The Bond films have thrown up some memorable henchmen over the years. <\/p>
There's been the giant with the steel dentures, the Korean chauffeur with the lethal titfer and the fatal pilot with the spine-crushing thighs.<\/p>
They rarely last until the final reel...but sometimes they do. We take a look at the best and see how they fared against 007...<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-2.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Spy Who Loved Me"},{"captionHeading":"DR NO: PROFESSOR RJ DENT (Anthony Dawson)","caption":"
The metallurgist is also Dr No’s mainman in Jamaica, eradicating anyone who takes too close an interest in the villain’s activities. Two attempts on Bond’s life – once with a deadly tarantula and the other with a pistol – both fail. <\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond shoots him twice after Dent shoots what he thinks is Bond lying on the bed. “That’s a Smith & Wesson and you’ve had your six,” 007 tells him. The scene caused controversy as it portrayed Bond as a cold-blooded killer and was cut in America.<\/p>
The Actor: <\/b>The Edinburgh-born actor starred in 1940s movies such as The Way To The Stars and The Wooden Horse before relocating to Hollywood. He appeared in Hitchcock’s Dial M For Murder before being cast as Professor Dent. He went on to play Blofeld in From Russia With Love and Thunderball (although his face was obscured and he was dubbed). He died of cancer in 1992.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Dr-No-14.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Dr. No"},{"captionHeading":"FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: RED GRANT (Robert Shaw)","caption":"
Bond: “Tell me, which lunatic asylum did you get out of?
\r\nGrant: Don’t make it tougher on yourself, Mr Bond.”<\/i><\/p>
SPECTRE’s ultimate killing machine, Red Grant is a convicted murderer who escaped from Dartmoor Prison and was recruited by Blofeld’s terror organisation. Grant, whose preferred method of murder after donning a pair of black gloves is to garrotte his vicim with a wire hidden in his watch - is selected by Rosa Klebb to eliminate Bond.<\/p>
Fate: Stabbed and garrotted by Bond with his own wire on board the Orient Express.<\/p>
The Actor: The Lancashire-born ex-teacher enjoyed a number of high-profile roles after Bond. He played an obsessed panzer officer in The Battle of the Bulge, a young Henry VII in A Man for all Seasons, a mobster in The Sting and shark-obsessed fisherman Quint in Jaws. Married three times, Shaw died aged 51 of a heart attack at the wheel of his car while driving in Ireland with his wife and young son. A Wetherspoons pub in his hometown honours him.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/From-Russia-With-Love-10.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"From Russia With Love"},{"captionHeading":"GOLDFINGER: ODDJOB (Harold Sakata)","caption":"
Oddjob: “Aha!”<\/i><\/p>
Goldfinger’s mute Korean henchman and chauffeur makes his presence felt by skimming at steel-razor rimmed bowler hat at his adversaries. He can crush a golfball in his hand.<\/p>
Fate: <\/b>Electocuted by Bond when he tries to retrieve to his hat from the bars of the vault at Ford Knox.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Japanese-American professional wrestler represented the US in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The Bond producers were impressed with his intimidating gaze and heavy build. He had no acting skill – but the role had no lines and required little theatrical skill. While filming the death scene he received burns but held on until the director said “cut”. Subsequent appearances included The Happy Hooker Goes To Washington as Harold “Oddjob” Sakata.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Goldfinger-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Goldfinger"},{"captionHeading":"THUNDERBALL: Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)","caption":"
Fiona: “Do you like wild things, Mr Bond?
\r\nBond: Wild? You should be locked up in a cage.”<\/i><\/p>
An assassin in SPECTRE’s execution branch, she becomes NATO pilot Major Derval’s mistress in the operation to steal two Vulcan bombers with their cargo of nuclear warheads. Bond meets her while hitchhiking and she impresses with her fast driving. <\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond spins her into the path of a bullet while dancing at the Kiss Kiss Club, which makes her the first woman to be killed by Bond in the series.<\/p>
The Actress:<\/b> Born in Rome, her first appearances was an uncredited walk-on part in 1954’s Three Coins in the Fountain. She originally auditioned for the part of Domino but was given the role of villainess. In 1975, she acted alongside fellow Bond girl Ursula Andress in The Sensuous Nurse.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Thunderball-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Thunderball"},{"captionHeading":"YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE: HELGA BRANDT (Karin Dor)","caption":"
Helga: “I’ve got you now”
\r\nBond: Well, enjoy yourself.”<\/i><\/p>
The trained assassin and pilot is confidential secretary to Japanese SPECTRE operative Mr Osato, who orders her to kill Bond. She parachutes out of a Cessna aircraft, leaving 007 to his fate. However, he manages to escape.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Blofeld triggers a trick bridge which drops her into a pool-full of man-eating piranhas.<\/p>
The Actress:<\/b> The German born actress became popular in the early 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace movies and Karl May’s Westerns. A natural brunette, she said the Bond producers wanted a blonde German girl to play Brandt “but they ended up with me.” She still acts and was recently on the Munich stage in the – non-Bond related - comedy You Only Live Thrice.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/You-Only-Live-Twice-7.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"You Only Live Twice"},{"captionHeading":"ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE: IRMA BUNT (Ilse Steppat)","caption":"
Bunt: Is anything the matter?
