Kevin McClory

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-06-08

Deathday 2006-11-20 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland

Kevin McClory

Biography

Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1926 – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, producer, and director. McClory was best known for adapting Ian Fleming's James Bond character for the screen, for producingThunderball, and for his legal battles with Fleming (later United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Eon Productions).

Known For

Producer

1983
Never Say Never Again

as Executive Producer

1976
Circasia

as Producer

1965
Thunderball

as Producer

1959
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days

as Associate Producer

Writer

1983
Never Say Never Again

as Original Story

1965
Thunderball

as Story

Sound

1953
Beat the Devil

as Boom Operator

1952
The African Queen

as Boom Operator

1952
Moulin Rouge

as Boom Operator

Actor

2012
Everything or Nothing

as Self (archive footage)

1965
Thunderball

as Man Smoking at Nassau Casino (uncredited)

Director

1959
1956
Moby Dick

as Assistant Director