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.

Known For

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Chitty's original driver (uncredited)

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Mr. Stutterstutt

The Eagle Has Landed

as Traumer (uncredited)

The Prisoner

as Corridor Guard

The Prisoner

as Guardian

North Sea Hijack

as Magnussen

Brannigan

as Man in Bar (uncredited)

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

as Ship Attacker (uncredited)

When Eight Bells Toll

as Thug (uncredited)

Dempsey and Makepeace

as Warder