Desmond Llewelyn (1914–1999)

Actor

Desmond Llewelyn was born in South Wales in 1914, the son of a coal mining engineer. In high school...

Born: September 12, 1914
Died: December 19, 1999 (age 85)

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Filmography

Known For

GoldenEye Q (1995)
Octopussy Q (1983)
The Spy Who Loved Me Q (1977)
Known For

Tomorrow Never Dies Q (1997)
Actor

Reach Electric Toothbrushes Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q / Self (1999)
License to Thrill Q (1999)
Die Millennium-Katastrophe - Computer-Crash 2000 Peregrin Morley (1999)
The World Is Not Enough Q (1999)
Heineken 'The World Is Not Enough' Television Commercial Q (1999)
James Bond Prop Replicas Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q / Self (1998)
Tomorrow Never Dies: The Mission Continues Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Commercial Q / Self (1998)
TV3 007 Bondfever Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q (1997)
LG Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies Q (1997)
Visa 'Tomorrow Never Dies' Television Commercial Q (1997)
Taboo (1997)
Hyundai Elantra Kombi Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q (1996)
GoldenEye Sell-Thru Video Release Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q / Self (1996)
GoldenEye Q (1995)
October 32nd Professor Mycroft (1993)
Highland Superstores Desmond Llewelyn 'Q' Television Commercial Q / Self (1990)
Licence to Kill Q (1989)
Prisoner of Rio Commissioner Ingram (1988)
The Living Daylights Q (1987)
A View to a Kill Q (1985)
Octopussy Q (1983)
Play for Today Official in Dream (1982)
For Your Eyes Only Q (1981)
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George Lord Lansdowne (1981)
BBC2 Playhouse Papa (1979-1980)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Sir Danvers Carew (1980)
The Golden Lady Professor Dixon (1979)
Moonraker Q (1979)
Hazell Bell (1979)
Lillie Lord Dudley (1978)
Wilde Alliance Colonel Thripp (1978)
Eustace and Hilda Sir John Staveley (1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me Q (1977)
The Onedin Line President (1976)
Wodehouse Playhouse Rev. Sidney Gooch (1976)
A Man in the Zoo Chairman (1975)
The Love School Thomas Combe (1975)
The Man with the Golden Gun 'Q' (1974)
The Pallisers Speaker (1974)
The Nine Tailors Sir Charles Thorpe (1974)
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Air Commodore Drew (1973)
Follyfoot The Colonel (1971-1973)
Diamonds Are Forever 'Q' (1971)
Softly Softly: Task Force Somers (1971)
Doomwatch Thompson (1971)
Codename Barrett (1970)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 'Q' (1969)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Coggins (1968)
Dixon of Dock Green Dr. Pearce (1960-1968)
City '68 Headmaster (1968)
Virgin of the Secret Service Count Kolinsky (1968)
Mickey Dunne Lord Boutard (1967)
You Only Live Twice 'Q' (1967)
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond Q (1967)
Emergency-Ward 10 Fergus de la Roux (1961-1967)
Thunderball 'Q' (1965)
Moulded in Earth Squire (1965)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Jailer (1965)
Secret Agent Charles - Doorman (1965)
Gideon C.I.D. Commander - Traffic Division (1964)
The Sullavan Brothers Colonel Barlow (1964)
Goldfinger 'Q' (1964)
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling Member of Council (1964)
The Plane Makers John Webb (1964)
Silent Playground Dr. Green (1963)
No Hiding Place Murgatroyd (1959-1963)
From Russia with Love Boothroyd - 'Q' (1963)
Suspense Company Spokesman (1963)
Cleopatra Senator (1963)
Probation Officer Mr. Forbes (1962)
The Pirates of Blood River Tom Blackthorne (1962)
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray Frank Misquith, QC, MP (1962)
Only Two Can Play Clergyman on Bus (1962)
Stryker of the Yard (1961)
The Curse of the Werewolf 1st Footman (1961)
Deadline Midnight Police Sergeant (1961)
The House Under the Water Colonel Tregaron (1961)
Sword of Sherwood Forest Wounded Fugitive (1960)
Garry Halliday Psychiatrist (1960)
Saturday Playhouse Sergeant Harris (1960)
How Green Was My Valley Mr. Evans (1960)
Private Investigator Police Constable Jones (1959)
Call Me Sam (1959)
Sapphire Police Constable (1959)
A Farthing Damages O'Connor (1959)
ITV Play of the Week John Redmond (1959)
Murder Bag (1958-1959)
Barbed Wire and Bracken The Rector (1959)
Corridors of Blood Assistant at Operations (1958)
The Invisible Man Det. Sergeant (1958)
Further Up the Creek Chief Yeoman (1958)
Queen's Champion Lord Bretherton (1958)
The Sky Larks Police Sgt. Ryan (1958)
A Night to Remember Seaman at Steerage Gate (1958)
The Adventures of Robin Hood Two Fingers (1958)
Black Furrow Fuller (1958)
Thunder in the West King James II (1957)
Escape Group Captain Cassidy, DSO, MC (1957)
Boyd Q.C. McCracken (1957)
The Soldier and the Gentlewoman Philip Vaughan (1957)
The Leakage Wing-Commander Stone (1955)
Spider's Web Constable Jones (1955)
The Devil's Jest Policeman on Bicycle (1954)
The Gentle Falcon Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk (1954)
Tyrant's Tower 2nd Surveyor (1954)
Bunty Wins a Pup Mr. Brown (1953)
Stryker of the Yard (1953)
Operation Diplomat Police Constable at barrier (1953)
Knights of the Round Table A Herald (1953)
Valley of Song Lloyd - Schoolmaster (1953)
Both Sides of the Law Police Constable (1953)
Huckleberry Finn Harvey Wilks (1952)
My Wife Jacqueline Keith Appleyard (1952)
How Does It End? Sydney Carton (1952)
The Locked Room Stephen Amesbury (1952)
The Twelfth Brother Reuben (1952)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Pandimiglio (1952)
The Lavender Hill Mob Customs Officer (1951)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Hyde (1950)
They Were Not Divided '77 Jones (1950)
Guilt Is My Shadow Pub customer (1950)
The Amazing Mr. Beecham First guardsman (1949)
Adam and Evalyn Barman in Restaurant (1949)
The Good Companions Policeman at Ribsden / Mr. Gooch (1949)
Hamlet Extra (1948)
A Comedy of Good and Evil Owain Flatfish (1948)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus (1947)
Saloon Bar Peter / Police Constable (1947)
Captain Boycott Gentleman on Train (1947)
The Murder Rap Inspector Fearon (1946)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus (1946)
As You Like It Duke (1946)
Ask a Policeman Headless Coachman (1939)
Campbell of Kilmhor Captain Sandeman (1939)
Actor

