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  October 19th
  
  1931: Ian Fleming begins his association with Reuters.

  

  Ian Fleming, Andrew Lycett, 1995.

  ...On 7 October Ian travelled along
  the Thames to the Reuters office on the Embankent at the end of
  Carmelite Street, close to Blackfriars Bridge. There, on the first floor, he
  was interviewed again, and then by Cecil Fleetwood May, a wireless technician
  who, following the introduction of the City ticker-tape three years earlier,
  was beginning to develop the business information side of the service.
  Both were impressed by the young man's qualities. Rickatson-Hiatt, a
  former Coldstream Guards officer, with a clipped moustache and a
  monacle, had worked with Associated Press in the United States and was
  keen to introduce AP's speed and efficiency to European news-gathering
  operations. He reported to Jones that Ian was "quite the right type and
  seemed most intelligent". He added, "After leaving Eton, he went to
  Sandhurst. He will therefore know the value and importance of discipline."
  Rickatson-Hiatt suggested that Ian should be hired initially on a trial basis
  for one month without pay.
  
  The aspiring young journalist started work at Reuters on Monday, 19
  October 1931. In the circumstances, Ian was particularly anxious to do
  well and within a couple of days Rickatson-Hiatt was commending the
  new recruit to Sir Roderick. His only negative comment was that Ian
  suffered from a slight Foreign Office "bum". He promised, however, that
  "you can depend on us to put some pep into him before many days have
  gone by." The Reuters chef also had Ian's praises heaped on him from
  another source. Ever mindful of her maternal duties, Eve Fleming wrote
  to thank him for taking her son on, gushing, "He has great character and
  is supposed to be very intelligent, though I ought not to say so!" She
  dissembled slightly when she said she was disappointed that Ian was
  not trying again for the Forein Office since he had never been expected
  to get in first time round.
  
  After his month's trial, Ian was judged a success and offered a permanent
  post at a salary of £150 a year. ...

  1931: Spy novelist John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell) is born--Poole, Dorset, England.
  (He dies 12 December 2020 at age 89--Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, England.

  

  Ian Fleming vs John Le Carré
  

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/ian-fleming-vs-john-le-carre-anthony-horowitz-and-david-farr/

  Listen to the podcast [link no longer active]
  
  Following the wild popularity of our previous cultural combat events, Intelligence Squared turned to the two giants of spy fiction. Which of them should wear the laurels?
  
  They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré have painted our picture of post-war espionage: Fleming through the dashing figure of James Bond, with his lush locations and Martinis as icy as his heart; Le Carré through his damning portrait of the British secret service drawn from his own time in MI5 and MI6. But which of the two novelists is the greater?
  
  In this thrilling contest, Fleming’s case was made by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider spy novels and author of the official Bond continuation novel Trigger Mortis. Championing Le Carré – whose memoir about his life as a former spy currently sits in the bestseller lists – was David Farr, Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the BBC’s adaptation of The Night Manager.

  ‘Fleming is one of the very few writers – Charles Dickens and JK Rowling might be two others – who have transcended fiction, who have created stories that capture a particular time and place, that are universally recognisable and that are, it would seem, immortal,’ says Horowitz. ‘George Smiley is a fascinating character. James Bond is an icon. That’s the difference.’

  By contrast, pointing to Le Carré’s own experiences in the secret service, Farr says: ‘John Le Carré turns espionage into existentialism. His canvas is betrayal — of the realm and of the heart. His greatness comes from the personal nature of that exploration.’
  
  To illustrate their arguments, Horowitz and Farr called on a cast of actors to bring the novels to life.
  
  Featuring
  Anthony Horowitz, Bestselling author
  David Farr. Screenwriter, playwright and director
  Simon Callo, Acclaimed actor, writer and director
  Matthew Lewis, Film, television and stage actor
  Alex Macqueen, One of the UK’s best known comedy actors
  Lesley Manville, Bafta-nominated film and theatre actress
  
  Chair
  Erica Wagner, Author and novelist

  Ian Fleming vs John le Carré (1:27:08)
  

  
  1964: Comic strip for Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang begins its run in The Daily Express. (Ends 23 October.)
  1966: You Only Live Twice films Bond getting married.
  
  1988: Licence to Kill films villain Sanchez explaining his caper.
  
  2005: IGN interviews Martin Campbell on Casino Royale.

  

  Interview: Campbell on Casino
  Royale
  The director talks Bond!

  https://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/10/19/interview-campbell-on-casino-royale
  By Jeff Otto | 19 Oct 2005 2:48 pm
  
  The James Bond news machine is heating up with the recent announcement (finally!) of the lead actor to portray Bond in Casino Royale, Daniel Craig. The film is to begin shooting soon and the release date is now set for November 17, 2006.
  
  This weekend IGN FilmForce had the chance to question Royale helmer Martin Campbell at the press day for his latest film, the upcoming Sony sequel Legend of Zorro, which releases on the 28th of this month.
  
  Though Campbell and everyone else involved is still remaining tight-lipped about the specifics of James Bonds' 21st big screen adventure (not counting the original Casino Royale or Never Say Never Again), Campbell answered as many questions as he could this weekend and shed at least a bit of light on the upcoming spy flick.

  
  Craig as Bond

  Q: Did you have any input in the selection of Mr. Craig?
  
  MARTIN CAMPBELL: Oh, yeah.
  
  
  Q. Is there going to be anything of the novel in the movie?
  
  CAMPBELL: A lot of it, yeah.
  
  Q: How are you going to handle the genital flogging scene from the book?
  
  CAMPBELL: Very interesting. You're the second person who's asked that. I think I'll do it in close up. (Laughs) There are a lot of women who will love that. I've got to get PG-13, so it's a very interesting dilemma.
  
  Q: Every time they have gone from a popular Bond and replaced him, the films have not been as successful. How do you avoid that?
  
  CAMPBELL: I dunno. You just do the best movie you can make. It's as simple as that.
  
  Q: Why do you think Craig will make a great Bond?
  
  CAMPBELL: Because, first of all, he's a great actor. And I think it's in Casino Royale, where Fleming said he looked like Hoagie Carmichael, which is a very interesting comparison. And he's a very interesting looking guy and I think he has all the attributes to make a grittier and tougher bond. A much more interesting – just different and more interesting in my view.
  
  Q[/b]: It seems every time they say that the story is overwhelmed by all those gadgets.
  
  CAMPBELL: Well, first of all there are no gadgets in the first one. So, how about that?
  
  Q: So is it mostly the title being used and the basic plot rather than specifics from the book?
  
  CAMPBELL: The only thing you can't use from the book – I don't know how many of you have read it – it was written in 1953 [and] was set against the Cold War. In fact, it was the first one that involves Smersh, and we've obviously had to change that. But, essentially the book remains pretty much in tact. The whole game takes place. La Chiffre is the bad guy, who was the bad guy there. Your genital whacking scene, whomever came up with that, that all remains. So, it's pretty much the last 2/3rds of the movie will be like the book. And Bond will fall in love with Vesper Lynd, as he does in the book. He's just got his 007 stripes when he gets into the story so he's got some rough edges on him to begin with and hopefully, by the end of it, he'll become the 007 we all know and love.

