"Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. It is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel. The film stars David Niven as the ""original"" Bond, Sir James Bond 007. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. Noah and SMERSH. The film's tagline: ""Casino Royale is too much... for one James Bond!"" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be ""James Bond"", namely, baccarat master"
"Bond out of retirement, he orders the military to fire mortars at Bond's mansion when the retired spy refuses to return to duty. The first quarter of the film features Bond's subsequent visit to McTarry Castle in Scotland, on a quest to return the only piece of M's remains recovered after the attack—his bright red toupée. Subsequently, Bond—played by David Niven—becomes the new M and proceeds to order that all MI6 agents, male and female, be renamed ""James Bond 007"" in order to confuse the enemy. In 1983's ""Never Say Never Again"", Edward Fox played M as a bureaucrat, contemptuous"
"Niven, the producers cast Sean Connery as Bond in the film. Fleming was appalled at the selection of the uncouth, 31-year-old Scottish actor, considering him to be the antithesis of his character. However, Connery's physical prowess and sexual magnetism in the role came to be closely identified with the character, with Fleming ultimately changing his view on Connery and incorporating aspects of his portrayal into the books. Seven actors in total have portrayed Bond on film. Following Connery's portrayal, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig have assumed the role. These screen versions have"
"described as a ""beautiful movie star"". As such, Andress is the first of only two entertainers that have actually starred in a Bond film to be mentioned by Fleming in his James Bond novels. The other is David Niven who co-starred as James Bond in the 1967 film adaptation of ""Casino Royale"" which also starred Andress. Rider is a Jamaican shell diver, descended from an old-established colonial family. She was orphaned at the age of five when her parents' house was burned down. She then lived with her black nanny in a cellar until she was 15, when her nanny"
"born in 1857. Helen Boustead married William Niven and the couple gave birth to a son, William Edward Graham Niven. William Edward Graham Niven then married socialite Henrietta Julia Degacher. Their first child was James David Graham Niven, better known as David Niven. Niven's film career spanned over 90 films, and he was best known for his roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and Casino Royale (1967). There has been some dispute over Niven's paternity, with one biographer claiming that Niven himself believed his biological father to be Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, whom his"
"a 1954 episode of the CBS television series ""Climax!"" with Barry Nelson as an American Bond, a 1967 film version with David Niven playing ""Sir James Bond"", and a 2006 film in the Eon Productions film series starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. M, the Head of the British Secret Service, assigns James Bond, 007, to play against and bankrupt Le Chiffre, the paymaster for a SMERSH-controlled trade union, in a high-stakes baccarat game at the Royale-les-Eaux casino in northern France. As part of Bond's cover as a rich Jamaican playboy, M also assigns as his companion Vesper Lynd, personal"
"co-producer Charles K. Feldman said later that Fleming had written the book with Niven in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to Niven. Niven was the only James Bond actor mentioned by name in the text of a Fleming novel. In chapter 14 of ""You Only Live Twice"", the pearl diver Kissy Suzuki refers to Niven as ""the only man she liked in Hollywood"", and the only person who ""treated her honourably"" there. Niven made some popular comedies, ""Prudence and the Pill"" (1968) and ""The Impossible Years"" (1968). Less widely seen was ""The Extraordinary Seaman"" (1969). ""The Brain"" (1969),"
"and branded it a welcome addition to the series, while others complained of the repetitively monotonous aquatic action and prolonged length. In 1983, Warner Bros. released a second film adaptation of the novel under the title ""Never Say Never Again"", with McClory as executive producer. James Bond attends the funeral of Colonel Jacques Bouvar, a SPECTRE operative connected with the previous murders of two MI6 agents. Bouvar is alive and disguised as his own widow, but Bond identifies him. Pursuing Bouvar to his château, Bond fights and kills him, escaping with use of a jetpack and his Aston Martin DB5,"
