Michael Lonsdale, who starred as the mad villain Hugo Drax in the Bond film Moonraker and the dogged detective in the Fred Zinnemann-directed crime thriller The Day of the Jackal, has died. He was 89.

Michael Lonsdale played the villain Hugo Drax in 1979's Moonraker opposite Sir Roger Moore as James Bond Michael Lonsdale, who portrayed Hugo Drax in the James Bond film Moonraker, has died, his agent ...

“We are very sad to learn of the passing of Michael Lonsdale, who played Hugo Drax in Moonraker,” reads a statement from James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. “He was an ...

When it comes to Bond, maybe the world is enough. In “Moonraker,” a madman named Hugo Drax hatches an elaborate plan to launch into space, poison every living thing on earth and then return with a ...

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Michael Lonsdale, the British-French actor famous for playing one of James Bond’s most iconic villains, has died at 87. Lonsdale passed away on Monday at 7 a.m. ET, his agent confirmed to CNN. The ...

Although the designs for the space shuttles in Moonraker matched what NASA was doing at the time, the Moonraker shuttles weren’t actually built by the government in the film’s storyline. Instead, they ...

Michael Lonsdale, the Anglo-French actor best known for playing villainous Hugo Drax opposite Roger Moore's 007 in the 1979 James Bond adventure Moonraker, has died at the age of 89, according to the ...

Michael Lonsdale, the French actor known for his role as the villain Hugo Drax in the James Bond film "Moonraker," has died. His agent confirmed he died on Monday at age 89. Lonsdale also worked as a ...

Michael Lonsdale, the actor who played an iconic villain in 1979’s James Bond movie “Moonraker” and starred in 1973’s “The Day of the Jackal,” has died. The British-French actor was 89 at the time of ...

Michael Lonsdale, the acclaimed actor whose extraordinary six-decade career included indelible performances in “The Day of the Jackal” and “Moonraker,” has died at the age of 89. The award-winning ...