List of James Bond henchmen in Thunderball
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A list of henchman from the 1965
James Bond
film and novel Thunderball from the List of James Bond henchmen.
and henchman in the James Bond
novel Thunderball. He also appears in the 1965 film of the same name and the 1983 remake
, Never Say Never Again
. In Thunderball
, he is played by Guy Doleman
; and in Never Say Never Again by Pat Roach
.
The Counts of Lippe
really existed and have descendants still living today. However, since 1806 all members of the family have had the title of Prince, not Count. The name is probably a reference to Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (originally a Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld) who was a friend of Ian Fleming. The Prince said to friends the name 'Lippe' in the original novel was a practical joke on the part of Fleming. This joke would be lost on most Germans though; in the German-dubbed movie version, on the other hand, James Bond has an additional line referencing Detmold
, the capital of the former principality.
Never Say Never Again
Unlike the previous version of Lippe in Thunderball, in Never Say Never Again there is no mention of him being a count. Also he is not directly involved in SPECTRE's plot to have Jack Petachi (this film's version of François Derval/Angelo Palazzi) steal NATO nuclear warheads. Instead, he is merely an assassin
sent by Fatima Blush to kill Bond at the clinic. He and Bond have a brutal fight that destroys the clinic, and Lippe is ultimately killed after Bond throws a beaker
filled with a urine
specimen
into the killer's face, causing the attacker to scream in disgust and suffer temporary loss of vision. The resulting disorientation causes Lippe to trip and fall on broken beakers, which then is acute enough to cause him to bleed to death.
in order to impersonate Derval, so he can hijack an Avro Vulcan
jet and its atomic bombs. Palazzi's first appearance is in a health clinic, covered in bandages due to the surgery. After Bond spies in his room, his contractor Count Lippe tries to kill Bond in a spinal traction machine. Then Palazzi comes to Derval's home with SPECTRE agents while the latter is making love to Fiona Volpe, fatally gasses Derval and takes his documents and dogtag
, and before leaving demands a higher fee of $250,000 for his mission, which his cohorts appear to reluctantly agree to.
In the air, Palazzi gasses the crew, allowing him to take control of the plane and sink it in a designated location with underwater landing lights near the Bahamas. However, when he tries to get out of his seat, he is unable to release his restraining harness. Emilio Largo comes with his men as Palazzi signals for help with his harness, but Largo cuts the air hose of Palazzi's oxygen mask
instead. Palazzi is left to drown in the cockpit while Largo and his men take the bombs away.
Later, Bond discovers the sunken airplane and takes Derval's dogtag and watch from Palazzi in order to get some help from Derval's sister, Dominique
.
. Petacchi goes into the V bomber acting as a NATO observer of Royal Air Force
procedure. After killing the crew, he successfully flies the bomber to the Bahamas. After successfully ditching the aircraft, Petacchi walks out on the wing to meet Vargas, a SPECTRE operative. Instead of congratulating him, Vargas quickly kills him with one thrust from a stiletto
and dumps the body into the sea. (In the movie version, the part of a henchman being eaten by sharks was taken over by Quist [see below].)
is again Domino's brother, Jack Petachi (Gavan O'Herlihy
). Petachi has undergone an operation to alter one of his retina
s to match the retinal pattern of the American President. Using his position as a pilot and the president's eye pattern to circumvent security, Petachi infiltrates an American military base in England and orders the dummy warheads in two cruise missiles replaced with two live nuclear warheads, which SPECTRE captures and uses to extort billions of dollars from the governments of the world. He is then killed by Fatima Blush.
and assassin
in the 1965 James Bond
film Thunderball
. He is an assassin of SPECTRE
and a personal henchman of Emilio Largo
. The character is portrayed by Philip Locke
.
According to Largo, Vargas does not drink
, smoke
, or make love
; abstinence which emphasizes his devotion as a killer. Those characteristics were used by Ian Fleming to describe the whole Disco Volante crew, but the filmmakers reduced to only one character because it would be "many men doing nothing". He is later properly introduced to 007 by Largo while visiting the latter's estate, Palmyra. (Bond had previously met Vargas at a casino while gambling with Largo the other night). A few days later he kidnaps Bond's ally Paula Caplan at their Nassau
hotel with fellow henchman Janni's help.
