Auric Goldfinger mining magnate Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film. In a poll on IMDb, Auric Goldfinger was voted the most sinister James Bond villain, beating out in order Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dr. No, Max Zorin and Emilio Largo. Auric Goldfinger was played by German actor Gert Fröbe. Fröbe, who did not speak English well, was dubbed in the film by Michael Collins, an English actor. In the German version, Fröbe dubbed himself back again. "Goldfinger" was banned in Israel after it was revealed
Goldfinger (novel) plot of the film was also changed from stealing the gold at Fort Knox to irradiating the gold vault with a dirty bomb. BBC documentary (1973) The 1973 BBC documentary "Omnibus: The British Hero" featured Christopher Cazenove playing a number of such title characters (e.g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond), including James Bond in dramatised scenes from "Goldfinger" – notably featuring the hero being threatened with the novel's circular saw, rather than the film's laser beam – and "Diamonds Are Forever". Radio adaptation (2010) Following its successful version of "Dr. No", produced in 2008 as a special one-off to mark