Biography
Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn was a Welsh actor. He was best known for his role as Q in 17 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1999.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Q (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Q (archive footage) (uncredited)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn
2000
as Q (archive footage)
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn who playing Q in 17 James Bond films. This trailer with archief footage was created as tribute for SE dvd of The World Is ...
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "From Russia with Love".
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
2000
as Self
Documentary on the career of director Terence Young.
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
as Self
Documentary looking at the production of the James Bond movie 'Moonraker'. Narated by Patrick Macnee.
Inside Q's Lab
2000
Inside the lab of Q
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999
as Peregrin Morley
A convicted murderer holds the world hostage with a year 2000 virus in all the world's major computer systems.
The World Is Not Enough
1999
as Q
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress fro...
Geri
1999
as Self
TV documentary which shows the roller-coaster career of the former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell, including very candid behind-the-scenes footage and int...
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Q
His world is full of glamour, mystery and intrigue and now you get to be a part of it! Let gadget wizard Q (Desmond Llewelyn) be your guide to the ubi...
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Q
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mas...
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Q
Jonathan Ross delves into the world of James Bond and meets with new and former cast members who reveal humorous stories and anecdotes in a series of ...
GoldenEye
1995
as Q
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world...
The World of James Bond
1995
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
1995
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Thunderball".
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
1995
as Self / Q (archive footage)
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Goldfinger".
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
1995
A look at the marketing, advertising and merchandising of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) including trailers, interviews, TV spots and rare pro...
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye.
30 Years of James Bond
1992
as Self
An examination of why the James Bond films have proved so popular including a discussion between the four actors who have played Bond, an interview wi...
Merlin
1992
as Dr. Mycroft
A modern-day retelling of the Arthurian legend with the Lady of the Lake as a reporter and Pendragon as an evil businessman. Merlin's immortal apprent...
Licence to Kill
1989
as Q
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered...
Prisoner of Rio
1988
as Commissioner Ingram
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.
The Living Daylights
1987
as Q
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the...
A View to a Kill
1985
as Q
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear...
Octopussy
1983
as Q
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a...
Soft Targets
1982
as Official in Dream
Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Q
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructi...
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Lord Lansdowne
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title them...
The Happy Autumn Fields
1980
as Papa
Time is playing tricks on Mary. Around her the walls are crumbling- all the houses are being pulled down. Why does she insist on staying, caught in a ...
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Sir Danvers Carew
Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
Speed King
1979
as Major Bill Whittall
Biopic of Malcolm Campbell, detailing his tumultuous life and extreme drive as he attempts to break the world speed records on land and water.
Moonraker
1979
as Q
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the co...
The Golden Lady
1979
as Professor Dixon
A wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik.
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Q
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as Jame...
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Q
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths wit...
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as Q
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The missio...
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as Q
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. ...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
as George Coggins
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Q
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c...
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
1967
as Q
Moneypenny and Q discuss the rumors that James Bond is getting married. Promotional clip show to coincide with the release of the James Bond movie You...
Thunderball
1965
as Q
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they wil...
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Self (archive footage)
This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander ...
Goldfinger
1964
as Q
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to pre...
The Silent Playground
1963
as Dr. Green
Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.
From Russia with Love
1963
as Boothroyd - 'Q'
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa K...
Cleopatra
1963
as Senator (uncredited)
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Tom Blackthorne (uncredited)
A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it...
Only Two Can Play
1962
as Clergyman on Bus
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys ...
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as 1st Footman (uncredited)
A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
as Wounded Fugitive (uncredited)
Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of...
Sapphire
1959
as Police Constable
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspec...
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Operations Assistant (uncredited)
Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.
A Night to Remember
1958
as Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited)
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspect...
Spider's Web
1955
as Constable Jones
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
1955
as Doctor
Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.
The Devil’s Jest
1954
as Policeman
An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is secretly a German spy.
Operation Diplomat
1953
as Police Constable at Barrier
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
Street Corner
1953
as Police Constable
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1950
as Mr. Hyde
Television adaptation of the novel by R.L. Stevenson about the upright Dr Jekyll whose experiments lead him to discover a way to separate out good and...
They Were Not Divided
1950
as '77 Jones
The film begins in a WW II training depot of a British Guards armoured regiment where recruits from many walks of life learn to survive the strict dis...
Guilt Is My Shadow
1950
as Pub customer (uncredited)
A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the novel 'You're Best Alone' by Norah Lofts.
The Chiltern Hundreds
1949
as First Guardsman (uncredited)
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generati...
Adam and Evelyne
1949
as Barman in Restaurant (uncredited)
A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
Hamlet
1948
as Extra (uncredited)
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Sha...
Captain Boycott
1947
as Gentleman on Train (uncredited)
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boyco...
Ask a Policeman
1939
as Headless Coachman
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wa...