He is killed by James Bond on a beach
with a speargun
in the chest after trying to kill Bond and Dominique Derval
while lurking in the palm trees, with Bond coolly remarking "I think he got the point".
in the 1965 James Bond
film Thunderball
. The character is portrayed by Rose Alba
and stuntman Bob Simmons
, who had originally done the previous gun barrel sequences.
Boitier was a SPECTRE agent (SPECTRE #6) and a French colonel featured at the beginning of the film, where his funeral is taking place. Bond says that Boitier murdered two of his colleagues. It is revealed that the operative faked his death and dressed up as his own widow at the funeral. Bond surprises him at his French chateau, where a fight ensues and Bond kills him by breaking his neck with a fire poker.
During the bogus funeral, one of the French liaison remarks that Boitier and Bond both share the same initials, possibly an in-joke reference to Simmons portraying as Bond in the previous gun barrel sequences.
In the film adaptation, the character was renamed Jacques Bouvar.
film Thunderball
. The character is portrayed by George Pravda
.
Kutze is a nuclear scientist from Warsaw
, to whom Largo gives the bomb fuses. As the Disco Volante is being attacked by the US Navy, Kutze becomes convinced Largo has gone mad, throws the arming device into the sea, and releases Domino. For doing so, Bond saves Kutze; and, as the Disco Volante is about to crash, 007 gives Kutze a lifebuoy, after Kutze admits he can't swim and jumps. Oddly, Kutze mysteriously disappears afterwards, making it unknown if he survived, although Pravda said he did survive.
film Thunderball
. The character is portrayed by Bill Cummings.
Quist is among the henchmen sent to capture Bond's contact Paula, and stays in the hotel to kill 007. When Bond arrives and doesn't find Paula, he reviews a hidden tape machine recording and gets suspicious. After exploring her apartment and receiving Felix Leiter
, Bond finds Quist lurking in the shower, and scalds him out with hot water. After disarming Quist, Bond lets him go, telling him to report back to Largo with the words "Tell them the little fish I throw back into the sea". Largo then gets displeased at Quist's failure and has him thrown into a pool with sharks, where Quist is killed.
film Thunderball
. SPECTRE #9 is portrayed by Clive Cazes. He appears at the SPECTRE meeting early in the film, at the point in which Blofeld requests financial information from each of the operatives. Upon requesting SPECTRE #11's report, #11 relays information about money he and #9 have brought into the organization. Blofeld questions #11 about the fact that the amount he described was less than the amount he brought in. #11 denies any knowledge of this, but Blofeld already knows the truth: One of them has been embezzling
money from SPECTRE, which he reveals to #11. Fear grips #11, who thinks his death is imminent, and #9 gives a quick glance, aware that he is the culprit and believing that #11 has taken the fall. However, Blofeld proceeds to use his trademark method of intimidation: after consulting #11 skeptically, he uses his control panel to send an electric current through #9's chair, thus killing the real culprit. The Chair disappears with #9's body and then comes back up again. His death horrifies the other agents while Largo looks at it rather indifferently. {This scene was parodied in Austin Powers
Movie}
film Thunderball
. He appears at the SPECTRE meeting early in the film, at the point in which Blofeld requests financial information from each of the operatives. Upon requesting SPECTRE #11's report, #11 relays information about money he and #9 have brought into the organization. Blofeld questions #11 about the fact that the amount he described was less than the amount he brought in. #11 denies any knowledge of this, but Blofeld already knows the truth: One of them has been embezzling
money from SPECTRE, which he reveals to #11. Fear grips #11, who thinks his death is imminent. Blofeld proceeds to question #11 about his oversight on the operation smuggling heroin into Red China, demanding to know why the profit margin is so low. A nervous #11 explains that Latin American drug cartels have been tough competition for SPECTRE's heroin business, but Blofeld states he factored that into the operation. When Blofeld says #11 has one last chance to be honest about the reports, #11's last statement is "To the penny, #1." Blofeld proceeds to use his trademark method of intimidation: after consulting #11 skeptically, he uses his control panel to send an electric current through #9's chair, thus killing the real culprit, which horrifies #11 as a warning for #11 to never deceive Blofeld. #11 is not seen after this, although it is presumed he is still working for SPECTRE.
film Thunderball
. He is portrayed by Michael Brennan.
Janni is a large man who serves as an enforcer for SPECTRE
. He is one of Emilio Largo
's top men in the Bahamas, the other being Vargas. He participates in the kidnapping of MI6 agent, Paula Caplan. He assists in the abduction of 007 along with and Fiona Volpe, Vargas, and other henchmen. Later, after Bond escapes from the car he is in, Janni and the others give chase in the Junkanoo
parade. He is killed at the end of the film when Largo's boat explodes while battling Bond with Largo.
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James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film and novel Thunderball from the List of James Bond henchmen.
Count Lippe
Count Lippe is a fictional characterFictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
and henchman in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
novel Thunderball. He also appears in the 1965 film of the same name and the 1983 remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
, Never Say Never Again
Never Say Never Again
Never Say Never Again is a 1983 spy film based on the James Bond novel Thunderball, which was previously filmed in 1965 as Thunderball...
. In Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
, he is played by Guy Doleman
Guy Doleman
Guy Doleman was a New Zealand actor.He is perhaps best known for his role as "Count Lippe" in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, and as "Colonel Ross" in the three film adaptations of Len Deighton's "Harry Palmer" novels, starring Michael Caine, in the 1960s...
; and in Never Say Never Again by Pat Roach
Pat Roach
Francis Patrick "Pat" Roach was an English actor, wrestler and author, from Birmingham. His most famous role is that of West Country bricklayer Brian "Bomber" Busbridge in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He also played a memorable role as General Kael in Willow...
.
The Counts of Lippe
Lippe
Lippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe....
really existed and have descendants still living today. However, since 1806 all members of the family have had the title of Prince, not Count. The name is probably a reference to Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (originally a Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld) who was a friend of Ian Fleming. The Prince said to friends the name 'Lippe' in the original novel was a practical joke on the part of Fleming. This joke would be lost on most Germans though; in the German-dubbed movie version, on the other hand, James Bond has an additional line referencing Detmold
Detmold
Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...
, the capital of the former principality.
Never Say Never AgainNever Say Never AgainNever Say Never Again is a 1983 spy film based on the James Bond novel Thunderball, which was previously filmed in 1965 as Thunderball...
Unlike the previous version of Lippe in Thunderball, in Never Say Never Again there is no mention of him being a count. Also he is not directly involved in SPECTRE's plot to have Jack Petachi (this film's version of François Derval/Angelo Palazzi) steal NATO nuclear warheads. Instead, he is merely an assassinAssassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
sent by Fatima Blush to kill Bond at the clinic. He and Bond have a brutal fight that destroys the clinic, and Lippe is ultimately killed after Bond throws a beaker
Beaker
Beaker may refer to:* Beaker , a beverage container* Beaker , or "laboratory beaker", a glass object used for holding fluids and chemicals in a laboratory setting.* Beaker , a prehistoric drinking vessel...
filled with a urine
Urine
Urine is a typically sterile liquid by-product of the body that is secreted by the kidneys through a process called urination and excreted through the urethra. Cellular metabolism generates numerous by-products, many rich in nitrogen, that require elimination from the bloodstream...
specimen
Specimen
A specimen is a portion/quantity of material for use in testing, examination, or study.BiologyA laboratory specimen is an individual animal, part of an animal, a plant, part of a plant, or a microorganism, used as a representative to study the properties of the whole population of that species or...
into the killer's face, causing the attacker to scream in disgust and suffer temporary loss of vision. The resulting disorientation causes Lippe to trip and fall on broken beakers, which then is acute enough to cause him to bleed to death.
