"Diamonds Are Forever" Characters Quiz

Answer: Sean Connery

This was Sean Connery's sixth appearance as James Bond. The plot of the film revolves around a smuggling operation being run by SPECTRE supremo Ernst Stavro Blofeld that involves diamonds being smuggled from South Africa to the USA where they will be used in the construction of a laser satellite weapon.

Answer: Jill St. John

Tiffany Case is a diamond smuggler who becomes romantically involved with Bond.

In 1966 Jill St. John appeared in the first two episodes of the "Batman" tv series playing a character called Molly who was the girlfriend of the villainous Riddler.

Answer: Charles Gray

This film once again saw a different actor playing Blofeld, as had happened in all of the previous films in which the character had featured, with Charles Gray taking the role this time. This was not Gray's first appearance in a Bond film as he had starred in the 1967 film "You Only Live Twice" playing Dikko Henderson, a British contact that Bond meets with whilst in Japan.

Answer: Lana Wood

Plenty O'Toole works the casino floor at the Whyte House where she meets Bond at the craps table and is later invited to join him in his hotel room.

Lana Wood had her first credited movie role in the 1956 film "The Searchers" starring alongside John Wayne. In the movie she played a younger version of the character Debbie Edwards. The adult role was played by her older sister Natalie Wood.

Answer: Jimmy Dean

The character of Willard Whyte is based upon a dream that co-producer of the film Albert Broccoli had about the American businessman Howard Hughes. Whyte like Hughes is a reclusive industrialist who lives in seclusion in his Las Vegas hotel.

Jimmy Dean had a successful career in the entertainment industry working as an actor, country music singer and television host. In addition to this he was also a businessman and in 1969 along with his brother Don he founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company. The company was a great success and in 1984 was acquired for $80 million by the Sara Lee Corporation which at the time was trading under the name of Consolidated Foods.

Answer: Bruce Cabot

Bert Saxby is the manager of the Whyte House Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Bruce Cabot played the role of Jack Driscoll in the original 1933 version of the movie "King Kong". He also starred in eleven films alongside John Wayne between 1947 and 1971.

Answer: Bruce Glover

Mr. Wint is one half of a pair of assassins working for Blofeld.

Bruce Glover had a long acting career that started in the early 1960s and lasted up until his death in 2025 at the age of 92. He appeared in films such as "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) "Chinatown" (1974) and "The Streetfighter" (1975) as well as in multiple television shows, some of these include the detective series "Kojak", "T.J. Hooker" and "The Streets of San Francisco".

Answer: Putter Smith

Mr. Kidd is the other half of Blofeld's assassination team alongside Mr. Wint.

This film was Putter Smith's only major acting role, as his main career was as a jazz musician. His speciality was playing the double bass and he performed alongside artists such as Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and John Mayall.

In addition to this he was also a music teacher and taught at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Santa Clarita.

Answer: Margaret Lacey

Mrs. Whistler is a teacher at a missionary school in South Africa. She is also a diamond smuggler employed by SPECTRE to transport the diamonds out of South Africa and deliver them to Tiffany Case in Amsterdam, she achieves this by hiding the stones in a hollowed out bible.

In 1964 Margaret Lacey had an uncredited role in the British tv series "The Saint" appearing in an episode titled "The Miracle Tea Party" alongside future Bond actor Roger Moore.

Answer: Joe Robinson

Peter Franks is a courier whose job is to collect the smuggled diamonds from Tiffany Case in Amsterdam and then deliver them to the USA.

As well as being an actor, Robinson was a professional wrestler and in 1952 won the European Heavyweight Championship competing under the ring name "Tiger" Joe Robinson. He was also a martial arts expert obtaining black belts in Karate and Judo.