CommanderBond.net takes a look at some of the birthdays and past events of the James Bond series that have taken place during the month of November…

This article was originally posted on 1 November 2005.
Last updated: 1 November 2008

November 1

• 2005: EA released their new James Bond game, From Russia with Love with Sean Connery doing the voice of James Bond.

November 3

• 1961: Sean Connery was announced as Eon Productions’ James Bond in The Daily Cinema.

November 6

• 1964: A gilded Shirley Eaton appeared on the cover of the magazine, Life, to promote Goldfinger, the third “official” James Bond film.


• 1973: Principal photography on The Man With The Golden Gun, the ninth “official” James Bond film, began at the wreck of the Queen Elizabeth I in Hong Kong Harbor.

November 9

• 1964: During the reading of Ian Fleming’s will, it was revealed that he left £500 ($1,400) to each of four friends — with the stipulation that they each spend it within the next 19 months “on some extravagance” (the names of those four friends was not disclosed). The total value of Fleming’s estate was put at £302,147 ($846,011).

November 10

• 1959: Jack Whittingham’s first outline of a James Bond script titled James Bond of the Secret Service was completed.

November 11

• ?: Our favorite British spy, James Bond, was born according to James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 by John Pearson.

November 14

• 2008: Quantum of Solace, the twenty-second “official” James Bond film, was released in the United States of America.

November 15

• 2004: GoldenEye: Rogue Agent will be released in the United States of America for XBOX, GameCube, and PlayStation 2.

November 16

• 2006: Casino Royale, the twenty-first “official” James Bond film, was released in the United Kingdom.

November 17

• 1995: GoldenEye, the seventeenth “official” James Bond film, was released in the United States of America.


• 2006: Casino Royale, the twenty-first “official” James Bond film, was released in the United States of America.

November 19

• 1999: The World Is Not Enough, the nineteenth “official” James Bond film, was released in the United States of America.

November 20

• 1963: The trial for McClory & Whittingham v. Fleming & Bryce began at the Chancery Division Hight Court in London. Eventually it became McClory as the only one suing Fleming & Bryce, but with Whittingham as principal witness.


• 2002: Die Another Day, the twentieth “official” James Bond film, was released in the United Kingdom.

November 22

• 1953: Ian Fleming’s first Atticus column appeared in the London Sunday Times.


• 2002: Die Another Day, the twentieth “official” James Bond film, was released in the United States of America.

November 24

• 1995: GoldenEye, the seventeenth “official” James Bond film, was released in the United Kingdom.

November 26

• 1999: The World Is Not Enough, the nineteenth “official” James Bond film, was released in the United Kingdom.


• 2004: GoldenEye: Rogue Agent was released in the United Kingdom for XBOX, GameCube, and PlayStation 2.

November 28

• 1969: A front page article in the New York Times reported on the reading habits of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Among the books that he had recently checked out at the Napoleon branch of the New Orleans Public Library were several novels by Ian Fleming, including Moonraker, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball.

November 30

• 1969: The Sunday Express in London prints an article The Secret Fueds of 007 which contributes to the myth that George Lazenby was a troublemaker on the set of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the sixth “official” James Bond film.


• 1972: Crew members of Live and Let Die, the eighth “official” James Bond film, filmed the double decker bus 180 degree turn stunt.

• 2nd - 1908, Reginald Beckwith (Kenniston, Thunderball)
• 3rd - 1933, John Barry (Composer, Various)
• 3rd - 1948, Lulu (Singer, The Man With The Golden Gun)
• 5th - 1912, Paul Dehn (Screenwriter, Goldfinger)
• 5th - 1965, Famke Janssen (Xenia Onatop, GoldenEye)
• 10th - 1948, Vincent Schiavelli (Dr. Kaufman, Tomorrow Never Dies)
• 12th - 1929, Peter Lamont (Production Designer, Various)
• 12th - 1943, Julie Ege (Scandinavian Angel of Death, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
• 13th - 1952, Art Malik (Kamran Shah, The Living Daylights)
• 14th - 1979, Olga Kurylenko (Camille, Quantum of Solace)
• 15th - 1937, Yaphet Kotto (Kananga/Mr. Big, Live And Let Die)
• 16th - 1944, Joanna Pettet (Mata Bond, 1967’s Casino Royale)
• 17th - 1942, Donna Garratt (Bambi, Diamonds Are Forever)
• 17th - 1966, Sophie Marceau (Elektra King, The World is Not Enough)
• 20th - 1926, John Gardner (Author, 1981-1996)
• 22nd - 1915, Oswald Morris (Director of Photography, The Man With The Golden Gun)
• 22nd - 1923, Guy Doleman (Count Lippe, Thunderball)
• 27th - 1962, Samantha Bond (Miss. Moneypenny, The Brosnan Era Films)
• 30th - 1947, Stuart Baird (Editor, Casino Royale)

• 9th - 1992, Charles Fraser-Smith (Ian Flemings inspiration for Major Boothroyd)
• 11th - 2003, Robert Brown (‘M’, Various)
• 21st - 2005, John W. Mitchell (Sound Recordist, Various)
• 20th - 2006, Kevin McClory (Producer & Screenplay, Thunderball & Never Say Never Again)
• 22nd - 1980, Leonard Barr (Shady Tree, Diamonds Are Forever)
• 23rd - 1990, Roald Dahl (Screenwriter, You Only Live Twice)
• 27th - 1981, Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb, From Russia With Love)

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