@Qasim Hussain Out of all henchmen in the Bond movies I've seen. (In my own personal opinion of course) His laugh was contagious whenever he was crushing things with his metal claw or feeding people to the crocodiles. I could relate to his quirky sense of humor !
I’d have put Tee-Hee 3rd. For me it’s Odd Job (1st), Jaws, Tee-Hee, Mr Winn & Mr Kidd, Red Grant. I don’t think of Red Grant as a henchman though because he’s far more independent. He’s more a secondary villain. So maybe Fiona Volpe #5.
Necros gets my vote for most underrated henchman of the series. People always write him off as a Red Grant clone but he's a master of disguise, he has some of the most unique kills/weapons of any villain (exploding milk bottles, headphones strangulation, killer sliding door, etc), and he has multiple intense fight scenes. He's smart, tough, and really the most capable villain in his movie. Stamper is the generic clone everyone groups him in with but Necros is awesome and unique
I always think there's a little hint that he might be brainwashed too - that track he's always got on on his walkman - is that how they 'activate' him?
I have a feeling he ( the guy who played him ) also played the very first guy John McClane fought in the very first Die Hard. The guy who had his neck broken as they tumbled down the stairs and was Karl's brother.
Except that Wint and Kidd were the most extreme examples of the common downfall of Bond villains, one which the Austin Powers movies have touched on a couple of times: the need to find a fancy way of killing Bond instead of just shooting him. Not once but twice during the movie they've got Bond unconscious at their feet and in a setting of complete privacy. Both times, Bond escapes because they've apparently never heard of these things called bullets.
12:30: I have to disagree. Jaws having a girlfriend was integral to the plot. Without her (and her supposed imperfections) Jaws would never have turned against his master.
I also like his impersonation of Capt. Nash, capturing all of the British idiosyncrasies he deeply despises. His abrupt change from unctuous Nash to deadly Grant is nothing short of chilling.
@@jonvietor2601 Yeah I know. But he looks like two completely different people. I guess there was also a drastic fashion and style change from 60s to the 70s which makes a difference.
IMHO Benicio as Dario is the best, he's very realistic, yet totally psycho. Love his performance, and it's totally justified that it starts his great career.
He is very realistic and definitely a sadistic psychopath and enjoys killing for Sanchez and can Dario is Sanchez’s favorite and most trusted of his men.
Good list but I think Grant should have been #1. He's basically playing Bond throughout the movie, making sure Bond is doing exactly what SPECTRE's wants. And as you mentioned, that fight scene is one of the very best in the series.
Great list. I would've switched Xenia and Oddjob...Oddjob was so loyal to Goldfinger, he was willing to stop Bond from stopping an atomic bomb from going off at ground zero...now THAT'S dedication, my friend.
I like Necros too! The milk bottle grenades are pretty inventive. I also like his look. Stamper on the other hand, meh, bit bland. Although it took me untill this year to notice he has two different colored eyes!
@@DutchBondFan One of my favorite scenes in The Living Daylights is the fight between Necros and the MI6 agent (played, I believe, by stuntman Paul Weston) in the kitchen of the safehouse. It was very intense and in my opinion the best fight scene in the series that Bond is not involved in.
That might be an unusual one, but one of, if not my favorite has to be Baron Samedi. The guy is AWESOME, such a scene stealer. Plus, he gets an ambiguous and mystical ending, that final shot in Live and Let Die is great.
Nice to see Fatima Blush, especially since we don't immediatly think about her when we talk about henchmen. I was like "Damn, he's right, she's amazing! Why didn't I think about her before ?"
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It is sad that you forget to mention that Jaws killed shark with his teeth in Spy who loved me - one of the most memorable moments in the series for me ^^
Donald Grant in “From Russia With Love” - a genuinely chilling presence and a physical threat to Bond! Fatima Blush in “Never Say Never Again” - an assassin who loves her work.
The funny thing about Jaws... Before playing the killer in Bond movies, he appeared in 1976 movie "Silver streak" - a nice comedy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Richard Kiel played... a henchman with the steel jaws.
Exactly. They took his character from Silver Streak, enlarged the teeth a bit ands made him impossible to kill. But the first hero to face him was Gene Wilder as George Caldwell.
And yet, on the dance floor when Bond says, "I've grown accustomed to your face", her smile says that she still finds him quite charming. Very close to , "....repenting and turning back to the side of right and virtue".
He didn't really do anything other than laugh, give Bond's location once, laugh again, have a 10 second fight where he was instantly beaten, and laugh again on top of a train. Samedi was cool in the N64 Video game but in the movie it was Tee Hee who really took the spotlight.
Hakim Fullerton And period, not only the twins but also Gobinda and the Yo-yo spin saw assassins! Octopussy easily has the deadliest henchmen in the seriesn
1. Necros. The Milkman Operation is a masterpiece and one of the best action scenes in the entire series. Probably John Barry’s favorite too, because he is the only henchman who gets his own background music. I so wish that he survives, comes back in GE, and replaces that disgusting General Ourumov. 2. Fiona Volpe 3. Red Grant 4. Xenia Onatopp. She should be General Orlov's daughter. 5. Jaws 6. Magda 7. Zao 8. Mischka and Grischka 9. Gobinda 10. Vargas. It’s a shame that this character is underdeveloped and died too early and too easily. Honorable mention 1: Erich and Apostis in FYEO. So little screen time. Such good looks wasted. Honorable mention 2: The granny gatekeeper in GF. It just occurred to me that Roger Moore got the most interesting villain & henchmen ensemble in terms of variety, appearance, personality, and skill set. And Daniel Craig got the most boring ones, although I began to like Green and Elvis more over time.
