# Casting the Continuation Novels **URL:** \ **Category:** Books\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685 "2023-10-13T18:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/jamesb007nd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/181 "2024-02-14T22:17:56Z")
[![](https://filmfanatic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robin-Hood-Sword-Fight2.png) ](https://filmfanatic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robin-Hood-Sword-Fight2.png) It’s at least the fastest sword fight. 😁 I think the sword fights in Scaramouche (Stewart Granger vs Mel Ferrer ) and Zorro (Alain Delon vs Stanley Baker) are even better. ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/182 "2024-02-16T09:10:36Z")
MOONRAKER (1955) James Bond 007 – Errol Flynn Ronnie Vallance – Anthony Quayle Gala Brand – Maureen O’Hara Willy Krebs aka The Persuader – Hardy Krüger Hugo Drax aka Hugger – James Mason Train – Robert Newton Walter – Claude Rains Basil Basildon – Wilfrid Hyde-White Blades Waitress – Carole Lesley Egon Bartsch – Oskar Werner World Without Want Inn Bartender – Esmond Knight Drax’s Guard Leader – Til Kiwe Drax’s Steam Guard 1 – Robert Freitag Drax’s Steam Guard 2 – Harry Meyen Drax’s Steam Guard 3 – Klaus Kinski Drax’s Steam Guard 4 – Jan Hendriks SIS Shooting Range Instructor – Ronald Ward Tallon – Tony Britton BBC Announcer – Cedric Hardwicke Peter Trimble – Michael Rennie Max Meyer – J. Pat O’Malley Tommy Dangerfield – Guy Middleton Rodney Porterfield – Griffith Jones Brevett – Leslie Bradley Grimley – Leslie Dwyer Loelia Ponsonby – Lana Morris Jane Moneypenny aka Penny – Maxine Audley Bill Tanner – Conrad Phillips Miles Messervy aka M – Basil Rathbone ---
**Author:** ![theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/thespectre/32/567_2.png) [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/183 "2024-02-16T17:59:57Z")
The Phantom Pain (Metal Gear Solid V) (2015) MGS Ground Zeroes is the PTS James Bond: Charlie Hunnam Quiet: Keira Knightley Revolver Ocelot: Sam Rockwell Skull Face: Kenneth Branagh Code Talker: Peter Capaldi Eli: Tom Holland Dr. Emmerich: Ben Whishaw Kazuhira Miller: Ralph Fiennes Paz: Chloe Grace Moretz Chico: Asa Butterfield ---
**Author:** ![raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@raylan.givens](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/raylan.givens)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/184 "2024-02-17T23:50:09Z")
Charlie Hunnam, Sam Rockwell and Tom Holland? 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/185 "2024-02-19T18:56:56Z")
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1956) James Bond 007 – Errol Flynn Ernie Cureo – Martin Balsam Tiffany Case – Rita Hayworth “Windy” Wint – Jackie Gleason “Boofy” Kidd – Vincent Price Jack Spang aka ABC – Ray Milland Seraffimo Spang – Ray Milland Dankwaerts – Michael Hordern Tiara Casino Manicurist – Lola Albright Frasso – Richard Boone McGonigle – L.Q. Jones Freetown Garrison Force Captain – Trevor Reid Freetown Garrison Force Corporal – Victor Maddern Michael “Shady” Tree – Burgess Meredith Lobiniere – Ian Carmichael Queen Elizabeth Auction’s Bidding Girl – Nita Talbot Sierra International Dentist – John Robinson Tingaling Bell – Frankie Darro J. Spang’s Helicopter Pilot – Anton Diffring Rocky – Jack Elam “Lame-brain” Pissaro – Dan Seymour Rosy Budd – Claude Akins Acme Mud And Sulphur Baths Attendant – Moses LaMarr Boxer – Adam Williams Acme Mud And Sulphur Baths Card Playing Man 1 – William Schallert Acme Mud And Sulphur Baths Card Playing Man 2 – John Fiedler Mabel – Reta Shaw Lucian – Robert Ellenstein Felix Leiter – Chuck Connors Ronnie Vallance – Leo Genn Loelia Ponsonby – Lana Morris Jane Moneypenny aka Penny – Maxine Audley Bill Tanner – Conrad Phillips Miles Messervy aka M – Basil Rathbone ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/186 "2024-02-23T04:43:08Z")
