DavidB-AU Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40018422 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) A lovely chap. lt seems that it was only a few months ago he was on TV talking about his UNICEF work. Just started to watch old re-runs of 'The Persuaders'. He was as suave in those as he was when in the interview. He never seemed to take himself seriously. My personal favourite Bond. Rest peacefully Sir Roger. We'll miss you. Edited May 23, 2017 by Re6/6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Apparently started out modelling men's cardigans for knitting patterns - I kid you not! Nobody did it better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Roger Moore was the 'Bond' I grew up with and my favourite. RIP - "Bond, what do you think you are doing?", "keeping the British end up sir!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 For those who remember -- A 'Saint' to 007 R I P Sir Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My first memory of him is the children's series "Ivanhoe" RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) The king of suave and my favourite 'Bond'. RIP Sir Roger. Edited May 23, 2017 by Baby Deltic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 RIP Sir Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My first memory of him is the children's series "Ivanhoe" RIP Too much Saxon violence for my liking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 "Oh, Lou, so catty. I see they've given you the key to the executive dumpster. All that butt-sniffing finally payed off." Lazenby - Kitty Galore RIP Sir Roger - a fine James Bond and a fine chap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I thought it a shame when 'Skyfall' came out that they didn't commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bond movies by getting Sean, George, Roger, Tim and Pierce all to make cameos (e,g, all sat round one of the tables in the casino) as it was likely to be the last major Bond anniversary when they would all be alive. Sadly that has turned out to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 Apparently started out modelling men's cardigans for knitting patterns - I kid you not! Nobody did it better. Plenty of images on the interweb such as: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Apparently started out modelling men's cardigans for knitting patterns .... Even humbler beginnings than that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 He'll always be Simon Templar to me. RIP Roger. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Genuinely sad to hear the news, a real gent who always had time for anyone, RIP Lord Brett Sinclair, Harold Pelham, Commander Bond et al... Half way through watching The Saint boxsets and enjoying The Persuaders on freeview, our Rodge had charm in spades, he will be sorely missed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2017 Not forgetting. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 Tomorrow night at 2300 hrs there is an interview of him on Radio 2 from 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Apart from Peter Sellers, the only actor to have played both James Bond and (Chief) Inspector Clouseau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3atzmKqmI_I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I'd better get on and repaint my PECO skip wagons into 'Zorin' livery, and build my 'San Monique Transport' single deck railbus! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My least favourite Bond by a looooooong way but hey its' Roger Moore - just one of the coolest dudes ever to have lived ................... his hosting of Have I got news for you - brilliant and "The Saint" and the Persuaders - wow got some retro viewing to do !! I recommend his memoir "My word is my bond" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 Not the best Bond but probably not his fault. The films were a bit silly at that point. He was at the same school as my father, one year below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Roger Moore was the 'Bond' I grew up with and my favourite. RIP - "Bond, what do you think you are doing?", "keeping the British end up sir!" Or in Moonraker;M - "Bond, what do you think you are doing?" Q - "I think he's attempting re-entry, Sir." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I read Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown not so long ago and can thoroughly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My all time favourite Bond/Roger Moore sequence- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CvJp1X3qiog It has everything in a 5 min chase that sums up my childhood memories! The music, humour and action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike at C&M Posted May 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) This wonderful tale has been 'shared' to me on Facebook. Sums him up perfectly. "As a seven year old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed. I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld." I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man." Edited May 24, 2017 by 87029 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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