@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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 ?"
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 ^^
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.
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).
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.
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".
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.
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!!!
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
"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.
Its funny you think Red Grant is a henchman. I would almost consider him the main character. In fact, the Novel (my favorite of the bond novels) seems to star him first and for a longer time than Bond. You get connected to this merciless killer on his mission to kill James Bond. But of course, the POV goes to James and the rest is history. Also, fun fact. Ian Fleming intended Bond to die in this novel and mark it as the end. But of course success brought him back to life. Though, in my head cannon; Bond does die here.
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.
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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
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.
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!
Red Grant Oddjob Fiona Vulpe Whitt/Kidd TeeHee Nick Nack Jaws (Spy Who Loved Me) May Day Xenia Onatopp Hinx Honourable mention: Always liked Eric and the glasses guy from For Your Eyes Only. Don't know why. I agree, Elvis is terrible, but Moonraker Jaws is my least favourite henchman because of what they did to his character
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
What are the criteria? I liked the human henchmen That are more realistic, so I don't hate Elvis. I Would Also placed Dario and Grant much higher on the list. Never Say Never Again honestly? I am havn a Hard time taking Any list seriously That includes Never Say Never Again in Any way. I am mixed on Jaws. He was quite cool in TSWLM and spooky too, but like everything else in Moonraker he just becomes Silly. Mr Hinx? Seriously...? I thought He was a weak character. I like Necros, Milton Krest and Tee Hee better. I like Xenia too but nummer 1? Well I Can go along With it.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
Finally someone who can make a difference between villains, secondary villains and henchmen . For Nic Nac in the Man with the Golden Gun i find it silly as the whole movie itself was bad , ugly cars used too much already seen in other Bond Movies from Connery's era and a big shame for Sir Christopher Lee to have the role of a forgetable villain Scaramanga . Jaws in the Spy who Loved me was excellent was scary was everything he was THE Henchman of the movie whereas "Moonraker" the movie itself was a parody and is one of the worst imo and can be put on the same spot or worst Bond movies ever as Diamonds are Forever & Quantum of Solace . Fatima Bush is okay-ish but i don't consider Never say Never Again as an official Bond movie it sure is better than Thunderball which has dated badly and is way too long as it has too many errors and mistakes . Fiona Volpe owns instead since women back then were more glamorous and beautiful than those from nowadays most of actresses looks more like whores . Teehee deserved to be in your list since he's for me the henchman that might have lead to choice later on Jaws and many similar henchmen like Stamper , etc.... The 3 blind mice from Doctor No were great but sadly we don't know much about them and didn't had much screen acting as henchmen . Fraulein Bunt should easily make the list from On Her Majesty Secret Service she's really a great henchwoman and close to Blofeld sadly we don't even know what happened to her after it ? Anyway for me the James Bond franchise stops after Licence to Kill . Since Goldeneye to Spectre there wasn't many surprises anymore all the themes got re-used world domination, drugs, etc... Pierce Brosnan era as Bond only 2 movies were great even though one of them was already a remake that was a remake Tommorow Never Dies has exact similar plot as The Spy who Loved Me and You Only Live Twice . And Goldeneye was good but overrated because the N64 game without the game the movie wouldn't be that much liked . The World is not Enough & Die Another Day were stupid as for DAD it signed the real end of James Bond from the 20th Century Daniel Craig era as Bond are all except Bond movies falls in the usual action movies such as Jason Bourne, Taken, etc... Casino Royale is boring a way too long plot set up, too long poker scene and a wtf magical hand , no car chases ....Quantum of Solace well too violent and was boring ugly soundtrack and no real loveable characters feels more like a Call of Duty game ....Skyfall had a great soundtrack finaly , but the movie itself delivered too much messages and ruined the story ( politicaly correctness, feminism, gays, etc...) ....Spectre offered nothing new at all the movie is a cut&paste from Die Another Day with the tons of eastereggs from older movies it was just an hommage as reviving the character Blofeld was it really needed?! Also Since Goldeneye to Spectre the soundtracks are ugly only two of them are excellent Tina Turner : Goldeneye & Adele : Skyfall .......we're missing John Barry alot that knows how to make great soundtracks and is proven in numerous movies . And last they should take a better "Q" actor than a nerdy youngster that is still in university , the actor Desmond Llewelyn as "Q" was a direct loveable character since From Russia with Love also sad they didn't kept John Cleese he would make more humor something missing in todays way too serious era .
"what happened to her after it ?" Maybe she ran off with Peter Hunt (who, sadly, never worked on a Bond film again, after he had such a HUGE impact on the first 6 films in a row). (Joke!)
Xenia Onatop, Jaws and Robert Shaw is perhaps my top 3. Robert Carlyle were sadly a forgettable henchman and a wimp. Mr Wint and Kidd is the funniest henchmen i think besides Xenia Onatop.