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE (1957) James Bond 007 – Errol Flynn Darko Kerim – Amedeo Nazzari Tatiana Romanova – Grace Kelly Donovan “Red” Grant – Stanley Baker Rosa Klebb – Bette Davis D. Kerim’s Chauffeur – Esref Kolçak Zora – Linda Cristal Vida – Rita Moreno Krilencu – Grégoire Aslan Orient Express Conductor – George Coulouris Kronsteen – Peter Wyngarde Vavra – Hulusi Kentmen Grant’s Masseuse – Gia Scala Melchior Benz – Ben Wright Kurt Goldfarb – Val Avery MGB Man – Kurt Meisel Boris Kerim – Giorgos Fountas Nicholai Grubozaboyschikov aka General G – Otto Preminger Vozdvishensky – Werner Peters Nikitin – Wolfgang Preiss Slavin – Leon Askin Ivan Serov – Paul Hartmann Stefan Trempo aka Tempo – Fikret Hakan May Davidson McGrath – Judith Anderson Roger Troop – David Tomlinson René Mathis – François Périer Loelia Ponsonby – Lana Morris Jane Moneypenny aka Penny – Maxine Audley Bill Tanner – Conrad Phillips Miles Messervy aka M – Basil Rathbone ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/187 "2024-02-27T05:00:04Z")
DOCTOR NO (1958) James Bond 007 – Errol Flynn Quarrel – Errol John Honey Rider – Kim Novak No’s “Blind” Assassin 1 – Scatman Crothers No’s “Blind” Assassin 2 – Brock Peters No’s “Blind” Assassin 3 – Harry Belafonte Julius No – Yul Brynner Pleydell-Smith – David McCallum May – Izumi Ashikawa Sam-sam – Kazuo Okamura Sam-sam’s Pal – Duke Keomuka Pus-Feller – Orlando Martins Annabel Chung aka Freelance – Reiko Sato No’s Dragon Boss – Kam Tong Sam – Benson Fong Bill Templar – Percy Herbert Miss Taro – Li Hua Li No’s Security Boat Loud-Hailer Man – Victor Sen Yung No’s Security Boat Machine Gunner – Fuji Jamaica Acting Governor – Cecil Parker Mary Trueblood – Patricia Cutts No’s Crab Key Searcher 1 – Frank Silvera No’s Crab Key Searcher 2 – Robert Adams Sister Lily – Anna May Wong Sister Rose – Miyoshi Umeki No’s River Guard – Ivan Dixon No’s Hearse Driver – Frank Singuineau John Strangways – Maurice Kaufmann James Molony – Roger Livesey Jane Moneypenny aka Penny – Maxine Audley Godfrey Boothroyd aka Q – Michael Gough Bill Tanner – Conrad Phillips Miles Messervy aka M – Basil Rathbone ---
**Author:** ![Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/dustin/32/7_2.png) [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/188 "2024-02-27T08:58:48Z")
Make that Robert Taylor for James Bond… ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/189 "2024-03-01T00:18:46Z")
GOLDFINGER (1959) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant Smithers – John Williams Pussy Galore – Anne Baxter Oddjob – Kenji Shibuya Auric Goldfinger – Orson Welles Agent 258 – Nigel Stock Jill Masterton – Marilyn Monroe Solo – Bruce Gordon Jed Midnight – Karl Malden Jack Strap – Harold J. Stone Billy Ring aka The Grinner – Keenan Wynn Helmut Springer aka The Duke – Kevin McCarthy Records – Harry Landis Tilly Masterton – Carroll Baker Goldfinger’s BOAC Official – Frank Marth Hawker – Sam Kydd Ferryfield Airport Customs Officer – Patrick Troughton Goldfinger’s Pilot – Albert Lieven Goldfinger’s Navigator – Dietmar Schönherr Goldfinger’s Wireless Operator – Heinz Reincke C For Charlie – Joe Maross Goldfinger’s Airport Doctor – Paul Henreid Foulkes – Harold Goodwin Alfred Blacking – Nigel Patrick Junius DuPont – Robert F. Simon Capungo – Mario Brega The Mexican – Emilio Fernández Blackwell – Jack Watling Schwab – Walther Reyer Santos – Robert Contreras Felix Leiter – Steve McQueen Bill Tanner – William Russell Miles Messervy aka M – Charles Laughton ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/190 "2024-03-05T05:29:29Z")
