Desmond Llewelyn movies

Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (legend) (September 12, 1913From a tribute video on the special features DVD of The World Is Not Enough (1999), among other sources. He originally wanted to be a minister but during his education at Radley College he worked as a stagehand in the schools productions and then picked up sporadic small parts.The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 halted his acting career, and Llewelyn was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British army, serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. In 1940, he was captured by the German army in France, and was held as a POW for five years.

During this period he appeared in a number of theatrical productions as well as taking part in attempted escape activities.
Since 1963s From Russia with Love, Llewelyn appeared as Q (the quartermaster of the MI6 gadget lab known as Q-branch) in every James Bond film, except Dr No (1962) and Live and Let Die (1973), until The World Is Not Enough (1999). He had originally been chosen for the role as he had previously worked with the director Terence Young on the 1950 war film They Were Not Divided. In the 2002 film Die Another Day, John Cleese, who played the character R, the assistant to Q in The World Is Not Enough, was promoted to the head of Q-branch, thus taking on the title of Q. In all, Llewelyn appeared in 17 Bond films, more than any other actor, and worked with the first five James Bond actors. He also portrayed Q in a 1967 made-for-television special (produced by EON Productions) entitled, Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond which was included in the 2006 special edition DVD release of You Only Live Twice.Llewelyn appeared in other films such as the 1981 PBS production of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde and also a small appearance in the famous musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and in the Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob (1951).

Desmond Llewelyn Movies

All movies starring Desmond Llewelyn.

• A View to a Kill
• Diamonds Are Forever
• For Your Eyes Only
• GoldenEye
• Licence to Kill
• Moonraker
• Octopussy
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service