Richard Graydon doubled George Lazenby on the cable car in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, he also doubled Roger Moore on top of another cable car in Moonraker, and then on top of a train in Octopussy. Ludwig also doubled for Lazenby as Bond during the ski chase in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. He also doubled Sean Connery as Bond, but that was in the Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again (1983).Īlfred also doubled for Lazenby as Bond during the ski chase in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Vic started his Bond career as a double for George Lazenby during the ski chase in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and then went onto double Roger Moore in Live and Let Die (1973). Romo Gorrara doubled Sean Connery in You Only Live Twice (1967) during the fight with Ronald Rich who played Blofeld’s henchman. An invention with James Bond very much in mind. Bill made fifteen or twenty flights over the stag at the very top of the chateau down to the waiting Aston Martin. ![]() ![]() Whatever you might say about carrying a jet pack with you everywhere, it certainly came in handy for Bond to escape the gunfight at the ‘ooh la la chateau’. Yes stuntman Harold Sanderson was the Captain of the Disco Volante, but during the pre-title sequence he doubled Connery while Bob Simmons played Jacques Boitier.īill Suitor doubled Sean Connery during the pre-title sequence of Thunderball (1965). He was also on standby to double Connery during the fight where he was fighting Connery as Capunga! Shocking! He jumps down from a wall onto stuntman Peter Brace who is playing a guard. He was also stunt co-ordinator for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Bob Simmons assistant throughout his involvement in the James Bond films.Īlf Joint had the task of doubling Sean Connery during the pre-title sequence in Goldfinger. Sean Connery driving the Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger, George Lazenby hanging onto the cable car in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and for Roger Moore driving the Lotus in The Spy Who Loved Me. Perkins doubled Connery during the train fight. Simmons was very much available and did work on the picture as an advisor to Perkins, but was never credited. Peter Perkins, so folk law would have us believe, took over from Bob Simmons when he was unavailable to take charge of the action on From Russia With Love. He was also the Bond seen in the gun barrel sequences for Dr. No less than 40 stuntmen have played James Bond over the years.Įvery James Bond stunt double from 1962 to 2015īob Simmons not only doubled Sean Connery in many Bond outings, but was also the main stunt co-ordinator and action director until 1983. Let us take a look through the last 50 years of big screen adventure in a little more detail. ![]() We know that the James Bond films require stunt doubles to deliver the action for the actors, but who are the doubles? Who doubles secret agent 007? Exclusive article from FSWL contributor and stunt expert Jon Auty, with additions from Anders Frejdh, both on the Board of Advisors for Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.
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