\r\nBond: Just a slight stiffness coming on.”<\/i><\/p>
The red-haired Rosa Klebb-style disciplinarian supervises the “Angels of Death” at Blofeld’s Swiss Alpine lair. She joins a team of skiers pursuing Bond and also chases him across the ice during a stock car rally.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Unknown. She is last seen shooting at Bond from a car in the attack where 007’s new wife Tracy is killed.<\/p>
The Actress:<\/b> OHMSS was the Berlin-born actress’s penultimate movie appearance as she died of a heart attack just one week after it was released. A stalwart of German cinema, her other appearances included Karriere and Die blaue Hand.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/On-Her-Majesty-Service-10.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"On Her Majesty Service"},{"captionHeading":"DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: WINT & KIDD (Bruce Glover and Putter Smith)","caption":"
Mr Wint: “The scorpion”
\r\nMr Kidd: \"One of nature’s finest killers, Mr Wint\"
\r\nMr Wint: \"One is never too old to learn from a master, Mr Kidd.\"<\/i><\/p>
The camp killers are in the pay of Blofeld to methodically exterminate all the diamond smugglers whose booty is being used for his killer satellite. Methods of murder include a scorpion placed down the neck and the sealing of Bond in a crematorium-bound coffin.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond torches Mr Kidd with flaming shashlik skewers while Mr Wint is thrown over the side of a cruise liner with a bomb between his legs.<\/p>
The Actors: <\/b>Bruce Glover (Mr Wint) made his name in TV shows such as Perry Mason and The Mod Squad before landing feature parts such as Duffy in Chinatown. He appeared in Night of the Scarecrow and the comedy drama Ghost World with Steve Buscemi in 2001. He now teaches acting. Putter Smith (Mr Kidd) had a limited film career before taking up jazz bass with artists including Art Blakey and Duke Ellington.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Diamonds-Are-Forever-8.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Diamonds Are Forever"},{"captionHeading":"LIVE AND LET DIE: TEE-HEE JOHNSON (Julius Harris)","caption":"
“Mr Bond, it’s good to see you again.” <\/i><\/p>
So-called because of his tendency to chuckle at himself, the psychotic killer – who has a metal arm to replace the one bitten off by an alligator – is heroin kingpin Mr Big’s chief henchman and bodyguard.<\/p>
Fate: <\/b>Bond throws him out of the window of a moving train leaving his arm attached to the window.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The former bouncer and nurse made a name for himself in the blaxploitation movies of the 70s including Super Fly and Shaft’s Big Score. He also played Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the thriller Victory At Entebbe. He died of heart failure aged 81.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/19/Harris.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Harris"},{"captionHeading":"MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN: NICK NACK (Herve Villechaize)","caption":"
Nick Nack: “I may be small but I never forget.”<\/i><\/p>
The diabolic dwarf servant, butler and chef of top dollar hitman Francisco Scaramanga is the sole heir to his master’s fortune…and is happy to arrange asassination attempts on him to land the cash. When his boss is killed, Nick Nack then attempts to murder 007.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond stuffs him into a suitcase.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Paris-born actor suffered dwarfism as a youngster and – to escape bullies – took up painting, eventually moving to the USA. He began acting in off-Broadway productions and moved up to movies such as Chappqua in 1966 and Oliver Stone’s Seizure. In 1974, he was cast by the Bond team (at the time he was living in his car in LA). He went on to star as Tattoo in Fantasy Island but was sacked after propositioning women and quarrelling with the producers. He made his last appearance in the erotic thriller Two Moon Junction. An alcoholic depressive, he shot himself at his home in 1993<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/The-Man-With-A-Golden-Gun-10.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Man With A Golden Gun"},{"captionHeading":"THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: JAWS (Richard Kiel)","caption":"
The seven-foot plus, steel-jawed nemesis of 007 is the only villain – with the exception of Casino Royale’s Mr White – to appear in successive films. Seemingly indestructible, he is introduced as villain Karl Stromberg’s henchman. He returns in Moonraker, largely as a figure of fun who escapes the space station carnage with his girlfriend Dolly.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Survives being dropped by Bond into a shark tank. Allies himself with Bond in Moonraker.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Detroit-born, 7ft 1.5in actor – the result of a hormonal condition - broke into films in the early 1960s with appearances in The Nutty Professor and in an episode of The Monkees. While appearing as Jaws he could only wear the stainless steel teeth for a few minutes at a time because they made him gag. After Bond, he missed out on the TV role of The Incredible Hulk but played Club in Pale Rider and portrayed Mr Larson in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore. He was also well-known in the UK for a Shredded Wheat advert.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-6.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Spy Who Loved Me"},{"captionHeading":"OCTOPUSSY: GENERAL ORLOV (Stephen Berkoff)","caption":"
