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Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯t ˈfʁøːbə] ⓘ; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor.He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Hotzenplotz in The Robber Hotzenplotz, General Dietrich von Choltitz in ...
Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's 1959 seventh James Bond novel, Goldfinger, and the 1964 film it inspired (the third in the James Bond series). His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning "of gold ".
Goldfinger is a 1964 spy film and the third instalment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe and Shirley Eaton.
The release of "Goldfinger," and the appearance of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on TV the same year brought the secret agent craze to full froth. Toy 007 cars, weapons, attaché cases, model kits ...
Goldfinger: Auric Goldfinger: Steal the U.S. gold supply from Fort Knox to finance SMERSH. U.S. authorities are alerted by Bond. Strangled by Bond with his bare hands in a fit of rage after hijacking an aeroplane. "From a View to a Kill" (short story) GRU agents Kill dispatch-riders of SHAPE to steal information from the British Secret Service.
25. Tom Jones – "Thunderball" Tom Jones seems like the perfect vocalist for a James Bond tune. Coming off the heels of 1964's Goldfinger (which introduced the opening credits song, sung by ...
Gert Fröbe (Sgt. Kaffeekanne) and Curd Jürgens (Gen. Günther Blumentritt) later played Bond villains Auric Goldfinger and Karl Stromberg (The Spy Who Loved Me), respectively. Connery played Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far, which was also based on a book by Cornelius Ryan.
Oddjob's real name is unknown. Goldfinger names him to describe his duties to his employer. A Korean, like all of Goldfinger's staff, he is extremely powerful, as shown in one sequence where he breaks the thick oak railing of a staircase with knife-hand strikes (colloquially known as 'karate chops') and shatters a mantel with his foot.