List of James Bond allies
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This is a list of allies of James Bond who appear throughout the film series and novels.
MI6
M
M is a
Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny is the secretary to
Q
Q (standing for
Bill Tanner
Bill Tanner is MI6's
In 1965, Amis wrote the authorised spin-off The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007, a tongue-in-cheek guide to being a spy. The book is not credited to Amis, but rather to Lt. Col. William "Bill" Tanner.
- Michael Goodliffe (1974) (uncredited)
- James Villiers (1981)
- Michael Kitchen (1995–1999)
- Rory Kinnear (2008–present)
Mary Goodnight
Mary Goodnight is Bond's second personal secretary. She first appears in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service, then again in You Only Live Twice. By the time of her appearance in The Man with the Golden Gun, she has been assigned to the Kingston station of the service, although she has a much larger role. She appears later in the Jeffery Deaver novel Carte Blanche. She is shown to have a strong friendship with Miss Moneypenny.
She appears in the film The Man with the Golden Gun as a Bond girl, played by Britt Ekland.
Loelia Ponsonby
Loelia Ponsonby is Bond's shared personal secretary in many of the Bond novels. She is also the secretary for 008 and 0011, both of whom share an office with Bond. She retires and is replaced in On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Mary Goodnight after she marries a member of the Baltic Exchange. For the films, her flirtatious relationship with Bond is transferred to and replaced by Miss Moneypenny. Ponsonby nearly made an appearance in GoldenEye, but she was removed from the final draft. The name of the character may be based on the Duchess of Westminster of the same name.[1]
Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson is the Deputy Chief of Staff at MI6. He first appears in Tomorrow Never Dies, then later in The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. Played by Colin Salmon, Robinson appears to be M's right-hand man and is often seen at her side. When Bond reports in with MI6, he often does so to Robinson.
Smithers
One of Q's assistants, Smithers makes two film appearances: in For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. He is played by Jeremy Bulloch. He is a distinct character from Colonel Smithers, a Bank of England official whom Bond consults in the novel Goldfinger and its film version.
00 agents
The
The following 00 agents have been referenced onscreen in the James Bond films. Additional 00 agents, ranging from 001 to 0012, have been referenced in literature and in comic strips.
- 002 – Mentioned in The Man with the Golden Gun, named Bill Fairbanks and killed by Francisco Scaramanga. A different 002 (name not revealed) appears during the opening sequence of The Living Daylights.
- 003 – Body found in a snowbank at the start of A View to a Kill.
- 004 – Killed during the opening sequence of The Living Daylights.
- 005 – Seen attending a meeting during Thunderball.
- 006 – Named Alec Trevelyan, a one-time ally and friend of Bond who is presumed dead for nine years; he is the primary antagonist in GoldenEye.
- 007 – Can refer to both James Bond and Nomi, MI6 agent holder of the codename in No Time to Die.
- 008 – Mentioned by M in Goldfinger as a potential replacement for Bond if his mission fails. Bond also mentions this to Goldfinger himself. 008 is also mentioned in The Living Daylights as an alternate choice to assassinate General Pushkin if Bond refuses to do so.
- 009 – Seen early in Octopussy, killed by twins working for General Orlov. However, 009 still manages to complete his mission by returning a forged Fabergé egg and Bond later avenges his death. 009 is also mentioned in the film The World Is Not Enough as the agent who initially shoots Renard. 009 is mentioned again in Spectre as the intended recipient of the Aston Martin DB10 after it was reassigned from Bond. Bond steals the car for use in his own mission, leaving 009 without it.
Additional unidentified 00 agents are seen briefly in Thunderball and The World Is Not Enough. In the latter, one of the agents is revealed to be female.
Recurring allies
Felix Leiter
- Jack Lord (1962)
- Cec Linder (1964)
- Rik Van Nutter (1965)
- Norman Burton (1971)
- David Hedison (1973 & 1989)
- Bernie Casey (1983)
- John Terry (1987)
- Jeffrey Wright(2006, 2008 & 2021)
A revised version of the character of Felix Leiter appears in the
General Anatoly Gogol
General Anatoly Gogol is the head of the KGB in the films The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View to a Kill. In his final appearance, in The Living Daylights, the character has become a post-Glasnost envoy in the Foreign Service and is succeeded as head of the KGB by General Pushkin. In the end credits of the film, his first name is listed as "Anatol", although in The Spy Who Loved Me, M referred to him as Alexis.
