater for 30 seconds as they thrash about.  By now their struggle indicates that they are desperate for air.

Bond lifts their heads up for a quick breath but then it's right back under immediately while he talks amusedly to Leiter, who complains about Bond wasting time in the pool. The bubbles and struggles of the women underwater indicate that they are near drowning at this point and Bond senses that they might be ready to talk. Bond first releases Thumper, and she desperately uses her last breath to swim to the poolside while Bond continues to hold Bambi under.

Thumper knows that her partner needs air so she complies by pointing to the shed below where Whyte is being held.  Then Bond releases his hold on Bambi, who desperately swims to the side. Bond, heading for Whyte, leaves behind the exhaustedly coughing women who are holding on to the sides of the pool, gasping for air before they are presumably arrested.
Chief Petty Officer Hammond

**Chief Petty Officer Hammond** was M's Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, who followed him into retirement serving as his butler.

## Film biography

Hammond served as a Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy with M until following M into retirement after he resigned to head MI6. He serves as the butler of M's private residence, Quarterdeck.

After James Bond had discovered intel on the whereabouts of Ernst Stavro Blofeld he drove to Quarterdeck to inform M of his findings. Hammond greeted Commander Bond at the front door and showed him through to his former Admiral.
Adolfo Celi

**Adolfo Celi** (1922-1986) portrayed Emilio Largo in the 1965 film Thunderball.

## Biography

Born in Sicily, Italy, on the July 27th 1922, Adolfo Celi was a bilingual writer, director and actor. With over 100 credits to his name, Celi was a familiar face in Italian cinema. While his talent for languages and his striking figure won him range of films in the UK and America, Celi was almost always dubbed when appearing in English speaking movies.

Prior to his brush with Bond, Adolfo Celi lived and worked in Argentina and Brazil where he made a successful career as a stage actor and director in the 1950s. Celi directed a successful Latin-American production, "Tico-Tico no Fubá" in 1952.

"Thunderball", Sean Connery's fourth outing as 007, exploded onto cinema screens in 1965 and Celi was exposed to Hollywood. In the film, Celi's thick Sicilian accent was overdubbed by Anglo-Italian actor Robert Rietty for the final cut.

After winning the role of Largo, Celi came to the attention of British and American audiences but retained a slim profile in Hollywood, instead enjoying a full and successful career as an actor and occasional a director in Europe. Celi remains a much-loved figure of Italian movie-making.

## Death

Adolfo Celi's final credit was in 1987 before passing away after a heart attack in Rome.
Benz

**Benz** was a Russian agent in the 1963 movie *From Russia with Love*.

## Film biography

First seen on the conference with General Vassili, Koslovski and Krilencu in the Soviet Consulate. Later he and another agent cought sight of Bond and Romanova.Than he followed them on the Orient Express. Later Kerim catched and interrogated him in his passenger cabin. He is shot by Grant.
Live and Let Die (song)

**Live and Let Die** is the theme song of the Bond film of the same name. Like the score for the entire film, the song was written by Paul McCartney (along with Linda McCartney). It was performed by Paul McCartney and the band Wings.

## Lyrics

When you were young,

and your heart was an open book.

You used to say, "Live and let live",

(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did),

but if this ever-changing world in which we live in,

makes you give in and cry.

Say live and let die,

live and let die,

live and let die,

live and let die.

What does it matter to ya, when you've got a job to do, you gotta do it well,

you gotta give the other fellow Hell.

You used to say, "Live and let live'",

(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did),

but if this ever-changing world in which we live in,

makes you give in and cry.

Say, live and let die,

live and let die,

live and let die,

live and let die.
Irma Bunt (Literary)

## Irma Bunt

**Irma Bunt** is a close aide of SPECTRE chief Ernst Stavro Blofeld. She first appears in the Ian Fleming novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service and went on to appear in his subsequent novel, You Only Live Twice.

The character subsequently appeared in the 1969 film adaptation of On Her Majesty's Secret Service portrayed by German actress Ilse Steppat. The role was Steppat's first English speaking part; it would also prove to be her last.

Bunt also appears in the Raymond Benson short story "Blast From the Past", only published in the January 1997 issue of Playboy magazine.

