Bob Simmons Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Bob Simmons (Fulham, England, March 31, 1923 – October 21, 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film The Red Beret that included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard... MORE

Bob Simmons (Fulham, England, March 31, 1923 – October 21, 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film The Red Beret that included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum and cameraman, later director of photography Ted Moore. Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films and worked for Allen in his The Long Ships and Genghis Khan where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse. When Albert R. Broccoli began to produce the James Bond films, Simmons tested as an actor for the Bond role but until his death in 1987, he became the stunt coordinator for every Bond film except From Russia With Love, (that he joined later in the production) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (where he worked on Sean Connery's Shalako along with cinematographer Ted Moore) and The LESS