What is interesting is which one of these henchmen could be interchangeable throughout the different Bond eras and which ones would be out of place. For example, a Dario or a Grant could work in any Bond era yet if Nick Nack, Jaws or Oddjob showed up in a Dalton or Craig Bond movie it wouldn't work. Fatima blush/Fiona Volpe could work in any Bond movie..yet Xenia Onatopp or May Day would be ridiculous in a Dalton or Craig Bond movie. Although there were never female henchmen/henchwomen in any Dalton or Craig movie (I'm sure there would've been one in a Lazenby movie if had did a few more Bond movies).
super analysis!!!! Xenia is my favourite, femme fatale on steroids !!!! when the henchmen die by something equal to their main characteristic is always amazing too!!!
Elvis is the most brilliant Henchman of them all. Everyone who sees him forgets him immadiately. What an enviable quality for a villains right hand man.
1) Xenia Onatopp (Goldeneye) - quite simply the ultimate Femme Fatale, not only within the 007 series, but in all of cinema, as far as I’m concerned 2) Red Grant (From Russia with Love) - he could have been just a big, blonde muscular heavy, yet Robert Shaw brings so much personality to his character 3) Jaws (TSWLM/Moonraker) : duh ! 4) Mayday (A View to a Kill) : such a magnetic presence on screen, and her exit is awesome 5) Fiona Volpe (Thunderball) : not only the series’ first femme fatale, but also the quintessential 60s sex-symbol, IMO 6) Tee-Hee (Live and Let Die) : again, he’s not « just a quirk », Tee-Hee is also funny and more intellectual than we give him credit for 7) Odd Job : double « duh »! 8) Professor Dent (Dr No) : I really like how realistic and down to earth he is, far from the outlandish turn taken by the franchise from Goldfinger onwards 9) Necros (The Living Daylights) : those bottles of milk, man ! 10) Mr Wint and Mr Kidd (Diamonds are forever) : so campy yet menacing HM : Gobinda (Octopussy) : badass to the end DM : Hans (You only live twice) : zero personality, just muscles
Great list Odd Job is my no. 1...he even had his own commercial after Goldfinger...and the actor won a silver medal in Olympic weightlifting. He didn't just "play" a strong man. BTW, props for giving Dario his due; he was awesome. Note; I have Mr. Witt and Mr. Kidd on my list, as a duo.
I learned that Harold Sakata was so strong that even when he just pretended to strike Sean Connery, essentially just "marking" the hit, when Connery looks like he is in pain, he didn't need to act.
My personal top 10 10. Primo - No Time to Die 9. Zao - Die Another Day 8. Mr. Hinx - Spectre 7. Dario - Licence to Kill 6. Red Grant - From Russia With Love 5. Tee Hee Johnson - Live and Let Die 4. May Day - A View to a Kill 3. Jaws - The Spy Who Loved Me 2. Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd - Diamonds Are Forever 1. Oddjob - Goldfinger Honorable mentions: Fiona Volpe - Thunderball Emile Locque - For Your Eyes Only Irma Bunt - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Nick Nack - The Man with the Golden Gun Baron Samedi - Live and Let Die Gobinda - Octopussy Necros - The Living Daylights
"Elvis" in Quantum of Silence, reminded me of a Jack Handy quote. "Some people are like slinkies. They serve no real purpose, but it is amusing to watch them fall down a row of stairs."
Agree with Xena - For me Jaws would contest the top spot with her based on his impact in the first film alone. I would certainly would have Red Grant higher for convincingly pulling off a 'normal' henchman To round out my Top 5 I would naturally have to include the classic Odd Job and I can go with Mr Hinx as a bit of a wildcard - his train fight was by far the best scene in what for me was unfortunately an otherwise disappointing movie.
My favorite henchman is Red Grant played by the late Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love my second favorite would Jaws particularly in The Spy Who Loved Me more so then in Moonraker. The late Richard Kiel was more comic relief but when killed off contacts he was menacing and liked the train fight with him and Roger Moore’s Bond. Some of my other favorites would be Necros in The Living Daylights and Dario in Licence To Kill. Oddjob was a memorable henchmen as was Tee Hee in Live and Let Die. Xenia in Goldeneye which is one of my favorite Bond films of all time.
i would rank the henchman like this 10 - Dario, 9 - Fiona Vulpe, 8- Gobinda, 7- Nick nack, 6- Mr Wint and Kidd, 5- Baron Samedi, 4- May Day, 3- Odd Job, 2- Jaws and Teehee as 1
Love the video! I think Fatima blush goes a little to overboard for me in a similar way that moonraker just goes to far into the unbelievable. You can laugh and enjoy it, but it’s hard to feel menace and threat when the movie is a comedy. Whint and Kidd I think are extremely memorable but they might be disqualified since they are a couple and not a single henchmen?
