In the space of 12 months — Dec. 18, 2019 to Dec. 18, 2020 — a number of spy entertainment figures passed away. The blog just wanted to take note. This is not a comprehensive list.
Dec. 18, 2019: Claudine Auger, who played Domino in Thunderball (1965), dies.
Jan. 8, 2020: Buck Henry, acclaimed screenwriter and co-creator of Get Smart (with Mel Brooks), dies.
Feb. 8, 2020: Anthony Spinner, veteran writer-producer, dies. His credits include producing the final season of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and a 1970s version of The Saint.
Feb. 8, 2020: Robert Conrad, star of The Wild Wild West and A Man Called Sloane, dies.
March 8, 2020: Actor Max von Sydow dies. His many credits playing a villain in Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Blofeld in Never Say Never Again (1983).
April 5, 2020: Honor Blackman, who played Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964), dies.
Sept. 1, 2020: Arthur Wooster, second unit director of photography on multiple James Bond movies, dies.
Sept. 10, 2020: Diana Rigg, who played Emma Peel in The Avengers and Tracy in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), dies.
Sept. 21, 2020: Michael Lonsdale, veteran French actor whose credits included playing the villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker (1979), dies.
Oct. 5, 2020: Margaret Nolan, who was the model for the main titles of Goldfinger and appeared in the film as Dink, dies.
Oct. 31, 2020: Sean Connery, the first film James Bond, dies. He starred in six Bond films made by Eon productions and a seventh (Never Say Never Again) made outside Eon.
Dec. 12, 2020: David Cornwell, who wrote under the pen name John le Carre, dies. Many of his novels were adapted as movies and mini-series.
Dec. 18, 2020: Peter Lamont, who worked in the art department of many James Bond films, including production designer from 1981-2006 (excluding 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies), dies.
Filed under: James Bond Films, The Other Spies | Tagged: A Man Called Sloane, Anthony Spinner, Buck Henry, Claudine Auger, Get Smart, Goldfinger, Honor Blackman, John Le Carre, Moonraker, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Peter Lamont, Robert Conrad, Sean Connery, the Avengers, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, The Wild Wild West, Thunderball |
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Quite a toll this year has taken. May they all RIP.
I’m sure you caught this error by now–but Claudine Auger played Domino in Thunderball, not Goldfinger.
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Such unique talents! Grateful for the enjoyment they provided.
Pioneers in their roles: Sean Connery and Robert Conrad!
Yes. It’s been a big loss of james bond celebrities and a very complicated one for the release of a new bond film “no time to die” many fans in the james bond community are just hoping that next year (2021) there will be some light at the end of the tunnel for this films release. Happy new year everybody when it comes.