Patrol Car (1954)
Archive footage

Behind the Movie: No Time to Die (2020)
Talking Pictures (2017)
Welcome to the Basement (2016)
James Bond's Spectre with Jonathan Ross (2015)
Bond's Greatest Moments (2013)
Top Gear (2012)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Special Collector's Edition (2012)
The World Is Not Enough: The Boat Chase (2006)
Tomorrow Never Dies: Deleted and Extended Scenes Introduced by Director Roger Spottiswoode (2006)
The World Is Not Enough: The Thames Boat Chase - Alternate Angle/Expanded Angle Scene (2006)
The World Is Not Enough: The Thames Boat Chase - Extended Scene (2006)
The Living Daylights: Deleted Scenes (2006)
Wetten, dass..? (2006)
The Exotic Locations of 'For Your Eyes Only' (2006)
The Exotic Locations of 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2006)
GoldenEye: The Return of Bond - The Start of Production Press Event (2006)
Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006)
You Only Live Twice: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006)
From Russia with Love (2005)
The Bond Essentials (2002)
Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (2002)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
The World Is Not Enough: The Secrets of 007 (2000)
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn (2000)
007 Racing (2000)
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000)
The Making of 'GoldenEye': A Video Journal (1999)
And the Word Was Bond (1999)
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (1995)
A Day in the Life of GoldenEye (1995)
Eye on L.A. (1985)
Rita Coolidge: All Time High (1983)
Bonds Are Forever (1983)
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
Archive footage

Clapper Board (1981)
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)

Videos

Did You Know

Llewelyn was not the first choice for the role of "Q." Actor Peter Burton played the role of Major Boothroyd (later known as "Q"), in Dr. No (1962), the first in the '007' series. Burton was unavailable when the second movie From Russia with Love (...

Quotes

[on George Lazenby] Poor old Lazenby. I mean, he just wasn't an actor. But he wasn't bad... if he'd just behaved properly, he would have been a good Bond. Like an idiot, some fool told him, 'You are now a star, behave like one.'