  
  Martin Campbell on the set of
  the first Zorro with Anthony Hopkins
  and Antonio Banderas

  Q: Does it restart the franchise?
  
  CAMPBELL: Yeah, I guess so.
  
  Q: Does this mean you start remaking the other movies?
  
  CAMPBELL: That's exactly the same question I asked them. When's the point you start re-making Dr. No? Who knows? No, this is the last book they are filming. Because, all the rest have been done.
  
  Q: Do you think the re-start of Batman Begins had to do with this?
  
  CAMPBELL: No, I think they always wanted to get the book and they never have been able to till just recently. Now they have the book. I think Cubby, Barbara, said Cubby always wanted to make the book. They made one. Not a good movie. A spoof with five bonds, which Ursula Andress was one, by the way.
  
  Q: Have you cast any of the new Bond girls?
  
  CAMPBELL: Not yet. We were more worried about casting Bond…
  
  Q: Is there a chance Judi Dench will return as M?
  
  CAMPBELL: Yeah, we're discussing that at the moment. Yeah, maybe.
  
  Q: Did you talk to Pierce about coming back?
  
  CAMPBELL: No, that wasn't my choice. That was over before I came into those discussions as they were.
  
  Q: When is it going to start?
  
  CAMPBELL: End of January. I hope!
  
  Q: Do they have a release date?
  
  CAMPBELL: Yes, November.

  2008: BBC airs the documentary Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began.
  
  2009: Joseph Wiseman dies at age 91--Manhattan, New York City, New York.
  (Born 15 May 1918--Montreal, Quebec, Canada.)

  

  Joseph Wiseman obituary

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/20/joseph-wiseman-obituary

  Versatile character actor best remembered on screen as James
  Bond's adversary Dr No
  Ronald Bergan | Tue 20 Oct 2009 13.33 EDT

  

  ‘I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery,’ said Wiseman of his role in Dr No.

  Despite the fact that Joseph Wiseman, who has died aged 91, appeared in dozens of movies and countless TV series and had only 20 minutes of screen time in Dr No (1962), it is for his performance in that film, as the eponymous adversary to James Bond in the first movie of the series, based on the books by Ian Fleming, that he will best be remembered.
  
  Dressed in a white Nehru jacket with a pair of shiny black, prosthetic hands, the result of a "misfortune", Wiseman was cool and calculating as the half-German, half-Chinese arch enemy of 007, played by Sean Connery, and one of the most effective of Bond villains. Dr Julius No is a member of Spectre – the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. "The four great cornerstones of power headed by the greatest brains in the world," he explains. "Correction. Criminal brains," says Bond. "A successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be," retorts Dr No.
  
  Wiseman was fortunate that Noël Coward, a friend and neighbour of Fleming's in Jamaica, where the film was set, turned the role down, saying, "Doctor No? No. No. No." Of his most famous role, Wiseman said: "I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I had no idea it would achieve the success it did. I know nothing about mysteries. I don't take to them. As far as I was concerned, I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery."

  Wiseman was born in Montreal, Canada, and his family subsequently moved to the US. He started his acting career on stage in his late teens, making his Broadway debut as part of the ensemble in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), with Raymond Massey in the title role. There followed parts in three plays by Maxwell Anderson: Journey to Jerusalem (1940), Candle in the Wind (1941) and Joan of Lorraine (1946), and he was the eunuch Mardian in Antony and Cleopatra (1947), directed by and starring Kathleen Cornell.
  
  But it was his role on stage in Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story (1949) that launched his film career, during which he typically played slightly crazy off-beat characters. Wiseman, in a loud striped suit, was both sleazy and comic as the lowlife burglar, becoming hysterical when interrogated by overzealous policeman Ralph Bellamy. He repeated the role in William Wyler's 1951 film version, starring Kirk Douglas, without toning down his manic stage performance.
  
  This coiled-up energy proved to be highly effective in Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! (1952), in which he played the opportunistic journalist and agent provocateur who finally betrays Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando). He continued to steal scenes in two rather risible biblical epics, as an imposing priest in The Silver Chalice (1954), Paul Newman's debut picture, and as a wily beggar in The Prodigal (1955). Around the same time, Wiseman was able to reveal more of his talent on stage. He played Edmund to Louis Calhern's King Lear; the gangster Eddie Fuselli in a revival of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy (1952), and The Inquisitor in Jean Anouih's The Lark (1955), with Julie Harris as Joan of Arc.

  In 1960, returning to movies, Wiseman had a typically flashy role as a one-eyed, deranged itinerant evangelist armed with the "Sword of God" in John Huston's western The Unforgiven. Then, in 1962, came The Happy Thieves, in which, third-billed after Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison, he seemed to have some fun as a master forger, and the infamous Dr No. It was six years before Wiseman made another movie.

  Making up for lost time, he appeared in seven films within a few years. Apart from playing ruthless Italian gangsters in Stiletto (1969) and The Valachi Papers (1972), Wiseman created a niche for himself portraying a variety of Jewish characters. In The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Wiseman is the bemused Jewish owner of the notorious burlesque theatre, who disapproves of his son's introducing striptease.
  
  Bye Bye Braverman (1968) saw him as a pedantic lecturer on his way to a friend's funeral. Of his performance, Time magazine wrote that Wiseman "wears an expression of perpetual disgust, as if he were forever smelling fried ham … What picture there is for stealing is burgled by Wiseman with his portrayal of a stereotypical littérateur … As lofty as Edmund Wilson, he pronounces Jehovah-like judgments on literature and humanity."
  
  Back in Canada for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Wiseman played a Trotskyite owner of a blouse factory, who calls his nephew (Richard Dreyfuss) "a pushy Jewish boy".
  
  On Broadway, Wiseman originated the role of LeDuc, a Jewish psychotherapist, in Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy (1964), who asserts that "the Jew is only the name we give to that stranger within everyone". Also on Broadway was his Drama Desk award-winning performance in the title role of In the Matter of J Robert Oppenheimer (1969).
  
  Wiseman continued to be active on television throughout his career, notably in Crime Story (1986-88) as the menacing gang boss Manny Weisbord. In his later years, Wiseman would often give readings of Yiddish writers, and his last stage performance was in 2002 at a gala concert called Yiddish in America at the New York town hall. His last Broadway appearance had been the previous year, as a prosecution witness in Abby Mann's stage adaptation of his film drama Judgment at Nuremberg.
  
  Wiseman's first marriage, to Nell Kennard, ended in divorce, and he is survived by his daughter, Martha, by that marriage, and his sister Ruth. His second wife, the dancer, teacher and choreographer Pearl Lang, died last February.
  
