Tag: Moonraker
Walter Gotell was born in Bonn on 15th March 1924. He played KGB head General Gogol in a total of six James Bond films but also appeared as a henchman in From Russia With Love.
Lewis Gilbert directed You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. He died in Monaco on this day in 2018 at the age of 97.
Shirley Bassey sang the theme songs for Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker. She was born on in Cardiff on this day in 1937.
Moonraker was published in the USA on this day in 1955.
Ian Fleming’s third James Bond book, Moonraker, was first published in the United States by Macmillan on 20th September 1955. It had been published in the UK by Jonathan Cape earlier the same year, on 5th April.
Richard Kiel, who twice played Jaws opposite Roger Moore, was born on this day in 1939
Jaws actor Richard Kiel died on this day in 2014. He proved to be so popular in The Spy Who Loved Me he returned in Moonraker.
Richard Kiel, who played the much-loved henchman Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), died on 10th September 2014.
Geoffrey Keen played Frederick Gray in six James Bond movies. He was born on this day in 1916.
Geoffrey Keen, who played Frederick Gray in The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights, was born in Berkshire on 21st August 1916.
Moonraker premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on this day in 1979.
Moonraker premièred at the Odeon Leicester Square on 26th June 1979.
Michael Londsdale played Sir Hugo Drax in Moonraker. He was born in Paris on 24th May 1931.
