James Bond villain Bruce Glover dies aged 92 with actor son paying tribute

James Bond villain Bruce Glover has died aged 92, his son has confirmed. (Picture: MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

James Bond villain Bruce Glover has died aged 92, his son has confirmed.

Back to the Future actor Crispin paid tribute to his father by writing: ‘Bruce Herbert Glover. May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025.’

The Charlie’s Angel actor, 60, also shared a photo of himself as a child, his father, and his mother.

Glover is best known for portraying the assassin Mr Wint in Diamonds Are Forever and also featured in the Hollywood classic Chinatown.

A representative for Crispin confirmed the news of Bruce’s passing this Friday but did not disclose a specific cause of death.

Bruce Glover pictured with son Crispin (Picture: MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

He last appeared in the 2021 short film An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners in which he played a fictional version of himself.

His small screen credits included The Dukes Of Hazzard, Perry Mason, The Mod Squad, Barney Miller and CHiPs.

But his best-remembered role arrived in 1971 when he and jazz bassist Putter Smith played assassins Mr. Whit and Mr. Kidd who are after the blood of Sean Connery’s James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever.

He later said Guy Hamilton, the director of Diamonds Are Forever, ‘was wide open to every idea I had and a lot of the success of the humor of that film was me.’

Sean Connery and Bruce Glover in Diamonds Are Forever in 1971 (Picture: Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/Shutterstock)

He added: ‘Those were all my ideas. The final moment in the film where Sean Connery does that rude thing pushing the hooha up my yaha and giving that character his final great sexual moment is the biggest laugh in the movie.’

Bruce welcomed Crispin with his second wife, ballerina Betty Krachey, to whom he was happily married for 56 years from 1960 until her death in 2016.

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