  •Joseph Wiseman, actor, born 15 May 1918; died 19 October 2009

  
  Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009)
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936476/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
  Filmography

  Actor (95 credits)
  
  1996 Law & Order (TV Series) - Seymour Bergreen
  - Family Business (1996) ... Seymour Bergreen
  1994 A Passover Seder (Video short) - Grandfather
  1994 L.A. Law (TV Series) - Isidore Schoen
  - Finish Line (1994) ... Isidore Schoen
  1992 Civil Wars (TV Series) - Julius Schiff
  - For Better or Perverse (1992) ... Julius Schiff
  
  1989 MacGyver (TV Series) - Joe Catano
  - The Battle of Tommy Giordano (1989) ... Joe Catano
  1988 Lady Mobster (TV Movie) - Victor Castle
  1986-1988 Crime Story (TV Series) - Manny Weisbord
  - The Hearings (1988) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Last Rites (1988) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Little Girl Lost (1987) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Shockwaves (1987) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Atomic Fallout (1987) ... Manny Weisbord
  ... 18 episodes
  1986 Seize the Day - Dr. Adler
  1985 The Equalizer (TV Series) - Eddie Vanessi
  - The Confirmation Day (1985) ... Eddie Vanessi
  1984 The A-Team (TV Series) - Zeke Westerland
  - The Bells of St. Mary's (1984) ... Zeke Westerland
  1984 American Playhouse (TV Series) - Judge Leopold Wapter
  - The Ghost Writer (1984) ... Judge Leopold Wapter
  1983 Rage of Angels (TV Movie) - Antonio Granelli
  1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) - Dr. Albert Tessa
  - Birdman of Budapest (1983) ... Dr. Albert Tessa
  1981 The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) - James J. Beck
  - Don't Mess Around with Jim (1981) ... James J. Beck
  1981 Masada (TV Mini-Series) - Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part IV (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part III (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part II (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part I (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  1980 Freebie and the Bean (TV Series) - Dr. Dorf
  - Health Nuts (1980) ... Dr. Dorf
  
  1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) - Carl Morphus
  - Vegas in Space (1979) ... Carl Morphus
  1979 Jaguar Lives! - Ben Ashir
  1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - King Draco
  1978 The Betsy - Jake / Angelo's uncle
  1977 Murder at the World Series (TV Movie) - Sam Druckman
  1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) - Barbado
  - The Thrill Killers: Part 2 (1976) ... Barbado
  - The Thrill Killers: Part 1 (1976) ... Barbado
  1975 Journey Into Fear - Colonel Haki
  1975 Zalmen: or, The Madness of God (TV Movie) - Rabbi
  1974 QB VII (TV Mini-Series) - Morris Cady
  - Part One & Two (1974) ... Morris Cady
  1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Uncle Benjy
  1974 The Suicide Club (TV Movie)
  1974 Men of the Dragon (TV Movie) - Balashev
  1974 The Magician (TV Series) - Hon Chi Kai
  - The Illusion of the Lost Dragon (1974) ... Hon Chi Kai
  1973 If I Had a Million (TV Movie)
  1971-1973 The F.B.I. (TV Series) - Gilford / Big Julio
  - The Pay-Off (1973) ... Gilford
  - Bitter Harbor (1971) ... Big Julio
  1973 Nightside (TV Movie) - Grudin
  1973 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) - Mr. Silverado
  - Suicide Club (1973) ... Mr. Silverado
  1972 Pursuit (TV Movie) - Dr. Nordman
  1972 McCloud (TV Series) - Paul Rudell / Stephen Rudensky
  - Fifth Man in a String Quartet (1972) ... Paul Rudell / Stephen Rudensky
  1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) - Armand Pringle
  - Operation: White Fire (1972) ... Armand Pringle
  1972 The Valachi Papers - Salvatore Maranzano
  1971 Lawman - Lucas
  1970 Night Gallery (TV Series) - Jacob Bauman (segment "Room with a View")
  - Room with a View/The Little Black Bag/The Nature of the Enemy (1970) ... Jacob Bauman (segment "Room with a View")
  1970 NET Playhouse (TV Series) - Lev
  - They Have Taken Over (1970) ... Lev
  1970 The Mask of Sheba (TV Movie) - Fandil Bondalok
  
  1969 Stiletto - Emilio Matteo
  1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's - Louis Minsky
  1968 The Counterfeit Killer - Rajeski
  1968 Bye Bye Braverman - Felix Ottensteen
  1967 The Outsider (TV Movie) - Ernest Grimes
  1967 Coronet Blue (TV Series) - Rudi Nateseh
  - The Presence of Evil (1967) ... Rudi Nateseh
  1966 T.H.E. Cat (TV Series) - Prince Nicky Cavalcante
  - The System (1966) ... Prince Nicky Cavalcante
  1966 Preview Tonight (TV Series) - Pharaoh
  - Great Bible Adventures: Seven Rich Years and Seven Lean (1966) ... Pharaoh
  1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) - Rajeski
  - The Faceless Man (1966) ... Rajeski
  1966 The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) - Captain Hammel
  - The Last Stand of Captain Hammel (1966) ... Captain Hammel
  1964 Wagon Train (TV Series) - Jim Case
  - The Santiago Quesada Story (1964) ... Jim Case
  1963-1964 Quest (TV Series) - Eli Peck
  - Eli, the Fanatic (1964) ... Eli Peck
  - Eulogy (1963)
  1962 Dr. No - Dr. No
  1962 The New Breed (TV Series) - Clayton Grimes
  - Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? (1962) ... Clayton Grimes
  1962 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) - Paul Radin
  - One More Pallbearer (1962) ... Paul Radin
  1961 The Happy Thieves - Jean Marie Calbert
  1961 Festival (TV Series) - Prisoner / Messenger
  - The Police (1961) ... Prisoner
  - The Dybbuk (1961) ... Messenger
  1960-1961 The Untouchables (TV Series) - Russell Shield / Albert Maris
  - The Antidote (1961) ... Russell Shield
  - The Tommy Karpeles Story (1960) ... Albert Maris
  1961 General Electric Theater (TV Series) - Manson
  - A Possibility of Oil (1961) ... Manson
  1960 The Westerner (TV Series) - 'Serafin'
  - Ghost of a Chance (1960) ... 'Serafin'
  1958-1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) - Lurgan / Sorcerer
  - Kim (1960) ... Lurgan
  - The Wild Swans (1958) ... Sorcerer
  1960 The Unforgiven - Abe Kelsey
  1960 CBS Repertoire Workshop (TV Series) - Anton
  - Tessie Malfitano and Anton Waldek (1960) ... Anton
  
