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007James Site Map (Alphabetical)
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Actors
Adolfo Celi was an Italian Actor and small time Director and Writer, best known for playing Emilio Largo in the Bond movie thunderball. He acted in over 100 movies and in the 1940's he spent nearly two decades as a stage actor in Brazil and Argentina.
Daniel Craig was born in Northwest England and became interested in acting at an early age. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and later got many roles in movies and TV shows. He worked his reputation up and it payed off. On October 25th, 2005 Daniel Craig became the 6th official James Bond!
Gabriele Ferzetti is a succesful Italian actor most noted for his role in 1969's James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Since the start of his career in 1942, he has been in over 150 movies and tv shows. He is famous in Italy for many of his movies including 'Once Upon a Time in the West'.
Gert Frobe was a German actor who starred in over 100 movies including the 1964 Bond movie Goldfinger and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, an adaption of an Ian Fleming book. Although his voice was dubbed in many movies because he could not speak English
Guy Doleman was a successful character actor who appeared in many British and American tv shows and movies including the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball, playing SPECTRE agent Count Lippe
Harold Sakata, most known for playing Oddjob in the Bond movie Goldfinger, is an Olympic weightlifter and wrestler. He started weightlifting when he was 28 and won a silver medal for lifting 380 pounds. He later went into professional wrestling under the name Tosh Togo.
Joseph Wiseman is a Canadian stage, film and television actor, who's career has spanned over 70 years, with nearly 100 film and TV credits. He is probably best known for his superb performance as the main villain in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No (1962).
Patrick Macnee is a British actor who is best known for his roles as John Steed on The Avengers and as Sir Godfrey Tibbett in A View to a Kill. Throughout his career, Patrick has starred in over 130 movies and tv shows and he is still acting after over sixty years.
Rik Van Nutter was an American actor who starred in 13 mostly minor films. One exception being his role as the 3rd incarnation of Felix Leiter in 1965's Bond movie Thunderball. Rik agreed to continue playing Leiter, but had moved on to other things by the time Leiter appeared in another movie.
Actresses
Claudine Auger is a French actress who started her career in the early 60's. At 15 she became 1958's Miss France. She had starred in over ten movies that were mostly in french, before she got her role as Domino Derval in Thunderball in 1965.
Honor Blackman is a British actress who has starred in nearly 90 movies and tv shows over a period of around 60 years. She is best known for her stunning performace as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, and for her role as Cathy Gale in the British tv show The Avengers.
Jill St. John is an American actress who started out in show business when she was 5. She has starred in over 50 movies and tv shows and is perhaps best known for her stunning performance as leading bond girl Tiffany case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
Lotte Lenya developed an interest in dance into a long and successful stage and film career, the height of which was her role as SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb in From Russia with Love in 1963. She will forever be remembered for her astounding performance, as well as for the poison tipped knife concealed in her shoe.
Luciana Paluzzi was an Italian actress who starred in nearly 80 movies and tv shows which were mostly Italian. She is best known for her amazing performance as Fiona Volpe in 1965's Thunderball
Ursula Andress was born in Switzerland, but later moved to Rome, getting minor roles in Italian films. She then moved to America, and got the biggest break of her life, getting the role of leading Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr. No in 1962. The iconic scene where she walks out of the sea in a white bikini has remained one of the most recognized scenes of the series.
Articles
Many people have their own views on who the best James Bond actor is and what the best movies are, and there are many articles written on the subject. Well, here's my take on the matter, my list of the Top 10 James Bond Movies.
Many people have their own views on who the best James Bond actor is and what the best movies are, and there are many articles written on the subject. Well, here's my take on the matter, my list of the Top 10 James Bond Movies - Part 2.
With over twenty movies released through five decades, the James Bond series has had more than its fair share of great villains. But which ones really stand out, as true classic characters? Here's my list of the best and most memorable villains in the James Bond Series. Enjoy!
A complete history of all the actors who have played James Bond, starting with Barry Nelson, and going through Bob Holness, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, David Niven, George Lazenby, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig!
Characters
Dr. Julius No appeared in Dr. No (1962). He was a scientist who specialized in atomic energy and he joined S.P.E.C.T.R.E to get revenge on the west for refusing his services. He bought the island crab key and crashed the USA's test missiles using a powerful radio beam. Bond came to investigate some strange deaths and ended up killing Dr. No and blowing up his island.
Honey Rider was the leading Bond girl in Dr. No (1962). She was played by Ursula Andress, however due to her strong accent she was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. She was diving for shells at Crab Key when Bond first saw her. The character is famous for her entry to the movie, walking out of the sea in a white bikini.
John Strangways was the MI6 representative in Jamaica. He investigated reports about the island Crab Key and took rock samples, thinking they were radioactive. He brought them to geologist and friend Professor Dent to be analyzed, and was later killed after Dent reported the events to Dr. No, the owner of Crab Key.
Darko Kerim Bey was the Head of Station T, Turkey and was one of the best men MI6 had anywhere according to M. He helped Bond in a mission to escape from Istanbul with Tatiana and a Lektor decoding machine, eventually getting killed by SPECTRE Operative Red Grant.
