Tag: The Man With The Golden Gun
Maud Adams was born in Luleå, Sweden on 12th February 1945. After appearing as Andrea Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun she was asked back to play the title role in Octopussy.
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!
Britt Ekland played Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun. She was born on 6th October 1942.
Britt Ekland, who played Mary Goodnight opposite Roger Moore in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), was born on 6th October 1942 in Stockholm.
Richard Loo, who played Hai Fat in The Man With The Golden Gun, was born in Hawaii on 1st October 1903.
Richard Loo, who played Hai Fat in The Man With The Golden Gun was born in Hawaii on 1st October 1903.
Today marks the anniversary of Hervé Villechaize’s suicide in 1993. He played Nick Nack in The Man With The Golden Gun.
Hervé Villechaize, who played Nick Nack in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), died on 4th September 1993 after shooting himself at his North Hollywood home. He was 50 years old.
Soon-Tek Oh was born on this day in 1943. He played Lieutenant Hip in The Man with the Golden Gun.
Soon-Tek Oh,who played Lieutenant Hip in The Man with the Golden Gun, was born in Mokpo in South Korea on 29th June 1943.
Clifton James was born in Spokane, Washington on this day in 1921. He played Sheriff JW Pepper in Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun.
Christopher Lee played Francisco Scaramanga in The Man With The Golden Gun. He was born in Belgravia on this day in 1922. Not only did he play a Bond villain but he was a cousin of Ian Fleming.
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.