  1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) - Lepke Buchalter
  - Lepke (1959) ... Lepke Buchalter
  1959 Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) - Torok
  - The Derelict (1959) ... Torok
  1956-1959 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) - Max Gebler / Antonio
  - False Alarm (1959) ... Max Gebler
  - Twice in Peril (1956) ... Antonio
  1959 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) - Dr. Newland
  - Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2 (1959) ... Dr. Newland
  - Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 1 (1959) ... Dr. Newland
  1958 Rendezvous (TV Series) - - Alone (1958)
  1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) - Max Gebler
  - False Alarm (1958) ... Max Gebler
  1958 Matinee Theatre (TV Series) - Hosea
  - The Prophet Hosea (1958) ... Hosea
  1957 Suspicion (TV Series)
  - The Deadly Game (1957)
  1957 The Garment Jungle - George Kovan
  1957 Studio 57 (TV Series)
  - You Take Ballistics (1957)
  1956 Three Brave Men - Jim Barron
  1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV Series) - Will Prentiss
  - The Marked Bullet (1956) ... Will Prentiss
  1955 Producers' Showcase (TV Series)
  - Darkness at Noon (1955)
  1954-1955 Ponds Theater (TV Series) - Death
  - Billy Budd (1955)
  - Death Takes a Holiday (1954) ... Death
  - Arrowsmith (1954)
  1955 The Prodigal - Carmish
  1954 The Silver Chalice - Mijamin
  1954 Justice (TV Series) - Vincent Wilbec
  - Terror on the Tracks (1954) ... Vincent Wilbec
  1954 Inner Sanctum (TV Series) - Insurance Inspector
  - Ghost Mail (1954) ... Insurance Inspector
  1954 Medallion Theatre (TV Series)
  - Contact with the West (1954)
  1950-1954 Suspense (TV Series)
  - The Fourth Degree (1954)
  - Criminals Mark (1950)
  1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV Series) - Baroff
  - Brandenburg Gate (1953) ... Baroff
  1953 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
  - Tour of Duty (1953)
  1953 Champ for a Day - Dominic Guido
  1953 Danger (TV Series)
  - Circus Story (1953)
  1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series)
  - Lazarus Walks (1953)
  - The Squeeze Play (1953)
  1952 Frontiers of Faith (TV Series)
  - As a Wind That Blows (1952)
  1952 Les Miserables - Genflou
  1951-1952 Lights Out (TV Series) - The Croupier
  - Man in the Dark (1952)
  - The Deal (1951) ... The Croupier
  1952 Viva Zapata! - Fernando Aguirre
  1951 Detective Story - Charley Gennini
  1950 With These Hands - Mike Deleo

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2010: Clement Graham Crowden dies at age 87--Edinburgh, Scotland.
  (Born 30 November 1922--Edinburgh, Scotland.)

  

  Graham Crowden (1922–2010)

  Actor | Soundtrack
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189561/
  

  
  
  

  2010: During pre-production, writer Peter Morgan exits the BOND 23 project leaving an unfinished film treatment.
  
  2016: Dynamite Comics releases James Bond #11 Eidolon Chapter 5.
  Jason Masters, artist. Warren Ellis, writer.

  

  JAMES BOND #11

  https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513024181811011
  Cover: Dom Reardon
  Writer: Warren Ellis
  Art: Jason Masters
  Genre: Action/Adventure, Media Tie-In
  Publication Date: October 2016
  Format: Comic Book
  Page Count: 32 pages
  ON SALE DATE: 10/19

  EIDOLON, CHAPTER 5: Eidolon have M and Moneypenny, in a remote safehouse, with no hope of backup, no aid on the way, and no sign of James Bond. Fear and paranoia and the collapse of governmental structure are in sight. Britain is going back to the Dark Ages and SPECTRE, finally, have won.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2021: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond - Big Things in hardcover, collects James Bond 1 - 6 (2019).
  Eric Gapstur, Erica D'Urso, Brent Peeples, Marco Renna, artists. Vita Ayala, Danny Lore, writers.

  

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  https://www.comicon.com/2021/10/03/enjoy-our-colossal-twenty-two-page-preview-for-dynamite-comics-james-bond-big-things-hc/
  by Olly MacNamee
  
  Cover by Jim Cheung
  Written by Vita Ayala, Danny Lore
  Art by Eric Gapstur

  “When a priceless piece of art is found to be fake, investigations lead down a rabbit hole of international crime and corruption. But what the hell does James Bond know about the world of art forgery?
  
  Agent 007 is a loner, by nature. But finally, he accepts that he needs help. But will trusting someone else help his mission…or lead to the deaths of innocents?

  Collects issues #1-#6 of James Bond (2019).”

  
  https://www.comicon.com/2021/10/03/enjoy-our-colossal-twenty-two-page-preview-for-dynamite-comics
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2021: Leslie Bricusse dies at age 90--Saint Paul de Vence, France.
  (Born 29 January 1931--Pinner, Greater London, England.)

  

  Leslie Bricusse, OBE

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Bricusse

  Leslie Bricusse, OBE (29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theater musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Scrooge, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, the songs "Goldfinger", "You Only Live Twice", "Can You Read My Mind (Love Theme)" (with John Williams) from Superman, and "Le Jazz Hot!" with Henry Mancini from Victor/Victoria.
  
  Early life and education
  Born in Pinner, Middlesex (now a northwest London suburb), Bricusse was educated at University College School in London and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year.
  
  Career
  In the 1960s and 1970s, Bricusse enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Anthony Newley. They wrote the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961), which was the basis for 1966 film version. Also in collaboration with Newley, Bricusse wrote the show The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) and music for the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the children's book by Roald Dahl. For the latter, they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song Score. When he collaborated with Newley, the two men referred to themselves as the team of "Brickman and Newburg", with "Newburg" concentrating mainly on the music and "Brickman" on the lyrics. Ian Fraser often did their arrangements.
  
  Working solely as a lyricist, he collaborated with composer Cyril Ornadel on Pickwick (1963), based on Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, a successful vehicle for Harry Secombe. His later collaborators included with Henry Mancini (Victor/Victoria in 1982 and Tom and Jerry: The Movie in 1992) and John Williams (Hook in 1991). As composer and lyricist he scored the film, Doctor Dolittle (1967), which flopped at the box-office, receiving an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Talk to the Animals"), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969).

  Sammy Davis Jr. had hits with two songs by Bricusse, "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off) and "The Candy Man" (from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) which became a No. 1 hit. Other recording artists who recorded successful versions of his songs include Nina Simone ("Feeling Good"), Matt Monro and Frank Sinatra ("My Kind of Girl"), Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger"), Harry Secombe ("If I Ruled the World"), Nancy Sinatra ("You Only Live Twice"), The Turtles ("A Guide for the Married Man"), Maureen McGovern ("Can You Read My Mind"), and Diana Krall ("When I Look in Your Eyes"). Bricusse partnered with George Tipton to write the opening theme of the U.S. television sitcom It's a Living.

  Pure Imagination: The World of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, devised and directed by Bruce Kimmel, opened at the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California, on 7 December 2013. In 2015, it went to the St James Theatre, London.
  
  On 29 October 2001, Bricusse received an OBE for services to the film industry and the theatre from Queen Elizabeth II at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
  Personal life
  
  Bricusse resided in California and was married to actress Yvonne Romain[8] and had a son, Adam.
  
