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Joseph Furst playing Professor Dr Metz
Born in Vienna, Austria
Starred In Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
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Professor Dr Metz played by Joseph Furst is the eight villain of Diamonds Are Forever. An expert on diamond laser refraction, Metz is in charge of the construction of the Diamond Laser Satellite.
After sending the spacecraft containing the satellite into space, Metz and Ernst Stavro Blofeld travel to their oilrig control centre. Metz whose plan was not actually to use the laser become irate and annoyed, when he learns that Blofeld intends to use the laser to destroy Washington DC for money, but can do nothing to stop him.
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Professor Dr Metz, an Idealistic scientist, sides with Blofeld and SPECTRE thinking that Blofelds plan is one of peace and global nuclear disarmament. Short tempered, Metz becomes annoyed when Bond manages to gain entry to his laboratory posing as a scientist checking radiation shields. It later becomes apparent peace and harmony is not high on Blofelds priorities and Metz gets increasingly worried when Bond, Felix Leiter and Willard Whyte attack the oilrig. §
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