List of James Bond henchmen in Thunderball
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A list of henchman from the 1965 James Bond film and novel Thunderball from the List of James Bond henchmen.
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[edit] Count Lippe
| James Bond character | |
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| Count Lippe | |
| Gender | Male |
| Role | SPECTRE agent |
| Affiliation | SPECTRE |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Portrayed by | Guy Doleman Pat Roach |
Count Lippe is a fictional character and henchman in the James Bond novel Thunderball. He also appears in the 1965 film of the same name and the 1983 remake, Never Say Never Again. In Thunderball he is played by Guy Doleman, and in Never Say Never Again by Pat Roach.
The Counts of Lippe really existed, and have descendants still living today. However, since 1806 all members of the family have had the title of Prince, not Count.
[edit] Novel
Count Lippe is described as an extremely handsome woman-killer. He has brown hair, is athletic-looking, roughly six foot, and has certain features that suggest he may be Spanish or from South America. Based on stories that Lippe tells the staff at Shrublands, Bond assumes he is of Portuguese blood and is probably from Macao.
Lippe first meets Bond outside of the Shrublands health farm when he pulls up in a Bentley and nearly hits Patricia Fearing who is saved by James Bond's quick reaction. Lippe is later seen by Bond arguing with a Shrublands' masseur who requests that Lippe remove his wrist-watch while receiving a massage. When Lippe reluctantly does so, Bond notices that it was being used to cover a tattoo in red that he learns was the sign of the Red Lightning Tong. Lippe overhears Bond's phone conversation in which he is informed of the symbol and later attempts to kill Bond by turning up the power on a traction table that Bond is using. After being saved by Fearing, Bond retaliates against Lippe by trapping him in a steam bath and turning up the heat. Consequently, Lippe suffers second-degree burns and is hospitalised for a week.
Lippe was actually at Shrublands on behalf of SPECTRE, a terrorist organisation. Lippe, called "Sub-operator G" by Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, was tasked to oversee Giuseppe Petacchi at the Boscombe Down Airfield where the bombing squadron was undergoing training. While Lippe's mission was semi-successful he was considered "unreliable" by Blofeld after getting into his childish clash with James Bond. As a consequence of Lippe being put into the hospital, Blofeld orders his elimination.
Because Bond knew of Lippe's connection to the Red Lightning Tong, Lippe was fearful that Bond may be able to take it a step further and learn of Lippe's connection to SPECTRE. For this reason Lippe tracks Bond down and tails him in a Volkswagen unknowing that he himself is being pursued by SPECTRE agent #6. Ultimately Lippe's attempt to kill Bond once again fails and Lippe is killed when his Volkswagen is blown up.
In the second Young Bond novel by Charlie Higson, Blood Fever, Count Lippe's father is mentioned as a guest in attendance at the villain's dinner party. His father is named as "Count Armando Lippe from Lisbon," however, the last name of Lippe only appears in the UK edition. In the U.S. edition he is simply "Count Armando from Lisbon" for unknown reasons.
[edit] Film
A nobleman of undetermined nationality, Count Lippe is encountered by James Bond at the Shrublands health spa. He is ultimately revealed to be an agent of SPECTRE charged with hiring Angelo Palazzi to impersonate Francois Derval. He makes at least one attempt on Bond's life at the clinic. Eventually, Lippe is killed by Fiona Volpe on Ernst Stavro Blofeld's orders, as punishment for his poor judgement in hiring the greedy Palazzi.
Unlike the previous version of Lippe, in Never Say Never Again there is no mention of him being a count. Also is not directly involved in SPECTRE's plot to have Jack Petache (this film's version of François Derval/Angelo Palazzi) steal NATO nuclear warheads. Instead, he is merely an assassin sent by Fatima Blush to kill Bond at the clinic. He and Bond have a fight that destroys the clinic, and Lippe is ultimately killed when he falls onto broken glass after Bond throws a beaker filled with his own urine sample into the killer's face.
[edit] Fiona Volpe
| James Bond character | |
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| Fiona Volpe | |
| Gender | Female |
| Role | Bond girl / Henchman |
| Affiliation | Emilio Largo |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Portrayed by | Luciana Paluzzi |
Fiona Volpe, played by Luciana Paluzzi, is a secondary villainess in the James Bond film Thunderball. A deadly assassin in SPECTRE's execution branch, she becomes NATO pilot Major Francois Derval’s mistress in the operation to steal the Vulcan and its precious cargo of two nuclear missiles, which SPECTRE plans to use for a blackmail operation.
She organises Derval’s murder and similarly kills Count Lippe after his numerous attempts to kill Bond fail. After encountering Volpe, Bond becomes her next target. After seducing Bond, she later reveals her true identity, something Bond already knew (he had simply been playing along in an attempt to get her onto his side), and attempts to escort him to Emilio Largo. Bond manages to escape her custody during the local Junkanoo. She catches up with him at the Kiss Kiss Club where they dance. There, Bond spots an assassin about to shoot him, and swings her round suddenly, so Volpe takes the bullet in the back, with fatal results. Bond then leaves her in a nearby seat, saying to a nearby couple "Mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead." What happens to her body after this is unknown.
The death of Fiona has been a source of debate by Bond film fans for years, due to the ambiguous nature in which her killing is filmed. To some, Bond intentionally uses Fiona as a human shield to protect himself against a bullet, which would make Fiona the first woman in the Bond film series to be killed by 007. Others, however, interpret the scene as Fiona being accidentally shot by her own men as she and Bond are dancing.
In the remake Never Say Never Again, also starring Sean Connery, this character is slightly modified as Fatima Blush.
[edit] Vargas
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| Vargas | |
| Gender | Male |
| Role | Bond villain / Henchman |
| Affiliation | Emilio Largo |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Portrayed by | Philip Locke |
Vargas, is a villain and assassin in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. He is an assassin of SPECTRE and a personal henchman of Emilio Largo. The character is portrayed by Philip Locke.
According to Largo, Vargas does not drink, smoke or make love, abstinence which emphasises his devotion as a killer.
He is killed by James Bond on a beach with a speargun in the chest after trying to kill Bond and Dominique Duval while lurking in the palm trees.