## Novel biography

The literary version of Irma Bunt appears in two of Ian Fleming's novels: OHMSS and its sequel, You Only Live Twice, wherein she appears to have a relationship with Blofeld, referring to him as "lieber Ernst" (dear Ernst) and adopting the alias of his wife. She also doesn't kill Bond's wife as Blofeld is the one who shoots her. She is killed by Bond in an explosion.

### Blast From the Past

Irma Bunt also appears in Raymond Benson's "Blast From the Past" short story, only published in the January 1997 issue of Playboy. In this sequel to the book You Only Live Twice; after almost being killed by James Bond, she takes revenge upon the secret agent. Her last experience at the hands of Bond disfigured part of her head, which required her to wear a mask over a prosthetic skull. She seeks revenge on Bond for this, as well as for killing her mentor Blofeld. She begins her revenge plan by killing James Suzuki, whose parents were James Bond and Kissy Suzuki.
Madeleine Swann

**Madeleine Swann** is a fictional archaeologist and the estranged daughter of Hannes Oberhauser, who appeared in the 2015 James Bond film Risico, portrayed by French actress Léa Seydoux.

## Biography

### Background

Born in 1985, she is the only child of Austrian climbing and skiing instructor, Hannes Oberhauser. When she was a young child, she was very close to her father, however, in her youth, she grew to resent him after he came back from war, after joining the French Foreign Legion.
Bond 26

**Bond 26** is the twenty-sixth film in the James Bond series produced by EON Productions. It is a series reboot and the first to feature the new 007.

## Cast & Characters

* Robert Pattinson as James Bond
* Michaela Coel as Maya Grey
* Oscar Isaac as Rafe Aznar
* Olivia Colman as M
* Joel Edgerton as Felix Leiter
* Angela Sarafyan as Dinara
* Stephen McKinley Henderson as Buonapart Ignace Gallia
* Peter Ferdinando as Max Faba
* Himesh Patel as Q
* Anya Chalotra as Moneypenny
* Greg Rementer as Paco
* Vladimir Mashkov as Sergei Jegorov
* Tawfeek Barhom as Reza
* Lennie James as Bill Tanner

## Locations

* Cadiz, Spain
* Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean
* London, UK
* Mumbai, India
* Panama City, Panama
* Kingston, Jamaica
* Badive, South Africa
Jacques Bouvar

Colonel **Jacques Bouvar** was an influential member of SPECTRE. He was featured during the pre-credits sequence of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball and was portrayed by stuntman Bob Simmons with Rose Alba standing in for the female scenes.

There is some discrepancy surrounding the character's name. Though pronounced onscreen as "Boo-Va", in the credits, his "widow" is listed as Madame Boitier (which would be pronounced "Bwa-tee-ay").

## Film biography

Bond and his French liason were present at the funeral of SPECTRE number 6, Colonel Jacques Bouvar, investigating his apparent death. After noting that both Bouvar and Bond share the same initials, Mlle. La Porte explains that the colonel passed away in his sleep.

Bond laments that he did not have the opportunity to kill the SPECTRE operative personally, stating that he had murdered two of his colleagues. As the pair stand on the balcony outside the chapel, Bond observes Bouvar's widow behaving suspiciously.

It is revealed that in an attempt to evade reprisals, Colonel Bouvar has faked his death and disguised himself as his own widow. Bond surprises him at his French château, where a fight ensues and ends with Bond breaking Bouvar's neck with a fire poker.

## Behind the scenes

Originally, Bouvar was to be strangled to death with his own bra rather than the poker that was eventually used. The idea was eventually reused in the pre-title sequence of Diamonds Are Forever, where Bond strangles Marie to obtain information on Ernst Stavro Blofeld's whereabouts.

Another change that occurred during production was the location of Bond's showdown with Bouvar. Originally it was to have been set in an oriental strip club/gambling den in Hong Kong with Bouvar disguised as a cabaret artiste dressed in a peacock costume.

## Trivia

* During the bogus funeral, the French liaison remarks that Bouvar and Bond both share the same initials. This would be the second such reference to Bond's apparent death at the beginning of a movie; a trend started with From Russia with Love.

## See also

* *Thunderball*
* SPECTRE
* Ernst Stavro Blofeld
* Emilio Largo
* List of James Bond villains
Jane Seymour

**Jane Seymour**, OBE (born **Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg**; 15 February 1951) is an English actress best known for her performances in the James Bond   film Live and Let Die   (1973), Somewhere in Time(1980), East of Eden (1981), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), War and Remembrance (1988), the 1989 political thriller La Revolution franciase, Wedding Crashers (2005), and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998).

