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The sort of one-liner I think he would have approved of, and delivered with a raised eyebrow.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Actually, mr Bond, we only expected you to talk











Yeah, yeah, Sean Connery, I know.

In reply to toad:


And HE only lived twice

In reply to toad:

I think he's attempting re-entry through St Peter's Gates, sir.

In reply to Blue Straggler:
Wow, such sad news. A giant of my youth and a giant of my Xmas holiday afternoon nap, post indulgence.

He was the best and worst of the bonds in my opinion and in a good way. He hammed up the role to such comedic effect at times and his fighting skills/choreography is hilarious. As a child I must have watched Moonraker a hundred times.

His rivalry with the ultimate baddie went goodie, Jaws, is one of the best.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

"Goodnight? Goodnight?"

"Good night, sir"

In reply to patrick_b:

Oh James, take me round the world one more time

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:


Funnily enough I read an interview with a stunt co-ordinator, I think it was Vic Armstrong who did a lot of Bond amongst other things. I don't remember if he was talking specifically about various Bonds, or about actors in general, but he said that Roger Moore was the only one that could throw a convincing punch. I did wonder whether Armstrong needed to go to Specsavers

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:


"...But James, I need you!"

"So does England."

Simultaneously cringeworthy and classic.

In reply to planetmarshall:

"I'm looking for Dr Goodhead"
"Well, you just found her"
"A.......WOMAN?!"
"Your powers of observation do you a credit, Mr Bond"

In reply to Blue Straggler:
I think it says a lot about him that he worked as a UNICEF ambassador as his second calling (with sporadic acting?) after working in films.

He lived to a good age. I like the raised eye brow etc.

In reply to Blue Straggler:
Anyone else remember him from Ivanhoe?

In reply to colinakmc:

I'm old enough to remember him as "The Saint".

"Viagra, it won't make you James Bond, but it may make you Roger Moore."

In reply to Blue Straggler:

I loved him in that film about terrorists seizing a North Sea oil rig.

Cheers

Toby

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Along with Richard Greene as Robin Hood my late sister and I were allowed to stay up specially to watch him in Ivanhoe - an episode couldn't be missed.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

This has been doing the rounds on Twitter - nice little story

https://twitter.com/MrKenShabby/status/867036448037511169

Demonstrated a sort-of-interesting nice solo leading technique as well, plus improvised emergency Prusiks and a new use for pitons, at the climax of FYEO

In reply to Chris the Tall:


Where's the 'like' button when you really need it?

In reply to john arran:


It's resting in peace

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Sad loss.. at least he will have a halo at the ready,.. shame he had to play through most of the worst of the Bond franchise in his latter films (only the Niven comedy outing topping the likes of Moonraker and A View to a Kill for outright silliness).

I dont know what planet this critic lives on ... Moore was far superior to Dalton as Bond but Dalton's films were way better than the latter Moore outings:

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/james-bonds-best-and-worst-peter-t...

In reply to Chris the Tall:

An acquaintance of mine met him when she was working society weddings as a Fleet St hack.

Her recollection is that no-one gave her the time of day - but Roger Moore introduced himself, made smalltalk, even gave her a small excusive, and was generally charming.

How you treat people who 'aren't important' seems like a good test of someone's character. Seems like he passed with flying colours.

In reply to Offwidth:


In general, the better Bonds got the poorer films. Brosnan seemed perfect as a movie Bond, but aside from the first half of GoldenEye, the material he had to work with was painful (even if I have a bit of a soft spot for TWINE).

The only case of a great Bond in a truly great film, was Lazenby in OHMSS.

ALTHOUGH...I always say that one good thing that came out of Moonraker, was the studio's decision to go back to basics and add some grit, with FYEO which is one of my top 4 Bond films (alongside FRWL, OHMSS and TLD)

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

What an absolute gent. I love the idea that he was modest enough to introduce himself despite needing no introduction.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

You have to wonder what was actually written in his love letters, that made the crazy Dorothy Squires cherish them for many decades after their split in 1961

"In 1974 her Bexley mansion burned down, from which she escaped with her dog and all her love letters from Roger Moore"
"In 1988 following bankruptcy proceedings she lost her home in Bray, to which she returned the following night to recover her love letters from Moore"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Squires

More evidence of his being a gent.
"On 20 May 2013, a commemorative blue plaque was unveiled outside Aston House on New Road in Llanelli, where Squires and her family took up residence in her fifteenth year. Financed by Roger Moore, the plaque had been created 18 months previously."

Dorothy Squires who was a bit crazy and from whom he separated in 1961 and who refused a divorce for 8 years to try to stop him marrying Luisa Mattioli, so Squires could still call herself "Mrs Roger Moore" as her career was in decline and his was on the rise.
He still paid for her plaque 50 years later!

In reply to Blue Straggler:

FYEO was my first cinema Bond, I'll always have a soft spot for it.

In reply to colinakmc:

Sidekick/squire called Garth.
Also as Beau Maverick.

In reply to Offwidth:


I always liked Dalton's Bond - played seriously like a proto Daniel Craig, and aside from Craig certainly the best actor to play the part. Brosnan I now find a bit forgettable, not a criticism that could ever be labelled at Moore.

youtube.com/watch?v=nNef4MC4ldo&

I always thought Roger Moore was ace in The Wild Geese.