Gogol is played by Walter Gotell (who also played SPECTRE henchman Morzeny in From Russia with Love). With the KGB, Gogol often allies himself with Bond to stave off the possibility of war with the West, an ideal that is not always shared with his comrades—such as when he argues against Soviet General Orlov's reckless proposal of military conquest in Octopussy, and uncovers Orlov's theft of priceless jewels from the Kremlin.
Only in For Your Eyes Only and A View to a Kill does Gogol act as an enemy, but even then his actions are more those of a respectful competitor. He particularly opposes the methods of the villain Max Zorin in A View to a Kill. General Gogol has a secretary named Miss Rublevitch, played by Eva Rueber-Staier, being some sort of Soviet counterpart to Miss Moneypenny.
Sir Frederick Gray
Sir Frederick Gray is the Minister of Defence in the films The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, and The Living Daylights. He is always listed in the closing credits as "Minister of Defence", and is played by Geoffrey Keen.
In The Spy Who Loved Me, after being briefed on his forthcoming mission to Egypt, Bond holds a private discussion with Gray, to whom he refers as "Freddie". It is never revealed how they know each other well enough for Bond to be so informal. In the next few films, Bond calls Gray "Minister", for most of their scenes include other officials. It is also suggested that he belongs to no particular political party; direct references are made to Margaret Thatcher in For Your Eyes Only, even though he had also held the post in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker – which were both made during the government led by James Callaghan.
Marc-Ange Draco
Draco is the head of the Unione Corse, a (real-life) major European crime syndicate and a rival of SPECTRE. He appears in the novels On Her Majesty's Secret Service, working as an ally of Bond; and Never Dream of Dying, where 007's former father-in-law turns out to be linked to the villain of the Union. He also appears in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, portrayed by Gabriele Ferzetti.
René Mathis
Mathis is a long-time friend of Bond and an agent of the French secret service
In the novel Thunderball, Bill Tanner asks Moneypenny to send a copy of SPECTRE's ransom demand letter to Mathis at the Deuxième Bureau. In Never Dream of Dying, he is captured by the head of the Union Le Gérant and is blinded with lasers. Bond later saves him from imprisonment. A younger version of Mathis appears in the "Young Bond" short story "A Hard Man to Kill".
The characters of Mathis and
May Maxwell
May Maxwell is Bond's loyal and elderly Scottish housekeeper, who is often mentioned in Ian Fleming's Bond novels. She also appears in several
Sir James Molony
A noted
Sheriff J. W. Pepper
Sheriff John Wayne (J. W.) Pepper is a parish sheriff in Louisiana. He appears in the films Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun. Played by Clifton James, he is mostly used as comic relief, especially and memorably for his tendency to speak loudly about whatever is on his mind.
In Live and Let Die, he chases Bond's and Kananga's
In The Man with the Golden Gun, a vacationing Pepper is shown having a boat tour in
Both of Pepper's appearances, particularly in the latter film, have been criticised by some Bond fans who view him as symptomatic of the overly comic and slapstick nature of some of the 'Moore Era' movies.[2] Despite this, Pepper does have a loyal following amongst some Bond fans, with Roger Moore claiming, "He gave my first two films a great, fun character", on actor Clifton James's death.[3]
Quarrel
Quarrel is a
As the films were made out of sequence from the novels, for the film adaptation of Live and Let Die, Quarrel was changed to Quarrel Jr. (Quarrel’s presumed son), played by Roy Stewart, whom Bond teams up with, and leads him on his boat in multiple scenes, before helping him destroy Dr. Kananga's poppy fields. Curiously, Quarrel Jr. seems to have a great knowledge of the island of San Monique, despite presumably being a Cayman Islander.
John Strangways and Mary Trueblood
John Strangways is a former
Strangways makes his only appearance in the films in Dr. No, where, as in the novel, he is killed for investigating the title character. Unlike in the novel, however, Strangways does not wear an eyepatch in the film. He is portrayed by
Tiger Tanaka
Tiger Tanaka is an ally to Bond in the novel
In the novel, the character was based on one of Fleming's friends, Torao Saito — although he was not connected to Japanese intelligence, but was in fact a well-known polymath in Japan, being a journalist, writer, photographer and architect.[7]
Ronnie Vallance
Vallance appears in four of the Bond novels:
Jack Wade
Jack Wade is an American CIA agent who appears in the films GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies. He is played by Joe Don Baker. Eight years before GoldenEye, Baker played villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights.
Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky (Russian: Вaлeнтин Дмитриeвич Жуковский) is a former KGB agent turned Russian mafia head who runs a bar, a casino, and a caviar factory. When he was younger (and a KGB agent), a conflict with Bond ended with Bond shooting Zukovsky in the leg, causing him to walk with a limp. However, after leaving the KGB, Zukovsky does not hold a grudge towards Bond, especially when dealing with Bond means turning a profit. Played by Robbie Coltrane, Zukovsky makes two appearances in the films, his first being in GoldenEye before being shot and mortally wounded by Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough. He lives long enough after being shot to execute a trick shot using his cane gun, enabling Bond to escape King's trap.
Dr. Madeleine Swann
Dr. Madeleine Swann is a psychiatrist, daughter of Mr. White, who assists Bond in his mission and becomes his love interest in the film Spectre and continues to be a central character in the subsequent film No Time to Die.
Film allies
This section lists allies who each appear in only one film.
Film | Character | Actor / actress | Affiliation | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. No | Honey Ryder | Ursula Andress | Active | |
Quarrel | John Kitzmiller | Deceased | ||
Pleydell-Smith | Louis Blaazer | Active | ||
Puss-Feller | Lester Prendergast (uncredited) | Active | ||
From Russia with Love | Tatiana Romanova | Daniela Bianchi | SMERSH | Active |
Kerim Bey | Pedro Armendáriz | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Goldfinger | Pussy Galore | Honor Blackman | Auric Industries | Active |
Jill Masterson | Shirley Eaton | Deceased | ||
Tilly Masterson |
Tania Mallet | Deceased | ||
Colonel Smithers | Richard Vernon | Bank of England | Active | |
Thunderball | Dominique "Domino" Derval |
Claudine Auger | Active | |
Patricia Fearing | Molly Peters | Shrublands Spa | Active | |
Paula Caplan | Martine Beswick | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
You Only Live Twice | Tiger Tanaka | Tetsurō Tamba | Japanese Secret Service | Active |
Aki | Akiko Wakabayashi | Japanese Secret Service | Deceased | |
Kissy Suzuki | Mie Hama | Japanese Secret Service | Active | |
Dikko Henderson | Charles Gray | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Ling | Tsai Chin | British Intelligence | Active | |
On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Tracy Bond | Diana Rigg | Wife of James Bond | Deceased |
Marc-Ange Draco | Gabriele Ferzetti | Union Corse | Active | |
Campbell | Bernard Horsfall | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Sir Hilary Bray | George Baker | Royal College of Arms | Active | |
Diamonds Are Forever | Tiffany Case | Jill St. John | Unnamed syndicate | Active |
Sir Donald Munger | Laurence Naismith | Active | ||
Willard Whyte | Jimmy Dean | Active | ||
Plenty O'Toole | Lana Wood | Deceased | ||
Live and Let Die | Solitaire | Jane Seymour | Dr. Kananga | Active |
Harold Strutter | Lon Satton | CIA | Deceased | |
Quarrel Jr. | Roy Stewart | CIA | Active | |
Rosie | Gloria Hendry | CIA/Dr. Kananga | Deceased | |
The Man with the Golden Gun | Colthorpe | James Cossins | British Intelligence | Active |
Mary Goodnight | Britt Ekland | British Intelligence | Active | |
Lieutenant Hip |
Soon-Tek Oh |
MI6 | Active | |
Andrea Anders | Maud Adams | Francisco Scaramanga | Deceased | |
The Spy Who Loved Me | Agent XXX Major Anya Amasova | Barbara Bach | Soviet Army/KGB | Active |
Admiral Hargreaves | Robert Brown | Royal Navy | Active | |
Commander Carter | Shane Rimmer | U.S. Navy | Active | |
Sheikh Hosein | Edward De Souza | British Intelligence | Active | |
Moonraker | Holly Goodhead | Lois Chiles | CIA | Active |
Corinne Dufour | Corinne Cléry | Drax Industries | Deceased | |
Manuela | Emily Bolton | British Intelligence | Active | |
Jaws | Richard Kiel | Hugo Drax | Active | |
Dolly | Blanche Ravalec | Jaws | Active | |
For Your Eyes Only | Melina Havelock |
Carole Bouquet | Active | |
Milos Columbo | Chaim Topol | Self-employed | Active | |
Bibi Dahl | Lynn-Holly Johnson | Active | ||
Jacoba Brink | Jill Bennett | Active | ||
Octopussy | Octopussy |
Maud Adams | Self-employed/Kamal Khan | Active |
Magda | Kristina Wayborn | Octopussy/Kamal Khan | Active | |