"action film ""The Guns of Navarone"" (1961). This seemed to lead to him being cast in war and/or action movies: ""The Captive City"" (1962); ""The Best of Enemies"" (1962); ""Guns of Darkness"" (1962); ""55 Days at Peking"" (1963) with Charlton Heston. Niven returned to comedy with ""The Pink Panther"" (1963), another huge success at the box office. Less so was the comedy ""Bedtime Story"" (1964) with Marlon Brando. In 1964, Boyer and he appeared in the Four Star series ""The Rogues"". Niven played Alexander 'Alec' Fleming, one of a family of retired con-artists who now fleece villains in the interests"
"appear in nearly a hundred films, the last of which was in 1983: ""Curse of the Pink Panther"". During his long film career, he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for his part in ""The Moon Is Blue"" (1953) and was nominated for a BAFTA for the titular lead in ""Carrington V.C."" (1955). For his role as Major Pollock in the 1958 film ""Separate Tables"", Niven was awarded the Academy and Golden Globe awards for a performance where ""the pain behind the fake polish was moving to observe"". According to Sheridan Morley, Niven's other notable works include ""The Charge"
"Toast of New Orleans"" (1950), ""Happy Go Lovely"" (1951), ""Happy Ever After"" (1954) and ""Carrington V.C."" (1955) before scoring a big success as Phileas Fogg in Michael Todd's production of ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1956). Niven appeared in nearly a hundred films, and many shows for television. He also began writing books, with considerable commercial success. In 1982 he appeared in Blake Edwards' final ""Pink Panther"" films ""Trail of the Pink Panther"" and ""Curse of the Pink Panther"", reprising his role as Sir Charles Lytton. James David Graham Niven was born in Belgrave Mansions, London, to William Edward"
"role. Niven also became heavily involved in American TV as a partner in Four Star Television, a company he established with Dick Powell and Charles Boyer. It ended up producing a considerable number of shows, in several of which Niven appeared. Niven's next few films were made in England: ""The Love Lottery"" (1954), a comedy; ""Carrington V.C."" (1954), a drama which earned Niven a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor; ""Happy Ever After"" (1954), a comedy with Yvonne de Carlo which was hugely popular in Britain. In Hollywood he had a thankless role as the villain in an MGM swashbuckler ""The"
"David Niven), now in the position of M at MI6, uses a discount for her past due taxes to bribe her into becoming another 007 agent, and to recruit baccarat expert Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) into stopping Le Chiffre (played by Orson Welles). Vesper and Tremble have an affair during which she eliminates an enemy agent sent to seduce Tremble (""Miss Goodthighs""). Ultimately, however, she betrays Tremble to Le Chiffre and SMERSH, declaring to Tremble, ""Never trust a rich spy"" before killing him with a machine gun hidden inside a bagpipe. She presumably does this for the same reason she"
"David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in ""A Matter of Life and Death"", Phileas Fogg in ""Around the World in 80 Days"", and Sir Charles Lytton (""the Phantom"") in ""The Pink Panther."" He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ""Separate Tables"" (1958). Born in London, Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory School and Stowe before gaining a place at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After Sandhurst, he joined the British Army and was commissioned"
"At the time, David Niven said that he was keen to make the movie as it gave him the chance to return to England, and he did not enjoy being in Hollywood after the death of his first wife. He was so enthusiastic he did a screen test in costume to persuade Samuel Goldwyn, who had Niven under contract, to loan him out to Alexander Korda, who was producing the film. Later on, however, Niven alleged he had been forced by Goldwyn to take the role. It was one of the few roles Niven played in his career without his"
"John Rhys Davies was optioned to revive his part in both ""Licence To Kill"" and ""Goldeneye"" in the scripting stages. Joe Don Baker was hired based on his performance in ""Edge of Darkness"", which was helmed by future Bond director Martin Campbell. Director John Glen decided to include the macaw from ""For Your Eyes Only"". It can be seen squawking in the kitchen of Blayden House when Necros attacks MI6's officers. Other actors considered for the role of James Bond included Mel Gibson, Mark Greenstreet, Lambert Wilson, Antony Hamilton, Christopher Lambert, Finlay Light, and Andrew Clarke. The film was shot"
