"woman, and after thinking of Catherine Deneuve, Jane Seymour, who was in the TV series ""The Onedin Line"", was cast for the role. Yaphet Kotto was cast while doing another movie for United Artists, ""Across 110th Street"". Kotto reported one of the things he liked in the role was Kananga's interest in the occult, ""feeling like he can control past, present and future"". Mankiewicz created Sheriff J.W. Pepper to add a comic relief character. Portrayed by Clifton James, Pepper appeared again in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". ""Live and Let Die"" is also the first of two films featuring"
"Solitaire (1991 film) Solitaire is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Damberger and released in 1991. The film stars Paul Coeur and Valerie Pearson as Burt and Maggie, smalltown residents whose friendship is tested when Al (Michael Hogan), Burt's high school best friend and Maggie's ex-fiancé, returns home for a visit on Christmas Eve for the first time since his enlistment in the Vietnam War. The film won seven Rosies at the Alberta Film and Television Awards in 1992, including Best Director (Damberger), Best Actor (Coeur), Best Actress (Pearson), Best Screenplay (Damberger), Best Art Direction (John Blackie) and Best"
"best Leiter next to Rik Van Nutter."" Hedison returned to play Leiter sixteen years later in ""Licence to Kill"" and after another actor had also been in the role. Hedison did not expect to return to the role, saying ""I was sure that ... [""Live and Let Die""] would be my first – and last"" and Glen was reluctant to cast the 61-year-old actor, since the role even had a scene parachuting. Hedison was the only actor to play Leiter twice until Jeffrey Wright appeared in both ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"". Leiter, now working with the DEA, is"
"Live and Let Die (film) Live and Let Die is a 1973 British spy film, the eighth in the ""James Bond"" series to be produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, it was the third of four Bond films to be directed by Guy Hamilton. Although the producers had wanted Sean Connery to return after his role in the previous Bond film ""Diamonds Are Forever"", he declined, sparking a search for a new actor to play James Bond. Moore was signed"
"Le Solitaire (film) Le Solitaire is a French crime film directed and partly written by Jacques Deray. The policeman Stan Jalard and his colleague Simon Lecache are rather fed up with police work. They are toying with the idea to quit police service in order to run a hotel on the Antilles. Single father Lecache has already asked his son Christian about it. But at the very evening when Lecache tells Jalard that his son approves of their plan, Lecache is murdered by the professional killer Charly Schneider. Jalard changes his mind. He dedicates his life all the more to"
"to begin with, but the filmmakers make it worse by throwing in some stupid Louisiana cops, including pot-bellied Sheriff Pepper."" IGN ranked Solitaire as 10th in a Top 10 Bond Babes list. In November 2006, ""Entertainment Weekly"" listed ""Live and Let Die"" as the third-best Bond film. MSN chose it as the-thirteenth best Bond film and IGN listed it as twelfth-best. In 2004 the American Film Institute nominated the song ""Live and Let Die"" from the film for AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs. Live and Let Die (film) Live and Let Die is a 1973 British spy film, the eighth in"
"the role, saying ""I was sure that [""Live and Let Die""] would be my first – and last"" and Glen was reluctant to cast the 61-year-old actor, since the role included a scene parachuting. Hedison was the only actor to play Leiter twice, until Jeffrey Wright appeared in both ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"". Davi's portrayal has been held in high critical esteem. Up-and-coming actor Benicio del Toro was chosen to play Sanchez's henchman, Dario for being ""laid back while menacing in a quirky sort of way"", according to Glen. Wayne Newton got the role of Professor Joe Butcher"
"The Solitaire Man The Solitaire Man is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Herbert Marshall and Mary Boland. After a job in Monte Carlo, an English jewel theft ring returns to Paris. Suave cat burglar Oliver Lane (Herbert Marshall), fashioned the ""Solitaire Man"" in the newspapers after seven years of eluding Scotland Yard, proposes marriage to his lovely accomplice Helen (Elizabeth Allan) and informs her he has bought a country house in Devonshire to which they can all retire. However unstable Robert Bascom (Ralph Forbes), drug-addicted after his experiences in the Great War, also"
"Editing (Lenka Svab). It received four Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards, for Best Actress (Pearson), Best Supporting Actor (Hogan), Best Original Screenplay (Damberger) and Best Original Score (Michael Becker). Hogan won the Genie for Best Supporting Actor. Solitaire (1991 film) Solitaire is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Damberger and released in 1991. The film stars Paul Coeur and Valerie Pearson as Burt and Maggie, smalltown residents whose friendship is tested when Al (Michael Hogan), Burt's high school best friend and Maggie's ex-fiancé, returns home for a visit on Christmas Eve for the first time since"
"Pfeiffer and Worrall agree, thinking that Burton was ""the least likely incarnation"" of Leiter. In 1973 the Bond franchise introduced a new main lead, Roger Moore, who played Bond for the next twelve years in seven films. To play the part of Leiter in ""Live and Let Die"", an old friend of Moore's was chosen, David Hedison. Pfeiffer and Worrall consider that this friendship comes through, with ""genuine chemistry"" between the two. Hedison played the role with an understated charm, although the script did not give Leiter much to do. Raymond Benson thought him miscast, but acknowledged that ""he's the"
