George Leech

George Leech

Personal Info

  • Name:

    George Leech

  • Birthday:

    1921-12-06

  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 1.232
  • Also Known As

George Leech

Biography

George Leech was a British film actor and stunt performer who was notable for his work on eleven James Bond films.

Leech was born in London and left school at 14. He was a boxer who won the ABA National Championships when he was 15 as a welterweight and he joined the Royal Navy in 1943.

His first job in movies was performing a stunt involving falling down steps doubling for James Mason in Odd Man Out (1947). He was notable for his contributions to James Bond films from 1962 to 1985 as a stunt performer and in small acting roles (usually as a henchman) including: Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), where he was promoted to stunt arranger when Bob Simmons was working on another film, For Your Eyes Only (1981), and A View to a Kill (1985). He also worked on The Guns of Navarone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Kelly's Heroes, The Eagle Has Landed and Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Leech married in 1952. One of his two daughters Wendy Leech became one of the first female stunt performers and married the stuntman Vic Armstrong. Leech died in Cardiff in 2012 at the age of 90.

Top Movie Cast

Swiss Movement
Swiss Movementtrue- Self

1969-01-01

6.0
Mozambique
Mozambiquetrue- Carl

1964-12-07

5.3
Coast of Skeletons
Coast of Skeletonstrue- George Leech

1965-03-19

5.7
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bangtrue- Chitty's original driver (uncredited)

1968-12-17

6.8
Brannigan
Brannigantrue- Man in Bar (uncredited)

1975-03-21

5.9
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
The Curse of the Mummy's Tombtrue- Ship Attacker (uncredited)

1964-10-18

5.6
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landedtrue- Traumer (uncredited)

1976-12-24

6.6
North Sea Hijack
North Sea Hijacktrue- Magnussen

1980-02-18

6.2
When Eight Bells Toll
When Eight Bells Tolltrue- Thug (uncredited)

1971-03-09

5.7
Scene Nun, Take One
Scene Nun, Take Onetrue

1964-07-14

0.0
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Againtrue- Mr. Stutterstutt

1976-12-15

6.8
And the Same to You
And the Same to Youtrue- Jake

1960-02-01

5.6
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Terence Young: Bond Vivanttrue- Self

2000-05-16

6.0
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'true

2000-05-16

5.8
Double-O Stunts
Double-O Stuntstrue

2000-12-07

5.7

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Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forevertrue

Crew

1971-12-14

6.4
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Deathtrue

Crew

1964-06-24

6.6
Star Wars
Star Warstrue

Crew

1977-05-25

8.2
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Fartrue

Crew

1977-06-15

7.2

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