Rafer Johnson has died.He was an athlete,before he went into acting. One of the films he was in,was Licence To Kill. He played the part of Mullens, a DEA agent seen in the PTS working with Leiter to help capture Sanchez and bring him to justice.
Robert Davi tweeted the news of his passing. RIP,Rafer.
Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"
RIP Peter Lamont, a lovely man and a great veteran of the series, another massive loss to 2020, RIP.
Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
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RIP Peter Lamont. I highly recommend his book, The Man with the Golden Eye: Designing the James Bond Films,
by Marcus Hearn and Peter Lamont. Reading his own words about his long involvement in the Bond Series, he was a genuinely humble man who was really grateful for finding work in the Bond films in the 60's and how he was tapped again and again in varying roles up to CR. What a career, being involved in so many notable films outside the Bond canon like Fiddler on the Roof, True Lies, Aliens and Titanic and he got to work with all the Bond actors to date!
He finally joins his wife, Ann, who preceded him in death in 2015 and in his book he recounts such a lovely portrait of a no-frills marriage including times when Ann spent months away with Peter during location shoots like in LTK. Another terrible loss for Bond fans and the world during 2020, but in a way I count them blessed to finally rest from the present situation we're all in now.
"...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
Not exactly the greatest Bond lady ever ("JAMES!! OOOOooooohhh JAMES!! EEEEeeeee!!!") but she sounded like a genuinely nice person and 65 seems so shockingly young still. Allegedly she had some kind of seizure and collapse after walking her dogs....
'Alright guard, begin the unnecessarily slow moving dipping mechanism...'
Doesn’t really add up to be honest, but at least she is still with us, though she doesn’t sound very well at all. Fingers crossed she makes a full recovery. No time to die, Tanya.
Tanya Roberts is the only notable celebrity I knew I shared the same birthday on, Oct 15 and she was just a day apart with Roger who was Oct 14.
What's even sadder for me is that I actually liked her in A View To a Kill, she gave the movie a nice vibe I enjoyed till the end and also while she did appear a little naive about the production of the movie back then according to Lois Maxwell with her shipping make up to the thing...from everything I've seen she was a genuinely nice person. I'm not old enough to have seen her in Charlie's Angels but that must suck even more for some of you. I do remember her quite vividly from that 70s show too, was basically what got me to watching the reruns years ago.
It's a big blow to the Bond alumni imo. Just 65. Big shame. I think I have to rewatch AVTAK one of these days; was one of my favorite 80s Bonds for a long time. Probably kinda need it.
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I was really sorry to hear about both Sir Sean Connery and Peter Lamont. Connery was my introduction to James Bond when my father let watch Dr. No on VHS when I was young. He quickly become one of my all time favorite actors thanks his vast body of work from Bond to The Man Who Would Be King, A Bridge Too Far, Highlander, The Untouchable's, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, The Hunt For Red October, The Rock, Dragonheart, Entrapment and Finding Forester. He really did make any movie he was in enjoyable even if the script was not always the best one around.
Peter Lamont like Ken Adam before him was a truly talented artist in the production design field, starting his work as a Draughtsman on Goldfinger and later working up to his post as Production Designer. I always looked forward to seeing his sets on film during his time with the series. May they both RIP.
I’m saddened to hear of Apted’s death. I think he’s the most talented director of the Brosnan era and got such an excellent performance from Brosnan. He seemed to know what he was doing with Bond, and it’s a shame he only did one. TWINE was able to introduce new ideas to the Bond films that have been present ever since, but the classic Bond feel is always there. He would have been great with Craig.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uao5V1G-akY
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209
Robert Davi tweeted the news of his passing. RIP,Rafer.
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
RIP Peter Lamont.
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by Marcus Hearn and Peter Lamont. Reading his own words about his long involvement in the Bond Series, he was a genuinely humble man who was really grateful for finding work in the Bond films in the 60's and how he was tapped again and again in varying roles up to CR. What a career, being involved in so many notable films outside the Bond canon like Fiddler on the Roof, True Lies, Aliens and Titanic and he got to work with all the Bond actors to date!
He finally joins his wife, Ann, who preceded him in death in 2015 and in his book he recounts such a lovely portrait of a no-frills marriage including times when Ann spent months away with Peter during location shoots like in LTK. Another terrible loss for Bond fans and the world during 2020, but in a way I count them blessed to finally rest from the present situation we're all in now.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/04/tanya-roberts-still-alive-rep-saying-shes-dead-70s-show-bond-girl/
And apparently, it was Tanya's husband that told the rep she was dead in the first place...you would think he'd know what's actually going on
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/05/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-65-bond-girl-70s-show-premature-announcement/
What's even sadder for me is that I actually liked her in A View To a Kill, she gave the movie a nice vibe I enjoyed till the end and also while she did appear a little naive about the production of the movie back then according to Lois Maxwell with her shipping make up to the thing...from everything I've seen she was a genuinely nice person. I'm not old enough to have seen her in Charlie's Angels but that must suck even more for some of you. I do remember her quite vividly from that 70s show too, was basically what got me to watching the reruns years ago.
It's a big blow to the Bond alumni imo. Just 65. Big shame. I think I have to rewatch AVTAK one of these days; was one of my favorite 80s Bonds for a long time. Probably kinda need it.
Peter Lamont like Ken Adam before him was a truly talented artist in the production design field, starting his work as a Draughtsman on Goldfinger and later working up to his post as Production Designer. I always looked forward to seeing his sets on film during his time with the series. May they both RIP.
Tributes from Barbara Broccoli.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55597263