"Resources, a mineral exploration company focused on ethical and sustainable mining in Sierra Leone. In August 2012, Wright's conflict-free mining philosophy was highlighted in a video by the Enough Project. Jeffrey Wright Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his Tony- and Emmy-winning role as Belize in the Broadway production and HBO miniseries ""Angels in America"". He starred as Jean-Michel Basquiat in ""Basquiat"", Felix Leiter in the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"", Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"", and Beetee in ""The Hunger Games"" films. Wright"
"Richard Venture Richard Venture (born Richard Charles Venturella; November 11, 1923 – December 19, 2017) was an American actor. He performed in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2001. His television guest-credits include ""The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd"", ""Fame"" and ""Murder, She Wrote"". Venture died in December 2017 at the age of 94. Venture was born in New York City. He debuted on Broadway in ""Dinosaur Wharf"" (1951). His other Broadway credits included ""The National Health"" (1974), ""Chemin de Fer"" (1973), ""The Visit"" (1973), ""Murderous Angels"" (1971), ""Solitaire / Double Solitaire"" (1971) Double Solitaire"" (1971), and ""The"
"Clayton Moore Clayton Moore (born Jack Carlton Moore, September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character the Lone Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954–1957 on the television series of the same name and two related movies from the same producers. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1914, Moore was the youngest of three sons of Theresa Violet (""née"" Fisher) and Charles Sprague Moore. Moore's father, according to the federal census of 1930, was a native of New York and supported his family in Chicago by working as a real estate broker."
"Georgie Collins Eileen Georgina ""Georgie"" Collins (née Given; June 12, 1925 – May 3, 2017) was a Canadian film, stage, and television actress. Collins is known for her role in the 1981 cult horror film ""Ghostkeeper"", as well as her part in ""Lonesome Dove: The Series"" (1995). In addition to working in film and television, Collins was active in the theater community of Calgary since the 1960s. She served as the artistic director of the Pleiades Theater from 1976 until 1990. Collins was born Eileen Georgina Given on June 12, 1925 in Calgary, Alberta, to George and Elizabeth Given. She"
"to Lottie Brisette (née Coleman) and Albert Cornelius Freeman, a jazz pianist. He is mostly recognized for his portrayal of police captain Ed Hall on the ABC soap opera ""One Life to Live"", a role he played from 1972 through 1987, with recurring appearances in 1988 and 2000. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for that role in 1979, the first actor from the show as well as the first African-American actor to earn the award. A director of ""One Life to Live"", he was one of the first African Americans to direct a soap opera."
"Solitary Man (film) Solitary Man is a 2009 American film co-directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. The film stars Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker, and Danny DeVito. The film opens with 54-year-old Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas), an attractive and very successful car dealer in the New York area, at his annual medical check-up; his doctor tells him he needs a CAT scan to get a better look at his heart, due to an ""irregularity"" in his EKG. About six years later, Ben's fortunes have drastically changed. He is taking oral medications but never got"
"Jeffrey Wright Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his Tony- and Emmy-winning role as Belize in the Broadway production and HBO miniseries ""Angels in America"". He starred as Jean-Michel Basquiat in ""Basquiat"", Felix Leiter in the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"", Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"", and Beetee in ""The Hunger Games"" films. Wright currently stars as Bernard Lowe in the HBO series ""Westworld"". Wright was born in Washington, D.C., to a mother who worked as a customs lawyer and a father who died"
"Gloria Hendry Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949), also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", which was Roger Moore's first Bond film; and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film ""Black Caesar"", and the sequel, ""Hell Up in Harlem"". Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film ""For Love of Ivy"", followed by a small role in the 1970 film ""The Landlord"". In 1973 she"
"Scott Clifton Scott Clifton Snyder (born October 31, 1984), better known as Scott Clifton, is an American actor, musician, and video blogger. He is best known for playing Dillon Quartermaine in ""General Hospital"" (2003–2007), Schuyler Joplin in ""One Life to Live"" (2009–2010), and Liam Spencer in ""The Bold and the Beautiful"" (2010–present). He has three Daytime Emmy Award wins. Clifton was born on October 31, 1984, the only child of Ron and Faye Snyder, in Los Angeles, United States. He is of Russian and Scottish descent. He was raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area of southern California, including the"
"2016. James married twice: to Donna Lea Beach from 1948 to 1950, with whom he had one child, and to Laurie Harper, from 1951 until her death in 2015, with whom he had five children. He resided in Gladstone, Oregon, and died from complications of diabetes on April 15, 2017, aged 96. Clifton James George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the ""James Bond"" films ""Live and Let Die"" (1973) and ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974), the sheriff"
"Robert Davi Robert John Davi (born June 26, 1951) is an American actor, singer, and entertainer. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most recognized roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in ""The Goonies"" (1985), Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Big Johnson in ""Die Hard"" (1988), Bond villain Franz Sanchez in ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), police deputy chief Phil Heinemann in ""Predator 2"" (1990) and strip club manager Al Torres in ""Showgirls"" (1995). On television, he portrayed FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in the NBC television series ""Profiler"" (1996–2000)."
