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Donald Pleasance playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, on 5th October 1919
Starred In You Only Live Twice (1967)
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Ernst Stavro Blofeld played by Donald Pleasance is the main villain of You Only Live Twice. It is the very first time audiences are allowed to actually see the head of SPECTRE’s face.
In a well scripted scene Blofeld, emotionlessly questions Bond on his death and comments “You only live twice Mr Bond”. Blofeld calmly instructs Bond to watch Tiger Tanaka’s army be slowly killed on television. After Tiger and his army gain the upper hand over Blofelds lair, the menacing villain invites Mr Osato and Bond to follow him. After killing Mr Osato by demonstrating the price of failure, he is thwarted in his assassination of Bond by a Chinese throwing star from Tiger Tanaka.
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Ernst Stavro Blofeld is an intimidating character. With a baldhead, large scar running down the side of this face and played subtly but with menace, Donald Pleasance is a truly classic James Bond villain. Fiendishly stroking his white cat throughout most of his sequences, especially when ordering someone death or delivering orders, Blofeld and Bonds scenes are well scripted and generate suspense. Always remaining calm, devoid of emotion, Blofeld thinks nothing of attempting to eliminate Tiger Tanakas army, or when Bond destroys his volcano lair, but enjoys seeing Helga Brandt get eaten by his pet piranha fish. Well prepared, Blofeld destroys the remains of the volcano lair, and mysteriously escapes. §
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