In Memoriam: Joe Powell

Joe Powell (21 March 1922 - 30 June 2016) has passed away.

Joe Powell, doubling for Sean Connery on the set of "The Man Who Would be King"
PHOTO CREDIT:PENELOPE REIFFER

Joe Powell, who has died aged 94, was known as the “daddy of British stuntmen” for the gut-wrenchingly high-risk feats he performed in classic adventure films such as "Where Eagles Dare" and "The Guns of Navarone".

For "The Man Who Would Be King", John Huston’s adaptation of a Rudyard Kipling story filmed in the Atlas mountains, Powell, doubling for Sean Connery, had to plunge 100 ft from a collapsed rope bridge into a perilous ravine: if he had missed the target area covered with boxes to cushion his fall, he would have plummeted a further 2,000 ft. The co-star Michael Caine walked away saying: “I’m not going to watch this one.” Huston was delighted, saying it was “the darnedest stunt I ever saw”.

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Source: The Telegraph

Photo: From the set of "The Man Who Would Be King": Penelope Reiffer


Joe Powell in James Bond movies:

Stunts (uncredited) in "Casino Royale" (1967)
Stunt rigger (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited) in "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
Stunt double Blofeld (uncredited) in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
Stunt arranger in "A View to a Kill" (1985)

According to Movie-Dude.co.uk site Joe Powell acted also in "Casino Royale" (1967) having two roles: British Officer and Strong Man / Piper.

Joe Powell as British Officer in
"Casino Royale" (1967)
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Joe Powell as Strong Man / Piper in
"Casino Royale" (1967)
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MI6 Team: M

 

M is the Head of the Secret Intelligence Service. Fleming based the character on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. M has appeared in the novels by Fleming and seven continuation authors, as well as 24 films. M has been portrayed By Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, John Huston and Edward Fox.

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Actor:
Bernard Lee (1962–79)

007 Films:

• Dr. No (1962)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• Thunderball (1965)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
• Diamonds are Forever (1971)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• Moonraker (1979)

 

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Actor:
John Huston (1967)

007 Film:

• Casino Royale (1967)

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Actor:
Robert Brown (1983–89)

007 Films:

• Octopussy (1983)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• Licence to Kill (1989)

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Actor:
Edward Fox (1983)

007 Film:

• Never Say Never Again (1983)

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Actress:
Judi Dench (1995–2012)

007 Films:

• GoldenEye (1995)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Die Another Day (2002)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Quantum of Solace (2008)
• Skyfall (2012)



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Actor: Ralph Fiennes (2012–)

007 Films:

• Skyfall (2012)
• SPECTRE (2015)

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007 Director: John Huston

Who; John Marcellus Huston
Born: 5 August 1906, Nevada, Missouri, USA
Died: 28 August 1987, Middletown, Rhode Island, USA

John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), "Key Largo" (1948), "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "The African Queen" (1951), "Moulin Rouge" (1952), "The Misfits" (1961), and "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975). During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, won twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins in different films.

John Huston´s 007 production:

Co-director with:
Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Val Guest and Richard Talmadge (uncredited)
"Casino Royale" (1967)

Val Guest: (additional sequences) (scenes with Woody Allen and additional scenes with David Niven)
Ken Hughes: (as Kenneth Hughes) (Berlin scenes)
John Huston: (scenes at Sir James Bond's house) (castle in Scotland scenes)
Joseph McGrath: (scenes with Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress and Orson Welles)
Robert Parrish: (scenes with Peter Sellers and Orson Welles)
Richard Talmadge: (Casino Royale finale) (uncredited)

Actor:
The role of M / General McTarry
"Casino Royale" (1967)

James Bond: 1967
He had a little participation (as did many others) in 1967's "Casino Royale" as actor and director.

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