Angelo Palazzi
Angelo Palazzi, played by Greek actor Paul Stassino, is an agent of SPECTRE. Palazzi goes through two years studying NATO pilot François Derval, taking flying lessons and finally going through plastic surgeryPlastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
in order to impersonate Derval, so he can hijack an Avro Vulcan
Avro Vulcan
The Avro Vulcan, sometimes referred to as the Hawker Siddeley Vulcan, was a jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber, operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A V Roe & Co designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46. Of the three V bombers produced,...
jet and its atomic bombs. Palazzi's first appearance is in a health clinic, covered in bandages due to the surgery. After Bond spies in his room, his contractor Count Lippe tries to kill Bond in a spinal traction machine. Then Palazzi comes to Derval's home with SPECTRE agents while the latter is making love to Fiona Volpe, fatally gasses Derval and takes his documents and dogtag
Dog tag (identifier)
A dog tag is the informal name for the identification tags worn by military personnel, named such as it bears resemblance to actual dog tags. The tag is primarily used for the identification of dead and wounded and essential basic medical information for the treatment of the latter, such as blood...
, and before leaving demands a higher fee of $250,000 for his mission, which his cohorts appear to reluctantly agree to.
In the air, Palazzi gasses the crew, allowing him to take control of the plane and sink it in a designated location with underwater landing lights near the Bahamas. However, when he tries to get out of his seat, he is unable to release his restraining harness. Emilio Largo comes with his men as Palazzi signals for help with his harness, but Largo cuts the air hose of Palazzi's oxygen mask
Oxygen mask
An oxygen mask provides a method to transfer breathing oxygen gas from a storage tank to the lungs. Oxygen masks may cover the nose and mouth or the entire face...
instead. Palazzi is left to drown in the cockpit while Largo and his men take the bombs away.
Later, Bond discovers the sunken airplane and takes Derval's dogtag and watch from Palazzi in order to get some help from Derval's sister, Dominique
Domino Vitali
Dominetta Vitali, known simply as Domino, is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the James Bond novel, Thunderball. For the 1965 film adaptation with the same title, her name was changed to Dominique Derval , and she was portrayed by French actress Claudine Auger...
.
Novel
In the novel, the V bomber is hijacked by Domino's brother Giuseppe Petacchi. He is an Italian Air Force pilot, hired by Lippe at Boscombe Down AirfieldMoD Boscombe Down
MoD Boscombe Down is an aircraft testing site located at Idmiston, south of Amesbury, in Wiltshire, England. It is run and managed by QinetiQ, the company created as part of the breakup of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in 2001 by the UK Ministry of Defence...
. Petacchi goes into the V bomber acting as a NATO observer of Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
procedure. After killing the crew, he successfully flies the bomber to the Bahamas. After successfully ditching the aircraft, Petacchi walks out on the wing to meet Vargas, a SPECTRE operative. Instead of congratulating him, Vargas quickly kills him with one thrust from a stiletto
Stiletto
A stiletto is a knife or dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, intended primarily as a stabbing weapon. The stiletto blade's narrow cross-section and acuminated tip reduces friction upon entry, allowing the blade to penetrate deeply...
and dumps the body into the sea. (In the movie version, the part of a henchman being eaten by sharks was taken over by Quist [see below].)
Never Say Never Again
The plane hijacker in Never Say Never AgainNever Say Never Again
Never Say Never Again is a 1983 spy film based on the James Bond novel Thunderball, which was previously filmed in 1965 as Thunderball...
is again Domino's brother, Jack Petachi (Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy is an Irish actor.O'Herlihy was born in Dublin, the son of Elsa Bennett and Irish actor Dan O'Herlihy. In his youth, he was an avid tennis player, and even became Irish National Tennis Champion...
). Petachi has undergone an operation to alter one of his retina
Retina
The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina, which serves much the same function as the film in a camera. Light striking the retina initiates a cascade of chemical and electrical...
s to match the retinal pattern of the American President. Using his position as a pilot and the president's eye pattern to circumvent security, Petachi infiltrates an American military base in England and orders the dummy warheads in two cruise missiles replaced with two live nuclear warheads, which SPECTRE captures and uses to extort billions of dollars from the governments of the world. He is then killed by Fatima Blush.
