On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) 1964–1965. In 1969 the novel was adapted as the sixth film in the Eon Productions James Bond film series and was the only film to star George Lazenby as Bond. In 2014 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was adapted as a play on BBC Radio, starring Toby Stephens. For more than a year, James Bond, British Secret Service operative 007, has been involved in "Operation Bedlam": trailing the private criminal organisation SPECTRE and its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The organisation had hijacked two nuclear devices and subsequently blackmailed the western world, as described in "Thunderball". Convinced SPECTRE no longer exists,
Ronald Rich double for Ronald Rich. Lewis Gilbert directed Rich in both "Alfie" and "You Only Live Twice". Ronald Rich Ronald Rich is a British supporting player best known for his role as Hans, the personal bodyguard of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film, "You Only Live Twice". Rich has appeared twice in the "Doctor Who" episode "The Time Meddler" (1965), where he played 'Gunnar the Giant',a huge Viking warrior. He also appeared in the "Doctor Who" episode "Mission to the Unknown" (also 1965). Rich appeared in the Lance Percival Show (1965). He appeared in Doctor in Clover (1965)