Casino Royale (1967 film) Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers); millionaire spy Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress); Bond's secretary Miss Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet); Mata Bond (Joanna Pettet), Bond's daughter by Mata Hari; and British agents "Coop" (Terence Cooper) and "The Detainer" (Daliah Lavi). Charles K. Feldman, the producer, had acquired the film rights in 1960 and had attempted to get "Casino Royale" made as an Eon Productions Bond film; however, Feldman and the producers of the Eon series, Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, failed to come to terms. Believing that he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman resolved to produce the film as a
Grahame Bond working for the ABC's religious affairs department—he commissioned Bond and Weir to make a one-hour special, "Man on a Green Bike", which was Bond's first TV appearance. In 1970 Bond wrote and performed in another successful comedy revue, "Hamlet On Ice". In 1971 Peter Weir wrote and directed his first short feature film, a surreal black comedy called "Homesdale", with an ensemble cast that included rising actress Kate Fitzpatrick. In the film Bond played Mister Kevin, the first incarnation of the popular Aunty Jack Show character Kev Kavanagh. Soon after "Homedsale" Bond and Weir were asked to create a children's