I've been getting a lot of emails recently asking detailed questions about minute details of the Bond movies: from how tall Ursula Andress was when filming Dr. No to the truth of whether or not OddJob really crushed that golf ball in his hand in Goldfinger.

So, to satisfy the growing urge in every Bond fan to know everything about the films, I have decided to list my favorite little known tidbit for each James Bond movie. You can find a list of all tidbits in the Movie Tidbits section here at BM, but the following list are in my opinion the most intrqiguing:

Dr. No (1962)
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Honey Ryder's voice was not that of Ursula Andress. It was dubbed by Monica Van der Syl.

From Russia With Love (1963)
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Unknown to the cast and crew, Pedro Armendariz (Kerim Bey) was dying of cancer during filming. When his conditions was revealed, he nonetheless finished his scenes and a party was thrown in his honor. Days later, in the hospital, he committed suicide.

Goldfinger (1964)
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Sean Connery walked off the set for a couple days and had to be asked to return after Harold Sakata's Oddjob delivered a full contact karate chop during the first take of the "golden girl" scene in the hotel in Miami.

Thunderball (1965)
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In order to accomodate crowds, New York's Paramount Theatre ran the film 24 hours a day.

You Only Live Twice (1967)
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The screenplay for You Only Live Twice was written by Roald Dahl, who penned Willy Wonka And the Chocolate Factory.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
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Early drafts of the script had a subplot of Lazenby getting plastic surgery to explain the change in appearance (from Connery to Lazenby).

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
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Actor John Gavin (Janet Leigh's lover in Psycho) signed on to be Bond but was cast aside when Sean Connery was wooed for an astounding $1.25 million. He donated the money to charity.

Live And Let Die (1973)
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Kananga is named after the real-life owner of the crocodile farm, who was also the stunt man who jumped along the crocodiles backs.

The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
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Christopher Lee (Scaramanga) is a cousin of Bond creator Ian Fleming.

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
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The villain in was supposed to be Blofeld (along with SPECTRE), but legal wrangles with Kevin McClory (who was about to embark on the alternate Bond project, Warhead, which later became Never Say Never Again) forced Christopher Wood, the screenwriter, to remove any reference to SPECTRE at the last moment. From the outcome of the changes in the screenplay, the megalomaniac villain Karl Stromberg was a direct result of the screenplay changes.

Moonraker (1979)
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For Your Eyes Only was supposed to follow The Spy Who Loved Me, but after the success of Star Wars, the space-themed flick was produced.

For Your Eyes Only (1981)
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M does not appear in the film as a tribute to Bernard Lee who died prior to filming.

Octopussy (1983)
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When Octopussy talks about Bond's background with her father Major Dexter Smythe, that story is actually the whole plot of the Ian Fleming short story, "Octopussy".

A View To A Kill (1985)
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Alison Doody, who plays Jenny Flex, does not sleep with Roger Moore. She does manage to grab herself a Bond four years later in 1989, when she hooks up with Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Dr. Elsa Schneider.

The Living Daylights (1987)
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In the pre-title sequence, 002 and 004 may look familiar. One bears resemblance to Roger Moore, the other an uncanny George Lazenby look-alike. The writers wanted to keep the audience guessing who the new 007 would be.

Licence To Kill (1989)
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Sanchez and the black DEA agent from the begining of the movie also appeared together as FBI agents in Die Hard.

GoldenEye (1995)
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"GoldenEye" was the name of Ian Fleming's estate in Jamaica where he lived the last years of his life.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
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A part of the Q scene was cut in which Q says "Here's your new car," openes a box with a live jaguar in it and says, "Oops! Wrong crate!" Although the scene was deleted you can still see the crate with the jaguar in the background.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)
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There is a painting of Bernard Lee (M) in the back of the Scottish MI6 Headquarters.

Die Another Day (2002)
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Q mentions in his station laboratory as he hands Bond his new watch: "This is your twentieth, I believe." in a nod to this being the 20th film occurring on the 40th anniversary of the Bond franchise.

Unofficial Films

Casino Royale (1967)
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Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel, was the only novel not optioned by producers Harry Saltzman and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli.

Never Say Never Again (1983)
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The casino where Bond and Largo square off in a videogame battle (baccarat is old, apparently) is named Casino Royale.

Thanks to Universal Exports and others for compiling the lists.