Good friend of Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in Bond movies. They first met in mid 1940s at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where they were in the same class in 1944.
Has named The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) as his favorite Bond movie of the seven he starred in, and A View to a Kill (1985) as his least favorite.
Has said he would like to play a villain in a Bond movie starring Daniel Craig, but accepts that can never happen.
Hates being wet when acting. In Moonraker (1979), he had to do a whole scene wet, in the "Mayan pyramid".
He appeared in episodes of three different series with Patrick Troughton: "Ivanhoe" (1958), "The Saint" (1962) and "The Persuaders!" (1971).
He considered himself to be miscast in Escape to Athena (1979) and Ffolkes (1979).
He had intended to act in A Bridge Too Far (1977), but was forced to pull out after production on The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) was delayed by a year.
He has always been very honest about the fact that he did not perform any of his own stunts as Bond, unlike Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, and Daniel Craig.
He is a close friend and fan of Sir Elton John.
He never drove the most famous of all James Bond cars in a Bond film i.e. a 1964 silver birch Aston Martin DB5 or any other Aston Martin model. The DB5 was made famous by the Sean Connery James Bond movies Goldfinger (1964) and then Thunderball (1965) with later models appearing in some subsequent Bond pictures. However, Moore, who played James Bond seven times, has only ever been seen on screen with this make once and that was in The Cannonball Run (1981) where he self-parodies his James Bond persona. In this movie, the DB5's license plate number was 6633PP.
He succeeded Audrey Hepburn as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
He was a close friend and admirer of the right-wing writer William F. Buckley.
He was a close friend and neighbour of the late Sir Peter Ustinov.
He was a close friend of Dudley Moore.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire) in 1999 and Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the children's charity, Unicef.
He was born in the same Labour Ward in London as the actor Brian Weske, five years previously.
His contract for the 007 films provided him with an unlimited supply of Montecristo cigars during filming. The bill for this typically ran to thousands of pounds.
His father was a Policeman.
His least favourite of his films is The Quest (1996).
His popularity as Bond led to him starring in several movies during the 1970s and early 1980s. However, although some were financially successful, most received poor reviews.