SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

They Were Not Divided (1951)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Cleopatra (1963)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Golden Lady (1979)

After the War, Llewelyn returned to London and attempted to revive his acting career, working on a number of productions during the 1950's, acting with Sir Laurence Olivier, amongst others. He also appeared on stage in London's West End with Margaret Lockwood in "Spider's Web", before taking the role which would make him famous the world over - that of "Q". The role was almost not his, however. In "Dr. No", Peter Burton played the part of "Major Boothroyd", who would become better known as "Q". He was unavailable for the follow-up, giving Llewelyn the opportunity to take the role. He never looked back. Llewelyn would star in all of the subsequent films until 1999's "The World Is Not Enough", with the exception of "Live and Let Die" when Cubby Broccoli (wrongly) decided that's Bond's gadgets were getting in the way of the story. The public soon clamoured for "Q"'s speedy return.

Over the years, his character has developed more and more, from the section Armourer in early films, to the point where he even worked in the field with Dalton's "licence revoked" Bond in "Licence To Kill". His role in the films has been that of the "gadget-man", the man who provides Bond with the feature packed Aston Martin, explains the intricate workings of the Gyrocopter, the muscle-activated darts in the wrist-watch. In reality, however, Llewelyn was totally ill at ease with the gadgets and was not at all mechanically minded - he often had difficulty with plastic hotel key-cards and cashpoint machines ! During the filming of "For Your Eyes Only", Roger Moore and Director John Glen exploited Llewelyn's "technophobia", handing him a meaningless paragraph of technical mumbo-jumbo to learn over lunch one day, in place of his scripted lines. The exasperated actor could not notice the difference !

He became the most well-loved face on set, constantly signing autographs for the hordes of fans, becoming as famous (and sought after) as Bond himself and certainly never letting up for a man of his advancing age. The relationship between "Q" and Bond also changed over the years, until during the latest three films, where Brosnan's Bond looks up towards "Q", almost as a father figure. During these three final films, however, Llewelyn began to suggest to the Producers that it was time for them to write him out of the series. In "The World Is Not Enough", we see "Q"s assistant - the new boy, a decidedly middle-aged John Cleese as "R". But still, the door was left open - the producers joked that they had a contract with him until 2015, and they intended to hold him to it.

Tragically, on Sunday, 19th December 1999, returning home after a book signing to promote his newly released autobiography, Llewelyn was killed in a road accident in East Sussex. When asked by People magazine, shortly before his death, as to how long he intended to continue with the Bond series, he replied: "As long as the producers want me and the Almighty doesn't".