George Leech
George Leech was a British film actor and stunt performer who was notable for his work on eleven James Bond films. 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. 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. Leech 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 in Cardiff in 2012 at the age of 90.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Chitty's original driver (uncredited)A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign...
Movie pageThe Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Mr. StutterstuttCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental...
Movie pageThe Eagle Has Landed
as Traumer (uncredited)When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a...
Movie pageBrannigan
as Man in Bar (uncredited)A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for...
Movie pageThe Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
as Ship Attacker (uncredited)Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert...
Movie pageNorth Sea Hijack
as MagnussenWhen terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not...
Movie pageWhen Eight Bells Toll
as Thug (uncredited)In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine...
Movie pageAnd the Same to You
as JakeDickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To...
Movie pageCoast of Skeletons
as George LeechA former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy...
Movie pageMozambique
as CarlAn American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals...
Movie pageDouble-O Stunts
as uncreditedA look at the greatest stunts and stunt performers in the Bond films.
Movie pageTerence Young: Bond Vivant
as SelfDocumentary on the career of director Terence Young.
Movie pageScene Nun, Take One
as uncreditedAn actress dressed as a nun flounces off a film set and has a series of encounters on the...
Movie pageInside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
as uncreditedA behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
Movie pageSwiss Movement
as SelfDocumentary short about the making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Switzerland with...
Movie pageDempsey and Makepeace
as WarderDempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...
TV Show pageThe Prisoner
as Corridor GuardAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...
TV Show pageThe Prisoner
as GuardianAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...
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