Willoughby Gray (Dr Carl Mortner)

Willoughby Gray playing Dr Carl Mortner

Born in London, England on 5th November 1916

Died on 13th February 1993

Starred In A View To A Kill (1985)

Film information

Dr Carl Mortner played by Willoughby Gray is the sixth villain of A View To A Kill. He appears in a small number of scenes throughout A View To A Kill. When James Bond exits Zorin’s study the doctor catches him.

When the doctor enquires what he was looking for, Bond calmly replies that he was looking for the bar. After escorting Bond to the bar, Mortner introduces him to Bob Conley and Bond asks Mortner about why Zorin’s unlikely horses win races. Dr Carl Mortner is killed along with Scarpine when Mortner fails to get rid of a lit bundle of dynamite after a failed attempt to kill Bond aboard Zorin’s Airships at the end of the film.

Character information

Dr Carl Mortner is really Hans Glaub, a scientist who worked in the Second World War as a Nazi scientist whom experimented with giving steroids to pregnant women in an attempt to produce super-intelligent children. Captured by the Russians after the war, Glaub worked to enhance the performance and stamina of top athletes.

Complete with monocle, Dr Carl Mortner truly is the stereotypical ‘mad’ doctor. Acting as a father figure to Max Zorin, Mortner assists Zorin in his quest for domination. Mortner also uses his knowledge and expertise to help Zorin’s horses win races by using the Cane Transmitter. §