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Ralph Fiennes, who played M in Skyfall, SPECTRE and No Time to Die, was born in Ipswich on this day in 1962.
Ilse Steppat, who played Irma Bunt in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, died on 21nd December 1969 just days after the film premiered.
Goldfinger finally arrived in North America on this day in 1964. It premiered at New York’s DeMille Theater and was screened around the clock to keep up with demand.
On this day in 1965 the US premiere of Thunderball took place at the Manhattan Paramount Theater in New York. Showing off the Bell Textron jet pack that featured in the film, the pilot was arrested as he had failed to acquire the licence required to fly off the roof of the cinema.
Tomorrow Never Dies went on general release in the United States on 19th December 1997, three days after its US premiere in Los Angeles
The Man With The Golden Gun premiered on this day in 1974. It was Roger Moore’s second outing as 007.
Roger Moore’s second James Bond film was The Man With The Golden Gun, which premiered at London’s Odeon Leicester Square on 19th December 1974. The film went on general release in the UK and USA the same day, although it had opened in Japan five days earlier.
While the film is not highly regarded by many Bond fans, even those who prefer the Roger Moore era, as the first Bond film I ever saw it holds a special place in my heart.
My dad took me to the Odeon in St Albans around August 1975 to see the film in the days prior to seeing 007 on television. While it is perhaps not the best of the series it has a good John Barry score, and Scaramanga, his golden gun and his assistant, Nick Nack, are all memorable – just say nothing about the whistle as the car jumps the bridge!
Desmond Llewelyn died on this day in 1999 at the age of 85. He played the much loved Q in 17 James Bond films between 1963 and 1999.
Desmond Llewelyn, who played the much loved Q in 17 James Bond films between 1963 and 1999, died on 19th December 1999 at the age of 85.
He died at Eastbourne District General Hospital after a car accident while driving home from a book signing. It was just a few weeks after the premiere of his final film, The World Is Not Enough.
Today is the anniversary of Claudine Auger’s death in 2019. She played Domino in Thunderball
The premiere of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service took place at the Odeon Leicester Square on this day in 1969. It went on release in the UK, USA and much of Europe the same day.
