"Rider and later Doctor No. The novel began as a 1956 screenplay for the producer Henry Morgenthau III for a proposed television show entitled ""Commander Jamaica"". When those plans foundered, Fleming adapted the ideas as the basis for a novel, provisionally titled ""The Wound Man"". The book's eponymous villain was influenced by Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. ""Dr. No"" was the first of Fleming's novels to face widespread negative criticism in Britain; Paul Johnson of the ""New Statesman"" dismissed the book as one of ""Sex, Snobbery and Sadism"". When released on the American market it was received more favourably. ""Dr."
"Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian American theatre and film actor, well known for starring as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" in 1962. Wiseman was also known for his role as Manny Weisbord on the TV series ""Crime Story"", and his career on Broadway. He was once called ""the spookiest actor in the American theatre"". Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Orthodox Jewish parents, Louis and Pearl Rubin (née Ruchwarger), Wiseman grew up in New York. At age 16, he began performing in summer stock"
"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"
"screenwriter, Christopher Wood to write a novelisation; this was his second Bond novelisation. It was named ""James Bond and Moonraker "" to avoid confusion with Fleming's original novel ""Moonraker"". It was published in 1979, with the film's release. Initially, the chief villain, Hugo Drax, was to be played by British actor James Mason, but once the decision was made that the film would be an Anglo-French co-production under the 1965–79 film treaty, French actor Michael Lonsdale was cast as Drax and Corinne Cléry was chosen for the part of Corinne Dufour, to comply with qualifying criteria of the agreement. Stewart"
"Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a tall American actor and voice artist, best known for his role as Jaws in the ""James Bond"" franchise, portraying the character in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Moonraker"" (1979); he lampooned the role with a tongue-in-cheek cameo in ""Inspector Gadget"" (1999). His next-most recognized role is the tough, but eloquent Mr. Larson in ""Happy Gilmore"" (1996). Other notable films include ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Silver Streak"" (1976), ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978), ""Pale Rider"" (1985) and ""Tangled"" (2010). Kiel was born in Detroit, Michigan."
"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 employment of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Trevelyan betrays MI6 during a mission to blow up the Arkhangelsk chemical weapons facility in the Soviet Union while working with his close friend, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan). During the operation, Trevelyan is caught and apparently executed by the base's commander,"
"of the Order of the Dannebrog. He said that he thought the entire idea of monarchy is a crime against the members of the royal family, and it does not fit with modern ideas. Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has more recently made the transition to English language projects, including ""The Interpreter"" and ""Revelations"". He has also appeared as the mysterious villain Mr. White in the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"", ""Quantum of Solace"", and ""SPECTRE"". In his home country, Christensen has won four Bodil Awards,"
"Julius Caesar (1953 film) Julius Caesar is a 1953 epic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the uncredited screenplay, and produced by John Houseman. The original music score is by Miklós Rózsa. The film stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Brutus, John Gielgud as Cassius, Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Greer Garson as Calpurnia, and Deborah Kerr as Portia. Many of the actors connected with this film had previous experience with the play. John Gielgud had played Mark Antony at the Old Vic"
"Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has more recently made the transition to English language projects, including ""The Interpreter"" and ""Revelations"". He has also appeared as the mysterious villain Mr. White in the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"", ""Quantum of Solace"", and ""SPECTRE"". In his home country, Christensen has won four Bodil Awards, three for Best Actor: ""Did Somebody Laugh?"" (1978), ""The Bench"" (2000), and ""Manslaughter"" (2005), and one for Best Supporting Actor: ""Barbara"" (1997). In 2006, Jesper Christensen declined the offer to receive the Knight's Cross"
"teacher, and choreographer Pearl Lang from 1964 until her death in February 2009. Wiseman died on October 19, 2009 at his home in Manhattan aged 91, having been in declining health for some time. He is survived by his daughter, Martha Graham Wiseman, and his sister, Ruth Wiseman. Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian American theatre and film actor, well known for starring as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" in 1962. Wiseman was also known for his role as Manny Weisbord on the TV series"
"Jaws (James Bond) Jaws is a fictional character in the ""James Bond"" films ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" and ""Moonraker"", played in both films by Richard Kiel. Jaws is one of the most popular ""James Bond"" henchmen and a recurring character in the ""James Bond"" video games. He is a highly skilled killer relying on his brute strength and steel teeth to quickly dispatch his victims. The character was inspired by Ian Fleming's description of a hoodlum named Sol ""Horror"" Horowitz in his novel ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". When Horror speaks, he reveals steel-capped teeth. The initial script of"