She has earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.

Seymour plays main Bond girl, Miss Solitaire in the Bond film, Live and Let Die.
John Strangways (Timothy Moxon)

## John Strangways

**John Strangways** was a British spy living in Jamaica until he was assassinated. He appeared in the 1962 film Dr. No and was portrayed by Timothy Moxon, dubbed by Robert Rietty.

## Film biography

Strangways plays cards with R. J. Dent and two other men at a country club in Kingston, Jamaica. He excuses himself to make a call, but he is actually leaving to radio into MI6 as he is a British spy. In the parking lot, he is shot down by The Three Blind Mice assassins, and they take his body away. James Bond is assigned to investigate what happened to him. Bond discovers that Strangways was researching rocks on Dr. Julius No's island of Key Crab, and that R. J. Dent was covering up the evidence.

## Trivia

* After his murder just minutes into Dr. No, Strangways holds the dubious distinction of being the first person to be seen to die in the canonical James Bond film series.
Ladislav Kutze

**Ladislav Kutze** or **Kotze** was was a physicist who was employed by SPECTRE to examine and adapt the atomic bombs which the organization had stolen from the British. He appears in both the novel Thunderball and its film adaptation. Kutze was portrayed by George Pravda.

## Novel biography

In the Ian Fleming novel Thunderball, the character is instead referred to simply as Kotze. Kotze, SPECTRE no. 5, was an East German physicist who had defected. He survived the events of Thunderball, but was captured and told all he knew about SPECTRE.

## Film biography

In the 1965 film adaptation of Thunderball, Kotze's name was changed to Ladislav Kutze. He was a Polish nuclear physicist working with SPECTRE to maintain and examine the two nuclear bombs which the organization had stolen from the British.

Kutze's motivation was primarily one of scholarly interest in the mechanics of the weapons themselves. Indeed, he was particularly excited to have been given the opportunity to examine the atomic warheads.

He eventually redeems himself by releasing Domino Vitali following her torture at Largo's hands and expresses regret over his part in enabling use of the atomic weapons, stating that he had disposed of the arming device by throwing it overboard - thus rendering the bombs harmless.

Curiously, his fate is unknown. At the end of 'Thunderball', Bond (perhaps unintentionally) abandons him somewhere off the coast of Florida. His last words were "I never learned to swim," to which Bond replied "never too late to learn".. Although Kutze has a life preserver when he jumps overboard with Bond and Domino he is not shown being rescueded although Domino and Bond are; presumedly he was killed either by the concussion of the explosing boat or drowned.

## See also

* Thunderball
* SPECTRE
* Emilio Largo
Hannes Oberhauser (Literary)

## Hannes Oberhauser

**Hannes Oberhauser** was an Austrian climbing and skiing instructor, later an officer in the Gestapo, and a father-like figure to James Bond. The character was first mentioned in the 1966 Ian Fleming short-story Octopussy. He was later adapted into a similar character for the 2015 James Bond film SPECTRE.

## Biography

Oberhauser taught climbing and skiing in Kitzbühel before World War II. He even taught James Bond during his youth while he was on term breaks while attending Fettes College. He formed a very strong paternal relationship with James, to such an extent that he later referred to him as his second father. After the annexation of Austria and outbreak of war with Great Britain he was drafted into the Gestapo, probably due to his ability to speak English.

One day, in the closing weeks of the war, a British officer named Dexter Smythe arrived by jeep at Oberhauser's chalet and arrested him. He had told his weeping, protesting family that he was being taken to an interrogation camp in Munich. If the Oberhauser's record was clean he would be released within a week. If his family caused a drama it would just make things worse for Oberhauser.

The officer and Oberhauser drove off and Oberhauser was told that in exchange for assisting him climbing the Kaiser range, he would report to his commanding officer that he had been cleared at Munich. He guided the Englishman up the mountain to a hut where he was shot point blank in the back of the skull by the officer's Webley & Scott .45 pistol. His body was then pushed off the mountain onto a glacier below.

Twenty years later, Oberhauser's corpse was discovered by mountaineers and the case for his murder was re-opened. As serendipity had it, the case was noticed by James Bond, who set out to discover the one responsible for his friend's death.
Krilencu (Fred Haggerty)

## Krilencu

**Krilencu** is a fictional character from the James Bond film From Russia with Love. In the film, he was a henchman to Rosa Klebb and a SMERSH agent. He was portrayed by Fred Haggerty.