This is my personal ranking of henchpeople: 1) Fatima Blush (Never Say Never Again) 2) Dario (Licence to Kill) 3) Jaws (The Spy Who Love Me and Moonraker) 4) Xenia (Goldeneye) 5) Irma Bunt (OHMSS) 6) Mr. Hinx (Spectre) 7) Red Grant (From Russia With Love) 8) Necros (The Living Daylights) 9) Stamper (Tomorrow Never Dies) 10) May Day (A View to a Kill) And LOL, no one remembers Elvis. Not even me. XD And personally, I really feel Luciana Paluzzi should have been Domino. I mean, I know people like her performance and all, and she does look good, but I just don't get a sense of menace out of her, whereas with Barbara Carrera and even Famke Janssen I actually did get a sense of menace out of them, whereas I just never got any menace out of Fiona Volpe.
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Personally in my opinion Jaws and onatopp would be number one I can't really choose between them two
Mr. Kidd and Mr. Whitt are honorable mentions. Elvis who?
They are more on there own but they are great.
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.
Mr Kidd and Mr Whit are my favourites. Just creep me out throughout diamonds
Mr Wint and Mr Kidd. The closest we'll ever get to Tarentino henchmen in a bond flick.
Talking of Tarantino, a Kill Bill review on this channel would be brilliant
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.
Jaws Xenia and oddjob will always be my favorites
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
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.
Your choice number one caught me by surprise, mine is Oddjob. I'm glad Fatima is in your list and I miss Necros.
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!"
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.
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.
Absolutely great list. Jaws will always be my number one but I agree with the list nevertheless 👍
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
Unpopular opinion, i know, but Hinx tops it for me. He saved spectre.
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!)
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
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!
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
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 ?"
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 ^^
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.
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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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).
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.
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".
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.
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
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.
Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work.
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!!!
Jaws, Oddjob, May Day and Xenia are my favourites. Gotta love henchman and henchwomen.
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
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
"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.
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.
How is Jaws not #1?!
The most underrated henchman is Emile Locque from For Your Eyes Only.
I'm sorry, but NSNA should never be considered for these lists. It's a bastard film.
Its funny you think Red Grant is a henchman. I would almost consider him the main character. In fact, the Novel (my favorite of the bond novels) seems to star him first and for a longer time than Bond.
You get connected to this merciless killer on his mission to kill James Bond. But of course, the POV goes to James and the rest is history.
Also, fun fact. Ian Fleming intended Bond to die in this novel and mark it as the end. But of course success brought him back to life. Though, in my head cannon; Bond does die here.
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.
Dr Kaufman , however brief is a great character. Jaws no.1 for me.
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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
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
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
Unpopular opinion
I like Patrice from Skyfall and Primo from No Time to Die
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
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.
Mr wint and Mr Kidd would be in my top 10
For me red grant will always be the best. So ruthless and efficient in all his scenes
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!
Red Grant
Oddjob
Fiona Vulpe
Whitt/Kidd
TeeHee
Nick Nack
Jaws (Spy Who Loved Me)
May Day
Xenia Onatopp
Hinx
Honourable mention: Always liked Eric and the glasses guy from For Your Eyes Only. Don't know why.
I agree, Elvis is terrible, but Moonraker Jaws is my least favourite henchman because of what they did to his character
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
What are the criteria?
I liked the human henchmen That are more realistic, so I don't hate Elvis. I Would Also placed Dario and Grant much higher on the list.
Never Say Never Again honestly? I am havn a Hard time taking Any list seriously That includes Never Say Never Again in Any way.
I am mixed on Jaws. He was quite cool in TSWLM and spooky too, but like everything else in Moonraker he just becomes Silly.
Mr Hinx? Seriously...? I thought He was a weak character. I like Necros, Milton Krest and Tee Hee better.
I like Xenia too but nummer 1? Well I Can go along With it.
Odd job and Jaws have to be on the top. My first choice is Jaws.
How about a TOP 10 Bond gadgets
This is true every man needs a henchman, I know what I'm putting on my Christmas list to Santa Claus.
Can't believe Battista made this list; he was more a wannabe than anything else. To add insult to injury, he outranks Red Grant? No, just....no.
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.
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
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.
wint and kidd should make the list.
Robert Shaw,best Villian in the best Bondfight of all time.
"From Russia in love"
Oddjob and Jaws might be the most iconic henchmen, but Necros and Grant are my favorite.
Forgot Fraulein Bundt. She killed Bond's wife.
Mr. Hinx above Red Grant???!!..how dare you lol.
1. Red Grant
2. Oddjob
3. Fiona Volpe
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.
Necros is I think the most underrated and creative coolest of the bond henchmen
Jaws is my long-time favorite. I just loved the character
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Benicio del toro in license to kill looks like Brad pitt's evil twin brother on dope
Mr Wint and Mr Kidd the best thing about Diamonds are Forever
Jaws!
Xenia Onatopp is d most ENIGMATIC bond henchmen or this case 'henchwoman' I've ever seen!!!
Specter blew the potential of Mr.Hinx...hope he makes a return in 25.
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
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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.
I agree what they did to the character of Jaws was stupid they should've kept him scary
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 ?
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.
Stamper. Hands down. Why? His big, scary and German.
