Hammer Horror and James Bond were a staple of the British Film Industry during the 1960s and 70s. So it’s little surprise that the films drew from the same talent pool. Here are some actors who appeared in both fantastic worlds of Hammer and 007.
Charles Gray
Madeline Smith
Bernard Lee
Geoffrey Keen
Caroline Munro
Eunice Gayson
Anthony Dawson
Valerie Leon
Desmond Llewelyn
Peter Maddern
Robert Brown
Martine Beswick
Jenny Hanley
And finally, the greatest of them all – Christopher Lee!
Have we missed anyone out? Tell us below any Hammer-James Bond connections we’ve forgotten!
hi team, just a little note to add the name of Edward de Souza to your list of actors with a connection to both Hammer and Bond. He appeared in both ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1962) and ‘The Spy who loved Me’ (1977). Only just discovered your excellent site!
Ursula Andress
Good one, I forgot she was in She, and obviously Dr No (and the comedy Casino Royale!).
It’s Martine Beswick, not “Martin”. And she was in both FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL, not just FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Her Hammer films not only included DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE, but also ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. and PREHISTORIC WOMEN. In more recent years, she added an “e” to the end of her last name, changing “Beswick” to “Beswicke.”
Joanna Lumley starred as Jessica van Helsing in The Satanic Rites of Dracula and was in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Also, Charles Gray was in two Bond films. In addition to playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever, as shown in the article he also played Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice.