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
Q (James Bond) Geoffrey Boothroyd, a firearms expert who lived in Glasgow who had written to the novelist suggesting that Bond was not using the best firearms available. Boothroyd is also referenced occasionally in the Bond novels of John Gardner, but the author preferred instead to focus on a new character, Ann Reilly, who is introduced in the first Gardner novel, "Licence Renewed" and promptly dubbed "Q'ute" by Bond. In the films, Major Boothroyd first appears in "Dr. No" and later in "From Russia with Love", although played by different actors. Desmond Llewelyn stated that, although he was credited as playing "Major Boothroyd",