George Lazenby in The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

[@dioarya6275]

Marvel Studios : "Avengers : Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover in history" MGM : *Shows this clip*

[@spaceodds1985]

Kevin Feige suddenly sits down and shrinks.

[@MediaArchive2-z9f]

I changed my mind about Lazenby after seeing him back as Bond here.

[@andre.mateus]

1983! We had all three Bonds on screen :)

[@redsamuraininja]

I watched The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. when I was a kid. I was shocked my eyes at Geroge Lazenby's play James Bond cameo scene. This is the best crossover movie!

[@theaethelred3427]

George Lazenby is one of only 4 men alive today who has the right to drive that car.

[@ldwp6395]

Connery obviously, Brosnan's bond had a db5 for his own pleasure, Craig's one popped up in most of his movies, but surely if we're talking about parody db5 drivers using it, then surely Roger Moore should, as he drove it in the cannonball run.

[@theaethelred3427]

@@ldwp6395 For me, anyone who played James Bond can drive this car. Anyone else is a wannabe. I'm just glad that in the time that has passed since I posted, it is still 4 - long may that continue. As for Roger Moore in the parody film, the fact that he never drove an Aston completely went over my head when I saw it as a kid when it first came out - it was only when I watched it a couple of years ago that I realised that Moore's Bond never drove an Aston - it was either a Lotus or something he stole!

[@ldwp6395]

@@theaethelred3427 yeah, Moore's Bond was the only one who didn't drive an Aston martin in his tenure, my guess was because he had drove a dbs in the persuaders so they didn't want people thinking of that character

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

This was Lazenby's "Diamonds Are Forever"

[@dennisbaker1002]

They used these clips as a promo what if Lazenby had done DAF!

[@daveslark]

On Her Majesty's Secret Servive

[@Modernww2fare]

Wow, it's 1983 and he doesn't look that much older than he did in OHMSS

[@WhiteJarrah]

He was pushing 30 when he did OHMSS, so in 1983 he was 44. For comparison, Pierce Brosnan was 42 when he first played Bond.

[@nervchemnitz]

This essentially answers the age-old question: "What if George Lazenby returned in Diamonds Are Forever?"

[@jayanxiety]

He would have been great. You could clearly tell that Connery was only returning for the money in one of his weakest outings.

[@pablobarra4126]

Or in For Your Eyes Only

[@SwordHMX]

It would have been better than what we had.

[@nickslade3978]

Or in A View To A Kill

[@azaefe]

Him and Dalton are my favorite bonds. Shame its the same ones that did the least films

[@davidbarry9690]

azaefe least films for a reason.

[@changvasejarik62]

Indeed I felt it was a shame lazenby didn’t get to kill blofeld.

[@ruthlesshack1279]

@@davidbarry9690 Nope, but nice try. Lazenby was offered a multi-film deal as Bond and walked away from it under very poor managerial advice. That was the only "reason" why Lazenby never played Bond again.

[@PepulzGuys]

could have easily still been playing Bond in '83

[@gwcks]

God I bet he regrets not signing that multi film contract I think he would've been one of the best bonds such potential, shame

[@pacetti07]

Even though legally the producers couldn't call him James Bond in this movie you have to love the way they reference the character without actually saying who it is. This small crossover suggests that both the Bond movies, and the U.N.C.L.E, tv series take place in the same fictional universe.

[@alexsilva28]

+pacetti07 Mind-Blown

[@luckyj.ferguson6308]

It's appropriate considering Ian Fleming is the one who came up with the name Napoleon Solo.

[@alejandropalacios9292]

The name SOLO is mentioned in Goldfinger, in fact, i think is the mob guy killed for Odd job inside the vault.

[@lalkayy.9541]

@Bobbie Charles Yes Ian Fleming Did Come Up With The Names Of Napoleon Solo and April Dancer . The Original Title For The Girl From U . N . C . L . E . Was The Girl From A . U . N . T . I . E . The Acronym For Associated Unified Nations Taskforce for International Enforcement .