  Bricusse died on 19 October 2021 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France at the age of 90.[9][10]
  
  Works
  Musicals
  Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (with Anthony Newley) (1961) – includes "Once in a Lifetime" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
  Pickwick – with Cyril Ornadel (1963)
  The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (with Newley) (1965) – includes "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)?" and "Feeling Good"
  Doctor Dolittle (1967) – includes "Talk to the Animals"
  Sweet November (with Newley)
  Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
  
  Scrooge (with Ian Fraser; Herbert W. Spencer, 1970) – includes "Thank You Very Much"
  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (with Newley, 1971)
  Beyond the Rainbow (lyrics only, 1978)[14]
  The Good Old Bad Old Days (with Newley, 1974)
  Peter Pan (television, with Newley, 1976)
  
  Victor Victoria (film with Henry Mancini, 1982)
  Babes in Toyland (1986 film) (with Newley, 1986)
  Sherlock Holmes: The Musical – book, music, and lyrics by Bricusse (1989)
  
  Hook (with John Williams) (1991) – includes "When You're Alone"
  Jekyll & Hyde (lyrics only, 1990/1994/1997)
  Scrooge (1992 stage musical)
  Victor/Victoria (1995 Broadway musical)
  Doctor Dolittle (1998 stage musical)
  
  Cyrano (2009, Tokyo, with Frank Wildhorn)
  Sammy (2009) – Old Globe Theatre
  
  Songs
  Source:
  "Out of Town" with Robin Beaumont (1956)
  
  "My Kind of Girl" (1961)
  "What Kind of Fool Am I?" with Anthony Newley (1963)
  "Who Can I Turn To" with Anthony Newley (1964)
  "Feeling Good" with Anthony Newley (1964)
  "Goldfinger" (with John Barry and Anthony Newley) from Goldfinger (1964)
  "A Guide for the Married Man" (with John Williams) from the film A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
  "You Only Live Twice" (with Barry) from You Only Live Twice (1967)
  "Two for the Road" (with Henry Mancini) from Two for the Road (1967)
  "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle (1967)
  "Your Zowie Face" for film In Like Flint, music by Jerry Goldsmith (1967)
  "Fill The World With Love" from Goodbye Mr. Chips (1968) originally sung by Petula Clark and also popularised by Richard Harris
  "You and I" from Goodbye Mr. Chips (1968) sung by Petula Clark, Barbara Cook, and Michael Feinstein
  
  "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge (1970)
  "Candy Man" and "Pure Imagination" (with Newley) from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  "Can You Read My Mind (Love Theme)" (with John Williams) from Superman (1978)
  "Move Em Out" (with Henry Mancini) from Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
  
  "Le Jazz Hot!" with Henry Mancini from Victor/Victoria (1982)
  "Making Toys", "Every Christmas Eve/Santa's Theme (Giving)", "It's Christmas Again", "Patch! Natch!" and "Thank You, Santa!" (with Henry Mancini) from Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
  "Life in a Looking Glass" (with Henry Mancini) from That's Life! (1986)
  
  "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone (with John Williams) (1990)
  "When You're Alone", "We Don't Wanna Grow Up" from Hook (with John Williams) (1991)
  "Christmas at Hogwarts" (with John Williams) in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
  "The Perfect Song" (with Andrew Lloyd Webber) for Michael Ball.
  
  Awards
  Academy Award
  Best Original Song, 1968 – "Talk to the Animals"
  Best Adaptation and Original Song Score, 1982 - Victor/Victoria
  Grammy Award
  Song of the Year, 1963 – "What Kind of Fool Am I"
  Songwriters Hall of Fame[18]
  
  Nominations
  Tony Award
  Best Musical, 1963 – Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
  Tony Award for Best Score, 1963 – "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off"
  Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, 1963 – "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off"
  Tony Award for Best Score of a Musical, 1965 – "The Roar of Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd"
  Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, 1997 – "Jekyll & Hyde"
  Academy Awards
  Original Music Score, 1967 – Doctor Dolittle
  Original Music Score, 1969 – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  Original Song Score, 1970 – Scrooge
  Best Original Song, 1970 – "Thank You Very Much"
  Best Adaptation and Original Song Score, 1971 – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  Best Original Song, 1986 – "Life in a Looking Glass"
  Best Original Song, 1990 – "Somewhere in My Memory"
  Best Original Song, 1991 – "When You're Alone"
  Golden Raspberry Award
  Worst 'Original' Song, 1986 – "Life in a Looking Glass" (lyrics)

  
  
  
  
  
  

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  October 20th
  
  1955: Thomas Newman is born--Los Angeles, California.
  1956: Danny Boyle is born--Radcliffe, Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
  
  1957: The Sunday Times ends its six week serialization of Ian Fleming's The Diamond Smugglers, started 15 September.
  1959: Ian Fleming writes to fan Eunice Jenkins in Hong Kong.

  

  Sale 2543 - Lot 188

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  1997: Ronald Lawrence Morisco-Tarr (Ron Tarr) dies at age 60--Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
  (Born 14 November 1936--Municipal Borough of Willesden, Middlesex, England.)

  

  Ron Tarr (1936–1997)

  Actor | Miscellaneous Crew
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850611/
  

  
  A View to a Kill
  
  

  1999: Garbage introduces "The World Is Not Enough" during a University of Denver concert. The same day MTV screens its documentary Making the Video, then premieres it.

  Garbage, Making the World Is Not Enough, 1999
  
  The World Is Not Enough - Official Video, 1999 (4:03)
  

  
  2001: Geoffrey Boothroyd dies--UK.
  (Born 1925--Blackpool, England.)

  

  Geoffrey Boothroyd

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Boothroyd
  
  Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) was a British firearms expert and author of several standard reference works on the subject. He gave weapons advice to James Bond author Ian Fleming, who named the character Major Boothroyd after him as a result. He was born in Blackpool. Beginning with A Guide to Gun Collecting and Guns Through the Ages (both 1961) to The British Over and Under Shotgun co-authored with Susan Boothroyd (2004), Boothroyd was a prolific author on the subject of firearms.

  Whilst employed with Imperial Chemical Industries, an ammunition manufacturer, Boothroyd wrote a letter to Fleming professing admiration for the character of James Bond, but not his choice of weapons, particularly the .25 calibre Beretta. Fleming responded to Boothroyd, and their correspondence about weaponry has been reprinted in various places. As a result of the correspondence Fleming gave Bond a 7.65mm Walther PPK pistol in Dr. No and created a character named "Major Boothroyd" in the novel (the real Boothroyd held no such rank). Prior to the correspondence Fleming is reported to have thought the subject of guns to be rather dull and uninteresting. Boothroyd advised Fleming on the use of silencers and suggested various firearms for use by Bond and other characters.
  
  Boothroyd provided illustrator Richard Chopping with his own .38 Smith & Wesson snubnosed revolver, modified with one third of the trigger guard removed, to meet Fleming's wish for a design incorporating a pistol and a rose for the first edition cover of From Russia, with Love. Boothroyd had to assist the police with their enquiries when a similar weapon was used in a triple murder in Glasgow explaining that his weapon had been posted to Ian Fleming for a book cover. Peter Manuel was later arrested, convicted and executed for the murder.
  