"Jonathan Hale Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley, March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor. Hale was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before his acting career, Hale worked in the Diplomatic Corps. Hale is most well known as Dagwood Bumstead's boss, Julius Caesar Dithers, in the ""Blondie"" film series in the 1940s. He is also notable for playing Inspector Fernack in various The Saint films by RKO Pictures. In 1950 he made two appearances in ""The Cisco Kid"" as Barry Owens. He also appeared in two different episodes of ""Adventures of Superman"": ""The Evil"
"the TV rights, and on October 21, 1954 broadcast an hour-long adaptation on its ""Climax!"" series, with Barry Nelson playing American agent ‘Jimmy Bond’ and Peter Lorre playing the villain, Le Chiffre. CBS also approached Fleming about developing Bond as a TV series. In 1955 Ratoff and Garrison bought the rights to the novel in perpetuity for an additional $6,000. They pitched the idea for a motion picture to 20th Century Fox, but were turned down. After Ratoff died in 1960, his widow and Garrison sold the film rights to Charles K. Feldman for $75,000. Feldman eventually produced the spoof"
"Julia (novel) Julia is a 1975 novel by American writer Peter Straub. The work is Straub's first novel to deal with the supernatural and was published through Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. ""Julia"" was later adapted into the 1977 film ""The Haunting of Julia"" (occasionally referred to as ""Full Circle"") starring Mia Farrow. The work is Straub's third novel and his second published novel, as ""Under Venus"" was not officially published until 1984. Straub began writing ""Julia"" at the advice of his literary agent after ""Under Venus"" was rejected by his publishers, as his agent recommended that he try writing a"
"a French-Moroccan torture technique, """", in which the steel string of a mandolin was used to slice in half the testicles of British wartime agents. Fleming also included four references in the novel to ""Red Indians"", including twice on the last page, which came from a unit of commandos, known as No. 30 Commando or 30 Assault Unit (30AU), composed of specialist intelligence troops. The unit was Fleming's idea, and he nicknamed the troops his ""Red Indians"", although they disliked the name. The lead character of ""Casino Royale"" is James Bond, an agent of the Secret Service. Fleming initially named"
"within the year. US sales, when the novel was released there a year later, were much slower. Following a comic strip adaptation in 1958–59 by John McLusky in the ""Daily Express"", the novel was adapted in 1973 as the eighth film in the Eon Productions Bond series and the first to star Roger Moore as Bond. Major plot elements from the novel were also incorporated into the Bond films ""For Your Eyes Only"" in 1981 and ""Licence to Kill"" in 1989. The British Secret Service agent James Bond is sent by his superior, M, to New York City to investigate"
"James Bond and Moonraker James Bond and Moonraker is a novelization by Christopher Wood of the James Bond film ""Moonraker"". Its name was changed to avoid confusion with Fleming's novel. It was released in 1979. British Secret Service agent James Bond, codename 007, must prevent Sir Hugo Drax's plan to murder the entire human race and then restart humanity from outer space. The screenplay of ""Moonraker"" differed so much from Ian Fleming's novel that Eon Productions authorised the film's screenwriter, Christopher Wood to write a novelization based upon the film, as he had done for ""The Spy Who Loved Me""."
"elements from his original book be used, the film characters of Jaws and Sandor are based on the novel characters Sol Horror and Sluggsy Morant, respectively. Horror is described as having steel-capped teeth, while Sluggsy had a clear bald head. Since Ian Fleming permitted Eon to use only the name of his novel and not the actual novel, Fleming's name was moved for the first time from above the film's title to above ""James Bond 007"". His name reverted to the traditional location for ""Moonraker"", the last Eon Bond film based on a Fleming novel before 2006's ""Casino Royale"". However,"
"Normalverbraucher"" (lit. Otto Average Consumer), became the German term equivalent to ""Average Joe"" or ""Joe Bloggs"". He was cast as the villain in the Swiss-German film ""Es geschah am hellichten Tag"" (""It Happened in Broad Daylight"", 1958), with the original screenplay written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. His role as a serial killer of children drew the attention of the producers of the James Bond movie ""Goldfinger"" (1964) and he was chosen to play one of the best remembered villains of the series, gold tycoon Auric Goldfinger. Due to his former membership in the Nazi Party, the film was initially banned in"
"released on 1 May 2008. In 1954 CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($ in dollars) to adapt his novel ""Casino Royale"" into a one-hour television adventure as part of its ""Climax!"" series. The episode aired live on 21 October 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as ""Card Sense"" James Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre. The novel was adapted for American audiences to show Bond as an American agent working for ""Combined Intelligence"", while the character Felix Leiter—American in the novel—became British onscreen and was renamed ""Clarence Leiter"". In 1973 a BBC documentary ""Omnibus: The British Hero"" featured Christopher Cazenove"
"person or a cane). Later, Kiel used a scooter or wheelchair. On September 10, 2014, three days short of his 75th birthday, Kiel died at St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California, of a heart attack, possibly caused by coronary artery disease. Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a tall American actor and voice artist, best known for his role as Jaws in the ""James Bond"" franchise, portraying the character in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Moonraker"" (1979); he lampooned the role with a tongue-in-cheek cameo in ""Inspector Gadget"" (1999). His"
"Julie Christie was considered, but discarded as the producers felt she was not voluptuous enough. Just two weeks before filming began, Ursula Andress was chosen to play Honey after the producers saw a picture of her taken by Andress' then-husband John Derek. To appear more convincing as a Jamaican, Andress had a tan painted on her and ultimately had her lines redubbed by voice actress Nikki van der Zyl due to Andress' heavy Swiss German accent. For Bond's antagonist Dr. No, Ian Fleming wanted his friend Noël Coward, and Coward answered the invitation with ""No! No! No!"" Fleming considered that"
"Julius Caesar (1950 film) Julius Caesar is a 1950 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play ""Julius Caesar"" starring Charlton Heston. The first film version of the play with sound, it was produced and directed by David Bradley using actors from the Chicago area. Heston, who had known Bradley since his youth, and who was establishing himself in television and theater in New York, portrayed Mark Antony. He was the only paid cast member. Bradley himself played Brutus, and Harold Tasker had the titular role. Bradley recruited drama students from his alma mater Northwestern University for bit parts and extras, one"
"Jason Bourne Jason Bourne () is a fictional character created by novelist Robert Ludlum. Bourne is the antihero in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. He first appeared in the novel ""The Bourne Identity"" (1980), which was adapted for television in 1988. The novel was adapted in 2002 into a feature film under the same name and starred Matt Damon in the lead role. The character originally featured in three novels by Ludlum, released between 1980 and 1990, followed by nine novels written by Eric Van Lustbader since 2004. Along with the first feature film, ""The Bourne Identity"""
"also thought he was the most popular international star in 1946; he dropped to second place the following year. He was the most popular male star in Canada in 1948. Mason's ""languid but impassioned"" vocal talent enabled him to play a menacing villain as easily as his good looks assisted him as a leading man. His roles include Brutus in ""Julius Caesar"" (1953), Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in """" and ""The Desert Rats"", the amoral valet turned spy in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's ""5 Fingers"", the declining actor in the first remake of ""A Star Is Born"" (1954), Captain Nemo in"
"""Climax!"" series, with Barry Nelson playing American agent 'Jimmy Bond' and Peter Lorre playing the villain, Le Chiffre. CBS also approached Fleming about developing a Bond TV series. (Fleming later contributed ideas to NBC's ""The Man From U.N.C.L.E."") In 1955 Ratoff and Garrison bought the rights to the novel in perpetuity for an additional $6,000. They pitched the idea for a film to 20th Century Fox, but studio turned them down. After Ratoff died in 1960, his widow and Garrison sold the film rights to Charles K. Feldman for $75,000. Feldman eventually produced the spoof ""Casino Royale"" in 1967. By"
"York City, The New York Times credited its ""company of earnest collegians"" with giving ""firm pictorial character"" to classic drama. Julius Caesar (1950 film) Julius Caesar is a 1950 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play ""Julius Caesar"" starring Charlton Heston. The first film version of the play with sound, it was produced and directed by David Bradley using actors from the Chicago area. Heston, who had known Bradley since his youth, and who was establishing himself in television and theater in New York, portrayed Mark Antony. He was the only paid cast member. Bradley himself played Brutus, and Harold Tasker"
"spotted Kiel in ""Barbary Coast"", and thought he was ideal for the role of Jaws in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977). He was one of the few Bond-villains to appear in two Bond-films, later appearing in ""Moonraker"" (1979). However, as he suffered from acrophobia (fear of heights), a stunt double was used during the cable car stunt scenes because Kiel refused to be filmed on the top of a cable car more than above the ground. He reprised his role of Jaws in the video game called """", supplying his voice and likeness. This was his second outing as"
"Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name. His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold. Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Ernő Goldfinger, who had built his home in Hampstead, near Fleming's; it is possible, though unlikely, that he disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him. According to a 1965 ""Forbes"" article and ""The New York Times"", the Goldfinger persona was based on gold"
"Dr. Julius No in the 1962 series opener ""Dr. No"". Lee noted that Fleming was a forgetful man and by the time he mentioned this to Broccoli and Saltzman they had cast Joseph Wiseman in the part. Due to filming on location in Bangkok, his role in the film affected Lee's work the following year, as director Ken Russell was unable to sign Lee to play The Specialist in the 1975 film ""Tommy"", a part eventually given to Jack Nicholson. Two Swedish models were cast as the Bond girls, Britt Ekland and Maud Adams. Ekland had been interested in playing"
"South Africa for another Klinger-Hunt movie from a Wilbur Smith novel, ""Shout at the Devil"" (1976), which was successful in Britain, though less so in the US. Lee Marvin was a main cast member. Ian Holm was also featured, as well as Barbara Parkins. Moore returned for a third outing as Bond in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977), which was a massive box office success. With Barbara Bach, and Richard Kiel in his first appearance as the villain Jaws. He returned to South Africa for a third action movie shot there, ""The Wild Geese"" (1978), produced by Euan Lloyd"
"James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom"
"series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955-1956 season and #26 for 1956-1957. In 1954, an episode of ""Climax!"" featured Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond in a television adaptation of ""Casino Royale"". It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent ""Jimmy Bond"" and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before Eon Productions acquired the Bond film rights. Eon would later obtain the rights to ""Casino Royale"" in the late 1990s. This adaptation is available on DVD as a bonus feature on the MGM"