“Tomorrow I shall be a hero of the Soviet Union.”<\/i><\/p>
The renegade Soviet general joins forces with exiled Afghan prince Kamal Khan in an elaborately evil plan – financed by precious stones taken from the Kremlin - to detonate an atomic bomb in a US Air Base in West Germany giving Russia control of the world.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Gunned down by East German border guards,<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The playwright, theatre director and actor, the son of Russian-Jewish émigrés, was born in London’s East End. In the independent theatre, he is acclaimed for his intense left-wing style of direction but he has also made a name for himself as a villain in Hollywood movies. These include corrupt art dealer Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop, sadistic Soviet officer Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Pt II and a gangster in The Krays. In his early acting days he also played a Moonbase Interceptor pilot in Gerry Anderson’s TV sci-fi series UFO.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/19/Berkoff1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Berkoff1"},{"captionHeading":"MOONRAKER: CHANG (Toshiro Suga)","caption":"
The martial arts maestro is billionaire Hugo Drax’s personal manservant and hitman. He first attempts to kill Bond by over-revving centrifugal tests at Drax’s lab and lethally sets dobermanns on Bond’s ally Corinne Dufour.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond hurls him through the stained glass clock face of St Mark’s in Venice after a confrontation.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Tokyo-born akido instructor landed his role as Chang because Bond producer Michael G Wilson was his student. He currently lives in Paris and taught the military in Canada for many years<\/p>","url":"2008/11/19/Chang.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Chang"},{"captionHeading":"FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: ERICH KRIEGLER (John Wyman)","caption":"
The East German biathlete and KGB thug is hired by Kristatos to kill Bond and deliver the British ATAC submarine tracking device to the Russians.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Falls to his death after Bond throws a climbing spike into his chest.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> Originally known as The Mighty Ajax on TV commercials, the British actor starred in TV series such as The Onedin Line and Blake’s 7. His movie career kicked off with the Sidney Lumet’s Equus and he went on to star in Revenge of the Pink Panther and the sex comedy Adventures of a Plumbers Mate.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/19/Kriege.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Kriege"},{"captionHeading":"A VIEW TO A KILL: MAY DAY (Grace Jones)","caption":"
Bond: “I see you’re a woman of very few words.”
\r\nMay Day: “What is there to say?<\/i><\/p>
The lover and chief henchwoman of evil industrialist Max Zorin, May Day has incredible strength thanks to her heavy use of anabolic steroids. Like Pussy Galore and Jaws, she is one of the few Bond villains to switch sides. In one scene, the KGB guard she holds over her head is her then real-life lover Dolph Lundgren.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> She dies by blowing herself up with a bomb destined to flood a mine near Silicon Valley.<\/p>
The Actress: <\/b>The Jamaican-born singer, model and actress originally worked with Andy Warhol before establishing a musical career with hits including Nightclubbing and Slave to the Rhythm. On screen, she played Zula The Amazon in Conan The Destroyer and Helen Strange in the Eddie Murphy film Boomerang. In 2006, she participated in a gathering of 1,224 people named Jones in Cardiff and is also remembered for battering Russell Harty during his chat show.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Bond-A-View-to-a-Kill-04-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Bond - A View to a Kill 04"},{"captionHeading":"THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS: GENERAL KOSKOV (Jeroen Krabbe)","caption":"
“James, for you I have great affection…but we have an old saying: duty has no sweethearts.” <\/i><\/p>
The renegade Cold War Soviet general has joined forces the treacherous American arms dealer Brad Whitaker to take over the Russian KGB and run it for his own purposes.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> He is shipped back to Moscow in a “diplomatic bag” to face certain execution – one of the few Bond villains not to die on screen.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Dutch-born star first came to prominence in fellow countryman Paul Verhoeven’s Soldier of Orange. Specialising in “bad guy” roles he went on to appear in the Richard Gere thriller No Mercy, as mafia hoodlum Franco in The Punisher and a duplicitous doctor in The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. A keen artist, his paintings have graced Dutch postage stamps.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/19/Krabbe.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Krabbe"},{"captionHeading":"LICENCE TO KILL: MILTON KREST (Anthony Zerbe)","caption":"
Krest: “That’s not my money, I swear.”
