#“On Her Majesty's Secret Service”

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In “On Her Majesty's Secret Service” (1969) James Bond impersonates genealogist Sir Hilary Bray to infiltrate Bloefeld’s criminal organization. Bond was played by George Lazenby and Bray was played by veteran actor George Bray. Lazenby had no acting experience before being cast in the film and his impersonation of Baker’s voice was unconvincing. So during the scenes where Lazenby pretended to be Bray, his voice was dubbed by Baker.

This wasn’t the first time actors were dubbed in James Bond films. The Bond Girls were cast for their beauty and their voices were regularly dubbed later (sometimes due to their original accents). These actresses were all dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl:

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in “Dr. No” (1962)

Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterton in “Goldfinger” (1965)

Claudine Auger as Domino in “Thunderball” (1965)

Mie Hama in “You Only Live Twice” (1967)

Male actors didn’t escape the dubbing treatment either. They were revoiced due to thick foreign accents.

Gert Frobein as Auric Goldfinger in dubbed by Michael Collins “Goldfinger” (1964)

Adolpho Celi as Emilio Largo dubbed by Robert Rietti in “Thunderball”

Tetsuro Tamba as Tiger Tanaka dubbed by Robert Rietti in “You Only Live Twice”

This is only a partial list.

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Diana Rigg, 1969.

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007 FAN ART by Sean Longmore

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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Diana Rigg, UK Actress

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Diana Rigg and George Lazenby on the set of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969.

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George Lazenby and some Bond girls on the set of On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 1969

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The Royal premiere of Peter R. Hunt’s ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, starring George Lazenby as #JamesBond and Diana Rigg as Tracy, was held on December 18, 1969.

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Apparently this is an unused poster or a 'concept poster' for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Great image.

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James Bond Collection

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE 1969

Diana Rigg, George Lazenby

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Poll: Favourite James Bond Movie Director?

To give you an idea of what your voting for here's the films they directed:

Terence Young: Dr No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball

Guy Hamilton: Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and the Man with the Golden Gun

Lewis Gilbert: You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker

Peter Hunt: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

John Glen: For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill

Martin Campbell: Goldeneye and Casino Royale

Roger Spottiswoode: Tomorrow Never Dies

Michael Apted: The World is Not Enough

Lee Tamahori: Die Another Day

Mark Forster: Quantum of Solace

Sam Mendes: Skyfall and Spectre

Cary Joji Fukanaga: No Time to Die

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Did you know...

that Superboy (1988-1992) has a connection with the James Bond franchise? George Lazenby, the second actor to portray 007, played Jor-El, Superboy's father. Britt Ekland, who was a "Bond girl" in The Man With the Golden Gun (1974), played his mother, Lara.

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JAMES BOND by Paul Mann (2018-2024) - AMP: ALTERNATIVE MOVIE POSTERS (Part 5/10)

PAUL MANN is probably the greatest living illustrator after Robert McGinnis. After a long career as an Ad illustrator, his Star shone even brighter when he was commissioned to revisit James Bond's Dr. No creating an instant iconic AMP. Since then he did many more James Bond related paintings / limited edition prints which are ALL gathered above (Click on each image for details).

Director: Terence Young, Guy Hamilton, John Glen Actors: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig

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