"Irma Bunt for the murder of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and a woman whom Bond assumed had died alongside Blofeld (again in ""You Only Live Twice""). James Suzuki's death was by way of being force fed fugu syrup, akin to a murder in ""You Only Live Twice"". Bond's victory over Bunt is hollow, due to him having to come to grips with his absentee fathering and not spending time with his only remaining blood relative. The name of Bond's son, James Suzuki, is taken from the John Pearson faux biography, """". In ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", Blofeld started this chain"
"against the global criminal organisation Spectre and their leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz). Bond attempts to thwart Blofeld's plan to launch a global surveillance network, and discovers Spectre and Blofeld were behind the events of the previous three films. The film marks Spectre and Blofeld's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's ""Diamonds Are Forever""; a character resembling Blofeld had previously appeared in the 1981 film, ""For Your Eyes Only"", but, because of the ""Thunderball"" controversy, he is not named, nor is his face shown. Several ""James Bond"" characters, including M, Q and Eve Moneypenny return, with"
"inspired by ""Goldfinger""; as with that film, Guy Hamilton was hired to direct, and Shirley Bassey performs vocals on the title theme song. Locations included Las Vegas, California, Amsterdam and Lufthansa's hangar in Germany. ""Diamonds Are Forever"" was a commercial success, but received criticism for its humorous camp tone. The film marked the final appearance of the SPECTRE organization (though not by name) in Eon's Bond films until the 2015 film of the same name. James Bond—Agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld hunting down SPECTRE operatives across the world. He eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being"
"the main antagonist, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, at Pinewood for $1 millon ($ in dollars); at the time it was the biggest film set in Europe. Gilbert, Broccoli, Saltzman, Ken Adam and director of photography Freddie Young then went to Japan, spending three weeks searching for locations. While in Tokyo, the crew crossed paths with Peter R. Hunt, who was on holiday. Hunt had edited the first four Bond films, and he was invited to direct the second unit. The total budget for the film was $10.3 million ($59.9 million in 2005 dollars). Initially the screenwriter was to be Harold Jack"
"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"
"Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. His most notable film roles include psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis in ""Halloween"" (1978) and four of its sequels, the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in ""The Great Escape"" (1963), SEN 5241 in ""THX 1138"" (1971), Clarence ""Doc"" Tydon in ""Wake in Fright"" (1971), and the President of the United States in ""Escape from New York"" (1981). Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Alice (née"
"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"
"series (1997–2002). The 1999 ""The Powerpuff Girls"" episode ""Cat Man Do"" also features a supervillain with a cat, though it is the feline that turns out to be the criminal mastermind. In ""The Penguins of Madagascar"", the recurring villain Dr. Blowhole is a parody homage to Blofeld. Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming. A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond. Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation"
"James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's ""Tale of the Mummy"" (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the American TV miniseries ""Attila"" (2001). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but eventually chose Butler. He was cast as Dracula in ""Dracula 2000"" (2000). He then appeared in ""Reign of Fire"" (2002) as Creedy and """" (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. In the role of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel ""Timeline"" (2003), Butler played an"
"with the film's release that he is Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Waltz got interested in the film for dealing with technology-assisted mass surveillance, ""speaking about relevant social issues in a way that few Bonds have done before"", and denied rumours that the role was written specially for him, but added that ""when I came on board, the role grew, evolved, and mutated."" Dave Bautista was cast as Mr. Hinx after producers sought an actor with a background in contact sports. The character only has one line in the entire film, ""Shit"". Sam Mendes thought the silent nature would drive Bautista away,"