  In the first Bond film, Dr. No, Major Boothroyd, portrayed by Peter Burton, recreates the scene from the novel. Geoffrey Boothroyd appeared as himself in a short film The Guns of James Bond available on the Dr. No Ultimate Edition DVD.

  

  Geoffrey Boothroyd

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2508719/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
  Filmography

  Self (1 credit)
  
  1964 The Guns of James Bond (Documentary short) - Himself
  
  Archive footage (2 credits)
  
  2015 Timeshift (TV Series documentary) - Himself - Armourer 'Q'
  - Looking for Mr Bond: 007 at the BBC (2015) ... Himself - Armourer 'Q'
  2008 Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began (TV Movie documentary) - Himself

  1964 Time Out - The Guns of James Bond (5:08 clip)
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  S.H.I.E.L.D. Boothroyd
  

  2008: "Another Way to Die" single released in Europe.
  
  2012: The "Skyfall" single enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #8.
  
  2021: The Petersen Automotive Museum displays James Bond vehicles at Los Angeles, California.

  

  Design | Tim Lappen
  Petersen Automotive Museum
  Showcasing James Bond Vehicles

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://beverlyhillscourier.com/2021/10/17/petersen-automotive-museum-showcasing-james-bond-vehicles/

  I was lucky enough to have a pre-opening private preview of the newest exhibit at the
  Petersen Automotive Museum, an incredible display of over 20 screen-used vehicles
  from many James Bond 007 films over the past six decades.
  BY Tim Lappen October 17, 2021
  

  
  2008 Aston Martin DBS destroyed in "Quantum of Solace"

  The Courier’s Fine Autos Contributor, Tim Lappen, is the Fine Autos Editor for Haute Living, Haute Time, Haute Residence and Haute Auto and a partner in a Century City law firm, where he chairs his firm’s Family Office Group and the Luxury Home Group. He can be reached at [email protected] and his website is www.LifeInTheFastLane.org.
  
  I was lucky enough to have a pre-opening private preview of the newest exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum, an incredible display of over 20 screen-used vehicles from many James Bond 007 films over the past six decades. I have to say that, especially after viewing the seriously thrashed Aston Martin DBS from “Quantum of Solace” and then taking in the beauty of the Aston Martin DB10 (a model only made for the Bond film “Spectre”), the experience left me both shaken and stirred. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
  
  First, an admission – I love the James Bond stories and started reading them not that long after Ian Fleming started creating them in the early 1950s. Bond was like Superman to me but, of course, the cars were far better. The stories were fantastical, for sure, but the special effects of the films – well, the opening credits alone were worth the price of admission.

  
  2008 Aston Martin DBS destroyed in “Quantum of Solace”

  But even with today’s computer-generated images (“CGI”), some of the best effects come from at least some of the scenes being generated IRL (in real life). And the newest Petersen exhibit shows us some pretty amazing vehicles, which mostly were created solely so that they could be used in (and often destroyed by) the making of the movie.

  
  2015 Aston Martin DB10, made only for “Spectre” (DB10s were not sold to the public)

  The Museum’s exhibit, which is being billed as “The Largest Official Bond Car Display!” is entitled “Bond In Motion.” It is the official collection of original James Bond vehicles and is produced in collaboration with EON Production and the Ian Fleming Foundation. It is scheduled to run through October 20, 2022. Museum visitors can experience the exhibit without any extra charge over and above their entrance ticket.

  
  1985 Aston Martin V8 Vantage (with skis!) from “The Living Daylights”

  And what a terrific assemblage of special vehicles it is (no surprise there). Most of the cars are Aston Martins (again, not a shocker) with a smattering of others, like a few BMW cars and bikes, plus a Jaguar which was driven by the bad guy (“Zao”) in “Die Another Day,” in the incredible chase scene across a frozen lake. Luckily (especially for the audience), both Bond’s Aston and Zao’s cars had special weaponry, like rockets, a Gatling gun and more. There was one very special trick —Bond’s Aston featured a disappearing technique that allowed the car to become invisible as long as the option was enabled. Who wouldn’t want that on occasion?
  
  A big part of what makes this exhibit so special is that each vehicle (there are also some motorcycles, boats, submersibles and those flying machines that enabled 007 to engage in all of those chases and escapes) is accompanied by a repeating loop of film in which the vehicle was seen. These terrific visual components help even those of us who were and are big fans remember how the vehicle was used in the movie. It’s a great feature and makes the exhibit really interesting.

  
  1964 Aston Martin DB5 like the one modified for “Goldfinger”

  Of course, no article about the Bond cars would be complete without a big mention of the 1964 Aston Martin DB5, which made its debut in the movie “Goldfinger.” The unprecedented gadgetry includes gun barrels which could be used after flipping down the front turn-signal indicators, a three-way revolving license place, a smokescreen generator, an oil slick creation device and a bullet shield behind the rear window. The main attraction in this car—and the feature which ushered in major trickery and cleverness in the Bond franchise —was the ejection seat which, when one flipped open the gearshift knob and hit the button, launched the passenger into the wild blue yonder.
  
  Want to see the latest and greatest Bond vehicles? The 25th film in the James Bond franchise, “No Time To Die,” is now showing.

  
  2002 Jaguar XKR driven by the villain in “Die Another Day”

  The Petersen Museum is right on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax Boulevards, literally across the street from the just-opened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
  
  Here are some of the many vehicles featured in this special exhibit but the show is so grand that only a part of the exhibit could be showcased here.
  
  All photos by ted7

  
  
  
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  October 21st
  
  1945: Everett McGill is born--Miami Beach, Florida.
  
  1954: The CBS anthology series Climax! airs the live television production of Casino Royale featuring American CIA Agent Jimmy Bond, British Agent Clarence Leiter, and Bond Girl Valerie Mathis.

  

  Casino Royale

  William H. Brown... Director
  Ian Fleming ... source novel
  Antony Ellis, Charles Bennett... writers for television

  Cast
  Barry Nelson ... James Bond
  Peter Lorre ... Le Chiffre
  Linda Christian ... Valerie Mathis
  Michael Pate ... Clarence Leiter
  William Lundigan ... Himself - Host
  Music by Jerry Goldsmith

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Climax! Casino Royale (TV-1954) JAMES BOND (51:49)
  

  
  1959: Ivar Bryce gives feedback to Fleming on his not being present for future filming.

  

  The Battle for Bond, Robert Sellers, 2007.
  Chapter 10 - Money Problems

  Bryce's response to Fleming's revelations that he might not be on hand for
  the shooting arrived on 21 October. "The time you are essential is obviously
  during preparation of the script. Even if Whittingham writes every word, you
  really must be within reach for overall decisions. I think once that is over, you
  needn't be there at all, expect for fun. I personally think the Nassau shooting
  should be from mid-April to June, when the weather is much the most reliable,
  and when Nassau costs of living are quart of 'season' costs."
  