\r\nSanchez: “That’s right amigo. It’s mine.” <\/i><\/p>
The business partner and criminal collaborator with drugs lord Franz Sanchez, Krest operates the WaveKrest marine research foundation as a front. Belittled by his megalomaniac boss, his is now little more than a drink-sodden puppet who makes drunken advances to Sanchez’s mistress.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Sanchez suspects he is being deceived and pushes Krest into a decompression chamber where his head explodes. (the scene is regarded as the most violent in any Bond film and was censored in the UK and USA upon release.)<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Californian-born former US airman is probably best known for playing post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in 1971’s The Omega Man (remade as I Am Legend with Will Smith). Other appearances include Cool Hand Luke, Papillon and as Councillor Hamann in the two Matrix sequels.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/13/Milton.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Milton"},{"captionHeading":"GOLDENEYE: XENIA ONATOPP (Famke Janssen)","caption":"
Xenia: “Enjoy it while it lasts.”
\r\nBond: “The very words I live by.”<\/i><\/p>
The former Sovet fighter pilot is a leather-clad lethal vixen who derives sexual satisfaction from crushing her victims to death between her thighs. A key member of renegade agent Alec Trevelyan’s Janus crime syndicate, she proves her worth by hijacking the prototype Eurocopter Tiger from a warship in Monte Carlo.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Crushed to death by a safety harness in the fork of a tree.<\/p>
The Actress:<\/b> Rare for a Bond girl, the Dutch actress has gone on to attract public and critical acclaim with roles ranging from Phoenix in the X-Men series to Kristen Squires in The Wackness. Early appearances included Star Trek: The Next Generation as the metamorph Kamala. She provides the Dutch narration for all the tram tour at Disney theme parks.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Golden-Eye-5.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Golden Eye"},{"captionHeading":"TOMORROW NEVER DIES: MR STAMPER (Gotz Otto)","caption":"
“I owe you an unpleasant death, Mr Bond.”<\/i><\/p>
The protégé of professional assassin Dr Kaufman and media mogul Elliot Carver’s chief henchman. Stamper is a killer skilled in the art of chakra torture, which aims to inflict that maximum amount of pain while still leaving the victim alive. Bizarelly, his sado-masochistic tendencies make him a formidable foe as he actually enjoys pain.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Dies in a missile explosion aboard Carver’s stealth boat.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The 6ft 6ins German actor and occasional race car driver had a minor role as a death camp guard in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and also played SS Sturmbannfuhrer Otto Gunsche in Downfall. Recent work includes the Ant’n’Dec comedy Alien Autopsy.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/19/Stamper.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Stamper"},{"captionHeading":"DIE ANOTHER DAY: ZAO (Rick Yune)","caption":"
Bond: “Your time will come.”
\r\nZao: “Yes, but not as soon as yours.”<\/i><\/p>
The North Korean secret agent and henchman to evil Sir Gustav Graves is distinguished by a sprinkling of diamonds embedded in his face and skull after a case of sparklers went off after being rigged with explosives.<\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond shoots down a diamond chandelier, impaling him underneath.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Korean-American actor is a qualified Tae Kwon Do expert and worked as a Wall Street hedgefund trader before taking up acting. Appearances have included Johnny Tran in The Fast and the Furious and the Bangkok-set thriller The Fifth Commandmant.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/24/Die-Another-Day-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Die Another Day"},{"captionHeading":"CASINO ROYALE: MR WHITE (Jesper Christensen)","caption":"
White: “The first thing you should know about us is that we have people everywhere.” <\/i><\/p>
The middleman in the Quantum terrorist organisation, White is first seen as an intermediary between Ugandan guerrilla leader Steven Obanno and his employer. When Le Chiffre fouls up he is shot by White who is traced when the doomed Vesper Lynd leaves his number on her mobile phone. <\/p>
Fate:<\/b> Bond shoots him in the leg at his Lake Como villa…but he survives.<\/p>
The Actor:<\/b> The Danish actor is a veteran of European cinema who has only recently made the shift to English-language movies with The Interpreter and Revelations.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/13/Mr-White.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Mr White"},{"captionHeading":"QUANTUM OF SOLACE: Elvis (Anatole Taubman)","caption":"
Elvis - evil Dominic Greene's cousin and second-in-command - is known for his bowl cut and his unquestioning loyalty to his master. Picked up by Greene after living on the streets, he's noted for his danger and unpredictability.<\/p>
Fate: You'll have to watch the movie<\/p>
The Actor: The Swiss star has worked all over the globe in movies ranging from Speed Racer (he played a Fuji reporter) to the revenge thriller Taken with Liam Neeson. In his early year he appeared on German TV before first attracting attention in the WWII drama Band of Brothers. Other roles include Equilibrium and even TV's The Tudors.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/28/quantum-of-solace-19-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"quantum of solace 19"}];