I remember people complaining about playing Oddjob in Goldeneye because he was shorter and harder to hit, but it would have been insane if you could play as Nick Nack
Think there should be a character in the Austin Powers movies called... Big Blonde Burly Henchman, who is always destined to fall into a pool of piranha fish towards the end, my Dad thinks they're all the same character, which is funny, bless, I had to explain it to him that all of these characters die, usually very horrible deaths and Bond henchmen don't usually come back as zombies!
Lotte Lenya was an Aunt on my Mother's side. I never met her but when I saw FRWL I wrote her a letter asking WHY my Aunt was on the screen trying to KILL James Bond ? She read the letter & called us from New York and told me she laughed for 10 minutes when she read the letter. We had a nice talk on the phone after she talked to my Mother and I wish I had met her in person. I was 10 when I saw FRWL.
For once, I have to agree with every choice on your list! Fun fact: Richard Kiel (JAWS) appeared in THE MAN FROM UNCLE, THE WILD WILD WEST (as Michael Dunn's henchman!), and, THE MONKEES (in a parody of "Frankenstein"). Something that kinda baffles me: when Ian Fleming wrote his novelization of the unfilmed "Thunderball", he really tightened it up and created what I feel is by far the best version of the story. Except... there was NO Fatima (her original name) or Fiona! I can't imagine doing a version of the story without her. In the novel "Goldfinger", Oddjob was sucked out of the plane window, while Goldfinger went down when the plane crashed. Gee... just like in 1983's "OCTOPUSSY". (heh) For more of Luciana Paluzzi, see one of my favorite Japanese sci-fi monster films... "THE GREEN SLIME". Dario just reeked "CRAZY". It's a good thing Bond was in the drug factory when he was confronted, I think he might have had real trouble trying to convince that guy that he was on Sanchez' side.
Very good list bro. For me Oddjob and Jaws is top 2. But I agree that Xenia is in the top of the henchmen / woman too. Fatima Blush is also a really good character and def the best part of Never Say Never Again. But I miss Necros from the list. He is a great henchman.
I had a girlfriend in New York who, knowing my love for Bond films, would sometimes tease me at appropriate times by whispering to me, "Do you like wild things, mister BondJamesBond?"
Quantum of Solace is so bad that I can’t remember even the main villain’s name! Neither his plan (something with water). A capital sin for a 007 movie!
@@emiliotordesillas6366 I know I'm in the minority of Bond fans when it comes to Quantum Of Solace, but I really liked it. I respect the opinion of the fans who didn't like it, but it would be really nice if those fans would respect the opinion of those of us who do like the movie. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Probably the worst in the series. Die Another Day was pretty terrible too but at least it was memorable and at times entertainingly cringy. Quantum was completely forgettable.
I would have ranked Red Grant (Robert Shaw) and Jaws (Richard Kiel) higher on my list and added Necros from The Living Daylights who was more a threat to Bond compared to the main villains Whitaker and Kosov. Xenia was another good hench woman in Goldeneye.
Technically, Ourumov is a henchman. While he may not seem like it in the beginning, after 'killing' 006, we do find out he works for the Janus cooperation, which Alec Trevelyan is the leader of.
I always wondered that Gupta in Tomorrow Never Dies had good potential, it was a funny nod to Roger Moore era, when henchmen had goofy but deadly abilities. I mean, the guy was throwing cards in the initial script.
Another great list, but although I can't understand why you would pick Xenia for your number one Bond henchman, for sentimental reasons I would have picked either Oddjob or Red Grant. As for Jaws, I totally agree with you about the differences in the way the character was portrayed in the two movies he was in. In TSWLM, he was a lot more menacing. In Moonraker, he was more like Wiley E. Coyote in the Warner Bros. Roadrunner cartoons ( with Bond being the Roadrunner, of course). Fun fact: The actor who played Oddjob, Harold Sakata, won an Olympic Bronze Medal in Weightlifting.
Maria Kelly Hahaha Wall E Coyote! 😂 Thats priceless. Wish I called him that in the Moonraker recap. The falling of the waterfall only needed a "help" sign followed by the cartoony slide whistle when he falls down the waterfall!
@@DutchBondFan Good one! BTW, in Goldfinger, Moonraker, and Die Another Day, there are a lot of Korean villians and/or henchmen (although Harold Sakata was a Japanese-American from Hawaii). What is it with Koreans and Bond? Another fun fact: Do you remember when the ruler of North Korea, Kim Jung Un had his people hack into the Sony Pictures computers a few years ago? Well, rumor has it that he's a huge Bond fan and he wanted to see the details about Spectre, which EON and SONY were trying to keep secret.
Bond movies done’t stream anywhere and to buy them all in a blu ray set is 140$, so i haven’t gotten around to seeing them in a long time. I saw the old ones 25 years ago..
I always thought Oddjob was a cartoon character, crushing golf balls in his hand indeed. That was just stupid. I always found Grant in FRWL to be far more unsettling. He could be anywhere hiding silently in the shadows. That scene of him waiting outside the room ready to kill Tania if she did not play ball was extremely chilling.
