Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorable villains and henchmen. Each Bond villain has numerous henchmen to do their bidding.
There is typically one particularly privileged henchman who poses a formidable physical threat to Bond and must be defeated in order to reach the employer. These range from simply adept and tough fighters, such as Donald ‘Red’ Grant, to henchmen whose physical characteristics are seemingly superhuman, such as Jaws.
Contents
- 1Eon Productions henchmen
- 2 Henchmen outside Eon continuity
- 3Novel henchmen
- 4 Video game henchmen
- 5Notes
- 6References
Eon Productions henchmen
Sean Connery Era
(1962–67, 1971)
Dr. No
- Professor R. J. Dent (Anthony Dawson) – Shot by Bond
- Miss Taro (Zena Marshall) – Arrested
- Mr. Jones (Reginald Carter) – Poisons self
- Annabel Chung (Marguerite LeWars) – Alive
- Sister Lily (Yvonne Shima) – Unknown
- Sister Rose (Michel Mok) – Unknown
- “Three Blind Mice” (Eric Coverley, Charles Edghill and Henry Lopez) – Die in car crash
- Chen (Anthony Chinn) – Strangled by Bond
KGB Colonel Rosa Kleb
Soviet Traitor – Spectre Operative
From Russia with Love
- Donovan ‘Red’ Grant (Robert Shaw) – Garrotted by Bond
- Kronsteen (Vladek Sheybal) – Poisoned by Morzeny
- Morzeny (Walter Gotell) – Blown up by Bond
- Krilencu (Fred Haggerty) – Shot by Kerim Bey
- Rhoda (Peter Brayham) – Unknown
- Commissar Benz (Peter Bayliss) – Shot by Grant
- General Vassili (Unknown) – Unknown
- Koslovoski (Unknown) – Unknown
Gert Fröbe
Goldfinger
- Oddjob (Harold Sakata) – Electrocuted by Bond
- Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) – Changes sides, survives
- Kisch (Michael Mellinger) – Thrown to death by Oddjob
- Mr. Ling (Burt Kwouk) – Shot by Goldfinger
- Mr. Solo (Martin Benson) – Shot by Oddjob
- Mr. Strap (Hal Galili) – Gassed by Kisch
- Mr. Midnight (Bill Nagy) – Gassed by Kisch
- Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) – Changes sides; gilded by Oddjob
- Mei-Lei (Mai Ling) – Unknown
- Bonita (Nadja Regin) – Alive
- Capungo (Alf Joint) – Electrocuted by Bond
Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)
Thunderball
- Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) – Accidentally shot by henchman
- Count Lippe (Guy Doleman) – Blown up by a masked Fiona using a motorcycle equipped with a rocket launcher.
- Mr. Vargas (Philip Locke) – Harpooned by Bond
- Mr. Janni (Michael Brennan) – Knocked out by Bond, implied killed when Disco Volante runs aground and explodes
- Pr. Ladislav Kutze (George Pravda) – Changes sides, unknown
- Angelo Palazzi (Paul Stassino) – Drowned by Largo
- Quist (Bill Cummings) – Fed to sharks by Largo
- Ricardo (Ian Bulloch) – Unknown
- Colonel Jacques Bouvar (Rose Alba and Bob Simmons) – Strangled by Bond
- SPECTRE Agent No. 5 (Philip Stone) – Survives
- SPECTRE Agent No. 7 (Cecil Cheng) – Survives
- SPECTRE Agent No. 9 (Clive Cazes) – Electrocuted by Blofeld after being found guilty of embezzlement
- SPECTRE Agent No. 10 (André Maranne) – Survives
- SPECTRE Agent No. 11 (Murray Kash) – Survives
You Only Live Twice
- Mr. Osato (Teru Shimada) – Shot by Blofeld
- Helga Brandt (Karin Dor) – Fed to piranhas by Blofeld for her failure to kill Bond