Vargas
Vargas is a villainVillain
A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
and assassin
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
in the 1965 James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. He is an assassin of SPECTRE
SPECTRE
SPECTRE is a fictional global terrorist organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games...
and a personal henchman of Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the James Bond novel Thunderball. In the novel he is depicted, according to the British stereotypes about Italians, as a large, heavyset, olive-skinned, powerful man exuding animal charm, with the profile of a Roman emperor, and...
. The character is portrayed by Philip Locke
Philip Locke
Philip Locke was an English actor.He is possibly best known for his role as villainous SPECTRE underling Vargas in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball...
.
According to Largo, Vargas does not drink
Drinking
Drinking is the act of consuming water or a beverage through the mouth. Water is required for many of life’s physiological processes. Both excessive and inadequate water intake are associated with health problems.-Physiology:...
, smoke
Tobacco smoking
Tobacco smoking is the practice where tobacco is burned and the resulting smoke is inhaled. The practice may have begun as early as 5000–3000 BCE. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 16th century where it followed common trade routes...
, or make love
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
; abstinence which emphasizes his devotion as a killer. Those characteristics were used by Ian Fleming to describe the whole Disco Volante crew, but the filmmakers reduced to only one character because it would be "many men doing nothing". He is later properly introduced to 007 by Largo while visiting the latter's estate, Palmyra. (Bond had previously met Vargas at a casino while gambling with Largo the other night). A few days later he kidnaps Bond's ally Paula Caplan at their Nassau
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
hotel with fellow henchman Janni's help.
He is killed by James Bond on a beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
with a speargun
Speargun
A speargun is an underwater fishing implement designed to fire a spear at fish.The basic components of a speargun are:A spear, a stock/barrel, and a handle/grip containing a trigger mechanism...
in the chest after trying to kill Bond and Dominique Derval
Domino Vitali
Dominetta Vitali, known simply as Domino, is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the James Bond novel, Thunderball. For the 1965 film adaptation with the same title, her name was changed to Dominique Derval , and she was portrayed by French actress Claudine Auger...
while lurking in the palm trees, with Bond coolly remarking "I think he got the point".
Jacques Boitier
Colonel Jacques Boitier is a villainVillain
A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
in the 1965 James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. The character is portrayed by Rose Alba
Rose Alba
-Selected filmography:* Mary Had a Little... * Thunderball * The Passage * Funny Money -External links:...
and stuntman Bob Simmons
Bob Simmons (stunt man)
Bob Simmons was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series.-Biography:...
, who had originally done the previous gun barrel sequences.
Boitier was a SPECTRE agent (SPECTRE #6) and a French colonel featured at the beginning of the film, where his funeral is taking place. Bond says that Boitier murdered two of his colleagues. It is revealed that the operative faked his death and dressed up as his own widow at the funeral. Bond surprises him at his French chateau, where a fight ensues and Bond kills him by breaking his neck with a fire poker.
During the bogus funeral, one of the French liaison remarks that Boitier and Bond both share the same initials, possibly an in-joke reference to Simmons portraying as Bond in the previous gun barrel sequences.
In the film adaptation, the character was renamed Jacques Bouvar.
Ladislav Kutze
Dr. Ladislav Kutze is a Henchman in the 1965 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. The character is portrayed by George Pravda
George Pravda
George Pravda was a Czechoslovakian film and television actor.He began his career in Czechoslovakia, where he was credited as Jirí Pravda, and then emigrated to the United Kingdom....
.
Kutze is a nuclear scientist from Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, to whom Largo gives the bomb fuses. As the Disco Volante is being attacked by the US Navy, Kutze becomes convinced Largo has gone mad, throws the arming device into the sea, and releases Domino. For doing so, Bond saves Kutze; and, as the Disco Volante is about to crash, 007 gives Kutze a lifebuoy, after Kutze admits he can't swim and jumps. Oddly, Kutze mysteriously disappears afterwards, making it unknown if he survived, although Pravda said he did survive.
Quist
Quist is a Henchman in the 1965 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. The character is portrayed by Bill Cummings.
