Bill Tanner

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Bill Tanner
Chief of Staff
AffiliationMI6
NationalityBritish
ClassificationAlly

William Tanner is a fictional character in the

Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) who acts as M's chief of staff
.

Novels

In

John Gardner
.

In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote The Book of Bond or Every Man His Own 007, a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner".

Film appearances

Film Year Portrayed by
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Michael Goodliffe (uncredited)[1]
For Your Eyes Only 1981 James Villiers
GoldenEye 1995 Michael Kitchen
The World Is Not Enough 1999
Quantum of Solace 2008 Rory Kinnear
Skyfall 2012
Spectre 2015
No Time to Die 2021

In

CIA
, and that Scaramanga is attempting to provoke a battle with MI6. This leads to Bond being sent to find Scaramanga.

Bill Tanner, played by Michael Kitchen in GoldenEye.

In

Melina Havelock kills him after Bond is captured. Tanner then gets upset at Bond for not getting any information and letting Melina murder Gonzales. Tanner is last seen at the end of the film, when he connects the Prime Minister and Bond by phone. Unknown to Tanner and the Prime Minister, Bond is not there and it is merely a talking parrot that ends up "flirting" with the Prime Minister. In Octopussy, the role of M was recast with Robert Brown, so Tanner did not appear.[2]

In GoldenEye, Tanner is only briefly seen in the Situation Room when the GoldenEye weapon is set off. Tanner calls the new M "the Evil Queen of Numbers," unaware that she is right behind him. As Michael Kitchen was unable to reprise his role for Tomorrow Never Dies, the character of Charles Robinson was created in his stead.[2]

In

R
is attempting to find Bond.

Tanner had never been considered a regular cinematic character until 2008's Quantum of Solace where was played by a different actor, Rory Kinnear who reprised the role of Tanner in Skyfall, Spectre, and No Time to Die.[3] Kinnear also voices Tanner and provides his likeness for the 2010 remake of the GoldenEye game and the original games James Bond 007: Blood Stone and 007 Legends.

References

  1. ^ "The Man With The Golden Gun- The James Bond International Fan Club". 007.info. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Quantum of Solace - Production Diary 7". 26 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2008.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Bond Star Rory Kinnear Explains Why He Thinks Latest 'Frontrunner' Is Unlikely To Land 007 Role". Yahoo News. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
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