FROM A VIEW TO A KILL (1960) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant G. A. Schreiber – John Dehner Mary Ann Russell – Jean Simmons Russian Motorcycle Assassin’s Assistant 1 – Neville Brand Russian Motorcycle Assassin’s Assistant 2 – William Smith Russian Motorcycle Assassin – Omar Sharif Rattray – Richard Attenborough SHAPE Chief Handler – Jean Desailly Bates – Roland Curram Hungarian Defector – Marius Goring Head Of Station V – Henry Daniell ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/191 "2024-03-08T07:41:39Z")
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1960) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant Johns – Richard Anderson Judy Havelock – Elizabeth Taylor Gonzales – Fernando Lamas von Hammerstein – Rod Steiger von Hammerstein’s Girl 1 – Rosanna Schiaffino von Hammerstein’s Girl 2 – Giovanna Ralli Gonzales’ Man 1 – Rodolfo Acosta Gonzales’ Man 2 – Fernando Sancho Tim Havelock – Reginald Denny Mrs. Havelock – Barbara Couper Fayprince – Diahann Carroll Agatha – Louise Beavers Miles Messervy aka M – Charles Laughton ---
**Author:** ![jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jamesb007nd](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/jamesb007nd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/192 "2024-03-08T12:51:34Z")
Liz Taylor handling a crossbow!! I would like to see this!! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/193 "2024-03-12T05:08:59Z")
QUANTUM OF SOLACE (1960) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant Nassau Chief Of Police – Ossie Davis (unmentioned) Bond’s Bahamas Girl – Ava Gardner Castro Rebel 1 – Eli Wallach Castro Rebel 2 – Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. Castro Rebel 3 – Percy Rodrigues Castro Rebel 4 – Joel Fluellen Castro Rebel 5 – Henry Darrow Castro Rebel 6 – Pepe Hern Castro Supporter 1 – Cesar Romero Castro Supporter 2 – Mel Ferrer Castro Supporter 3 – Gilbert Roland Castro Supporter 4 – Arnold Moss Bahamas Governor – Anthony Nicholls Rhoda Llewellyn Masters Miller – Gene Tierney Harvey Miller – Richard Conte Bahamas Governor’s ADC – Peter Sallis Bahamas Government House Sentry – Hari Rhodes Young Tattersall – Stephen Boyd Lady Burford – Greer Garson Philip Masters – Richard Burton ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/194 "2024-03-15T01:45:07Z")
RISICO (1960) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant Enrico Colombo – Raf Vallone Lisl Baum – Anita Ekberg Kristatos’ Machine Gunner – John Cassavetes Kristatos – José Ferrer Colombo’s Sailor – Sergio Fantoni Colombo’s Chasing Jogger – Mimmo Palmara Mario – Vincenzo Musolino Colombo’s Scared Jogger – Tomas Milian Colomba d’Oro Maitre d’Hôtel – Carlo Giustini Colomba d’Oro Maitre d’Hôtel’s #2 – Tiberio Murgia Ronnie Vallance – John Gregson Miles Messervy aka M – Charles Laughton ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/195 "2024-03-18T20:21:54Z")
THE HILDEBRAND RARITY (1960) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant Fidele Barbey – Peter Ustinov Liz Krest – Lana Turner Fritz – Vic Morrow Milton Krest – Robert Mitchum Wavekrest Engineer – Fritz Tillmann Miles Messervy aka M – Charles Laughton ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/196 "2024-03-22T07:46:02Z")