- Hans (Ronald Rich) – Fed to piranhas by Bond
- SPECTRE Agent No. 3 (Burt Kwouk) – Killed through unknown means
- SPECTRE Agent No. 4 (Michael Chow) – Unknown
- Henderson Assassin (Unknown) – Stabbed by Bond
- Bedroom Assassin (David Toguri) – Shot by Bond
- Bamboo Assassin (Unknown) – Stabbed with his own weapon by Bond
- Security Guard (Unknown) – Shot by Bond
Diamonds Are Forever
- Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover) – Blown up by Bond
- Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) – Set on fire by Bond
- Bert Saxby (Bruce Cabot) – Shot by CIA
- Prof. Dr. Metz (Joseph Furst) – Unknown
- Shady Tree (Leonard Barr) – Shot by Mr. Wint
- Bambi (Lola Larson) – Arrested, nearly drowned by Bond
- Thumper (Trina Parks) – Arrested, nearly drowned by Bond
- Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) – Changes sides, survives
- Peter Franks (Joe Robinson) – Thrown down stairs by Bond
- Morton Slumber (David Bauer) – Unknown
- Mrs. Whistler (Margaret Lacey) – Drowned by Wint and Kidd
- Joe (Ray Baker) – Blown up by Wint and Kidd
- Dr. Tynan (Henry Rowland) – Poisoned by Wint and Kidd
- Marie (Denise Perrier) – Unknown
- Blofeld Double 1 (Max Latimer) – Drowned in mud by Bond
- Blofeld Double 2 (Charles Gray) – Shot with piton gun by Bond
George Lazenby era (1969)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
- Fräulein Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat) – Thought to have died in car crash, later survives
- Grunther (Yuri Borienko) – Pushed against nail bed by Tracy Bond
- Gumbold (James Bree) – Unknown
- Braun (George Lane Cooper) – Shot by Bond
- Felsen (Leslie Crawford) – Unknown
- Josef (Joseph Vasa) – Unknown
- Ruby Bartlett (Angela Scoular) – Unknown
- Nancy (Catherine Schell) – Unknown
- Helen (Julie Ege) – Unknown
- Strangled SPECTRE Skier (George Leech) – Fell to his death
Roger Moore era (1973–85)
Live and Let Die
Tee Hee Johnson (Julius W. Harris) – Thrown from train by Bond
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Geoffrey Holder
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Baron Samedi
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Pushed into coffin full of snakes, later shown to have survived
- Whisper (Earl Jolly Brown) – Bond locks him into a capsule, unknown
- Simone Latrelle (Solitaire) (Jane Seymour) – Changed sides, loses her powers, survived
- Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) – Shot by one of Kananga’s scarecrows
- Adam (Tommy Lane) – Blown up inside a ship
- Sales Girl (Kubi Chaza) – Alive
- Dambala (Michael Ebbin) – Shot by Bond
- Cab Driver (Arnold Williams) – Alive
- New Orleans Assassin (Alvin Alcorn) – Alive
- Jazz Funeral Procession (Olympia Brass Band) – Alive
The Man with the Golden Gun
- Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize) – Arrested
- Andrea Anders (Maud Adams) – Changed sides, shot by Scaramanga
- Hai Fat (Richard Loo) – Hired Scaramanga; later shot by Scaramanga
- Kra (Sonny Caldinez) – Fell into vat of liquid helium after Goodnight hit him with a spanner
- Chula (Chan Yiu Lam) – Alive
- Lazar (Marne Maitland) – Alive
The Spy Who Loved Me
- Jaws (Richard Kiel) – Survived
- Naomi (Caroline Munro) – Blown up in helicopter by Bond
