Bob Simmons

Bob Simmons

Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1923 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man who worked in many British-made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film The Red Beret, which included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum and cameraman, later director of photography Ted Moore. Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films and worked for Allen in his The Long Ships and Genghis Khan, where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse. When Albert R. Broccoli began to produce the James Bond films, Simmons tested as an actor for the Bond role, but until his death in 1987, he became the stunt coordinator for every Bond film except From Russia with Love, which he joined later in the production, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Man with the Golden Gun. He appeared in the gun barrel sequence for Sean Connery in three James Bond films: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Simmons is the only person to officially perform the scene, while not starring in the main role of James Bond. Simmons was also Connery's stunt double. Simmons also had a role as SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in the pre-title sequence of the fourth film, Thunderball. Simmons developed a stunt technique involving trampolines, first used in You Only Live Twice, whereby stuntmen would bounce off a trampoline in concert with a triggered explosion so as to simulate being blown into the air. This was used in many other films, including by Simmons again in The Wild Geese, where Simmons also doubled for Richard Burton. Upon retirement, Simmons wrote an autobiography entitled Nobody Does It Better titled after the theme song for the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. He died on 21 October 1987.

  • Title : Bob Simmons
  • Popularity : 0.678
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1922-03-31
  • Place of Birth : Fulham, London, England
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Bob Simmons Movies

  • 1958
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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    7.6 1958 HD

    The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the...

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  • 1959
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    The Great Van Robbery

    The Great Van Robbery

    4 1959 HD

    Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a...

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  • 1953
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    The Flanagan Boy

    The Flanagan Boy

    5.8 1953 HD

    Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great...

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  • 1964
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    Goldfinger

    Goldfinger

    7.345 1964 HD

    Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to...

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  • 1961
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    The Guns of Navarone

    The Guns of Navarone

    7.306 1961 HD

    A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range...

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  • 1965
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    Thunderball

    Thunderball

    6.65 1965 HD

    A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they...

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  • 1971
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    Murphy's War

    Murphy's War

    6.123 1971 HD

    Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He is rescued, and ends up...

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  • 1965
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    Thunderball

    Thunderball

    6.65 1965 HD

    A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they...

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  • 1977
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    The Spy Who Loved Me

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    6.795 1977 HD

    Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as...

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  • 1976
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    Montana Trap

    Montana Trap

    5 1976 HD

    Potato Fritz (Hardy Kruger) and his friends have moved from Germany to the American Wild West, settling eventually in the Rockies. They are besieged...

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  • 1963
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    From Russia with Love

    From Russia with Love

    7.1 1963 HD

    Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa...

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  • 1958
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    Tank Force!

    Tank Force!

    6 1958 HD

    During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

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  • 1962
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    The Road to Hong Kong

    The Road to Hong Kong

    5.7 1962 HD

    When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are...

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  • 1953
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    The Sword and the Rose

    The Sword and the Rose

    6.4 1953 HD

    Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She...

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  • 1971
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    Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat

    Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat

    4.8 1971 HD

    Short documentary about the staging and filming of the elevator fight sequence from the James Bond movie "Diamonds are Forever".

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  • 1983
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    James Bond in India

    James Bond in India

    4 1983 HD

    The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.

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  • 1961
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    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    4.6 1961 HD

    It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores....

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  • 1955
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    Billete para Tánger

    Billete para Tánger

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1979
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    Moonraker

    Moonraker

    6.161 1979 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    6.8 1978 HD

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  • 1982
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    Who Dares Wins

    Who Dares Wins

    5.9 1982 HD

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  • 1971
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    Diamonds Are Forever

    Diamonds Are Forever

    6.39 1971 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Black Knight

    The Black Knight

    6.2 1954 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Wall

    The Wall

    6 1982 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Secret Ways

    The Secret Ways

    5.2 1961 HD

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  • 1939
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    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6.042 1939 HD

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  • 1974
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    Caravan to Vaccarès

    Caravan to Vaccarès

    5.444 1974 HD

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  • 1985
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    A View to a Kill

    A View to a Kill

    6.23 1985 HD

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  • 1961
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    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    4.6 1961 HD

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