George Leech (actor)

George Leech (6 December 1921 – 17 June 2012) was a British film actor and stunt performer who was notable for his work on eleven James Bond films.

Biography

Leech was born in London and left school at 14. He was a boxer who won the ABA National Championships when he was 15 as a welterweight and he joined the Royal Navy in 1943.

Film career

His first job in movies was performing a stunt involving falling down steps doubling for James Mason in Odd Man Out (1947). He was notable for his contributions to James Bond films from 1962 to 1985 as a stunt performer and in small acting roles (usually as a henchman) including: Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), where he was promoted to stunt arranger when Bob Simmons was working on another film, For Your Eyes Only (1981), and A View to a Kill (1985). He also worked on The Guns of Navarone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Kelly's Heroes, The Eagle Has Landed and Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Personal life

He married in 1952. One of his two daughters Wendy Leech became one of the first female stunt performers and married the stuntman Vic Armstrong. Leech died at age 90 in Cardiff.[1][2]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1956Port AfriqueSecond Arab
1959 The Treasure of San TeresaMan In FightUncredited
1960And the Same to YouJake
1962Billy BuddMarineUncredited
1964Carry On SpyingWaiterUncredited
1964GoldfingerMan in Bulletproof Vest at Q BranchUncredited
1964The Curse of the Mummy's TombShip AttackerUncredited
1964MozambiqueCarl
1965Coast of SkeletonsCarlo Seton
1965The Face of Fu ManchuManchu MinionUncredited
1965ThunderballDisco Volante CrewmanUncredited
1966Se tutte le donne del mondo...
1969On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceStrangled SPECTRE SkierUncredited
1971Diamonds Are ForeverMr. KiddUncredited
1971When Eight Bells TollThugUncredited
1971Puppet on a ChainThugUncredited
1975BranniganMan in BarUncredited
1976The Pink Panther Strikes AgainMr. Stutterstutt
1976The Eagle Has LandedTraumerUncredited
1977The Spy Who Loved MeCortina Gunman #2Uncredited
1978The Wild GeeseStoneUncredited
1978Revenge of the Pink PantherAsylum PolicemanUncredited
1978SupermanMan in OfficeUncredited
1979MoonrakerDrax's henchmanUncredited
1980North Sea HijackMagnussen
1981For Your Eyes OnlyHenchman Shark VictimUncredited

References
  1. George Leech Stuntman and actor obituary in The Independent. Retrieved 1 January 2014
  2. George Leech Obituary at Herald Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2014


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