Xenia on the top as i would expect. Surprised in Mr. Hinks actually, he was a nothing to me. Nice to see Nick Knack get some love, and I would have put Tee Hee somewhere in the 10. Notable exclusion are Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wynt, whose segments in Diamonds I really enjoyed.
It's sad that Boris Grishenko wasn't even in honorable mentions. He's a funny bad guy but also a very deceptive character : who could have expected this funny nerd to be a traitor and to trick Natalya ?
Necros is my number one. Realistic, scary, and not comic-book indestructible like Jaws or Oddjob. Just a ruthless, cold-blooded and emotionless killer. The sequence in the MI6 safehouse where he breaks in to "kidnap" Koskov is a great action set-piece.
Personally in my opinion Jaws and onatopp would be number one I can't really choose between them two
I think Tee Hee is one of the most underrated henchmen in the series.
SolarDragon007 YES!!!!
Indeed
I expected him to be ranked 3rd after Jaws and Oddjob
@Qasim Hussain Out of all henchmen in the Bond movies I've seen. (In my own personal opinion of course) His laugh was contagious whenever he was crushing things with his metal claw or feeding people to the crocodiles. I could relate to his quirky sense of humor !
I’d have put Tee-Hee 3rd. For me it’s Odd Job (1st), Jaws, Tee-Hee, Mr Winn & Mr Kidd, Red Grant. I don’t think of Red Grant as a henchman though because he’s far more independent. He’s more a secondary villain. So maybe Fiona Volpe #5.
Necros gets my vote for most underrated henchman of the series. People always write him off as a Red Grant clone but he's a master of disguise, he has some of the most unique kills/weapons of any villain (exploding milk bottles, headphones strangulation, killer sliding door, etc), and he has multiple intense fight scenes. He's smart, tough, and really the most capable villain in his movie. Stamper is the generic clone everyone groups him in with but Necros is awesome and unique
Agree! Necros was badass AF.
I always think there's a little hint that he might be brainwashed too - that track he's always got on on his walkman - is that how they 'activate' him?
Necros has a very fit sexy look, fully agree.
I have a feeling he ( the guy who played him ) also played the very first guy John McClane fought in the very first Die Hard. The guy who had his neck broken as they tumbled down the stairs and was Karl's brother.
Love Necros. That Walkman headphones has pure Agent 47 vibes
Mr Wint and Mr Kidd. The closest we'll ever get to Tarentino henchmen in a bond flick.
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Except that Wint and Kidd were the most extreme examples of the common downfall of Bond villains, one which the Austin Powers movies have touched on a couple of times: the need to find a fancy way of killing Bond instead of just shooting him.
Not once but twice during the movie they've got Bond unconscious at their feet and in a setting of complete privacy. Both times, Bond escapes because they've apparently never heard of these things called bullets.
@@nickhand8054 I guess it’s subjective, Mr Wint and Mr Kidd make me happy, if characters can do that, any criticisms fall by the wayside.
@@lighthousecatproductions230 well, that's true. They were entertaining characters.
Did anyone say that realism was the issue here...?
I especially like Bruce Glover's performance, how he makes so much with so little. Just lift an eyebrow at the right time. He did the acting for both.
Mr. Kidd and Mr. Whitt are honorable mentions. Elvis who?
They are more on there own but they are great.
Mr Kidd and Mr Whit are my favourites. Just creep me out throughout diamonds
Jaws Xenia and oddjob will always be my favorites
Your choice number one caught me by surprise, mine is Oddjob. I'm glad Fatima is in your list and I miss Necros.
12:30: I have to disagree. Jaws having a girlfriend was integral to the plot. Without her (and her supposed imperfections) Jaws would never have turned against his master.
It's stunning how much Robert Shaw changed his look from being a Bond henchman to playing Quint in Jaws. He looks like two different people.
I also like his impersonation of Capt. Nash, capturing all of the British idiosyncrasies he deeply despises. His abrupt change from unctuous Nash to deadly Grant is nothing short of chilling.
"Jaws' was made 12 years after "From Russia, With Love" So yes Robert Shaw would not have the same looks or physique as he once did.
@@jonvietor2601 Yeah I know. But he looks like two completely different people. I guess there was also a drastic fashion and style change from 60s to the 70s which makes a difference.
@@GarretGrayCameralet me guess.
You've only seen these two movies of him
@@jonvietor2601 To be fair, The Sting was made 2 years before Jaws and he looks completely different as well.
IMHO Benicio as Dario is the best, he's very realistic, yet totally psycho. Love his performance, and it's totally justified that it starts his great career.
He is very realistic and definitely a sadistic psychopath and enjoys killing for Sanchez and can Dario is Sanchez’s favorite and most trusted of his men.
I like how Dario is like some streetkid who got to sanchezes fame and appreciation. He is very cool
Bro real talk low key in my top 3 henchmen. Benicio was great
10. Tee-Hee
09. Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd
08. Nick Nack
07. Necros
06. Mayday
05. Xenia Onatop
04. Jaws
03. Fiona Volpe
02. Red Grant
01. Oddjob
No, Naomi? The killer helo pilot? #CarolineMunro
Man! What about Baron Samedi? That guy cannot die
Good list but I think Grant should have been #1. He's basically playing Bond throughout the movie, making sure Bond is doing exactly what SPECTRE's wants. And as you mentioned, that fight scene is one of the very best in the series.