Penelope Smallbone | Michaela Clavell | British Intelligence | Active | |
Jim Fanning | Douglas Wilmer | British Intelligence | Active | |
Vijay | Vijay Amritraj | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Bianca | Tina Hudson | British Intelligence | Active | |
A View to a Kill | Stacey Sutton | Tanya Roberts | Active | |
Kimberley Jones | Mary Stävin | British Intelligence | Active | |
Achille Aubergine | Jean Rougerie | Sûreté | Deceased | |
Sir Godfrey Tibbett | Patrick Macnee | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Pola Ivanova | Fiona Fullerton | KGB | Active | |
Chuck Lee | David Yip | CIA | Deceased | |
May Day | Grace Jones | Max Zorin | Deceased | |
The Living Daylights | Kara Milovy |
Maryam d'Abo | Active | |
Saunders | Thomas Wheatley | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
General Leonid Pushkin | John Rhys-Davies | KGB | Active | |
Kamran Shah | Art Malik | Mujahideen | Active | |
Licence to Kill | Pam Bouvier | Carey Lowell | CIA | Active |
Lupe Lamora | Talisa Soto | Franz Sanchez | Active | |
Sharkey | Frank McRae | CIA | Deceased | |
Kwang | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Narcotics Bureau, Hong Kong Police |
Deceased | |
GoldenEye | Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova | Izabella Scorupco | Russian government | Active |
Tomorrow Never Dies | Wai Lin | Michelle Yeoh | Chinese Intelligence | Active |
Paris Carver | Teri Hatcher | Elliot Carver | Deceased | |
Admiral Roebuck | Geoffrey Palmer | British Navy | Active | |
The World Is Not Enough | Sir Robert King |
David Calder | Deceased | |
Dr. Christmas Jones |
Denise Richards | Elektra King | Active | |
Dr. Molly Warmflash | Serena Scott Thomas | British Intelligence | Active | |
Die Another Day | Jinx | Halle Berry | NSA | Active |
Raoul |
Emilio Echevarría | Active | ||
Damian Falco |
Michael Madsen | NSA | Active | |
Mr. Chang | Ho Yi | Chinese Intelligence | Active | |
General Moon | Kenneth Tsang | Korean People's Army | Deceased | |
Casino Royale | Vesper Lynd | Eva Green | HM Treasury/British Intelligence | Deceased |
Carter | Joseph Millson | British Intelligence | Active | |
Mendel | Ludger Pistor | Active | ||
Villers | Tobias Menzies | British Intelligence | Active | |
Solange | Caterina Murino | Alex Dimitrios | Deceased | |
Quantum of Solace | Camille Montes | Olga Kurylenko | Dominic Greene | Active |
Strawberry Fields | Gemma Arterton | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Foreign Secretary | Tim Pigott-Smith | Active | ||
Skyfall | Sévérine | Bérénice Marlohe | Raoul Silva | Deceased |
Kincade | Albert Finney | Skyfall estate | Active | |
Ronson | Bill Buckhurst | British Intelligence | Deceased | |
Spectre | Lucia Sciarra | Monica Bellucci | Marco Sciarra | Active |
No Time to Die | Paloma | Ana de Armas | CIA | Active |
Nomi | Lashana Lynch | MI6 | Active |
(*) Robert Brown also played 'M' in Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill. As M's real name and background are not revealed in any of these films, it is possible Brown's 'M' may in fact be Hargreaves.
Additional allies
- Major François Derval (played by Paul Stassino)
- Foreign Secretary (played by Roland Culver)
- Sir John (played by Edward Underdown)
- Kenniston (played by Reginald Beckwith)
- Ladislav Kutze (played by George Pravda)
- Group Captain Pritchard (played by Leonard Sachs)
Casino Royale (1967 version):
- Mata Bond (played by Joanna Pettet)
- Sir James Bond's Butler (played by Erik Chitty)
- Captain Carlton-Towers (played by Bernard Cribbins)
- Chinese General (played by Burt Kwouk)
- Cooper (played by Terence Cooper)
- "The Detainer" (played by Daliah Lavi)
- French Legionnaire (played by Jean-Paul Belmondo)
- Le Grand (played by Charles Boyer)
- Agent Mimi/Lady Fiona McTarry (played by Deborah Kerr)
- Ransome (played by William Holden)
- Mr. Slymington-Jones (played by Colin Gordon)
- Smernov (played by Kurt Kasznar)
- Evelyn Tremble (played by Peter Sellers)
- Nigel Small-Fawcett (played by Rowan Atkinson)
- Lord Ambrose (played by Anthony Sharp)
- Gen. Miler (played by Manning Redwood)
- Nicole (played by Saskia Cohen-Tanugi)
- Capt. Pederson (played by Billy J. Mitchell)
See also
References
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