Terence Young
Terence Young, Director Three James Bond Movies, Dead at 79. Young directed the first of the Bond movies, "Dr. No", based on Ian Fleming's novels about British spy James Bond and starring Ursula Andress playing oppoiste Connery as Agent 007, in 1962. Mixing sex, violence and offbeat humor against expensive sets and exotic locations, "Dr. No" was a massive box office success and proved a winning formula for the other Bond movies. The second "From Russia With Love",
again directed by Young and starring Connery, Robert Shaw and Daniela Bianchi, appeared in 1963. The third, "Goldfinger", firected by Guy Hamilton appeared in 11964 and the fourth "Thunderball", with Young back in the director's chair, in 1965. Tall, uninhibited and effervescent, Young was born in Shanghai in China and directed many other movies. They included "Storm over the Nile" in 1955, "Triple Cross" in 1966, "Mayerling" in 1969, and "The Jigsaw Man" in 1984. But his Bond movies were the ones that proved most popular with audiences and they are still regularly shown on television.
