George Leech

George Leech adalah seorang aktor film dan pemeran pengganti asal Inggris yang terkenal karena karyanya pada sebelas film James Bond. Leech lahir di London dan meninggalkan sekolah pada usia 14 tahun. Dia adalah seorang petinju yang memenangkan Kejuaraan Nasional ABA ketika dia berusia 15 tahun di kelas welter dan dia bergabung dengan Angkatan Laut Kerajaan pada tahun 1943. Pekerjaan pertamanya di film adalah melakukan aksi yang melibatkan jatuh dua kali lipat untuk James Mason di Odd Man Out (1947). Dia terkenal karena kontribusinya pada film James Bond dari tahun 1962 hingga 1985 sebagai pemeran pengganti dan peran akting kecil (biasanya sebagai antek) termasuk: Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), di mana dia dipromosikan menjadi stunt arranger ketika Bob Simmons sedang mengerjakan film lain, For Your Eyes Only (1981), dan A View to a Kill (1985). Dia juga mengerjakan The Guns of Navarone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Kelly's Heroes, The Eagle Has Landed dan Revenge of the Pink Panther. Leech menikah pada tahun 1952. Salah satu dari dua putrinya Wendy Leech menjadi salah satu pemeran pengganti wanita pertama dan menikah dengan pemeran pengganti Vic Armstrong. Leech meninggal di Cardiff pada tahun 2012 pada usia 90 tahun.

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.