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 Broccoli at Warwick Films expressed interest in adapting the Bond novels, but his colleague Irving Allen was unenthusiastic. In June 1961 Fleming sold a six-month option on the film rights to his published and future James Bond novels and short stories to Harry Saltzman, with the exception of "Casino Royale", which he had previously sold. Towards the end of Saltzman's option period, screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz introduced him to Broccoli, and Saltzman and Broccoli formed Eon Productions with the intention of making the first Bond film. A number of Hollywood studios did not want to fund the films, finding them "too