I agree, it was showing that the other side had their own "Bond" - just as efficient, and just as sharp in a suit.
And the nice little Bond one-liner: "Huh. RED wine with fish! That should've told me something!"
Great list. I would've switched Xenia and Oddjob...Oddjob was so loyal to Goldfinger, he was willing to stop Bond from stopping an atomic bomb from going off at ground zero...now THAT'S dedication, my friend.
Actually it's implied he was working for the "government" Mr Ling was working for and their goal was explicitly "economic chaos in the west".
@@FreakyTeeth That was never implied in the film or the book. Oddjob was Korean, and Mr. Ling was Chinese.
Necros and Stamper were always ones for me. I feared the henchman that can blend more in public and silently kill me.
I like Necros too! The milk bottle grenades are pretty inventive. I also like his look. Stamper on the other hand, meh, bit bland. Although it took me untill this year to notice he has two different colored eyes!
@@DutchBondFan One of my favorite scenes in The Living Daylights is the fight between Necros and the MI6 agent (played, I believe, by stuntman Paul Weston) in the kitchen of the safehouse. It was very intense and in my opinion the best fight scene in the series that Bond is not involved in.
You can thank Red Grant for starting the blonde tough henchman gimmick. He was classic
That might be an unusual one, but one of, if not my favorite has to be Baron Samedi. The guy is AWESOME, such a scene stealer. Plus, he gets an ambiguous and mystical ending, that final shot in Live and Let Die is great.
And his role provided the classic Bond one-liner: "Just being disarming, my dear!"
@@nickhand8054 That was TeeHee that Roger said that in regards to.
Unpopular opinion, i know, but Hinx tops it for me. He saved spectre.
Absolutely great list. Jaws will always be my number one but I agree with the list nevertheless 👍
Nice to see Fatima Blush, especially since we don't immediatly think about her when we talk about henchmen. I was like "Damn, he's right, she's amazing! Why didn't I think about her before ?"
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It is sad that you forget to mention that Jaws killed shark with his teeth in Spy who loved me - one of the most memorable moments in the series for me ^^
Donald Grant in “From Russia With Love” - a genuinely chilling presence and a physical threat to Bond!
Fatima Blush in “Never Say Never Again” - an assassin who loves her work.
The funny thing about Jaws... Before playing the killer in Bond movies, he appeared in 1976 movie "Silver streak" - a nice comedy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Richard Kiel played... a henchman with the steel jaws.
Exactly. They took his character from Silver Streak, enlarged the teeth a bit ands made him impossible to kill. But the first hero to face him was Gene Wilder as George Caldwell.
I loved Fiona Volpe. She was a real Badass. You got the feeling she actually could have killed Bond.
I hated her tbh
I liked how she bragged to Largo... "No-- I-- will kill him!" She wanted the privelege.
@@henrykujawa4427 And Largo's look after she said that said, "Alright honey; after this job is over, you're next!
And yet, on the dance floor when Bond says, "I've grown accustomed to your face", her smile says that she still finds him quite charming. Very close to , "....repenting and turning back to the side of right and virtue".
Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work.
Jaws, Oddjob, May Day and Xenia are my favourites. Gotta love henchman and henchwomen.
I would've put Baron Samedi on this list
He didn't really do anything other than laugh, give Bond's location once, laugh again, have a 10 second fight where he was instantly beaten, and laugh again on top of a train. Samedi was cool in the N64 Video game but in the movie it was Tee Hee who really took the spotlight.
Criegrrunov the Knife throwing twins! Theyre so underrated!
@@davider6884 agreed
Hakim Fullerton And period, not only the twins but also Gobinda and the Yo-yo spin saw assassins! Octopussy easily has the deadliest henchmen in the seriesn
Baron Semedi, Nic Nac & Jaws all lived by the end of their films. Funny... (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!)
The twins from octopussy and gobinda are both really good, and deserve at least an honourable mention
Mischka and Grischka
I agree, and also Locke from FYEO.
One of them Killed 009. Both Were Killed by Bond. One tried to avenge his brother by killing 007 who instead avenged 009.
Zao from Die Another Day is honestly not bad. He just gets overlooked because of the movie he’s in. He’s a pretty legit bad ass.
I always thought Zou is pretty hot.
Agreed and his car battle with Bond was probably the only good scene in Iceland. Oh well.
Zao is not bad i think. But Zao as a secondary villain. Mr Kil is a henchman of Dad
Loved the video, but I had no idea there was an Elvis.
I remember the henchman from Quantum Of Solace, but I was shocked when I saw in the closing credits that his name was Elvis!
1. Necros. The Milkman Operation is a masterpiece and one of the best action scenes in the entire series. Probably John Barry’s favorite too, because he is the only henchman who gets his own background music. I so wish that he survives, comes back in GE, and replaces that disgusting General Ourumov.