## Film biography

Krilencu attempts to kill James Bond and his Turkish host/ally Kerim Bey, first by placing a mine on the outside wall of Kerim's headquarters. It explodes just as Kerim is away from his desk for a few minutes. In a second attempt, Krilencu and his men attack the gypsy camp where Kerim and Bond are visiting.

Later, Kerim's sons disguise themselves as policemen to scare Krilencu out of his hideout. As he comes out of the secret entrance, Kerim shoots him using Bond's portable sniper rifle.
James Bond Theme

**The James Bond Theme** is the main signature theme of the James Bond film series and is featured in every EON Productions 007 film since Dr. No in different versions. The piece has been used as the accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film. It is set in the key of F, with a B flat.

The James Bond Theme has accompanied the opening titles twice, as part of the medley that opens Dr. No and then again in the opening credits of From Russia with Love. It has been used as music over the end credits for Dr. No, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The World Is Not Enough, Casino Royale, and Quantum of Solace.

Monty Norman has been credited with writing the song and he has received royalties since 1962, although producers had his arrangement rearranged by John Barry. Thus, a debate rages on about who is the true composer of the theme.

The song uses a surf rock style guitar riff, as the genre was a craze in the early 1960s.

## Dr. No Title Sequence

Unlike most Bond films, Dr. No does not have a titular theme song. However, it being the first Bond film, Dr. No used the now famous James Bond Theme song during it's opening title sequence, as well as a secondary song (to fit the mood of the film) called "Kingston Calypso".
Hector

**Hector** is a minor character who appears in Live and Let Die.

## Film biography

Hector is one of Dr. Kananga's henchman. When Bond escaped the croc farm with a boat, Tee-Hee sent Adam, Hector, Evans and other henchmen to chase 007. When Bond jumped threw the road, he crashed with J.W.Pepper's car with his boat. After he escaped. His fate is unknown.
Andrew Bond

**Andrew Bond** is the father of James Bond and the spouse of Monique Bond. Like his wife, the character has only a brief mention in Fleming's penultimate novel, You Only Live Twice. Although alluded to in 1995's GoldenEye and 2012's Skyfall, he has never been portrayed in film.

## Novel biography

It was not until the penultimate novel, You Only Live Twice, that Ian Fleming gave Bond a sense of family background, using a fictional obituary, purportedly from The Times. The book was the first to be written after the release of Dr. No in cinemas and Sean Connery's depiction of Bond affected Fleming's interpretation of the character, to give Bond both a sense of humour and Scottish antecedents that were not present in the previous stories. The novel reveals Bond is the son of a Scottish father, Andrew Bond, of Glencoe, and a Swiss mother, Monique Delacroix, of the Canton de Vaud. The young James Bond spends much of his early life abroad, becoming multilingual in German and French because of his father's work as a Vickers armaments company representative. When his parents are killed in a tragic mountain climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges near Chamonix, eleven-year-old James is orphaned.

### Carte Blanche

In the 2011 Bond Novel, for the contemporary reboot, Andrew Bond worked for an arms company. He would often take young James with him on business trips and allow him to sit in on meetings. In Carte Blanche, Andrew was assassinated by an organisation called "The Steel Cartridge".

## Film biography

He resided in Skyfall Lodge before his death alongside his wife, leaving James distraught. After that, his primary caretaker became Kincade, the gamekeeper of Skyfall Lodge. Andrew Bond is mentioned in Skyfall. It is shown that James does not like to talk about his roots or his parents.

Aside from his home, his only notable possession was a gun collection maintained by Kincade. Following James' supposed demise in Turkey, the guns were sold off to an American collector. The only one to remain was Andrew's engraved hunting rifle, which James intially used when Skyfall came under attack.
Johnny

**Johnny** is a CIA agent in the 1964 movie Goldfinger. He is the partner of Felix Leiter. James Bond receives instructions from M via Leiter from Miami about the suspicious activities of Auric Goldfinger. Leiter and Johnny later joins James in the raid on Fort Knox and helps Bond disarm the bomb designed to blow the vault to pieces. He is portrayed by Peter Cranwell.
Guy Hamilton

**Guy Hamilton** (born 16 September 1922) is an English film director best known for directing the James Bond movies Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, and The Man with the Golden Gun.