"and her experiences as an African American woman during the 1960s. Gloria Hendry Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949), also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", which was Roger Moore's first Bond film; and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film ""Black Caesar"", and the sequel, ""Hell Up in Harlem"". Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film ""For Love of Ivy"", followed by a"
"Brittany Underwood Brittany Underwood (born July 6, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as teenagers Langston Wilde on the daytime soap opera ""One Life to Live"" and Loren Tate on the Nick at Nite/TeenNick serial drama ""Hollywood Heights"". Brittany Underwood was born on July 6, 1988 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Her mother is Colombian and her father is of English descent. She has an older sister named Brigitte. Underwood speaks fluent Spanish and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. In an interview with SOAPnet in 2010, Underwood said she was"
"Larry Pine Larry Pine (born March 3, 1945) is an American actor. A veteran of the Broadway stage, he began his career playing the role of Fop in the 1968 production of ""Cyrano de Bergerac"". He has since starred in film and television, with roles on series including ""As the World Turns"", ""One Life to Live"", ""All My Children"", ""Hostages"", and ""House of Cards"", and roles in films including ""Alone in the Dark"", ""Plain Clothes"", ""Vanya on 42nd Street"", ""Dead Man Walking"", ""Before and After"", ""The Royal Tenenbaums"", ""Maid in Manhattan"", ""Melinda and Melinda"", ""Killing Kasztner"", ""Moonrise Kingdom"", """", and"
"Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen Steiger (April 14, 1925July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Cited as ""one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars"", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in ""On the Waterfront"" (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in ""The Pawnbroker"" (1964), and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film ""In the Heat of the Night"""
"ring was presented to Seymour in April 2016 in Singapore while she was there to star in ""The Vortex"". Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn,"
"Clifton James George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the ""James Bond"" films ""Live and Let Die"" (1973) and ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974), the sheriff in ""Silver Streak"" (1976), a Texas tycoon in ""The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training"" (1977), as the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in ""Eight Men Out"" (1988), and earlier in his acting career as a prison floorwalker in ""Cool Hand Luke"" (1967). James was born in"
"Dan Soder Daniel E. Soder (born June 24, 1983) is an American stand up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's ""Guy Code"", Robert Kelly's YKWD podcast, and the ""Keith and The Girl"" podcast. He co-hosts ""The Bonfire"" on Sirius Xm's Comedy Central Radio with fellow comedian Jay Oakerson since 2015. He also appears in a recurring role, Mafee, on the Showtime drama series ""Billions"" (2016). Soder was born in Hartford, Connecticut, but was raised in Aurora, Colorado. His father and sister both died while he was in high school. He began"
"Wallace had tried to sell it to her on the plane. Oliver and Helen head off to start new lives as a quiet, happily married Devonshire couple. The Solitaire Man The Solitaire Man is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Herbert Marshall and Mary Boland. After a job in Monte Carlo, an English jewel theft ring returns to Paris. Suave cat burglar Oliver Lane (Herbert Marshall), fashioned the ""Solitaire Man"" in the newspapers after seven years of eluding Scotland Yard, proposes marriage to his lovely accomplice Helen (Elizabeth Allan) and informs her he has"
"Gordon Liu Gordon Liu (Lau Ka-fai , birth name Xian Jinxi; born August 22, 1951) is a Chinese martial arts film actor and martial artist. He became famous for playing the lead role of San Te in ""The 36th Chamber of Shaolin"" (1978) and its sequels. He later became known for his two roles in Quentin Tarantino's ""Kill Bill"" films: Johnny Mo, the leader of the Crazy 88 Yakuza gang in """" (2003); and kung fu master Pai Mei in """" (2004). Liu was born in Guangdong Province, China. He trained at Lau Cham's martial arts school of Hung Gar"
"Timothy Dalton Timothy Dalton (; born Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett; 21 March 1946) is a Welsh born British actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) and ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), as well as Mr. Rochester in ""Jane Eyre"" (1983), Rhett Butler in the television miniseries ""Scarlett"" (1994), and Simon Skinner in ""Hot Fuzz"" (2007). Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, to an English father, Peter Dalton Leggett, who was a captain in the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War and was an advertising executive at the time of his"
"Roy Stewart Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008), was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his death. Stewart played Quarrel Junior in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973). Other film appearances include ""Carry On Up the Jungle"" (1970), ""Leo the Last"" (1970), ""Games That Lovers Play"" (1971), ""Twins of Evil"" (1971), ""Lady Caroline Lamb"" (1972),"
"unpleasant main character, Solitary Man needed a flawless central performance to succeed -- and Michael Douglas delivers."" ""Solitary Man"" has grossed $4,360,548 at the domestic box office and a worldwide total of $5,682,073. Solitary Man (film) Solitary Man is a 2009 American film co-directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. The film stars Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker, and Danny DeVito. The film opens with 54-year-old Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas), an attractive and very successful car dealer in the New York area, at his annual medical check-up; his doctor tells him he needs a CAT"