Elvis death is also hillarious , his pant got blown off by explosion moment before he death
Its funny how that one barely registers due to the editing (Same holds for his pressence in the film)
irma bunt and wint and kidd should be on here. fatima goes, but i'm not sure who else i'd drop.
My 3 favourite classic bond Henchmen is
1. Oddjob
2. Baron Samedi
3. Jaws
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.
What about Necros
Necros. Even the name means death.
Renard should be considered a henchman; he did Electra's bidding.
No Mr Wint and Mr Kidd?
Finally someone who can make a difference between villains, secondary villains and henchmen .
For Nic Nac in the Man with the Golden Gun i find it silly as the whole movie itself was bad , ugly cars used too much already seen in other Bond Movies from Connery's era and a big shame for Sir Christopher Lee to have the role of a forgetable villain Scaramanga .
Jaws in the Spy who Loved me was excellent was scary was everything he was THE Henchman of the movie whereas "Moonraker" the movie itself was a parody and is one of the worst imo and can be put on the same spot or worst Bond movies ever as Diamonds are Forever & Quantum of Solace .
Fatima Bush is okay-ish but i don't consider Never say Never Again as an official Bond movie it sure is better than Thunderball which has dated badly and is way too long as it has too many errors and mistakes . Fiona Volpe owns instead since women back then were more glamorous and beautiful than those from nowadays most of actresses looks more like whores .
Teehee deserved to be in your list since he's for me the henchman that might have lead to choice later on Jaws and many similar henchmen like Stamper , etc....
The 3 blind mice from Doctor No were great but sadly we don't know much about them and didn't had much screen acting as henchmen .
Fraulein Bunt should easily make the list from On Her Majesty Secret Service she's really a great henchwoman and close to Blofeld sadly we don't even know what happened to her after it ?
Anyway for me the James Bond franchise stops after Licence to Kill . Since Goldeneye to Spectre there wasn't many surprises anymore all the themes got re-used world domination, drugs, etc...
Pierce Brosnan era as Bond only 2 movies were great even though one of them was already a remake that was a remake Tommorow Never Dies has exact similar plot as The Spy who Loved Me and You Only Live Twice . And Goldeneye was good but overrated because the N64 game without the game the movie wouldn't be that much liked . The World is not Enough & Die Another Day were stupid as for DAD it signed the real end of James Bond from the 20th Century
Daniel Craig era as Bond are all except Bond movies falls in the usual action movies such as Jason Bourne, Taken, etc...
Casino Royale is boring a way too long plot set up, too long poker scene and a wtf magical hand , no car chases ....Quantum of Solace well too violent and was boring ugly soundtrack and no real loveable characters feels more like a Call of Duty game ....Skyfall had a great soundtrack finaly , but the movie itself delivered too much messages and ruined the story ( politicaly correctness, feminism, gays, etc...) ....Spectre offered nothing new at all the movie is a cut&paste from Die Another Day with the tons of eastereggs from older movies it was just an hommage as reviving the character Blofeld was it really needed?!
Also Since Goldeneye to Spectre the soundtracks are ugly only two of them are excellent Tina Turner : Goldeneye & Adele : Skyfall .......we're missing John Barry alot that knows how to make great soundtracks and is proven in numerous movies .
And last they should take a better "Q" actor than a nerdy youngster that is still in university , the actor Desmond Llewelyn as "Q" was a direct loveable character since From Russia with Love also sad they didn't kept John Cleese he would make more humor something missing in todays way too serious era .
"what happened to her after it ?"
Maybe she ran off with Peter Hunt (who, sadly, never worked on a Bond film again, after he had such a HUGE impact on the first 6 films in a row). (Joke!)
Xenia Onatop, Jaws and Robert Shaw is perhaps my top 3. Robert Carlyle were sadly a forgettable henchman and a wimp.
Mr Wint and Kidd is the funniest henchmen i think besides Xenia Onatop.
Can't believe the two guy's from diamonds are forever never got a mention
Not my taste personally!
This is my personal ranking of henchpeople:
1) Fatima Blush (Never Say Never Again)
2) Dario (Licence to Kill)
3) Jaws (The Spy Who Love Me and Moonraker)
4) Xenia (Goldeneye)
5) Irma Bunt (OHMSS)
6) Mr. Hinx (Spectre)
7) Red Grant (From Russia With Love)
8) Necros (The Living Daylights)
9) Stamper (Tomorrow Never Dies)
10) May Day (A View to a Kill)
And LOL, no one remembers Elvis. Not even me. XD
And personally, I really feel Luciana Paluzzi should have been Domino. I mean, I know people like her performance and all, and she does look good, but I just don't get a sense of menace out of her, whereas with Barbara Carrera and even Famke Janssen I actually did get a sense of menace out of them, whereas I just never got any menace out of Fiona Volpe.
Mr Stamper, Zao, Necros, Dario, Mr Hinx, Hans, Boris, Oddjob, Jaws, Red Grant, Fiona Volpe
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@@DutchBondFan so it is?? You're a MW2 fan? lol
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