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This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.

14 Over dubbing (James Bond)

Also prevalent in Bond films if you watch carefully is the number of actors
whose voices were dubbed by someone else, particularly in the early ones.
This is not a complete list below, just a note about some notables. It is
singularly odd that one of the most famous Bond movie lines of them all,
Goldfinger's retort to wanting Bond to talk by muttering, "No, Mr. Bond, I
expect you to die! " was not the actor's own voice.

Actor             Role             Film                  Looped by
-----             ----             ----                  ---------
Ursula Andress    Honey Rider      Dr. No                Monica vander Syl
Daniela Bianchi   Tatiana Romanova From Russia With Love Barbara Jeffoed
Gert Frobe        Goldfinger       Goldfinger            Michael Collins
Claudine Auger    Domino Derval    Thunderball           Monica vander Syl
Adolpho Celi      Emilio Largo     Thunderball           Robert Rietti
Tetsuro Tamba     Tiger Tanaka     You Only Live Twice   Robert Rietti
Gabriele Ferzetti Marc-Ange Draco  OHMSS                 David deKeyser
John Hollis       Blofeld          For Your Eyes Only    Robert Rietti

(The Auger and Ferzetti looped listings submitted by John Doherty
<john.e.Doherty@btinternet.com>)

Eric Pohlman looped Ernst Stavro Blofeld's voice in "From Russia With Love"
though the cat petting hands belonged to Anthony Dawson. While one source
claims that Pohlman's widow confirmed he was also Blofeld's voice in
"Thunderball", the film's director, Terence Young, (from "Bondage") said it
was Joseph Wiseman providing the voice. (Submitted by David A. McIntee
<mailto:david.mcintee@btopenworld.com>) Wiseman played "Dr. No" and that
version of Blofeld sounds nearly like him. Yet the source supporting Pohlman
provides that his name is on the call sheets and that having him travel from
nearby London was easier than Wiseman being flown in from the States. He
also disputes Young as a reliable source. (Submitted by Mac) Perhaps the
person who is wrong will suffer the same fate as No. 12, Pierre Borraud.

John Hollis was the wheelchair bound Blofeld in "For Your Eyes Only".
Hollis played Lobot, aide to Lando Calrissian, in "The Empire Strikes Back".

And lastly, George Baker, the actor playing the real Sir Hilary Bray in "On
Her Majesty's Secret Service", is dubbed whenever Bond imitates him. This
example is quite disconcerting and unnecessary and detracts from the viewing
experience.

 

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