2. Fiona Volpe
3. Red Grant
4. Xenia Onatopp. She should be General Orlov's daughter.
5. Jaws
6. Magda
7. Zao
8. Mischka and Grischka
9. Gobinda
10. Vargas. It’s a shame that this character is underdeveloped and died too early and too easily.
Honorable mention 1: Erich and Apostis in FYEO. So little screen time. Such good looks wasted.
Honorable mention 2: The granny gatekeeper in GF.
It just occurred to me that Roger Moore got the most interesting villain & henchmen ensemble in terms of variety, appearance, personality, and skill set. And Daniel Craig got the most boring ones, although I began to like Green and Elvis more over time.
The most underrated henchman is Emile Locque from For Your Eyes Only.
What is interesting is which one of these henchmen could be interchangeable throughout the different Bond eras and which ones would be out of place. For example, a Dario or a Grant could work in any Bond era yet if Nick Nack, Jaws or Oddjob showed up in a Dalton or Craig Bond movie it wouldn't work. Fatima blush/Fiona Volpe could work in any Bond movie..yet Xenia Onatopp or May Day would be ridiculous in a Dalton or Craig Bond movie. Although there were never female henchmen/henchwomen in any Dalton or Craig movie (I'm sure there would've been one in a Lazenby movie if had did a few more Bond movies).
super analysis!!!! Xenia is my favourite, femme fatale on steroids !!!! when the henchmen die by something equal to their main characteristic is always amazing too!!!
Elvis is the most brilliant Henchman of them all. Everyone who sees him forgets him immadiately. What an enviable quality for a villains right hand man.
Maybe its cuz imma WWE fan but Hinx is the best character in spectre. I didnt think Spectre was that good but he was a highlight
I personally love Patrice from Skyfall. Mute, but professional and completely focused. Also he wears the same watch as I do😁
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1) Xenia Onatopp (Goldeneye) - quite simply the ultimate Femme Fatale, not only within the 007 series, but in all of cinema, as far as I’m concerned
2) Red Grant (From Russia with Love) - he could have been just a big, blonde muscular heavy, yet Robert Shaw brings so much personality to his character
3) Jaws (TSWLM/Moonraker) : duh !
4) Mayday (A View to a Kill) : such a magnetic presence on screen, and her exit is awesome
5) Fiona Volpe (Thunderball) : not only the series’ first femme fatale, but also the quintessential 60s sex-symbol, IMO
6) Tee-Hee (Live and Let Die) : again, he’s not « just a quirk », Tee-Hee is also funny and more intellectual than we give him credit for
7) Odd Job : double « duh »!
8) Professor Dent (Dr No) : I really like how realistic and down to earth he is, far from the outlandish turn taken by the franchise from Goldfinger onwards
9) Necros (The Living Daylights) : those bottles of milk, man !
10) Mr Wint and Mr Kidd (Diamonds are forever) : so campy yet menacing
HM : Gobinda (Octopussy) : badass to the end
DM : Hans (You only live twice) : zero personality, just muscles
This is true every man needs a henchman, I know what I'm putting on my Christmas list to Santa Claus.
Great list Odd Job is my no. 1...he even had his own commercial after Goldfinger...and the actor won a silver medal in Olympic weightlifting. He didn't just "play" a strong man.
BTW, props for giving Dario his due; he was awesome. Note; I have Mr. Witt and Mr. Kidd on my list, as a duo.
I learned that Harold Sakata was so strong that even when he just pretended to strike Sean Connery, essentially just "marking" the hit, when Connery looks like he is in pain, he didn't need to act.
For me red grant will always be the best. So ruthless and efficient in all his scenes
She was a bit different but the bottom line was that Rosa Klebb worked for Blofeld and Spectre. So she was a henchman and she was my favourite.
She is on my list! My top choice for a female henchman.
My personal top 10
10. Primo - No Time to Die
9. Zao - Die Another Day
8. Mr. Hinx - Spectre
7. Dario - Licence to Kill
6. Red Grant - From Russia With Love
5. Tee Hee Johnson - Live and Let Die
4. May Day - A View to a Kill
3. Jaws - The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd - Diamonds Are Forever
1. Oddjob - Goldfinger
Honorable mentions:
Fiona Volpe - Thunderball
Emile Locque - For Your Eyes Only
Irma Bunt - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Nick Nack - The Man with the Golden Gun
Baron Samedi - Live and Let Die
Gobinda - Octopussy
Necros - The Living Daylights
Mr Kidd and Mr Wint with their own custom accompanying sleazy music are by far and away the best henchmen!
Very glad your top pick matched mine! Goldeneye was definitely a formative experience in my youth 😂
"Elvis" in Quantum of Silence, reminded me of a Jack Handy quote.
"Some people are like slinkies. They serve no real purpose, but it is amusing to watch them fall down a row of stairs."
Agree with Xena - For me Jaws would contest the top spot with her based on his impact in the first film alone.
I would certainly would have Red Grant higher for convincingly pulling off a 'normal' henchman
To round out my Top 5 I would naturally have to include the classic Odd Job and I can go with Mr Hinx as a bit of a wildcard - his train fight was by far the best scene in what for me was unfortunately an otherwise disappointing movie.