[@sonnysantana5454]

Fleming created the idea for uncle and Solo was another character from = Diamonds are forever

[@thesilencer1969]

I Like the Lazenby cameo ! I have always like the idea of heroes living in " shared Universes." They are a great deal of fun! There is an ( off panel) appearence by Lamont Cranston in one of the new Avenger novels written in the early 1970's!

[@gettyfiger4954]

Yes yes ! I knew George lazenby had another apearence then majesty’s and he has always been my personal favorite

[@сергейКурмыза-щ4й]

Welcome back, 007!

[@creategreatness8823]

I'd love a scenario where MGM and etc wrangled all of the rights and sorted out any issues necessary to one day include things like this and the "Diamonds Aren't Forever" episode as bonus materials for some future James Bond Box Set or release of OHMSS

[@Autostade67]

Agree very much with the comments about Lazenby's Bond. O.H.M.S.S., a personal favourite, is surely among the best five, at the very least for its integrity in attempting to bring Bond back to Fleming's vision - and, of course, for Tracy. Though occasionally in the film there are moments where Lazanby lacks the slick carriage of a more experienced film actor, his vulnerability actually augments his performance once the film gets going: his casual, almost ironic toss offs of lines that Connery would have slightly milked (albeit brilliantly), his fear during the foot chase, the look on his face as he waves to Moneypenny before setting off on his honeymoon...and, or course, the final moments of the film about which nothing need be said.

[@georgesenda1952]

Autostade67 As much as there was not to like about OHMSS, Tracy’s death at the end made me cry & I liked Lazenby.

[@daniel_cabj88]

He shouldn't have renounced after 1969, He was a very good Bond!

[@alexsilva28]

This was ridiculous but awesome at the same time. The Man from U.N.C.L.E takes place on the JB universe? Haha crazy. Nice "crossover"

[@Francisco54553]

I liked both: Lazenby and On her Majesty.

[@DarthRushy]

Lazenby just out-Moored Roger Moore.

[@JamesHannagan]

That cameo did outshine Octopussy. Just goes to show you - sometimes less... is Moore.

[@orson12]

OK, so they got away with the Walther PPK, the dinner jacket, the Aston Martin armed to the teeth with gadgets and missiles, and even with dialogue like "Shaken, but not stirred", all played by an ex-Bond actor. No lawsuit there. But how on Earth did they get away with a line like "That was just like On Her Majesty's Secret Service"?

[@AceRuiner1979]

Parody Law allows them to do this.. Same reason how Weird Al is allowed to make fun of other musician's music without having legal issues

[@davidw.2791]

@@AceRuiner1979It’s doubly brilliant that “JB” should call out OHMSS by name, considering that George Lazenby as Bond also did a fourth wall break in that movie’s opening (“This never happened to the other fellow!”)

[@AceRuiner1979]

@@davidw.2791 If you think about it, Lazenby's Bond is basically the Deadpool of the 007 universe, he's aware that he's in a movie and he appears in other peoples movies

[@BernardChelgren]

"Shaken but not stirred" LMAO!

[@NeilCWCampbell]

So is just me that sees lazenby and Dalton as the same bond?

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

Nice segment!

[@wildsmiley]

Not every Bond actor has the charisma that Lazenby has. Even here.

[@asch7906]

RIP Robert Vaughn

[@SadKeanu13]

Woah!? 3 Bonds In 1 Year!? Shhocking!?

[@TheAdam159]

+Uncle Max positively shocking! :)

[@tommycarr8111]

Positively shocking.

[@Bauglir100]

Fun Fact: George Lazenby would reprise his role as James Bond one more time in "Diamonds Aren't Forever", an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1989. So that's twice that he got to share a year as Bond with another official actor (Timothy Dalton, in "License to Kill").

[@niceguygesnone1]

@@Bauglir100 also played jb in Kung fu the legends continue, as JB sort of, and other spies where in that as well including, Steed man control aka Gary 7 Uncle sort of, and one other,

[@JIMMIESURFS]

O.H.M.S.S. has IMHO, the best villan of all the 007 series, Telly Salvalas as Blofeld.