"took on the alias of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, using his mother's maiden name. He then assembled the global criminal organisation known as Spectre. He is revealed to have been trying for years to destroy Bond, whom he resents for having been his father's favourite; he is thus revealed to have been the power behind the villains of the previous three films, who were all Spectre agents. At the end of the film, Bond takes him into custody after foiling his plan to take control of the world's national security intelligence data. This incarnation of Blofeld again wears a jacket without"
"Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming. A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond. Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE and is commonly referred to by the codename Number 1 within this organisation. The character was originally written by Fleming as a physically massive and powerfully built man, standing around and weighing 21.6 stone (about ), who had become flabby with a huge belly. Blofeld appears"
"John Hollis John Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was a British actor of TV and film. John Hollis was born Bertie Wyn Hollis in southwest London in 1927. He played the role of Lobot in ""The Empire Strikes Back"" and the German porter at the chateau in ""The Dirty Dozen"". He appeared in the Christopher Reeve Superman films ""Superman"" and ""Superman II"" as an elder of Krypton, and in """" as a Russian General. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"","
"that same season he played Claudio in ""Measure for Measure"" for the RSC. He also played Stanley Kowalski in a West End production of Tennessee Williams' ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", and ""Hamlet"" in 2004. He has appeared on Broadway in ""Ring Round the Moon"". He played the lead in the film ""Photographing Fairies"" and played Orsino in Trevor Nunn's 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's ""Twelfth Night"". In 2002 he took on the role for which he is most widely known, that of Gustav Graves in the James Bond film ""Die Another Day"". Aged 33 at the time of film's"
"hours. President Vargas praised Goncales as the ""Hero of the Day"". In October 1972, a second cable was added, as well as new cabins, which expanded its capacity from 22 to 75; eventually, it was reduced to 65 to increase comfort. The cable car was the setting for the 1979 James Bond film ""Moonraker"" in which British secret agent James Bond (played by actor Roger Moore) battles with his nemesis Jaws (Richard Kiel) in the middle of the tramway, which eventually results in a tramcar with Jaws in it crashing into the ground station and smashing through the wall, although"
"the role of James Bond in 1995 for ""GoldenEye"", but ultimately lost the role to Pierce Brosnan. Throughout 2004 and 2005 Purefoy's name was rumoured as a possible candidate to replace Brosnan as Bond in future films. He played James McCarthy, a young man accused of murdering his father, in ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"" in Granada's ""The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes"". One of his notable roles was as Nicholas Jenkins in the eight-part miniseries ""A Dance to the Music of Time"" for Channel 4 in 1997. He played Edward, the Black Prince in the film ""A Knight's Tale"", Rawdon Crawley"
"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,"
"on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 1997. In the US television series ""Kojak"", lead actor Telly Savalas wore a gold-plated Omega Time Computer One, the first mass-produced LED watch. Omega has been associated with James Bond movies since 1995. That year, Pierce Brosnan took over the role of James Bond and began wearing the Omega Seamaster Quartz Professional (model 2541.80.00) in the movie ""GoldenEye"". In all later films, Brosnan wore an Omega Seamaster Professional Chronometer (model 2531.80.00). The producers wanted to update the image of the fictional ""super-spy"" to a more distinctly sophisticated ""Euro"" look. Another possible reason for the"
"been his full-time guardian, observing the back story established by Fleming. The main cast was revealed in December 2014 at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios. Daniel Craig returned for his fourth appearance as James Bond, while Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw reprised their roles as M, Eve Moneypenny and Q respectively, having been established in ""Skyfall"". Rory Kinnear also reprised his role as Bill Tanner in his third appearance in the series. Christoph Waltz was cast in the role of Franz Oberhauser, though he refused to comment on the nature of the part. It was later revealed"
"by a character who 'might' be Blofeld in film 12, ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981) in which said character is finally killed. Partly owing to a copyright dispute between rival Bond producers Cubby Broccoli and Kevin McClory, the character is never referred to by name and is credited as ""Wheelchair Villain"". The organisation returns in the Daniel Craig series of Bond films, which are set in an entirely separate continuity to the earlier movies. In the 2015 film ""Spectre"", the eponymous committee is simply referred to by that title with no mention at all of the acronym in this continuity."
