# Movie with multiple Bonds **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513 "2011-07-27T17:31:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/1 "2011-07-27T17:31:19Z")
Has there ever been a movie starring more than one of the actors who have portrayed James Bond (Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, Craig)? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/2 "2011-07-27T17:44:55Z")
[Casino Royale (1966)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/3 "2011-07-27T17:52:14Z")
I can only find documentaries about James Bond using IMDB’s “credited with” feature for Connery/Moore and Brosnan/Dalton but I haven’t run through all the 15 possible pairings. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/4 "2011-07-27T17:57:43Z")
I think the OP is looking for a film that has had 2 or more of the actors that have previously played Bond in it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/5 "2011-07-27T18:17:10Z")
Well, Roger Moore played James Bond in several movies, and David Niven played James Bond in the spoof _ **Casino Royale.** _ They appeared together in _ **Curse of the Pink Panther** _, _ **The Sea Wolves** _, _ **Escape to Athena** _, and _ **The King’s Thief** _. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/6 "2011-07-27T18:27:54Z")
For Bond villains, **Ronin** had three of them - Drax (Moonraker), 006 (Goldeneye), and Elliott Carver (Tomorrow Never Dies). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/7 "2011-07-27T18:43:05Z")
Well, heck, _The Longest Day_ had Connery and two Bond Villains: Gert Frobe (_Goldfinger_) and Curt Jurgens (_The Spy Who Loved Me_) and it wouldn’t surprise me if there were a few others in there, given the size of the cast. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/8 "2011-07-27T20:03:00Z")
Using an option from the Oracle of Bacon to compare any two actors, the group of six in the original post are all 2 apart from each other. Thus none have been in a movie together. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/9 "2011-07-27T21:04:35Z")
Using the Oracle of Bacon, I find that there appear to be no movies with any of the Bonds in the OP and Peter Sellers or Woody Allen (who played “James Bond” in the 1967 _Casino Royale_, too. Nor are there any matches with Barry Nelson the very _first_ actor to play James Bond, in the 1954 episode of _Climax!_ that adapted _Casino Royale_. it seems as if David Niven and Roger Moore are the only co-starring Bonds. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/10 "2011-07-27T21:06:27Z")
What actor has starred in two different Bond films playing two different roles? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/11 "2011-07-27T21:09:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What actor has starred in two different Bond films playing two different roles? Maud Adams ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/12 "2011-07-27T21:12:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What actor has starred in two different Bond films playing two different roles? Joe Don Baker played the villain in one of the Dalton movies (Living Daylights?), then played a Felix Leiter-ish character in Goldeneye. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/13 "2011-07-27T21:14:09Z")
There’s at least one more-female. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/14 "2011-07-27T21:17:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What actor has starred in two different Bond films playing two different roles? Technically, Anthony Dawson. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/15 "2011-07-27T21:29:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There’s at least one more-female. Caroline Munro, if you’re counting the '60s CASINO ROYALE. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/16 "2011-07-27T21:34:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Caroline Munro, if you’re counting the '60s CASINO ROYALE. Sorry-she had a bit part in CR, not a starring role. The actress I’m talking about had a starring roll in two Bond films. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/17 "2011-07-27T21:36:39Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Technically, Anthony Dawson. Dangit, I was gonna say that. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/18 "2011-07-27T21:38:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sorry-she had a bit part in CR, not a starring role. The actress I’m talking about had a starring roll in two Bond films. Did you miss Post #11? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/19 "2011-07-27T21:42:12Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Did you miss Post #11? Nope, I caught it. That’s why I said there was at least one other female. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513/20 "2011-07-27T21:43:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What actor has starred in two different Bond films playing two different roles? Robert Brown. Possibly. Played ‘Admiral Hargreaves’ in _The Spy Who Loved Me_, and later played ‘M’ in _Octopussy_. Fans have argued ever since whether they are the same person or not. There are certain indications onscreen that hint they are different people. > **[M (James Bond)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_%28James_Bond%29#Robert_Brown_as_M_.281983.E2.80.931989.29)** > > M is a codename held by a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond book and film series; the character is the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service for the agency known as MI6. 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 appearing in twenty-four films. In the Eon Productions series of films, M has been portrayed by four actors: Bernard Lee,... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-multiple-bonds/590513.md?page=2)