- Sandor (Milton Reid) – Knocked off roof by Bond
- The Liparus Captain (Sydney Tafler) – Fatally wounded by explosion
- Martine Blanchaud (Sue Vanner) – Unknown
- Felicca (Olga Bisera) – Shot by Sandor
- Sergei Barsov (Michael Billington) – Shot by Bond
- Dr. Bechmann (Cyril Shaps) – Blown up in helicopter by Stromberg
- Pr. Markovitz (Milo Sperber) – Blown up in helicopter by Stromberg
- Stromberg Secretary (Marilyn Galsworthy) – Killed by being dumped into a tiger shark pool by Stromberg.α
Hugo Drax
Moonraker
- Jaws (Richard Kiel) – Changed sides, survived
- Chang (Toshiro Suga) – Thrown through a clockface and crash lands on a piano
- Blonde Beauty (Irka Bochenko) – Dies when Space Base blows up
- Museum Guide (Anne Lonnberg) – Dies when Space Base blows up
- La Signorina del Mateo (Chichinou Kaeppler) – Dies when Space Base blows up
- Lady Victoria Devon (Françoise Gayat) – Dies when Space Base blows up
- Countess Labinsky (Catherine Serre) – Dies when Space Base blows up
- Mademoiselle Deladier (Béatrice Libert) – Dies when Space Base blows up
- Apollo Jet Hostess (Leila Shenna) – Unknown
- Apollo Jet Pilot (Jean-Pierre Castaldi) – Fell to his death
- Tree assassin (Guy Delorme) – Shot by Bond
- Corinne Dufour (Corinne Clery) – Torn apart by Drax’s dogs
For Your Eyes Only
- Emile Leopold Locque (Michael Gothard) – Pushed off cliff in his car after being shot in the shoulder
- Erich Kriegler (John Wyman) – Defenestrated by Bond
- Hector Gonzales (Stefan Kalipha) – Killed by Melina Havelock
- Claus (Charles Dance) – Harpooned by Columbo’s man
- Apostis (Jack Klaff) – stabbed with pike by Bond and falls off mountain
- Countess Lisl von Schlaf (Cassandra Harris) – Ran over by Locque
- Helicopter Pilot (George Sweeney)- electrocuted through headset by his employer
- Mantis Man (Graham Hawkes) – Vehicle exploded
- Kristatos’ Henchman (George Leech) – Eaten by sharks
Octopussy
- Gobinda (Kabir Bedi) – Falls off plane
- Mischka (David Meyer) – Killed by Bond
- Grischka (Anthony Meyer) – Killed by Bond
- Lenkin (Peter Porteous) – Arrested
- Magda (Kristina Wayborn) – Changes sides, alive
- Octopussy (Maud Adams) – Changes sides, survives
- Colonel Luis Toro (Ken Norris) – Killed by explosion
- Thug with Yo Yo (William Derrick) – Killed by crocodile
- Mufti (Tony Arjuna)- Unknown
A View to a Kill
- May Day (Grace Jones) – Changed sides, blown up by bomb
- Scarpine (Patrick Bauchau) – Blown up inside Zorin’s airship
- Dr. Carl Mortner (Willoughby Gray) – Blown up inside Zorin’s airship
- Jenny Flex (Alison Doody) – Drowned
- Bob Conley (Manning Redwood) – Drowned
- Pan Ho (Papillon Soo Soo) – Drowned
- Mr. Howe (Daniel Benzali) – Shot by Zorin
Timothy Dalton era (1987–89)
The Living Daylights
- Necros (Andreas Wisniewski) – Fell to his death
- Colonel Feyador (John Bowe) – Blown up by grenade
- Kara Milovy (Maryam D’Abo) – Changed sides, survived
- Imposter 00 (Carl Rigg) – Dies in a car explosion
- Sergeant Stagg (Derek Hoxby) – Shot by Pushkin
Licence to Kill
- Milton Krest (Anthony Zerbe) – Killed inside a pressure chamber by Sanchez
- Dario (Benicio del Toro) – Shot by Pam Bouvier and fell into a shredder
- Ed Killifer (Everett McGill) – Bond pushes him into a shark pool
- William Truman-Lodge (Anthony Starke) – Shot by Sanchez
- Colonel Heller (Don Stroud) – Braun impales him with a forklift
- Perez (Alejandro Bracho) – Falls to his death in a jeep
- Braun (Guy De Saint Cyr) – Falls to his death in a jeep
- Professor Joe Butcher (Wayne Newton) – Survived
- Clive (Eddie Edenfield) – Harpooned by Bond
- Bill (Carl Ciarfalio) – Killed by Bond
- Warehouse Guard (Jeff Moldovan) – Electrocuted by Bond
- President Hector Lopez (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.) – Alive
- Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) – Changed sides, survived
- Honorato (Honorato Magaloni) – Alive
Pierce Brosnan era (1995–2002)
GoldenEye
- Xenia Sergeyevna Onatopp (Famke Janssen) – Pulled against tree by falling helicopter, whiplashing and breaking her neck
- General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov (Gottfried John) – Shot by Bond
- Boris Ivanovich Grishenko (Alan Cumming) – Frozen by liquid nitrogen
Tomorrow Never Dies
- Richard Stamper (Götz Otto) – Incinerated by sabotaged cruise missile
- Dr. Kaufman (Vincent Schiavelli) – Shot by Bond after being electrocuted
- Henry Gupta (Ricky Jay) – Shot by Carver
- General Chang (Philip Kwok) – Unknown
- Captain Scott (Mark Spalding) – Shot by Bond
- Paris Carver (Teri Hatcher) – Changes sides; Shot
- Tamara Steel (Nina Young) – Unknown
- PR Lady (Daphne Deckers) – Unkown
- Timblin (Unknown) – Unknown
The World Is Not Enough
- Giulietta da Vinci (Cigar Girl) (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) – Blew up her own hot air balloon
- Mister Bullion (Goldie) – Shot by Valentin Zukovsky
- Gabor (John Seru) – Shot by Bond
- Sasha Davidov (Ulrich Thomsen) – Shot by Bond
- Dr. Mikhail Arkov (Jeff Nuttall) – Shot by Renard’s Bodyguard
- Trukhin (Carl McCrystal) – Unknown
- Renard’s Bodyguard (Sean Cronin) – Unknown
- Mr. Lachaise (Patrick Malahide) – Stabbed by Cigar Girl
- Captain Nikolai (Justus von Dohnányi) – Poisoned by Renard’s men
Die Another Day
- Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) – Stabbed with sword by Jinx
- Zao (Rick Yune) – Crushed by an ice chandelier
- Vlad (Mikhail Gorevoy) – Sucked out from Graves’ plane
- Mister Kil (Lawrence Makoare) – Jinx kills him with a laser
- General Moon (Kenneth Tsang) – Shot by Gustav Graves after electrocuting him
- Dr. Alvarez (Simon Andreu) – Shot by Jinx
- Mr. Van Bierk (Mark Dymond) – Arrested by Bond
- General Han (Daryl Kwan) – Sucked out from Graves’ plane
- General Li (Vincent Wong) – Sucked out of Graves’ plane
- General Dong (Sai-Kit Yung) – Sucked out of Graves’ plane
Daniel Craig era (2006–present)
Casino Royale
- Mollaka (Sébastien Foucan) – Shot by Bond
- Valenka (Ivana Miličević) – Shot by Mr. White
- Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) – Drowned
- Alex Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian) – Stabbed by Bond
- Adolph Gettler (Richard Sammel) – Shot by nail gun
- Fisher (Daud Shah) – Drowned, then shot by Bond
- Carlos (Claudio Santamaria) – Blown up by Bond
- Kratt (Clemens Schick) – Shot by Mr. White
- Leo (Emmanuel Avena) – Arrested
- Tall Man (Leos Stransky) – Crushed by elevator
- Obanno’s Lieutenant (Michael Offei) – Unknown
- Obanno’s Liaison (Makhoudia Diaw) – Fell to his death
- Gettler’s Henchman (Glenn Foster) – Shot by Bond
Quantum of Solace
- General Medrano (Joaquín Cosio) – Shot by Camille
- Elvis (Anatole Taubman) – Incinerated
- Craig Mitchell (Glenn Foster) – Shot by Bond
- Edmund Slate (Neil Jackson) – Stabbed in neck with scissors by Bond
- Guy Haines (Paul Ritter) – Unknown
- Carlos (Fernando Guillen Cuervo) – Shot by Bond
- Lieutenant Orso (Jesus Ochoa) – Fell to his death
- Gregor Karakov (Gustavo Nanez) – Unknown
- Greene’s Driver (Carl von Malaisé) – Shot by Bond
- Haines’ bodyguard (Derek Lea) – Shot by Greene’s Driver
- Motorcycle Cop #1 (Mike Pérez) – Shot by Bond
- Motorcycle Cop #2 (Juan Carlos Avendaño) – Shot by Bond
- Moishe Soref (Tsedor Gyalzur) – Unknown
- Yusef Kabira (Simon Kassianides) – Arrested
- Gift Bag Man (Christian Heller) – Unknown
Skyfall
- Patrice (Ola Rapace) – Fell off of skyscraper to his death
- Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) – Shot by Silva
- Boat Captain (Milorad Kapor) – Shot by Bond
- Sévérine’s Bodyguard (Tank Dong) – Eaten by Komodo dragon
- Sévérine’s Bodyguard (Roger Yuan) – Knocked unconscious by Eve
- Sévérine’s Bodyguard (Liang Yang) – Unknown
- Silva’s Mercenary (Jens Hultén) – Drowned by Bond in a frozen lake
- Silva’s Mercenary (Michael Pink) – Knocked unconscious by Bond
- Boat Silva’s Mercenary (Adebayo Bolaji) – Shot by Bond
- Boat Silva’s Mercenary (Amir Boutrous) – Shot by Bond
- Boat Silva’s Mercenary (Elia Lo Tauro) – Shot by Bond
Spectre
- Mr. Hinx (Dave Bautista) – Pulled off the train
- Max Denbigh/C (Andrew Scott) – Fell to his death after a fight with M
- Marco Sciarra (Alessandro Cremona) – Kicked out of helicopter by Bond
- Dr. Vogel (Brigitte Millar) – Alive
- Moreau (Marc Zinga) – Alive
- Lorenzo (Peppe Lanzetta) – Fell to his death
- Mr. Guerra (Benito Sagredo) – Neck snapped by Mr. Hinx
- Marco (Matteo Taranto) – Shot by Bond
- Francesco (Francesco Arca) – Shot by Bond
- Gallo (Domenico Fortunato) – Shot by Bond
- Gallo’s Accomplice #1 (Marco Zingaro) – Shot by Bond
- Gallo’s Accomplice #2 (Stefano Elfi Di Claudia) – Incinerated by Bond
- Blofeld’s Right Hand Man (Gediminas Adomaitis) – Killed in helicopter crash
- Blofeld’s London Helicopter Pilot (Richard Banham) – Killed in helicopter crash
- Abrika (Adel Bencherif) – Alive
- Marshall (Erick Hayden) – Alive
- Valerian (Oleg Mirochnikov) – Alive
- Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) – Unknown
Henchmen outside Eon Productions
Casino Royale (1954 TV special)
- Basil (Gene Roth)
- Zoltan (Kurt Katch)
- Drive-by Assassin (Unknown)
Casino Royale (1967 film)
- Agent Mimi (Deborah Kerr)
- Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress)
- Miss Goodthighs (Jacqueline Bisset)
- Frau Hoffner (Anna Quayle)
- Polo (Ronnie Corbett)
- Le Chiffre’s Representative (Vladek Sheybal)
Never Say Never Again
- Lippe (Pat Roach) – hit in face with Bond’s urine sample; killed by glass shards
- Jack Petachi – wrecks his car after Fatima Blush throws a snake in his lap
- Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger) – changes sides, survives
- Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) – shot by Bond’s explosive pen & blown up
- Arab slave-traders – variously shot, defenestrated, and shelled by submarine deck-gun
- “Tears of Allah” personnel – variously shot, set on fire, and grenaded by Felix Leiter’s Navy team
- Dr. Kovacs (Milow Kirek) – survives
007 Novel Henchmen
Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
- Basil
- Kratt
- Adolph Gettler
- Vesper Lynd – shot herself
Live and Let Die
- The Whisper
- Tee-Hee Johnson – knocked down stairs by Bond
- MoThing
- Sam Miami
- The Flannel
- Blabbermouth Foley
Moonraker
- Krebs
- Dr. Walter
Diamonds Are Forever
- Mr. Kidds and Mr. Wint – both shot by Bond, then made to look like a murder-suicide
- Shady Tree
From Russia, with Love
- Red Grant
- Krilencu
Dr. No
- Annabelle Chung
- Miss Taro
Goldfinger
- Oddjob – sucked out of a broken airplane window
- Pussy Galore – changes sides, survives
- Jack Strap
- Helmut Springer
Thunderball
- Count Lippe
- Giuseppe Petacchi
- Kotze
The Spy Who Loved Me
- “Sluggsy” Morant – shot by Bond
- Sol “Horror” Horowitz – shot by Bond
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
- Irma Bunt – survives
You Only Live Twice
- Irma Bunt – blown up by Bond
- Kono
The Man with the Golden Gun
- Hendriks
Kingsley Amis
Colonel Sun
- Von Richter
John Gardner
Licence Renewed
- Caber
- Mary Jane Mashkin
- Franco
For Special Services
- Markus Bismaquer
- Walter Luxor
- Mike Mazzard
Role of Honour
- Rolling Joe Zwingli
- Peter Amadeus
- Simon
Nobody Lives Forever
- Nannie Norrich
- Doktor Kirchtum
- Heinrich Osten
No Deals, Mr. Bond
- Heather Dare
- Norman Murray
- Mischa
Scorpius
- Bailey
- Pearlman
Win, Lose or Die
- Clover Pennington – shot by one of her own thugs
- Abou – arrested
Never Send Flowers
- Maeve Horton
Raymond Benson
Zero Minus Ten
- General Wong
- Sunni
SeaFire
- Mrs Tarn
Doubleshot
- Nadir Yassasin
- Jimmy Powers
- Margareta Piel
Video game henchmen
007: Agent Under Fire
- Nigel Bloch (Denny Delk, voice)–Blown away by a rocket fired by Bond.
- Carla the Jackal (Roxana Ortega, voice)–Shoved into an industrial fan by Bond.
007: Nightfire
- Armitage Rook (Richard Whiten, voice)–Shot to death by Bond.
- Makiko “Kiko” Hayashi (Tamlyn Tomita, voice)–Incinerated by space shuttle exhaust.
007: Everything or Nothing
- Katya Nadanova (Heidi Klum)–Plunges to her death in a disabled Harrier jet.
- Jean Le Rouge (Marc Graue)–Shot to death by Bond.
- Jaws (Richard Kiel)–Electrocuted, nearly drowns, and set on fire by Bond, ultimate fate unknown.
- Arkady Yayakov–Metallic sphere falls onto him after his machinery is sabotaged by Bond.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
- Oddjob–Vaporized.
- Pussy Galore–Survives.
- Xenia Onatopp–Dies in a VTOL explosion.
- Francisco Scaramanga–Survives.
007: From Russia with Love
- Eva (Maria Menounos)–Shot dead in her jetpack.
- OCTOPUS Commando Team–Killed by Bond.
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
- Greco (Luis Soto, voice)
- Bernin (Ramon Tikaram, voice)
Notes
- A similar ending for a James Bond henchmen appears in Thunderball, while in You Only Live Twice two Bond henchmen are killed in a piranha tank
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