James Bond star Bruce Glover has died aged 92.
The 92-year-old actor was best known for playing assassin Mr Wint in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. His son Crispin, also an actor, confirmed his dad's passing on social media with a touching tribute but did not share any further details..
Back to the Future star Crispin took to Instagram with a series of photos of his dad, including a family photo with Bruce and mother Betty, taken when Crispin was a child. He wrote: "Bruce Herbert Glover. May 2, 1932 - March 12, 2025."
Family friends and fans rushed to pay their respects in the comments. One wrote: "Sorry to hear about your dad passing. I remember many years ago when you came to our house for boyscout, my dad was your boyscout leader. We lived on Gilmore Avenue and you and your family lived on the next street over.
"At the time I was a kid but I knew your dad was famous and yes I was a bit starstruck when he came to our house to pick you up and meet with my dad. I just wanted to tell you it was a treat to meet your dad."
Another commented: "I had the privilege to sit across the aisle from him at a screening of "What Is It?" At the Egyptian theater. To say he was beaming with pride was an understatement. He was all class. My best to you and your family Mr. Glover."
A third wrote: "I'm so very sorry to hear this. It was a pleasure to meet and talk with you both in Chicago many years back."
Bruce's most famous role came when he starred alongside jazz musician Putter Smith as assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd in Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sean Connery as Bond. The pair are part of The Spangled Mob and try, unsuccessfully, to kill Connery's Bond in the movie.
It turns out another 007, Sir Roger Moore, loved Bruce's villainous character. Moore told Bruce that Mr Wint's part in the ending of the movie is the "funniest Bond moment" of all time.
Bruce discussed working on the film with director Guy Hamilton during a 2019 interview. He said: "Whatever you come up with, if you have a good director you can discuss with him what you want to do. Like Guy Hamilton was wide open to every idea I had and a lot of the success of the humor of that film was me. Those were all my ideas.
"The final moment in the film where Sean Connery does that rude thing pushing the hooha up my yaha and giving that character his final great sexual moment is the biggest laugh in the movie. I remember getting a few compliments on that from the Saint, Sir Roger Moore, saying it was the funniest Bond moment of all which I appreciate."
After Bond, Bruce Glover appeared in Chinatown (1974), where he played Duffy and shared the screen with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. He also appeared in movies such as 1973's Walking Tall and Hard Times (1975). He was also in the comedy Ghost World (2001), which featured a young Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi.
He also racked up a number of TV appearances, starring in My Favourite Martian, The Six Million Dollar Man, Perry Mason: The Case of the Golden Girls and The Rat Patrol. He also appeared in 1970's Mission: Impossible and The Dukes of Hazzard.
In 2007, he worked with son Crispin on the film It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine - Crispin was the director. They also acted together in 2015's Influence.
Bruce got into acting after serving in the US Army from 1953 to 1955, during which time he served six months in Korea. Born in Chicago to Eva Elvira and Herbert Horman Glover, he was of Czech, English and Swedish descent.
Glover continued acting in the nineties, but also taught acting classes (which he had started in the 50s). While living in his West LA home, he added an additional level to provide an acting studio.
Bruce is survived by children Crispin and another son, Michael Leigh Glover.
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