Roger Moore but Moore was eventually enticed back for "Octopussy" (1983). He made a cameo as Chief Inspector Clouseau, posing as a famous movie star, in "Curse of the Pink Panther" (1983) (for which he was credited as "Turk Thrust II"). Then he tried a thriller "The Naked Face" (1984), written and directed by Bryan Forbes. Moore starred in his final Bond, "A View to a Kill" (1985). Moore was the oldest actor to have played Bond – he was 45 in "Live and Let Die", and 58 when he announced his retirement on 3 December 1985. Moore is also tied with
James Bond in film of the funding for the Bond films, fell into financial difficulties following the box office failure of "Heaven's Gate" (1980), bringing uncertainty to the future of the funding. The situation was resolved in May 1981, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired United Artists. Following "For Your Eyes Only", Roger Moore had expressed a desire to stop playing James Bond. His original contract had been for three films, a requirement fulfilled with "The Spy Who Loved Me". Subsequent films had been negotiated on a film-by-film basis. The producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next actor to play Bond, which would be for