What's the Hoagy Carmichael comment about???? I really am interested in the answer.

Lyn , Daly City , CA USA

Lazenby's style, if not his acting, was the closest to Fleming's prototype. Remember that Bond was a playboy spy, a handsome but inarguably dull type, not a muscled field op with gay tendencies.
With Lazenby, Cubby Broccoli wanted to remain true to Fleming's Bond and lose the caricature that grew from Connery's work - which in the same vein compares to stage actor Wm. Gillette's caricatured portrayal of the fictional Sherlock Holmes, remembered more than of Doyle's original.

Ramsey, New Mexico, USA

Someone below mentions that the 007 movies have reflected the attitudes of the times in which they were shot, which is probably true. I can see why the new movie with Daniel Craig is no longer fun and frivolous, after the shock of 9/11. In fact it specifically refers to 9/11, indicating that terrorists traded in airline shares before and after the event; I would be interested to know if that is true. It seems unlikely to me, as share trading would have given a direct clue as to who the terrorists were, surely?

Howard, Johannesburg, South Africa

...and does have a passing resemblance to Hoagy Carmichael...

M, London,

It's Elvis!

Bonnie, Seattle, USA

The resemblance to Dom Johnson is uncanny.

Imagine Bond wearing a bright red casual jacket with the sleeves rolled up, tooling around Miami shooting down bad guys!

Certainly would have made for a different Bond.... :)

Michael McLarnon, Belfast,

George Lazenby was great. These are the same people that like Madmagazine Craggly Craig.

Tim, london,

Doesn't the composite remind you of Don Johnson?

Maria, London,

On Her Majesty's Secret service is one of the best Bond films ?

Richard of Chicago, I can only suggest you try watching Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball back to back. Then watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It will become pretty obvious why Connery was brought back for Diamonds Are Forever.

I know Mr Lazenby had limited experience. I only wish it had remained limited.

Chris Long, Thirsk,

I have to agree with Richard from the USA, I really didn't think dear ole George Lanzenby was really that bad! In fact OHMSS had a some good jokes, a really good story, two all time classic Bond musical tracks, gorgeous Diana Rigg, and the brilliant Telly Savalis. I would go as far as to say OHMSS is probably better then any of the recent outings by Pierce!

What can be a better opening line from a new bond when after saving a beautiful women, she runs off instead of kissing him. He quips "this didn't happen to the other chap,"
A Classic Bond Line of irony!

Raj Singh, London, United Kingdom

Isn't this just a picture of an Action Man doll?

Benjamin, Fairford,

Looks a lot like the young Ian Fleming to me.

Chris Eve, Victoria, BC, Canada

He looks like Englebert Humpadinck

BOB, Bob City, Bobby World

Well at least it isn't another "Revealed: the real-life James Bond who inspired James Bond!" and about some chap from naval intelligence.

Christopher Smith, Oxford,

What is this exercise trying to achieve? What benefits will it bring mankind? Surely, the actors chosen to play James Bond -- from the 1960s thru to the 1990s -- reflected (at least in part) society's attitudes and pre-occupations at the time they were selected? Therefore, a composite image erases the variable of greatest interest! What I find fascinating is that the latest movie, Casino Royale, starring (the manly) Daniel Craig and (the feminine) Eva Green, has not only brought healthy gender roles back to the James Bond franchise, but has also removed the childish & whacky toys and pyrotechnics, plus the big-mouthed, bossy women installed to comply with American angst & neuroses. Even Dame Judy Dench wasn't given feminist dogma in her dialogue, and for that her role improved. James Bond films should be about celebrating quintessential Englishness (from the pre-Feminist era) and not about allowing Americans to play gender politics with one of our most treasured national icons.

Errol Flynn, Chester, England

I don't understand why Lazenby is so consistently slated.

On Her Majesty's Secret service is one of the best Bond films. Lazenby did a good job, considering his lack of experience.

Richard (Usa), Chicago , IL