Quist is among the henchmen sent to capture Bond's contact Paula, and stays in the hotel to kill 007. When Bond arrives and doesn't find Paula, he reviews a hidden tape machine recording and gets suspicious. After exploring her apartment and receiving Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter is a fictional CIA agent created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series of novels and films. In both, Leiter works for the CIA and assists Bond in his various adventures as well as being his best friend. In further novels Leiter joins the Pinkerton Detective Agency and in the film...
, Bond finds Quist lurking in the shower, and scalds him out with hot water. After disarming Quist, Bond lets him go, telling him to report back to Largo with the words "Tell them the little fish I throw back into the sea". Largo then gets displeased at Quist's failure and has him thrown into a pool with sharks, where Quist is killed.
SPECTRE #9
SPECTRE #9 is a villain in the 1965 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. SPECTRE #9 is portrayed by Clive Cazes. He appears at the SPECTRE meeting early in the film, at the point in which Blofeld requests financial information from each of the operatives. Upon requesting SPECTRE #11's report, #11 relays information about money he and #9 have brought into the organization. Blofeld questions #11 about the fact that the amount he described was less than the amount he brought in. #11 denies any knowledge of this, but Blofeld already knows the truth: One of them has been embezzling
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....
money from SPECTRE, which he reveals to #11. Fear grips #11, who thinks his death is imminent, and #9 gives a quick glance, aware that he is the culprit and believing that #11 has taken the fall. However, Blofeld proceeds to use his trademark method of intimidation: after consulting #11 skeptically, he uses his control panel to send an electric current through #9's chair, thus killing the real culprit. The Chair disappears with #9's body and then comes back up again. His death horrifies the other agents while Largo looks at it rather indifferently. {This scene was parodied in Austin Powers
Austin Powers (film series)
The Austin Powers series is a series of action-comedy films written by and starring Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema...
Movie}
SPECTRE #11
SPECTRE #11 is a villain in the 1965 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. He appears at the SPECTRE meeting early in the film, at the point in which Blofeld requests financial information from each of the operatives. Upon requesting SPECTRE #11's report, #11 relays information about money he and #9 have brought into the organization. Blofeld questions #11 about the fact that the amount he described was less than the amount he brought in. #11 denies any knowledge of this, but Blofeld already knows the truth: One of them has been embezzling
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....
money from SPECTRE, which he reveals to #11. Fear grips #11, who thinks his death is imminent. Blofeld proceeds to question #11 about his oversight on the operation smuggling heroin into Red China, demanding to know why the profit margin is so low. A nervous #11 explains that Latin American drug cartels have been tough competition for SPECTRE's heroin business, but Blofeld states he factored that into the operation. When Blofeld says #11 has one last chance to be honest about the reports, #11's last statement is "To the penny, #1." Blofeld proceeds to use his trademark method of intimidation: after consulting #11 skeptically, he uses his control panel to send an electric current through #9's chair, thus killing the real culprit, which horrifies #11 as a warning for #11 to never deceive Blofeld. #11 is not seen after this, although it is presumed he is still working for SPECTRE.
Janni
Janni is a henchman in the 1965 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Thunderball
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
. He is portrayed by Michael Brennan.
Janni is a large man who serves as an enforcer for SPECTRE
SPECTRE
SPECTRE is a fictional global terrorist organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games...
. He is one of Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the James Bond novel Thunderball. In the novel he is depicted, according to the British stereotypes about Italians, as a large, heavyset, olive-skinned, powerful man exuding animal charm, with the profile of a Roman emperor, and...
's top men in the Bahamas, the other being Vargas. He participates in the kidnapping of MI6 agent, Paula Caplan. He assists in the abduction of 007 along with and Fiona Volpe, Vargas, and other henchmen. Later, after Bond escapes from the car he is in, Janni and the others give chase in the Junkanoo
Junkanoo
Junkanoo is a street parade with music, which occurs in many towns across The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands every Boxing Day , New Year's Day and, more recently, in the summer on the island of Grand Bahama. The largest Junkanoo parade happens in Nassau, the capital...
parade. He is killed at the end of the film when Largo's boat explodes while battling Bond with Largo.
See also
- Thunderball (Novel)