George Leech

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.5998

Gender

Male

Birthday

06-Dec-1921

Age

(105 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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George Leech

Biography

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.


Credits

Scene Nun, Take One Scene Nun, Take One (1964) Character: N/A
An actress dressed as a nun flounces off a film set and has a series of encounters on the streets of London.
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2000) Character: N/A
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
Terence Young: Bond Vivant Terence Young: Bond Vivant (2000) Character: Self
Documentary on the career of director Terence Young.
And the Same to You And the Same to You (1960) Character: Jake
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) Character: Ship Attacker (uncredited)
Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedition, Alexander King, plans a world tour exhibiting this magnificent discovery from the ancient world but on the opening night the sarcophagus is void of its contents. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.
Mozambique Mozambique (1964) Character: Carl
An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) Character: Mr. Stutterstutt
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Coast of Skeletons Coast of Skeletons (1965) Character: George Leech
A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy double crossing each other until they are blown up having found bullion.
The MacKintosh Man The MacKintosh Man (1973) Character: Inmate (uncredited)
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
When Eight Bells Toll When Eight Bells Toll (1971) Character: Thug (uncredited)
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of millions in gold bullion off the western coast of the Scottish highlands. His search takes him to the small port town of Torbay on the Isle of Torbay where numerous fishing boats, yachts and people have been mysteriously disappearing. A trail of deceit and subterfuge leads him to Cypriot tycoon and shipping magnate Sir Anthony Skouras and his beautiful wife, Charlotte aboard their luxury yacht anchored off the coast, who may hold the answers to the truth.
Double-O Stunts Double-O Stunts (2000) Character: N/A
A look at the greatest stunts and stunt performers in the Bond films.
The Eagle Has Landed The Eagle Has Landed (1976) Character: Traumer (uncredited)
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
Port Afrique Port Afrique (1956) Character: Second Arab
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
Crooks Anonymous Crooks Anonymous (1962) Character: Salesman (uncredited)
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.
Brannigan Brannigan (1975) Character: Man in Bar (uncredited)
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Character: Chitty's original driver (uncredited)
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
ffolkes ffolkes (1980) Character: Magnussen
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
Swiss Movement Swiss Movement (1969) Character: Self
Documentary short about the making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Switzerland with a particular focus on the principal actors and the Piz Gloria mountain top setting.
Carry On Spying Carry On Spying (1964) Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.



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