[@herbpetrillo163]

And the best henchman,in this case a woman-irma bunt who is the actual person who murdered tracy

[@Buckdawg]

Awesome, I never knew about this! But cheesy, but lovely lil homage right there

[@thomaschacko6320]

I remember how eager I was to tune into the “CBS Friday Night Movie” to watch this film. The critics, even those who had mixed feelings about it, said how good Robert Vaughn and David McCallum looked. The film was great fun - could have been better - but as an old-time George Lazenby fan, guess which part excited me the most! Fifteen years later, he still looked every inch the 007!

[@suhailkhan3501]

lazenby the best bond

[@lordeden2732]

You Have Got To Be Joking! He was Terrible.

[@notgodfreyho_]

@@lordeden2732 Terrible because is not Connery? Meh

[@cameronrashaudunlimited]

James Bond and Neo Solo? Colleagues? Cool. It would be interesting if Daniel Craig and Henry Cavill meet up like that. Overall, Lazenby and Vaughn are amazing actors.

[@CaptainBuckRogers]

@ELO1138 Thanks for the info. I was wondering why he was AWOL then shows up for Diamonds Are Forever which later.

[@ejay1118]

You see Q installing them in the background of "Diamonds Are Forever."

[@MiguelArcos2003]

Funny how this is more enjoyable than Diamonds Are Forever and honestly I wished Lazenby stayed instead of Connery retuning as they screwed up the film

[@timmitchell3870]

Lazenby had aged a bit better than Vaughn by the 80s.

[@rogerkincaid931]

Nice cameo.

[@manoman0]

I love these references to James Bond.

[@wcs494]

George Lazenby should have don all the Bond’s to A View To A kill or License To Kill. He was 28 years old when he did his Bond movie. If he made James Bond all the way to License To Kill he would have been 48 years old. He is the youngest person to play as 007 James Bond. He should have don For Your Eyes Only dropping Blofeld in the Smoke Stack.

[@theaethelred3427]

I think he could have made the 007 role his own, had he chosen to. That would have been awesome but a world without Roger Moore as 007 is not a world I'd want to live in.

[@NeilCWCampbell]

I've always assumed Dalton was cameoing lazenby...they basically the same character..and he finally gets his happy ending

[@TralfazConstruction]

Nostalgic brilliance!

[@CaptainBuckRogers]

Octopussy was awesome. Never understood both Sean/Roger as 007 at same time. That was weird. Why didn't Sean do On Her Majesty's Secret Service?

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is actually the best Bond movie of them all. Best story, certainly,, and easily the best Bond girl. Tracy is independent, brave, clever, doesn't instantly fall in love with Bond. Lazenby was perfectly good as Bond, and had he carried on and done a couple more movies...remember, he was not fired, he QUIT - he would be at least as popular a 007 as Timothy Dalton is/was. Ever notice how almost nobody mentions Dalton's two-film stint as Bond? Daylights and License were not bad movies, and he was not a bad Bond...they just weren't very good, either and Dalton never looked like he was enjoying himself in the part. Daniel Craig is so wooden and unappealing as 007, he makes Lazenby look like Connery.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

@Randy White I prefer the short story, but I appreciate the movie's attempt to restore a serious time to the series.

[@alexanderhampp6467]

In my opinion, OHMSS has too many flaws. The few action scenes poorly distributed, and the shaky camera bothers me. Further, there's no outstanding action scene except the bobsled ride. Then, the movie seems to play before its predecessor - otherwise its ridiculous that Bond tries to trick Blofeld with just glasses and a pipe. And Ruby is so dull and silly that it hurts, she's no match to any other girl Bond gets in bed (okay, Stacy Sutton maybe). But hey, everyone has it's own favourite movie in the series, just wanted to point out what bothers me in this case.

[@jeffstone2136]

@@alexanderhampp6467 Well reasoned.

[@jeffstone2136]

@randywhite3947 I love the theme tune. Best one of the whole series.

[@therookpiece]

Great stuff.

[@minigmac1]

Watch with sound off and imagine a john barry score......

[@waverly2468]

Gayle Hunnicutt--looking a little older but still gorgeous.