  Whittingham, too was expecting to work closely with Fleming and was
  more than surprised when he instead grabbed a portable typewriter, visas and a
  round-the-world suit with concealed money pockets and hopped on a BOAC
  Comet bound for Hong Kong to begin a five-week tour round the world. The
  Sunday Times wanted Fleming to write series entitled "The Six Wicked
  Cities - observations on places like Las Vegas, Tokyo and Las Angeles.
  Fleming confessed to being the world's worst sightseer and that he had "often
  advocated the provision of roller-skates at the doors of museums and art
  galleries." But his editor argued that such a trip would be a perfect opportunity
  to pick up material for future Bond stories. Indeed Fleming's Tokyo visit, his
  first, led to an enthusiasm, for Japan and his decision to later use it as the
  location for You Only Live Twice.

  

  
  1965: Original premiere date planned for Thunderball at the Odeon. Leicester Square.
  (Postponed due to delays in post-production.)
  1968: Principal photography begins at Piz Gloria, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. With the restaurant still in development, the production paid for electricity, airlifts, and the construction of the helipad.
  
  1972: James Bond comic strip Isle of Condors finishes its run. (Started 12 June 1972. 1952–2065)
  Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.

  https://www.popoptiq.com/isle-of-condors/
  
  
  
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/ioc.php3
  
  
  Swedish Semic Comic
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1974.php3?s=comics&id=01800

  Kondorernas ö
  (Isle of Condors)
  

  
  Swedish Semic Comic
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1981.php3

  Kondorernas ö
  (Isle of Condors)
  

  
  Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-28-1974/

  James Bond Agent 007 no. 28:
  “Isle of Condors” (1974)
  "Kondorernes ø"
  
  

  1976: Andrew Scott is born--Dublin, Ireland.
  
  1984: Marc Zinga is born in Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  
  1987: Bob Simmons dies at age 65.
  (Born 31 March 1922--Fullham, London, England.)

  

  Bob Simmons (stunt man)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Simmons_(stunt_man)

  
  Bob Simmons as James Bond 007 in the gun
  barrel sequence featured in the movies Dr. No,
  From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger

  Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1922 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series.
  
  Biography
  Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor, but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film The Red Beret, that included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum and cameraman, later director of photography Ted Moore. Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films, and worked for Allen in his The Long Ships and Genghis Khan, where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse.

  When Albert R. Broccoli began to produce the James Bond films, Simmons tested as an actor for the Bond role, but until his death in 1987, he became the stunt coordinator for every Bond film except From Russia with Love, which he joined later in the production, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Man with the Golden Gun. He appeared in the gun barrel sequence for Sean Connery in three James Bond films: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Simmons is the only person to officially perform the scene, while not starring in the main role as James Bond. Simmons also had a role as SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in the pre-title sequence of the fourth film, Thunderball.
  
  Simmons developed a stunt technique involving trampolines, first used in You Only Live Twice, whereby stuntmen would bounce off a trampoline in concert with a triggered explosion so as to simulate being blown into the air. This was used in many other films, including by Simmons again in The Wild Geese, where Simmons also doubled for Richard Burton.
  
  Upon retirement, Simmons wrote an autobiography entitled Nobody Does It Better titled after the theme song for the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.

  

  Bob Simmons (I) (1922–1987)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799689/
  
  Filmography

  Stunts (49 credits)
  
  1987 Going Bananas (stunt coordinator - as Robert Simmons)
  1985 A View to a Kill (stunt team supervisor)
  1983 Octopussy (action sequences arranger)
  1982 The Final Option (stunts - uncredited)
  1982 The Wall (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
  1981 For Your Eyes Only (action sequences arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1980 The Sea Wolves (stunts - uncredited)
  
  1979 All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie) (action arranger)
  1979 Moonraker (action sequence arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1979 Zulu Dawn (stunt coordinator - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1978 The Wild Geese (stunt double: Richard Burton - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1977 Mister Deathman (stunt coordinator)
  1977 The Spy Who Loved Me (action arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1975 De dwaze lotgevallen van Sherlock Jones (fight instructor)
  1975 The Man Who Would Be King (stunts - uncredited)
  1975 Happy Days Are Here Again (stunt coordinator)
  1975 Paper Tiger (action arranger)
  1975 The Wilby Conspiracy (stunts)
  1974 Caravan to Vaccares (stunts: fight sequence)
  1973 Live and Let Die (stunts co-ordinator)
  1973 A Touch of Class (stunt and fight arranger)
  1973 The Offence (stunts - uncredited)
  1972 Lady Caroline Lamb (fight arranger)
  1971 Diamonds Are Forever (stunt arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1971 When Eight Bells Toll (stunt coordinator - uncredited) / (stunt double: Anthony Hopkins - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1971 Murphy's War (stunt arranger)
  1970 The Adventurers (stunts - uncredited)
  
  1968 Shalako (action sequences arranger)
  1967 You Only Live Twice (action sequences) / (stunt double - uncredited) / (stunt double: Sean Connery - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1965 Thunderball (stunt double: Guy Doleman - uncredited) / (stunt double: Sean Connery - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1965 Genghis Khan (action sequences)
  1964 Goldfinger (action sequences by) / (stunt double: Harold Sakata - uncredited) / (stunt double: Michael Mellinger - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1963 From Russia with Love (stunt double - uncredited) / (train fight double: Sean Connery - uncredited)
  1962 Dr. No (stunt arranger - uncredited) / (stunt double - uncredited) / (stunt double: Sean Connery - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1962 Night Creatures (fight sequence staged by)
  1961 The Hellions (stunt double: Lionel Jeffries - uncredited)
  1961 The Secret Ways (stunt supervisor)
  1961 The Guns of Navarone (stunt coordinator - uncredited) / (stunt double: Gregory Peck - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1961 Fury at Smugglers' Bay (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
  1960 Exodus (stunts - uncredited)
  1960 Scent of Mystery (stunt double: Denholm Elliott - uncredited)
  
  1958 Tom Thumb (stunt double: Peter Sellers - uncredited)
  1957 Action of the Tiger (stunts - uncredited)
  1957 Fire Down Below (stunts - uncredited)
  1956 Zarak (stunts)
  1954 The Black Knight (stunt double: Alan Ladd - uncredited)
  1953 Paratrooper (stunts - uncredited)
  1952 Ivanhoe (stunts - uncredited)
  1939 Jamaica Inn (stunts - uncredited)
  
  Actor (25 credits)
  
  1981 For Your Eyes Only - Henchman Lotus Explosion Victim (uncredited)
  
  1978 The Wild Geese - Pilot (uncredited)
  1977 The Spy Who Loved Me - KGB Thug #2 (uncredited)
  1976 The Next Man - London Assassin
  1976 Montana Trap
  1971 The Persuaders! (TV Series) - Jeep Driver / Card Player
  - Chain of Events (1971) ... Jeep Driver (uncredited)
  - To the Death, Baby (1971) ... Card Player (uncredited)
  1971 Murphy's War - member of German sub crew (uncredited)
  
