Author: Moneypenny
Claudine Auger played Dominique “Domino” Derval in Thunderball. She was born in Paris on this day in 1941.
Nick Nack, Scaramanaga’s diminutive henchman in The Man with the Golden Gun, was portrayed by Hervé Villechaize. He was born in Paris on 23rd April 1943.
Toby Stephens, who played Gustav Graves in Die Another Day, was born in London on 21st April 1969. He has also voiced 007 in a number of BBC radio plays and narrated audiobooks.
Guy Hamilton died at home in Mallorca on 20th April 2016 aged 93. After setting the template for the series with Goldfinger he returned for Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun.
Bruce Cabot was born in California on this day in 1904. He played Bert Saxby in Diamonds Are Forever, his last ever film role.
Sebastian Faulks, who wrote James Bond continuation novel Devil May Care, was born in Berkshire on 20th April 1953.
Sean Bean, who appeared as Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye, was born in Yorkshire on this day in 1959.
Ian Fleming’s 10th James Bond book, The Spy Who Loved Me, was published by Jonathan Cape on this day in 1962. It’s a bit of an oddity in that it is written in the first person from a female perspective. James Bond only appears for the last third of the novel.
Lois Chiles was born in Houston on 15th April 1947. She played Dr Holly Goodhead in Moonraker.