[@rhyfeddu]

Thanks! I couldn't place her. Know her from Legend of Hell House

[@ejay1118]

@ThatDudeWithTheCap1 - didn't you see the cameo in "Diamonds Are Forever" where they were loading rockets into the DB5?

[@jayanxiety]

@ejay1118 Don't forget his Bond "return" in the Bond Spoof, "Get Smart" film, The Nude Bomb. Personally, seeing him act in a Bond-like role is the next best thing to a follow-up to his one and sadly, only performance as the legendary 007.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

This is really cool, but it is kind of sad that he didn't get to play bond a few more times, instead of essentially parodying him.

[@CaptainBuckRogers]

@CaptainBuckRogers Thanks for posting!

[@wiseguymaybe]

Fun fact: Napoleon Solo was the name of a gangster in Goldfinger.

[@JustinCase99999]

larry potter Mr. Solo, yes. But not Napoleon.

[@MGSBigBoss77]

*Fun fact:* Both James Bond and Napoleon Solo were created by Ian Fleming. Sam Rolfe and Norman Felton worked on developing Man From U.N.C.L.E. for television, but the character of "Napoleon Solo" was created by Ian Fleming however when the show's rough draft for the pilot episode was called simply; "Solo".

[@andrewkingham]

Wow, that makes Roger Moore's tenure as Bond look quite serious and impressive now. lol

[@MaskedMan66]

"You boys wanna buy a car?" LOL

[@ELO1138]

Never noticed this before but at 2:57 you can see the director in the back seat. His hand enters frame briefly to give a cue and for the rest of the scene you can see the edge of his shirt in frame.

[@JoeLightcloud]

LOVE THIS!!!

[@Locktwiste72]

George Lazenby could have been a great 007 had he tackled the role at least 2 more times, then hand it over to Roger Moore. But Lazenby didn't want to get typecast as James Bond. Unfortunately - and ironically - his one and only James Bond outing is what he's famous for. Timothy Dalton played 007 only twice and most thought he sucked, but it wasn't that - after 12 years of Roger Moore's comedic and sometimes slapstick Bond the next generation was ill-prepared for Dalton's serious, Sean Connery-inspired version. In hindsight Dalton was great. He was onboard for a third Bond outing but the studios took so long to get another story out that he lost interest and moved onto other things (Dalton was actually tagged to play Bond in1969 but he declined, citing his then too-youthful appearance and inexperience and Lazenby got the part). Pierce Brosnan who began playing Bond on 1995 was actually considered for the role before Dalton but was already doing Remington Steel, which was oddly a version of James Bond. By 1995 Remington Steel was over and Brosnan was available... and the rest is history.

[@DarthRushy]

+Locktwiste72 The typecasting thing is all bollocks. The real reason he didn't come back was he was manipulated by his agent into a contract that forced him to obey the agent's decisions as far as his career was concerned. He would've come back for DAF, but the agent made him ask for too much money after already having bombarded the producers with demands.

[@alexsilva28]

+Locktwiste72 Woow! I didn't knew about about Remington Steele. By the way I love Dalton's Bond. He was amazing and it's actually my third favorite Bond

[@jack1394]

+Locktwiste72 One little correction, sir. Remington Steele was never related or replicated even slightly over James Bond. There are a few throwbacks but hardly to be noticed throughout the series because the titular character was a movie buff and have had quoted Goldfinger in one episode only. Other than that, it was just a comedic detective series with elements of film noir and romance.

[@ugobabyy]

+Locktwiste72 All very true. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is an underrated film. And honestly, I think I'm the only one who isn't a fan of the Moore era. Live and Let Die was the only good one, IMO. Fleming's Bond is supposed to be a charming but sadistic brute, not a comical farce that looks like your dad running around in tux. Glad they went back to that in the new films.

[@michaelrwilson007]

​@@jack1394the pilot episode title of Remington Steele is 'License to Steele', so the Bond connections were right there from the start.

[@MasterJediDude]

Technically, it's the "fourth wall." But yes, he owned it.

