List of James Bond allies

Following is a list of recurring and notable allies of James Bond who appear throughout the film series and novels.

MI6

M

Main article: M

M is the Head of the Secret Intelligence Service. Fleming based the character on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. M has appeared in the novels by Fleming and seven continuation authors, as well as 24 films. M has been portrayed by Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, John Huston and Edward Fox.

Miss Moneypenny

Main article: Miss Moneypenny

Miss Moneypenny is the secretary to M. The films depict her as having a reserved romantic interest in Bond, although Fleming's novels do not imply such a relationship while the John Gardner and Raymond Benson novels emphasise it more. In the film series, Moneypenny has been portrayed by Lois Maxwell, Barbara Bouchet, Pamela Salem, Caroline Bliss, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris.

Q

Main article: Q

Q (standing for Quartermaster), like M, is the head of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service. His real name is Major Boothroyd, In which Bond or M never calls him in that way. He has appeared in 20 of 23 Eon Bond films; all except Live and Let Die, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. The character was also featured in the non-Eon Bond films Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again. He has been portrayed by Desmond Llewelyn for most of the films, but has also been portrayed by Peter Burton, Geoffrey Bayldon, Alec McCowen, John Cleese (who is credited as R), and Ben Whishaw.

Bill Tanner

Main article: Bill Tanner

Bill Tanner is MI6's Chief of Staff. Tanner is a Bond ally appearing regularly in the novels of Ian Fleming and John Gardner, as well as in Kingsley Amis' Colonel Sun, but he has never been a regular cinematic character. His biggest cinematic role was in For Your Eyes Only (1981), in which Tanner was given a bigger role while M was "on leave," due to Bernard Lee's death that prevented him from reprising his role as M in the film.

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.

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 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 in the Pierce Brosnan Bond films. 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.

00 agents

Main article: 00 Agent

The 00 Section of MI6 is considered the elite of the Secret Service. Agents with the 00 prefix have proven themselves capable enough in the field to be entrusted with the licence to kill: the authorisation to, at their own discretion, commit acts of assassination and other controversial activities in order to complete their missions, without having to first seek permission from headquarters.

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.

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

Main article: Felix Leiter

A revised version of the character of Felix Leiter appears in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale. In that version, Leiter is a British agent named Clarence Leiter and is played by Michael Pate.

General Gogol

General 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 a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. 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. 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.

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 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," since 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 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 DGSE. He is a main character in Casino Royale and a supporting character in From Russia, with Love, Never Dream of Dying and Devil May Care. It is Mathis who captures the SMERSH villain Rosa Klebb, and he is the one who uses CPR to keep Bond alive until a doctor arrives after Bond is poisoned by Klebb.

In Casino Royale, it is revealed that he originally met Bond on assignment in Monte Carlo prior to World War II, when Bond was trying to crack down on a group of Romanians cheating at a local casino with the use of invisible ink. Mathis is reassigned to work with Bond at the time of the events in Casino Royale, where he poses as a radio salesman, assisting Bond and introducing him to Vesper Lynd.

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. This may have been the first time the two met.

The characters of Mathis and Vesper Lynd are combined to form Valerie Mathis in the original 1954 Climax! production of "Casino Royale". Mathis first appears onscreen in the 1967 film Casino Royale, played by Duncan Macrae. In the 2006 adaptation of Casino Royale, Mathis is an MI6 agent, played by Giancarlo Giannini. He reprises the role in Quantum of Solace, where he is murdered. Bond later avenges his death.

May Maxwell

May Maxwell is Bond's loyal and elderly Scottish housekeeper, who is often mentioned in numerous novels by Ian Fleming. She also appears in several John Gardner novels, as well making a cameo appearance in the first "Young James Bond" novel, SilverFin. She has yet to make an appearance in any of the Bond films. May is named after the housekeeper of Ivar Bryce, a friend of Fleming.

Sir James Moloney

A noted neurologist whose expertise is frequently employed by M and the Secret Services, Moloney appears in the novels Dr No, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, and The Man with the Golden Gun.

Sheriff J.W. Pepper

Sheriff John Wayne 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 somewhat bigoted attitudes and his tendency to speak loudly about whatever is on his mind.

Quarrel

Quarrel is a Cayman Islander living in Jamaica. He first appears in the novel Live and Let Die as Bond's guide while 007 is investigating Mr. Big. Quarrel later appears in the novel Dr. No to help Bond infiltrate Dr. Julius No's island, Crab Key. The only Bond film in which Quarrel appears is the 1962 film Dr. No, played by John Kitzmiller where, as in the novel, he is killed by Dr. No's mythical "dragon".

For the film adaptation of Live and Let Die, Bond teams up with Quarrel's son, Quarrel Jr., played by Roy Stewart.

John Strangways and Mary Trueblood

John Strangways is a former Lieutenant Commander in the special branch of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He makes his first appearance in the novel Live and Let Die as the chief Secret Service agent in the Caribbean. Strangways is roughly 35 years old and wears a black patch over one eye. He later appears in the novel Dr. No, where he and his Number 2, Mary Trueblood (a former Chief Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service), are assassinated for prying into Dr. Julius No's business. Mary Trueblood is based on Fleming's secretary from The Sunday Times Una Trueblood.[2]

In the films, Strangways makes his first and only appearance in Dr. No where, as in the novel, he is killed for investigating Dr. No. Contrary to the novel, however, Strangways does not wear an eye patch in film. He is portrayed by Timothy Moxon and voiced by Robert Rietty (who would later voice villains Emilio Largo in Thunderball and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in For Your Eyes Only). Mary is portrayed by Dolores Keator and dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl;[3] neither actor who were Jamaican residents were flown to London for the final dubbing of the film.

Tiger Tanaka

Tiger Tanaka is an ally to Bond in the film You Only Live Twice. He is the head of the Japanese secret service, and resides within a secret underground office complex beneath the streets of Tokyo - his identity being the most closely guarded secret in Japan. He supplies an army of ninjas to attack Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Tanaka helps Bond disguise himself to look Japanese so that Blofeld will not recognise him. Tanaka arranges for Bond to marry a girl native to the land in order to provide extra cover. Kissy Suzuki is Bond's new wife and, together, Bond, Suzuki, and Tanaka succeed in attacking Blofeld's volcano base, even though Blofeld survived. Tanaka is portrayed by Tetsurō Tamba.[4] He also appears in the 007 novels You Only Live Twice and The Man with the Red Tattoo.

Ronnie Vallance

Vallance appears in four of the Bond novels: Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, Colonel Sun and On Her Majesty's Secret Service, as well as two of the short stories: "The Property of a Lady" and "Risico", . He is the head of Special Branch, with the Metropolitan Police rank of Assistant Commissioner, and the boss of Gala Brand.

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 Golden Eye, Baker played villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights.

Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky

Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky is an ex-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 a gun hidden within his cane, enabling Bond to escape King's trap.

Film-specific allies

This section lists allies who each appear in only one film.

Film Character Actor / Actress Affiliation Status
Dr. No Honey Rider Ursula Andress Active
Quarrel John Kitzmiller CIA Deceased
Pleydell-Smith Louis Blaazer Active
Puss Feller Lester Prendergast (uncredited) CIA 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 Auric Industries Deceased
Tilly Masterson Tania Mallet None 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 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 Fransico Scaramanga Deceased
The Spy Who Loved Me 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 (changes sides) 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
Luigi Ferrara John Moreno British Intelligence Deceased
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 British Intelligence Deceased
Caroline Serena Gordon British Intelligence Active
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 Olga Kurylenko Dominic Greene Active
Strawberry Fields Gemma Arterton British Intelligence Deceased
Foreign Secretary Tim Pigott-Smith Active
Skyfall Severine 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
Dr. Madeleine Swann Léa Seydoux Mr. White Active

Additional allies

Thunderball:

Casino Royale (1967 version):

Never Say Never Again:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Anita (22 October 2008). "James Bond author Ian Fleming's letters to the real Miss Moneypenny". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/People/article1147747.ece
  3. ↑ http://www.nikkivanderzyl.co.uk/page2_8.htm
  4. ↑ "James Bond multimedia". Jamesbondmm.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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