"Toby Stephens Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English stage, television, and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ""Die Another Day"" (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Edward Fairfax Rochester in a BBC television adaptation of ""Jane Eyre"" and in his role as Captain Flint in the Starz television series ""Black Sails"". Stephens is a lead in the science fiction series ""Lost in Space"" released on Netflix 13"
"Connery being 52 at the time of filming – and academic Jeremy Black has pointed out that there are other aspects of age and disillusionment in the film, such as the Shrubland's porter referring to Bond's car (""They don't make them like that anymore.""), the new M having no use for the 00 section and Q with his reduced budgets. For the main villain in the film, Maximillian Largo, Connery suggested Klaus Maria Brandauer, the lead of the 1981 Academy Award-winning Hungarian film ""Mephisto"". Through the same route came Max von Sydow as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, although he still retained"
"to continue romancing Tracy if Draco reveals the whereabouts of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. Bond returns to London, and after a brief argument with M at the British Secret Service headquarters, heads for Draco's birthday party in Portugal. There, Bond and Tracy begin a whirlwind romance, and Draco directs the agent to a law firm in Bern, Switzerland. Bond investigates the office of Swiss lawyer Gumbold, and learns that Blofeld is corresponding with London College of Arms' genealogist Sir Hilary Bray, attempting to claim the title 'Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp'. Posing as Bray, Bond goes to meet"
"Bond films, most notably as transport of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever"". In ""Octopussy"", the villain Kamal Khan is seen leaving Sotheby's London auction house in a 600 Pullman. In television, a 600 was used by fictional Channing/Gioberti family matriarch Angela Channing in the American television series ""Falcon Crest"". Images of the car driving from San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Falcon Crest vineyard were featured in the opening credits of the first four seasons. It was also prominently featured in the television show . In popular"
"Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film ""You Only Live Twice"". Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a poor choice, resembling a ""poor, benevolent Santa Claus"". Nonetheless, in an attempt to make the casting work, Gilbert continued filming. After several days, both Gilbert and Broccoli determined that Werich was not menacing enough, and recast Blofeld with Donald Pleasence in the role. Jan Werich signed the pro-reform manifesto ""2000 Words"" in 1968. After the Soviet"
"to increase the profit of such companies. However he was impressed that Number 2's Hollywood Talent Agency was able to recruit celebrities such as George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Leonardo DiCaprio. Just as Austin Powers lampoons James Bond, Dr. Evil parodies several James Bond villains. The first is Ernst Stavro Blofeld, as portrayed by Donald Pleasence in the film ""You Only Live Twice"". Blofeld has a white Persian cat, parodied by Dr. Evil's Mr. Bigglesworth. Dr. Evil also wears clothing with a strong resemblance to Julius No, played by Joseph Wiseman, from the film ""Dr. No"", specifically gray Nehru Jacket"
"that Topol's behavior greatly disturbed the cast and directors and resulted in the production not reaching Broadway as planned. In 1988, Topol starred in the title role in ""Ziegfeld"" at the London Palladium. He returned to the London stage in 2008 in the role of Honoré, from Maurice Chevalier's 1958 film ""Gigi"". Topol appeared in more than 30 films in Israel and abroad. Among his notable English-language appearances are the title role in ""Galileo"" (1975), Dr. Hans Zarkov in ""Flash Gordon"" (1980), and Milos Columbo in the James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981). He was said to be"
"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"
"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"
"by the crime syndicate SPECTRE and the subsequent attempted blackmail of the Western powers for their return. James Bond, Secret Service operative 007, travels to the Bahamas to work with his friend Felix Leiter, seconded back into the CIA for the investigation. ""Thunderball"" also introduces SPECTRE's leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in the first of three appearances in Bond novels, with ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" and ""You Only Live Twice"" being the others. ""Thunderball"" has been adapted four times, once in a comic strip format for the ""Daily Express"" newspaper, twice for the cinema and once for the radio. The"
"the title character in ""Octopussy"" (1983). If the ""unofficial"" James Bond films, ""Casino Royale"" and ""Never Say Never Again"", are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in ""Dr. No"" (1962) and ""Casino Royale""; Angela Scoular in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969) and ""Casino Royale""; Valerie Leon in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Never Say Never Again"". Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". Several short stories, such as ""Quantum of Solace"", ""The Hildebrand"
"equip gadgets to enhance their abilities, such as the Fast Switch gadget which halves the time it takes to switch weapons. Scenarios revealed are Conflict, Golden Gun, You Only Live Twice, Escalation, Data Miner, Team Conflict, Icarus and Black Box. The game begins with the opening chase sequence in ""Skyfall"", in which MI6 agent James Bond (likeness of Daniel Craig, voice of Timothy Watson) pursues the mercenary Patrice in Istanbul, only to be accidentally shot and wounded aboard a train by his partner Eve Moneypenny. Plunging into the river below, Bond begins to flash back to several of his previous"
"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"