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Legendary James Bond Villain Passes Away

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March 31, 2025

Bruce Glover, one of the most legendary villains of the James Bond franchise, has died. He was 92.

Glover’s death was confirmed by his son, actor and filmmaker Crispin Hellion Glover, who wrote on his Instagram page that his father passed away on March 12th. He did not provide a cause of death.

The Chicago native was best known for portraying Mr. Wint, a fiendish member of the Spangled Mob in the 1971 Bond film “Diamonds Are Forever.”

The younger Glover, who played George McFly in “Black to the Future,” shared a photograph of himself sitting on his father’s lap as a young boy. Other posts paying tribute to his father show photos of Bruce in character while taking part in “Perry Mason” in 1965 and the 1974 Roman Polanski-directed mystery “Chinatown.”

Born May 2nd, 1932, Bruce Glover was just six years old when he entered the workforce, earning 60 cents per week for delivering groceries during the Great Depression.

“I guess this woman had a store. She thought it was cute and decided to offer me a job,” he recalled in a 2019 interview.

“Ten cents a day delivering groceries after school and Saturday mornings, so I made sixty cents a week. Sometimes I’d get a tip from whoever I was delivering to, but that was the beginning of the seeking of work.”

Glover pursued a secondary degree at Wright Junior College, where he played football. He played semi-professional before being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1953 for the Korean War, according to the NY Post.

Upon his return, Glover was hindered from returning to the gridiron while he battled malaria. As he waited it out and pursued treatment, he tried his hand at acting and was cast for his first play in 1955.

“When I came back with Malaria I couldn’t pick up that football scholarship so I had to go back to that junior college where I’d played football and pick up some more college credits,” he said. “I saw a play being advertised that I went and tried out for.”

Not long after, he garnered roles in Broadway’s “The Lion In Winter,” “Mother Courage and Her Children” and “The Night of the Iguana.”

In his 30s, Glover moved to Hollywood and received parts in “Battlestar Galactica” and “Gunsmoke.” His breakout role came in “Diamonds Are Forever,” which was nominated for the 1971 Academy Award for Best Sound.

In his role as Mr. Wint, Glover exchanged pithy quips with fellow mobster Mr. Kidd, played by jazz musician Putter Smith, following a murder.

“If at first, you don’t succeed, Mr. Kidd?” Glover asks in one memorable exchange. Smith, laying Mr. Kidd, replied, “Try, try again.”

Glover’s character met his untimely death at the hands of Bond, played by Sean Connery, who strapped a bomb to his crotch and threw him off a ship.

Later in his career, Glover said he received praise from fellow Bond legend Roger Moore for his unforgettable role.

“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,” he told the outlet.

Glover continued acting until his early 80s, taking his final part in the 2015 film “Influence.”

He is survived by sons Crispin Glover and Michael Leigh Glover.

‘Diamonds Are Forever’ James Bond villain Bruce Glover dies aged 92 as son Crispin pays heartbreaking tribute. pic.twitter.com/8wJuh4yKi2

— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) March 30, 2025