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Bob Simmons

Bob Simmons

Actor, also producer · Died October 21, 1987, aged 65 · Fulham, London, England

Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1923 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man who worked in many British-made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film The Red Beret, which included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum and cameraman, later director of photography Ted Moore. Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films and worked for Allen in his The Long Ships and Genghis Khan, where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse. When Albert R. Broccoli began to produce the James Bond films, Simmons tested as an actor for the Bond role, but until his death in 1987, he became the stunt coordinator for every Bond film except From Russia with Love, which he joined later in the production, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Man with the Golden Gun. He appeared in the gun barrel sequence for Sean Connery in three James Bond films: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Simmons is the only person to officially perform the scene, while not starring in the main role of James Bond. Simmons was also Connery's stunt double. Simmons also had a role as SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in the pre-title sequence of the fourth film, Thunderball. Simmons developed a stunt technique involving trampolines, first used in You Only Live Twice, whereby stuntmen would bounce off a trampoline in concert with a triggered explosion so as to simulate being blown into the air. This was used in many other films, including by Simmons again in The Wild Geese, where Simmons also doubled for Richard Burton. Upon retirement, Simmons wrote an autobiography entitled Nobody Does It Better titled after the theme song for the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. He died on 21 October 1987.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 31, 1922
Died
October 21, 1987 (aged 65)
From
Fulham, London, England
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 41% in 30 days

What are Bob Simmons' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
41%
Self
30%
Ideas
24%
Survival
5%
Revenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Contemplative
2
Melancholic
1
Dread
1
Thrilling
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bob Simmons' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bob Simmons' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

36 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • A View to a Kill(1985)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Octopussy(1983)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • James Bond: The First 21 Years(1983)

    as Col. Jacques Bouvar (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • James Bond in India (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • The Final Option(1982)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • For Your Eyes Only(1981)

    Stunts · as Henchman Lotus Explosion Victim (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Moonraker(1979)

    Stunts · as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Geese(1978)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)

    Stunt Double · as KGB Thug #2 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Next Man(1976)

    as London Assassin

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Montana Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • The Man Who Would Be King(1975)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Wilby Conspiracy(1975)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Caravan to Vaccarès (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Stunts

  • Live and Let Die(1973)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Man Called Noon(1973)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Diamonds Are Forever(1971)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Murphy's War(1971)

    Stunt Coordinator · as German Submarine Crewman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • You Only Live Twice(1967)

    Stunt Double

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Thunderball(1965)

    Stunt Double · as Colonel Jacques Bouvar - SPECTRE #6 · as Jacques Bouvar - SPECTRE #6 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Goldfinger(1964)

    Stunt Double · as James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • From Russia with Love(1963)

    as James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Dr. No(1962)

    Stunt Double · as James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Road to Hong Kong(1962)

    as Astronaut (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Guns of Navarone(1961)

    Stunt Coordinator · Stunt Double · Stunts · as German Soldier on Navarone (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Ways(1961)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Fury at Smugglers' Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Carlos, a pirate

  • The Great Van Robbery(1959)

    as Peters

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • A Night to Remember(1958)

    as Stoker (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Tank Force! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Mustapha

  • Billete para Tánger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Peter Valentine

  • The Black Knight(1954)

    Stunt Double

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Sword and the Rose(1953)

    as French Champion

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Bad Blonde(1953)

    as Booth Man

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Jamaica Inn(1939)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 73rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 35 titles from 1939 to 1985; peak year 1962.

Highest rated

Murphy's War (1971)

Midcredits 70th

Film career

19391985

Peak 1962 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1962Screen debut· The Road to Hong Kong

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting21 of 35: 12 only acting, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew23 of 35: 14 only other crew, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

35 titles, 9 with more than one role — other crew and acting overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1930s1 · crew1950s7 · 6 acting · 1 crew1960s9 · 7 acting · 7 crew1970s11 · 5 acting · 9 crew1980s7 · 3 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bob Simmons' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 29; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)

86th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Night to Remember (1958)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.