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Geoffrey Richard Holder (August 1, 1930 – October 5, 2014) was a Trinidadian-American actor and choreographer, among many other things. He portrayed the henchman Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die.

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  • Geoffrey Holder previously played Baron Samedi in the stage musical of "House of Flowers" during the 1950's. A production where he also choreographed sections of the dances. He would go on to direct a 1992 revival of this production.
  • Due to a fear of snakes, Holder was reluctant to perform his character's death scene, in which James Bond punches him and he falls into a coffin of snakes. However, according to Roger Moore and Jane Seymour, Holder was convinced to perform the stunt when Princess Alexandra visited the set, and Holder did not wish to disappoint a member of the royal family.
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