Who was James Bond's boss before this lady?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. M?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. No, SHE is M.

At least in the more recent movies.

[supernova]

3. The boss was always M, I think

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Well, then they should have followed the alphabet properly

Instead of having stuck on one letter.

I suggest they proceed backwards from now on then.

[supernova]

8. So, the next boss of MI-5 will be L?

:rofl:

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. It's always 'M'

because in real life, it's always 'C'.

[terrya]

4. Bernard Lee

[everythingsxen]

6. They both play 'M'

That's Judi Dench; prior to her it was Bernard Lee:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Bernard%20Lee%20&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. According to IMDB, Robert Brown was 'M' before Judi Dench

in the films from Octopussy to License to Kill. I can't even picture him, I'm afraid. Bernard Lee died quite a bit of time before that 1981. Moonraker was his last Bond film.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114533/

[everythingsxen]

12. Ah, well I only checked up through ... I think it was Diamonds are Forever

[lpbk2713]

7. Before Bond became a member of Universal Exports

he was a Commander in the Royal Navy. So, his boss at that time would have been a senior RN officer.

[Enraged_Ape]

11. Sir Miles Messervy

I do believe that this fellow's name is where the "M" comes from.

Played very exquisitely by Bernard Lee.

[everythingsxen]

13. I thought it was because they were working for MI-5....

Thus, M. That was always my guess.

[Enraged_Ape]

14. The real "M" was actually a "C"...

Mansfield Cumming was his name, I believe. The character of Miles Messervy was based on him. And there the "C" became an "M".