"recognizable. He was a stunt performer and minor actor in the following James Bond films: ""Dr. No"" (1962), ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), ""Goldfinger"" (1964), ""Casino Royale"" (1967) and ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967). He also acted and did stunt work in films such as ""Ivanhoe"" (1952), ""A Night to Remember"" (1958), ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), ""Where Eagles Dare"" (1968), ""Star Wars"" (1977), ""Flash Gordon"" (1980), ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981), ""Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"" (1984), ""Highlander"" (1986), ""Willow"" (1988), ""Batman"" (1989), """" (1991), ""Chaplin"" (1992) and ""Braveheart"" (1995). Brace was the stunt double for Clancy"
"two films. After a six-year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon's productions of the Bond films, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond in ""GoldenEye"", released in 1995; he remained in the role for a total of four films, before leaving in 2002. In 2006, Daniel Craig was given the role of Bond for ""Casino Royale"", which rebooted the series. Craig has appeared for a total of four films and his fifth is scheduled for release in 2020. The series has grossed almost $7 billion to date, making it the third-highest-grossing film series (behind ""Harry Potter"" and"
"decided to go after someone who could be part of a series. Richard Johnson has claimed to have been the first choice of the director, but he turned it down because he already had a contract with MGM and was intending to leave. Another actor purported to have been considered for the role was Patrick McGoohan on the strength of his portrayal of spy John Drake in the television series ""Danger Man"": McGoohan turned down the role. Another potential Bond included David Niven, who later played the character in the 1967 parody ""Casino Royale"". There are several apocryphal stories as"
"of the Light Brigade"" (1938), ""The Way Ahead"" (1944), ""A Matter of Life and Death"" (1946)—judged by the BFI to be one of the top twenty British films of all time—""The Guns of Navarone"" (1961) and the role of Sir Charles Litton in three ""Pink Panther"" films. Niven lived much of his life in the United States, although upon the outbreak of the Second World War, he returned to Britain to fight, and was re-commissioned as a lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry. At the end of the war he returned to the US and continued his film work, but"
"made outside the control of Danjaq, the first was the 1967 film ""Casino Royale"", with David Niven as Bond; the second was the 1983 film ""Never Say Never Again"", a remake of ""Thunderball"". ""Never Say Never Again"" was the result of a legal dispute involving Kevin McClory, one of the credited co-writers of the story used for the novel ""Thunderball"", who was awarded the film rights to the novel in a 1963 settlement with Ian Fleming. On 13 July 2009 Danjaq applied under s.69(1)(b) of the Companies Act 2006 for a change of name of James Bond Ltd, which had"
"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"
"Bond film ""The Living Daylights"", starring Timothy Dalton as 007. In 1995 and 1997, Baker returned to the series, this time playing a different character, CIA agent Jack Wade, in ""GoldenEye"" and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", with Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Baker is one of four actors to appear as both a Bond ally and a villain, the others being Charles Gray, who appeared as Henderson in ""You Only Live Twice"" and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""Diamonds Are Forever""; Walter Gotell, who appeared as Morzeny, the SPECTRE Island trainer, in ""From Russia with Love"" and as General Gogol, the head of"
"acclaimed, earning him a BAFTA award nomination. ""Casino Royale"" became the highest-grossing in the series at the time. ""Quantum of Solace"" followed two years later. Craig's third Bond film, ""Skyfall"", premiered in 2012 and is currently the highest-grossing film in the series and the twentieth highest-grossing film of all time; it was also the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom until 2015. Craig's fourth Bond film, ""Spectre"", premiered in 2015. He also made a guest appearance as Bond in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, alongside Queen Elizabeth II. His fifth (and, possibly, final) Bond film, currently"
"the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. It was the third James Bond film to be directed by John Glen, and the last to feature Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny. Despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics, who frequently took umbrage with the effects of Moore's advanced age on his performance, it was a commercial success, with the Duran Duran theme song ""A View to a Kill"" performing well in the charts, becoming the only theme song to reach #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Song. MI6 agent James Bond is sent to Siberia"
