RIP Robert Dix, aka "Agent Hamilton"

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Robert Dix, aka the ill-fated Agent Hamilton from LALD, has passed away.

As most folks here will know, Dix was an old chum of Roger Moore, whose mother was a huge fan of Robert’s father, Richard Dix, a fairly big star in his own right. The character “Hamilton” was named after the film’s director as an inside joke.

Details here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-dix-dead-forbidden-planet-forty-guns-actor-son-richard-dix-dies-at-83-1132829

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Rest in peace.

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This detail from The Hollywood Reporter is very interesting.

While in New Orleans doing research for a movie about Cajun customs, Dix discovered that Roger Moore, a buddy from his days at MGM, was there filming Live and Let Die (1973). After a night on the town, the 007 star put Dix to work in an uncredited role as an FBI agent who gets knifed and then placed in a casket during a Bourbon Street parade.

Did Roger mention this in his LALD diary? If so I’d forgotten the detail. Must be great to stumble upon a Bond shooting location and wind up in the film.

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Here’s Dix relating the story in his own words.

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I’ll be reading the diary shortly, so I’ll keep an eye out for this.

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Yes, he mentions him twice. We have this too:

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