THUNDERBALL (1961) James Bond 007 – Cary Grant Peter Pedersen – Nehemiah Persoff Domino Vitali – Sophia Loren Vargas – Robert Duvall Emilio Largo – Anthony Quinn Harling – Ronald Leigh-Hunt Patricia Fearing – Diana Dors Brandt – Günter Meisner Fallon – Denny Miller Shrublands Receptionist – Eve Eden Giuseppe Petacchi – Rik Battaglia Santos – Johnny Sekka Lippe – Erno Crisa Roddick – Bernard Fox Pitman – Tommy Eytle Stengel – O.E. Hasse Kotze – Victor Beaumont Joshua Wain – Moultrie Kelsall Disco Volante Captain – Joseph Campanella Kandinsky – Oscar Homolka Marius Domingue – Jean Richard Pierre Borraud – Daniel Ceccaldi Fidelio Sciacca – Alberto Sorrentino Bruno Bayer – Heinz Conrads Strelik – Oscar Beregi Jr. Snow – Harry Andrews Ernst Stavro Blofeld – Michael Redgrave May Davidson McGrath – Olga Lindo René Mathis – Robert Lamoureux Felix Leiter – Clint Eastwood Loelia Ponsonby – Valerie French Jane Moneypenny aka Penny – Kathleen Byron Bill Tanner – William Russell Miles Messervy aka M – Charles Laughton ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/197 "2024-03-26T05:35:40Z")
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962) James Bond 007 – Richard Johnson Mounties Lieutenant – John Ireland Stonor – Edward Binns (unmentioned) Bond’s Canadian Girl – Debra Paget Vivienne Michel – Jean Seberg Horst Uhlmann – James Coburn Sol Horowitz aka Horror – Martin Landau “Sluggsy” Morant – Dennis Hopper Ernst Stavro Blofeld – George Sanders Sanguinetti – Sam Wanamaker Scotland Yard CID Sleuth’s The Mechanics’ Mole – James Caan Morrow – Jim Hutton The Mechanics’ Top Gunman 1 – Don Gordon The Mechanics’ Top Gunman 2 – James Olson The Mechanics’ Top Gunman 3 – Steve Ihnat Jed Phancey – Malcolm Atterbury Millicent Phancey – Margaret Hamilton Top Scotland Yard CID Sleuth 1 – Anthony Steel Top Scotland Yard CID Sleuth 2 – Lionel Jeffries O’Donnell – Andrew Prine Glens Falls Stenographer – Jack Donner Wounded Mountie – Jason Evers KGB’s Top Paris Man – Charles Vanel Boris – Joseph Ruskin ---
**Author:** ![theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/thespectre/32/567_2.png) [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/198 "2024-03-26T17:51:57Z")
Those are very in-depth. How long did it take to compile those cast lists? ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/199 "2024-03-27T05:00:16Z")
Oh, working off and on probably about as little as a day or two for the short stories to about a week for the novels. I initially was going to do only the major roles, but soon found that some books were having a much bigger list than others so I wanted to balance them out a little, and, as a result, I decided to do characters that took up at least a page or two (in the novels) provided that they were visibly seen (for example no scuba divers or masked assassins are cast). I’ve found it fun to recast the roles so I’ve run away with it–and being the completist I am, I’ve kept on doing it. Also, it hasn’t been as hard as I might have originally thought to find appropriate actors for the characters. So that’s helped. And I just finished the John Gardner run, so I’m gearing up for Raymond Benson’s tenure. ---
**Author:** ![theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/thespectre/32/567_2.png) [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685/200 "2024-03-27T16:16:45Z")
Nice, I’ll looking forward to your Benson casts. [Previous page](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685.md?page=9) [Next page](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/casting-the-continuation-novels/2685.md?page=11)