"rarely seen and only spoken of. When Bean auditioned for the film, he was considered for the role of Bond (see List of actors considered for the James Bond character). Trevelyan has been ranked among the greatest Bond villains and is considered the dark inversion of Bond. Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan (006), also known as Janus, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"", portrayed by actor Sean Bean. The likeness of Bean as Alec Trevelyan was also used for the 1997 video game, ""GoldenEye 007"". Once known as ""Agent 006"" under the"
"Anthony Dawson Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in British films such as Alfred Hitchcock's ""Dial M for Murder"" (1954) and ""Midnight Lace"" (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film ""Dr. No"" (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""From Russia with Love"" (1963) and ""Thunderball"" (1965). Dawson was born in Edinburgh, the son of Ida Violet (Kittel) and Eric Francis Dawson. Following RADA training and WW II service, he made his film debut in 1943's"
"Ian Fleming character James Bond. A full-length feature film about Rana was made in 1974 titled ""Masud Rana"". Masud Parves, who is known by his stage name Sohel Rana directed and starred in it. The film is based on the story ""Bishmaron"" [Amnesia] (which in turn is based on ""Strictly for Cash.."" by James Hadley Chase.) It is the 11th story in the series and was first published in 1967. Three films based on first three novels from the series are on the cards. In July 2018, Production house Jaaz Multimedia announced, they are going to make the films based"
"1943, usually playing German villain officer, such as in ""We Dive at Dawn"" (1943). He began to have more established roles by the early 1950s, starring in ""The African Queen"" (1951), ""The Red Beret"" (1953) for Albert R. Broccoli, ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (1958), ""The Guns of Navarone"" (1961), ""The Road to Hong Kong"" (1962), ""Lord Jim"" (1965), ""Black Sunday"" (1977), ""The Boys from Brazil"" (1978) and ""Cuba"" (1979). His first role in the James Bond film series was in 1963, when he played the henchman Morzeny in ""From Russia with Love"". From the late 1970s, he played the recurring"
"producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli combined sex with exotic locations, casual violence and self-referential humour in the phenomenally successful James Bond series with Sean Connery in the leading role. The first film ""Dr. No"" (1962) was a sleeper hit in the UK and the second, ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), a hit worldwide. By the time of the third film, ""Goldfinger"" (1964), the series had become a global phenomenon, reaching its commercial peak with ""Thunderball"" the following year. The series' success led to a spy film boom with many Bond imitations. Bond co-producer Saltzman also instigated a rival"
"Mind"" (2001), """" (2003), ""Dogville"" (2003), ""Wimbledon"" (2004), the adaptation of the novel ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006) and ""Margin Call"" (2011). He also portrayed Dryden Vos in """" (2018). He has been nominated for various awards, including BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Bettany is married to American actress Jennifer Connelly, with whom he has two children. His most commercially successful films have been ""Avengers: Infinity War,"" which has grossed over US$2 billion, ""The Avengers,"" which grossed over US$1.5 billion,"
"King's Thief"" (1955). He had a better part in ""The Birds and the Bees"" (1956), playing a conman, and in the British ""The Silken Affair"" (1956). Niven's professional fortunes were completely restored when cast as Phileas Fogg in ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1956), a huge hit at the box office. He followed it with ""Oh, Men! Oh, Women!"" (1957); ""The Little Hut"" (1957), from the writer of ""The Moon is Blue"" and a success at the box office; ""My Man Godfrey"" (1957), a screwball comedy; and ""Bonjour Tristesse"" (1958), for Preminger. Niven worked in television. He appeared several"
"film ""The Trench"" (1999), and the drama ""Some Voices"" (2000) attracted the film industry's attention. This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film """" (2001), the crime thriller ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), the crime thriller ""Layer Cake"" (2004), and the Steven Spielberg historical drama ""Munich"" (2005). Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play the role of Ian Fleming's British secret agent character James Bond in the film series, taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005. His debut film as Bond, ""Casino Royale"", was released internationally in November 2006 and was highly"