Dr Kaufman , however brief is a great character. Jaws no.1 for me.
My favorite henchman is Red Grant played by the late Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love my second favorite would Jaws particularly in The Spy Who Loved Me more so then in Moonraker. The late Richard Kiel was more comic relief but when killed off contacts he was menacing and liked the train fight with him and Roger Moore’s Bond. Some of my other favorites would be Necros in The Living Daylights and Dario in Licence To Kill. Oddjob was a memorable henchmen as was Tee Hee in Live and Let Die. Xenia in Goldeneye which is one of my favorite Bond films of all time.
My favorite has always been Jaws. Despite Moonraker. Oddjob is a close second. I think you should've included Necros in this.
Hi I recommend an Indie Song called: The Bond Villain by Robert Nix
i would rank the henchman like this 10 - Dario, 9 - Fiona Vulpe, 8- Gobinda, 7- Nick nack, 6- Mr Wint and Kidd, 5- Baron Samedi, 4- May Day, 3- Odd Job, 2- Jaws and Teehee as 1
Oddjob and Jaws might be the most iconic henchmen, but Necros and Grant are my favorite.
Such a shame they did not use this card throwing guy in a proper way in tomorrow never dies. Love the ranking, Onatopp is brilliant
Love the video! I think Fatima blush goes a little to overboard for me in a similar way that moonraker just goes to far into the unbelievable. You can laugh and enjoy it, but it’s hard to feel menace and threat when the movie is a comedy. Whint and Kidd I think are extremely memorable but they might be disqualified since they are a couple and not a single henchmen?
wadeboshiverson If I liked Wint & Kidd enough, Id probably put them up as a pair, same with Bambi & Thumper or the knive throwing twins
Dude, Nice choice for number one... totally agree!
1:38 the .44 Magnum sound from MW2
Wow hats off major Boothroyd!
@@DutchBondFan so it is?? You're a MW2 fan? lol
@@Modernww2fare Not a fan of MW2. But Im pretty sure I just downloaded a gunshot sound and its a magnum sound file
Can't believe the two guy's from diamonds are forever never got a mention
Not my taste personally!
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Necros is I think the most underrated and creative coolest of the bond henchmen
How about a TOP 10 Bond gadgets
Robert Shaw,best Villian in the best Bondfight of all time.
"From Russia in love"
I remember people complaining about playing Oddjob in Goldeneye because he was shorter and harder to hit, but it would have been insane if you could play as Nick Nack
Xenia Onatopp is d most ENIGMATIC bond henchmen or this case 'henchwoman' I've ever seen!!!
Jaws and May Day, period.
Mayday was one of the best things in A View To A Kill ( the other thing being Max Zorin, of course).
ForeverBlueKnight May day switched the side and turned to Bonds side at the end
How is Jaws not #1?!
wint and kidd should make the list.
Think there should be a character in the Austin Powers movies called... Big Blonde Burly Henchman, who is always destined to fall into a pool of piranha fish towards the end, my Dad thinks they're all the same character, which is funny, bless, I had to explain it to him that all of these characters die, usually very horrible deaths and Bond henchmen don't usually come back as zombies!
Lotte Lenya was an Aunt on my Mother's side. I never met her but when I saw FRWL I wrote her a letter asking WHY my Aunt was on the screen trying to KILL James Bond ? She read the letter & called us from New York and told me she laughed for 10 minutes when she read the letter. We had a nice talk on the phone after she talked to my Mother and I wish I had met her in person. I was 10 when I saw FRWL.
For once, I have to agree with every choice on your list!
Fun fact: Richard Kiel (JAWS) appeared in THE MAN FROM UNCLE, THE WILD WILD WEST (as Michael Dunn's henchman!), and, THE MONKEES (in a parody of "Frankenstein").
Something that kinda baffles me: when Ian Fleming wrote his novelization of the unfilmed "Thunderball", he really tightened it up and created what I feel is by far the best version of the story. Except... there was NO Fatima (her original name) or Fiona! I can't imagine doing a version of the story without her.
In the novel "Goldfinger", Oddjob was sucked out of the plane window, while Goldfinger went down when the plane crashed. Gee... just like in 1983's "OCTOPUSSY". (heh)
For more of Luciana Paluzzi, see one of my favorite Japanese sci-fi monster films... "THE GREEN SLIME".
Dario just reeked "CRAZY". It's a good thing Bond was in the drug factory when he was confronted, I think he might have had real trouble trying to convince that guy that he was on Sanchez' side.
Very good list bro. For me Oddjob and Jaws is top 2. But I agree that Xenia is in the top of the henchmen / woman too. Fatima Blush is also a really good character and def the best part of Never Say Never Again. But I miss Necros from the list. He is a great henchman.
My List:
1 Jaws ( had two appearences for a reason :D)
2 TeeHee
3 Oddjob
4 Mayday
5 Fiona Volpe
6 Red Grant
7 Boris
8 Dario
9 Stamper
10 Xenia
I had a girlfriend in New York who, knowing my love for Bond films, would sometimes tease me at appropriate times by whispering to me, "Do you like wild things, mister BondJamesBond?"
Quantum of Solace is so bad that I can’t remember even the main villain’s name! Neither his plan (something with water). A capital sin for a 007 movie!