  1966 The Saint (TV Series) - Fake Limo Driver
  - The Queen's Ransom (1966) ... Fake Limo Driver (uncredited)
  1965 Thunderball - Colonel Jacques Bouvar - SPECTRE #6 (uncredited)
  1964 Goldfinger - James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
  1963 From Russia with Love- James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
  1963 Sparrows Can't Sing
  Pub Patron (uncredited)
  1962 Dr. No - James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
  1962 The Road to Hong Kong - Astronaut (uncredited)
  1961 The Guns of Navarone - German Soldier on Navarone (uncredited)
  1961 Fury at Smugglers' Bay - Carlos, a pirate
  1960 Exodus - Man of arms (uncredited)
  1960 And the Same to You - Perce's Opponent
  
  1959 Great Van Robbery - Peters
  1958 The Vise (TV Series) - Brading
  - The Man Who Was Twice (1958) ... Brading
  1958 Tank Force (aka No Time To Die) - Mustapha
  1955 Tangier Assignment - Peter Valentine (as Robert Simmons)
  1953 The Sword and the Rose - French Champion
  1953 Bad Blonde - Booth Man (uncredited)
  
  1939 Reform School - Johnny
  
  Miscellaneous Crew (16 credits)
  
  1982 The Final Option (action arranger)
  1980 The Sea Wolves (action arranger)
  
  1978 The Wild Geese (action arranger)
  1975 The Man Who Would Be King (master of horse)
  1973 The Man Called Noon (action supervisor)
  1971 Catlow (action sequence coordinator)
  1970 The Adventurers (action sequences arranger: second unit)
  
  1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade (action arrangements)
  1967 You Only Live Twice (action sequences by)
  1965 Thunderball (action sequences by)
  1964 Goldfinger (body double: James Bond, in opening sequence - uncredited)
  1964 The Long Ships (action sequences)
  1963 From Russia with Love (body double: James Bond, in opening sequence - uncredited)
  1962 Dr. No (body double: James Bond, in opening sequence - uncredited)
  1962 The Pirates of Blood River (horse master) / (master at arms)
  1961 The Naked Edge (fight arranger)
  
  Camera and Electrical Department (2 credits)
  
  George & Mildred (TV Series) (lighting director - 3 episodes, 1977 - 1978) (lighting - 2 episodes, 1979)
  - The Twenty Six Year Itch (1979) ... (lighting)
  - A Military Pickle (1979) ... (lighting)
  - I Believe in Yesterday (1978) ... (lighting director)
  - The Right Way to Travel (1977) ... (lighting director)
  - All Around the Clock (1977) ... (lighting director)
  1977 The Upchat Line (TV Series) (lighting director - 1 episode)
  - Accommodation Address (1977) ... (lighting director)
  
  Art department (1 credit)
  
  1987 Promised Land (storyboard artist)
  
  Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (1 credit)
  
  1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (second unit director)
  
  Producer (1 credit)
  
  1973 The Man Called Noon (associate producer)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 26 of 65 - "Dance of the Toreadors" in Pamplona.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Dance of the Toreadors

  Season 1 - Episode 26
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807283/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  When IQ falls in love with flamenco dancer Dulce Nada and follows her to Pamplona, he has no idea that she's unwittingly embroiled in Baron von Skarin's plot to cause a nuclear meltdown in Britain.

  James Bond Jr Episode 26 - Dance of the Toreadors
  
  

  
  

  
  James Bond Jr Issue 5 Dance of the Toreadors
  http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-005/
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2019: Liam Gallagher "jokes" he's available for the next Bond theme song.

  

  Liam Gallagher: 007 bosses can give me a call
  for Bond tune

  See the complete article here:
  

  21 October 2019, 11:40

  
  Liam Gallagher. Picture: Press

  The former Oasis rocker has teased he wouldn't say no to being approached for the upcoming No Time To Die film.
  
  Liam Gallagher has expressed an interest in singing the next Bond theme tune.
  
  The former Oasis frontman has revealed he'd be happy to record the soundtrack for Daniel Craig's last outing as the famous spy.

  Speaking of the forthcoming film, which is entitled No Time To Die, Gallagher joked: "The new James Bond one, it's all about dying innit.
  
  "Die not next week, can't be arsed dying today, might die f***ing next month, there's a lot of death going on. "But you know they can give us a call, why not."

  Speaking to Ireland's Today FM, the Manchester legend also said he thought that his Gone track would work for a Quentin Tarantino film.
  
  "Tarantino, he's pretty good, isn't he? There's a lot of him in Gone," mused the rocker.
  
  "But we don't write music to go, 'Right let's put it in a film,' but if people pick up on it then they're welcome to it.
  
  So far, a few artists have been rumoured for the new Bond soundtrack, including Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa, as well as Sam Smith and Adele - who have both previously performed on Bond themes and won Academy Awards for 2015's Writing's On The Wall and 2012's Skyfall respectively.
  
  No Time To Die is set for release in April 2020.

  2019: Naomie Harris proposes Moneypenny spinoff film in discussion.

  

  Naomie Harris Says 'Conversation Has Started' for
  'James Bond' Spin-Off film as Miss Moneypenny!

  See the complete article here:
  

  http://www.justjared.com/2019/10/21/naomie-harris-says-conversation-has-started-for-james-bond-spin-off-film-as-miss-moneypenny/

  Mon, 21 October 2019 at 12:10 pm

  
  Naomie Harris is ready for her very own stand-alone James Bond film!

  While making an appearance on Good Morning America on Monday (October 21) in New York City, the 43-year-old actress opened up about her Moonlight director Barry Jenkins wanting to do a spin-off film for her Bond character, Miss Moneypenny.

  “He’s wanted to do a bad ass, kick-ass kind of action thing with Moneypenny which I’m all for actually,” Naomie revealed. “I got together with Barbara Broccoli, our producer, and I was like let’s make this happen but she wasn’t so down with it – but maybe one day it should. Who knows.”
  
  “The conversation has started at least and we’re continuing it here so who knows,” Naomie concluded.

  Naomie Harris also talked about her role as a police officer in the new action film Black and Blue, which will be released on October 25 – Watch the trailer here!

  https://twitter.com/i/status/1186266780412461056

  
  
  
  

  
  2022: The Martini Bar launches a new and decadent mixology and culinary experience at The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas.

  

  

  Shaken, Not
  Stirred at The
  Martini Bar

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.bahamas.com/fr/events/shaken-not-stirred-at-the-martini-bar

  21 Oct, 2022
  The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort

  A nod to its glamorous and star-studded legacy, The Martini Bar at The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Bahamas has launched a new and decadent mixology and culinary experience.
  
  The Martini Bar is known best as the backdrop for the 2006 remake of the Casino Royale film where James Bond can be seen sipping his famous Vesper Martini. This limited seat Living Room Bar transports guests into the scenes of their very own movie.
  
  Whether sipping on a classic Vesper Martini or indulging in the new ultra-luxe Caviar Martini, it’s an unforgettable experience. While cocktails are the heart of The Martini Bar signature experience, new unique culinary creations are presented with suggested Martini pairings.

  The Martini Bar and Lounge is open every Friday and Saturday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Reservations can be made by calling the Resort at +1-242-363-2501.