Desmond Llewelyn branch), in every EON Bond film until his death, with the exception of "Live and Let Die" in 1973, in which the character Q did not appear. Llewelyn was the only actor in the original Bond series to have worked alongside five of the actors who played the spy, who were Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. His last appearance as Q prior to his death was in "The World Is Not Enough" in 1999. During his briefing of 007 in the film, Q introduces John Cleese's character, , as his heir presumptive, and the
Desmond Llewelyn the money made by the films. Nevertheless, because Llewelyn was considered one of the franchise's major institutions and also immensely popular among "Bond" fans, Llewelyn starred in several commercials, including ones to promote the video games "GoldenEye 007" and "Tomorrow Never Dies". Llewelyn made a brief appearance in "Little Mother", an episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood". He also appeared in other films such as the Ealing comedy "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), the 1963 film "Cleopatra" (as a Roman senator), and the 1981 PBS production of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and he had a small role in