## Biography

Guy Hamilton was born in Paris, France in 1922, to English parents. He stayed in France up until his late teens, just before World War II broke out. Hamilton first entered the film industry serving as an assistant to French director, Julien Duvivier, before relocating to London to do similar work for Paramount Studios. When World War II began, he joined the Royal Navy, but returned to working in film towards 1945.

After World War II, Hamilton worked closely with director Carol Reed where he worked on The Fallen Idol and The Third Man, whose crew also included future 007 director, John Glen. Reed became acquainted with Hamilton, and in 1952, he landed him his directorial debut on The Ringer. Continuing to work on low budget films throughout the 1950s, he was noticed by Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who asked him to direct Dr. No. Hamilton turned down the offer, instead choosing to direct The Party's Over. However, the film turned into a censorship disaster, and Hamilton decided to be uncredited in the film.

During pre-production of Goldfinger, Terence Young, who directed Dr. No and From Russia with Love, chose to film The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders instead, after a pay dispute that saw him denied a percentage of the film's profits. Broccoli and Saltzman turned to Hamilton again to direct. This time, he agreed, and felt that he needed to make Bond less of a "superman" by making the
villains seem more powerful. Hamilton previously knew Fleming, as both were involved during intelligence matters in the Royal Navy during World War II.

After the success of Goldfinger, Young returned to direct Thunderball, but Hamilton still worked closely with Saltzman, directing Funeral in Berlin and Battle of Britain. After Peter Hunt was unavailable for Diamonds Are Forever, Hamilton returned when the producers wished to recreate the commercially successful aspects of Goldfinger. When Sean Connery resigned from the role as James Bond, Hamilton directed newcomer Roger Moore in his first two outings, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun.

After his second departure from the Bond franchise, he continued directing including two adaptations of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd and Evil Under Sun. In 1978, he was originally slated to direct Superman: The Movie until production moved to Pinewood Studios, where the Bond movies filmed, where Richard Donner took over. Although he was approached to direct Batman, Hamilton retired to direct Try this One for Size in 1989.

## External Links

* http://www.bafta.org/access-all-areas/videos/all-that-glitters-is-goldfinger,1348,BA.html All That Glitters is Goldfinger: BAFTA Q&A with Guy Hamilton]
* Guy Hamilton receives Cinema Retro award at Pinewood Studios Goldfinger Reunion
Felix Leiter (Jack Lord)

## Felix Leiter

**Felix Leiter** is a fictional character invented by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books, who also appears in the Bond movies. In the films, Leiter works for the CIA, and assists Bond in his various adventures. He was portrayed by Jack Lord in the 1962 film Dr. No.

## Biography

### Dr. No

In the film, Felix meets James Bond when he is fighting Quarrel and breaks up the fight. Quarrel, who is Felix's agent, helps Bond reach Dr. Julius No's island. After defeating Dr. No inside his lair, Felix tows Bond and Honey Ryder from the island by boat.

## Production

Jack Lord was the first Felix Leiter, appointed into the role for the first Bond film, Dr. No. Eon Productions started filming the series out of the order written by Fleming (Fleming had started with Casino Royale, with Dr. No being the sixth novel). Leiter was not present in the Fleming novel, but the writers added the character to the film. Bond scholars Smith and Lavington consider Leiter to offer negligible help to Bond, largely because there is no role for him in the novel, a point with which continuation Bond author Raymond Benson agrees, noting that he is "extraneous to the dramatic action". Jeremy Black agrees, although points out that the inclusion of Leiter was a sign of American influence in the Caribbean.

When the role of Leiter was brought back for the third Bond film, Goldfinger, in 1964, Lord was again approached to play Leiter; according to screenwriter Richard Maibaum, Lord demanded co-star billing with Sean Connery, a bigger role and more money to reprise the role. The producers instead decided to recast the role

Lord played Leiter in a "swaggering" fashion, according to Smith and Lavington, and they considered him "excellent, an effective American version of James Bond." Bond scholars Pfeiffer and Worrall agree, stating that Lord's was "one of the most satisfying portrayals of Leiter".

## See Also

* Felix Leiter (Literary)
* Felix Leiter (Cec Linder)
* Felix Leiter (Rik Van Nutter)
* Felix Leiter (Norman Burton)
* Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
* Felix Leiter (Bernie Casey)
* Felix Leiter (John Terry)
* Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright)