Robert Brown Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me "M" in Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill

News

Robert sadly passed away on the 11th November, 2003

Sir Roger Moore said

"I was extremely saddened to hear this news, Robert had been a dear friend for over 50 years and will be sadly missed"

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Biography

Without doubt Robert Brown is one of the most familiar faces in British film and tv.

Born in the Scottish Hebrides, after a successful stage career he made his film debut in Cloudburst (1951).

Robert was a very versatile actor and as such he won supporting roles in dozens of films such as Derby Day (1952), Noose For A Lady (1953), Lost (1955), Helen Of Troy (1956), The Man Who Never Was (1956), A Hill In Korea (1956) and The Abominable Snowman (1957).

The following year he co-starred with Roger Moore in tv series Ivanhoe and so was cemented a life-long friendship.

Twenty five more film and tv credits – including Ben Hur, Dr Syn Alias The Scarecrow, Operation Crossbow and Jack The Ripper – followed, before Robert was cast as Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

Four years later, Bernard Lee who had portrayed ‘M’ in eleven Bond films passed away. Whilst the role was not re-cast for For Your Eyes Only, a new ‘M’ was needed for Octopussy in 1983, and producers turned to Robert Brown.

He played the head of MI6 in four films: Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill.

Robert also starred in popular tv series such as The Avengers, Police Story, Danger UXB and All Creatures Great And Small.

Robert sadly passed away in November 2003.

Links

Robert Brown Filmography @ IMDB