@Turok Hilsen I agree about the plot. Controlling the world's water supply may not be the sexiest plan for world domination, but it's very realistic.
Skyfall was like an antidote to horrible Quantum of Solace.
@@emiliotordesillas6366 I know I'm in the minority of Bond fans when it comes to Quantum Of Solace, but I really liked it. I respect the opinion of the fans who didn't like it, but it would be really nice if those fans would respect the opinion of those of us who do like the movie. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
notformebeaky Agree with you.
Probably the worst in the series. Die Another Day was pretty terrible too but at least it was memorable and at times entertainingly cringy. Quantum was completely forgettable.
dude same we have the same opinion also nice video loved it
14:14 I cant help but always laugh at that!😂😂
I would have ranked Red Grant (Robert Shaw) and Jaws (Richard Kiel) higher on my list and added Necros from The Living Daylights who was more a threat to Bond compared to the main villains Whitaker and Kosov. Xenia was another good hench woman in Goldeneye.
Those are some memorable henchmen.
Mr wint and Mr Kidd would be in my top 10
Specter blew the potential of Mr.Hinx...hope he makes a return in 25.
" I didn't know there was a pool down there "
Onatopp is fantastic but Oddjob and Jaws deserve the top 2 spots.
Technically, Ourumov is a henchman. While he may not seem like it in the beginning, after 'killing' 006, we do find out he works for the Janus cooperation, which Alec Trevelyan is the leader of.
Well yes, but I consider him much more of a secondairy villain like Renard, Orlov, General Medrano, Whitaker etc.
1. Red Grant
2. Oddjob
3. Fiona Volpe
My 3 favourite classic bond Henchmen is
1. Oddjob
2. Baron Samedi
3. Jaws
I always wondered that Gupta in Tomorrow Never Dies had good potential, it was a funny nod to Roger Moore era, when henchmen had goofy but deadly abilities. I mean, the guy was throwing cards in the initial script.
Another great list, but although I can't understand why you would pick Xenia for your number one Bond henchman, for sentimental reasons I would have picked either Oddjob or Red Grant.
As for Jaws, I totally agree with you about the differences in the way the character was portrayed in the two movies he was in. In TSWLM, he was a lot more menacing. In Moonraker, he was more like Wiley E. Coyote in the Warner Bros. Roadrunner cartoons ( with Bond being the Roadrunner, of course).
Fun fact: The actor who played Oddjob, Harold Sakata, won an Olympic Bronze Medal in Weightlifting.
Maria Kelly Hahaha Wall E Coyote! 😂 Thats priceless. Wish I called him that in the Moonraker recap. The falling of the waterfall only needed a "help" sign followed by the cartoony slide whistle when he falls down the waterfall!
@@DutchBondFan Good one! BTW, in Goldfinger, Moonraker, and Die Another Day, there are a lot of Korean villians and/or henchmen (although Harold Sakata was a Japanese-American from Hawaii). What is it with Koreans and Bond?
Another fun fact: Do you remember when the ruler of North Korea, Kim Jung Un had his people hack into the Sony Pictures computers a few years ago? Well, rumor has it that he's a huge Bond fan and he wanted to see the details about Spectre, which EON and SONY were trying to keep secret.
This is a amazing ranking, I agree to all of them 👍
Forgot Fraulein Bundt. She killed Bond's wife.
Bond movies done’t stream anywhere and to buy them all in a blu ray set is 140$, so i haven’t gotten around to seeing them in a long time. I saw the old ones 25 years ago..
I always thought Oddjob was a cartoon character, crushing golf balls in his hand indeed. That was just stupid. I always found Grant in FRWL to be far more unsettling. He could be anywhere hiding silently in the shadows. That scene of him waiting outside the room ready to kill Tania if she did not play ball was extremely chilling.
Xenia on the top as i would expect. Surprised in Mr. Hinks actually, he was a nothing to me. Nice to see Nick Knack get some love, and I would have put Tee Hee somewhere in the 10. Notable exclusion are Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wynt, whose segments in Diamonds I really enjoyed.
"...and I'm still scared as shit of her..." - that got my subscribe.
Mr Wint and Mr Kidd the best thing about Diamonds are Forever
Great selection of henchmen. Oh, and Elvis is also there.
It's sad that Boris Grishenko wasn't even in honorable mentions. He's a funny bad guy but also a very deceptive character : who could have expected this funny nerd to be a traitor and to trick Natalya ?
Necros is my number one. Realistic, scary, and not comic-book indestructible like Jaws or Oddjob. Just a ruthless, cold-blooded and emotionless killer. The sequence in the MI6 safehouse where he breaks in to "kidnap" Koskov is a great action set-piece.
My favourite henchmen from James Bond films are Oddjob, Nick Nack and Jaws. Red Grant & Tee Hee are Honorable Mentions.
I agree what they did to the character of Jaws was stupid they should've kept him scary
Unpopular opinion
I like Patrice from Skyfall and Primo from No Time to Die
Mr Stamper, Zao, Necros, Dario, Mr Hinx, Hans, Boris, Oddjob, Jaws, Red Grant, Fiona Volpe