Freddie Young, cinematographer on You Only Live Twice, was born on 9th October 1902 in London.

Freddie Young, who was responsible for the cinematography on You Only Live Twice, was born on 9th October 1902 in London.

Young was the first British cinematographer to film in CinemaScope, and as well as his work on 007 he won the cinematography Oscar three times for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan’s Daughter, all directed by David Lean.

George Baker died on this day in 2011. He appeared as 3 different characters in 3 different Bond movies!

George Baker, who appeared in three James Bond films, died on 7th October 2011.

Baker was uncredited in You Only Live Twice as a NASA engineer, but in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service played Sir Hilary Bray, and then Captain Benson in The Spy Who Loved Me. Baker also dubbed George Lazenby’s voice in the scenes in which Bond is impersonating the heraldry expert in Piz Gloria.