[@ELO1138]

@CaptainBuckRogers Because he was tired of being James Bond and wanted to move on to other projects. "The Offence" is one example of the more serious work that he wanted to do. He was also tired of the loss of privacy to the press especially after YOLT where reporters followed him everywhere, even to the bathroom.

[@Sohave]

This is set in the GTA universe where cars blow up once toppled.

[@ejay1118]

I'll have to take your word for it. I don't remember ever actually seeing the car.

[@Khwezimakinana5603]

Bond 007

[@jayanxiety]

George Lasenby's "other" appearance as James Bond...in everything but NAME. Right JB???

[@peterraymond8470]

Well, 1983 certainly was the year of the Bonds wasn't it?

[@walboyfredo6025]

1:50 Like how he broke the 4th Wall.

[@nervchemnitz]

Well he broke it in OHMSS too - so I guess get all the Lazenby Bond bases covered here.

[@manoman0]

@intrepidlikes No prob: never mentioned the name, and just using JB, could be "Jason Bradford", right? I mean, who's got the copyright on an Aston Martin being driven by a guy in a white tuxedo? LOL

[@ELO1138]

@intrepidlikes I really can't tell you. I know very very little about UNCLE. This was years after the original series and it was a one-off special, they wanted special guests and they probably figured is there a Bond actor who be easy to get. Officially he's not James Bond but JB (but of course we know its Bond) From what I read from fans of UNCLE is that this special wasn't executed very well and the only redeeming factors is seeing Vaughan and McCallum again and Lazenby driving the Aston

[@LiquorAndWh0rz]

This 3 minutes and 23 seconds is better than the entirety of Octopussy and Never Say Never Again.

[@davidbarry9690]

Hutch214 was good but no way them two movies was the best bond

[@Ellis007Bond]

Agree with it being better then never say never again, but not octopussy

[@captainactionman01]

.I can't agree, but you're a hardass for saying so!

[@KiggeSand]

@johnfhm He is way younger than both Moore and Connery, so she has all reason to be!

[@theaethelred3427]

I think he would have made the 007 role his own, had he chosen to. That would have been awesome but a world without Roger Moore as 007 is not a world I'd want to live in.

[@billmurray7473]

Why didn't the Ms. Broccoli consider......LAZENBY AS 'M'? That would make Daniel Craig less irritating.

[@jmcasas17]

BILL MURRAY because the Broccolis are money-driven individuals who want their actors to be popular to wider audiences.

[@WasimSaleem]

@@jmcasas17 maybe, but they're certainly not the worst. Otherwise there'd be a bond movie out every year.

[@ejay1118]

@jayanxiety - I saw "Nude Bomb" and I don't remember seeing Lazenby. I'm not doubting you, I just don't remember it.

[@ejay1118]

@ELO1138 - That's a shame. I always thought Connery should have gone out on "Secret Service" and then Lazenby could have done the more lightweight "Diamonds are Forever."

[@royalewithcheese9291]

JB.......Must be Jack Bauer.

[@martinbean]

lol, you can see someone in the backseat wave at 2:58 😂

[@scottw11354]

Didn't think the film was that good...but seeing him was great

[@TheJlook2000]

oh well we all have to age - but he seemed a lot better in Superman 3 which was strangely the same year . then again , acting against the ageless David Mccallum would be difficult for anyone !

[@leftcoaster67]

Ian Fleming worked with the show's creator Norman Felton and created the names of April Dancer and Napoleon Solo. The fact that the show didn't mention him by name only JB, and mentioned "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". I'm sure EON just let it slide as an homage to Fleming. Interestingly Lazenby looked better than Vaughn in that sequence. Couldn't they have picked a better car than a K-Car convertible? Give Solo a Vette at least?

[@mrsgritoli1]

Is that convertible a Le Barron ??

[@nickslade3978]

They're walking right on the line of what they can legally get away with here

[@ELO1138]

@CaptainBuckRogers They offered him a large sum of money =) He was paid 2 million pounds (the largest amount for a actor at that time) and the promise that UA would back projects that Connery wanted to do.