Kronsteen, played by Vladek Sheybal, was the head of planning for SPECTRE in From Russia with Love (1963). He devised a plan to lure James Bond into Turkey and then kill him, humiliating the British government and getting revenge for the death of Dr. No. When the plan failed, he was killed with a poison tipped knife.
Marc-Ange Draco (played by Gabriele Ferzetti) was the head of the Union Corse, a large criminal organization that operated in Europe. He was Bond's allie in On her Majesty's Secret Service and was the father of Bond's wife, Teresa Di Vicenzo. He also headed an operation to blow up the institute at Piz Gloria
Miss Taro (played by Zena Marshall) appeared in the 1962 Bond movie Dr. No. She worked as a secretary for Pleydell-Smith, the principal secretary of Jamaica, as well as being a spy for Dr. No. She alerted him of Bond's arrival, and stole several incriminating files. Bond discovered who she was and she was later arrested.
Oddjob (played by Harold Sakata), is a ruthless villain and Goldfinger's personal bodyguard. Armed with a steel rimmed hat and a good knowledge of karate, Oddjob is a deadly character. He is perhaps one of the most legendary villains in James Bond, and has inspired game characters, merchandise and spoofs.
Professor Dent is a fictional character who appeared in Dr. No (1962). He worked as both a geologist and as a Henchmen for Dr. No. He was responsible for the deaths of John Strangways and his secretary and he was later killed by Bond, the same person he had just tried to assassinate.
Quarrel was a fictional Cayman Island fisherman who first appeared in Ian Fleming's novel Live and Let Die, published in 1954. He later appeared in the novel Dr. No, published in 1958 and in the movie Dr. No in 1962. He helped out Bond, taking him to the island Crab Key to investigate Dr. No.
Red Grant was a convicted murderer who appeared in the 1957 novel From Russia with Love, and the 1963 film of the same name. He was recruited by Rosa Klebb for a mission to steal a Lektor decoding machine from the Russian's with the inadvertent assistance of a Russian girl and the British Government.
Rosa Klebb was the Head of Operations for SMERSH, however in the movie she defected to SPECTRE. She led a mission to steal a Lektor decoding machine and humiliate the British Secret Service. She choose Tatiana Romanova to lead Bond into Istanbul and choose Red Grant to take the Lektor and kill Bond. Grant failed and Klebb was killed when she tried to take her revenge on Bond.
In the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Tiffany Case (played by Jill St. John) is the main Bond girl, a diamond smuggler unknowingly working for Blofeld. In Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever, she is a smuggler and casino dealer working for the Spangled Mob.
Vavra was the head of a tribe of Gypsies that lived in a camp in the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey. He spied on the Bulgars, reporting information back to Kerim Bey. Bond and Kerim were invited to dinner at the camp, where two girls were to fight to death over the love of a man. The fight was interrupted, and Bond managed to save Vavra's life, gaining his upmost respect and gratitude.
Crew
John Glen is a British director and editor, who directed 5 James Bond movies including: For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987) and License to Kill (1989). He was also the editor and 2nd unit director for OHMSS, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
Terence young was a sucessful director and the first ever James Bond Director. He directed Dr. No, From russia with love and Thunderball along with many non-bond films.
Gadgets
In the 1963 movie From Russia with Love, Q issued Bond with an attache case full of gadgets. Including Ammunition, a knife, a rifle, gold soverigns and tear gas activated by opening the case without first twisting the clasp
Since James Bond exploded onto the silver screen in 1962, his gadgets and tools have become icons, and an immensely popular part of the films. In Dr. No (1962), there weren't any high tech gadgets of the later years, but James Bond still came equipped with several tools and machines. Here we list all the gadgets, gizmos and tools that James Bond, his allies, and the opposition, used in their missions.
From Russia with Love marked the first appearance of Q, aswell as a large collection of unique and orignal gadgets, including a packed attache case, a poison tipped shoe knife, trap doors, bug detectors, and communications gadgets!
One of Goldfinger's planes used to transport James Bond to Kentucky. The plane is filled with several spying devices, all of which Bond counteracts. Gadgets include a trick mirror, spying portals and hidden compartments in Bond's razor and the heel of his shoe.
The ledgandary jetpack that Bond (Sean Connery) uses to escape from two men after killing Jacques Bouvar. The gadget is actually a Bell rocket belt flown by Bill Suitor and Gordon Yeager. The gadget was also showcased in die another day.
Locations
Blades is the most exquisite private card club in London. It is a fictional club from Ian Fleming's book Moonraker. The club has a huge gaming room that offers many types of gambling, and a dining area that serves some of Englands best food.
Sir Hugo Drax and M are among the limited number of members.
In the movie Dr. No, Crab Key was an island located off the coast of Jamaica. It contained a large bauxite mine and acres upon acres of swamps, marshland, rivers and mangroves. A Chinese scientist named Dr. No owned the island. He was running an operation where he would ruin USA missile launches by interfering with missiles and causing them to crash. He controlled the missiles with a powerful radio beam which was powered by a nuclear reactor underground.
The Kristal Palas was a shabby and dirty hotel that Bond stayed in while in Istanbul, Turkey. Although the room was horrible, it had a magnificent view of an exquisite waterfront and Bond loved the atmosphere of the hotel. He was later upgraded to the honeymoon suite, the best room in the hotel.
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