[@jourwalis-8875]

Why was "JB" here in the States driving his car and in a film about the Man from U.N.C.L.E. ? What does he do?

[@FlameDarkfire]

So not only are the James Bond films a thing in UNCLE-verse but fucking George Lazenby isn’t JUST the actor that played Bond in OHMSS he fucking IS a superspy recognizing another superspy in a bit of trouble.

[@ejay1118]

Actually, I mis-posted. I've never seen the car in the series. I've seen pictures of the car on the back of the paperback books. (You want to cry? My wife was sitting in her office bar one afternoon reading one when a voice behind her said; "Where in Hell did you get THAT?" Turned around and it was Vaughn! He signed her copy! The crying part? They got put into storage at one point and were lost! Some body has a box of UNCLE books with an autographed copy in it!

[@georgesenda1952]

ejay1118 I know the feeling. I lost my autographed David McDaniel books when I lost my storage along with many UNCLE collectibles.

[@ejay1118]

@vaj99 - Cars don't explode in "real life." But they blow up all the time in "television/movie world" so the people who drive them always know what to watch out for.

[@captainactionman01]

Yes, very good. And OHMSS, maybe the best Bond film overall.

[@ejay1118]

@intrepidlikes ~ George Lazenby actually made a career out of "not playing" James Bond. I think he did the commercial where an "agent" in a silver Aston Martin is fitted out for his latest mission and everything turns out to be from Panasonic. Also there was an "American Ninja" series where he was a CIA agent... who happened to have an English accent and drive a silver tricked-out Aston Martin!

[@detud0m]

What's new? Lots of DB5s had an oil leak.

[@srb9]

Ah yes. We thought that CBS was going to bring back the Man From U.N.C.L.E. SAdl;y that didn't happen. Yes George Lazenby was here as 007.

[@ejay1118]

@leftcoast67 - Solo wasn't working for U.N.C.L.E. at the time. That's why he didn't have the cool car from that period OR remembered to carry a gun.

[@neoakram6354]

Cameo Presence & 007 screen time closure For GL 😎

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

Many people are harsh on Lazenby in OHMSS and I understand why, but I believe he could have been a good Bond if he had been in more movies

[@ELO1138]

I disagree. The Dalton films are great and Timothy Dalton is my favorite James Bond with Craig and Lazenby being in the top 3.

[@TheHutchy01]

They're searching for a new Bond, I'm sure George would be available if they want to go back to the roots

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

Broccoli didn't want him back for him leaving him high and dry.

[@LiquorAndWh0rz]

Broccoli had offered him a 7 film contract of which Lazenby turned down.

[@jay55also]

That was funny.

[@GeppettoProductions]

This never happened to the other fella

[@ELO1138]

@ThatDudeWithTheCap1 Since Q put them last week

[@alienlv426ify]

JB...¿Jason Bourne? No. ¿Jack Bauer? No. ¿The whiskey? No. ¿Jacqueline Bisset (the actress)? No. ¿James Bond? Yes. Finally!

[@wino0000006]

+Sergio Ramón Rodríguez Cajiga Shaken but not stired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DisastrousDallas]

I thought it was Jack Black

[@BlueLeopard200]

His license plate gives away his identity. He needs to work on the secrecy aspect of being a secret agent.

[@wino0000006]

+Unknown Clown Nope - he is a whiskey selsman - JB blended scotch whiskey.

[@MGSBigBoss77]

James Bond actual name couldn't be used in the TV film, the abbreviated initials are to hint that its; James Bond without giving it a dead on shoutout loud etc's.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

I mean.... for a "secret agent", people seem to know who he is anyway! Tiffany Case and the cop in San Francisco both knew his name. XD

[@yell50]

They got away with it because the name James bond was never used remember J.B could stand for example James Bloom, John Blaine, Jake Bolder, Jack Blissette , and the list could go on and on, plus the music was not the bond theme during the car chase scenes Broccoli / Eon had nothing to sue for ...lol

[@delees55]

No, Colin Chapman was the brains behind Lotus. Graham Chapman was one of the Monty Python team.