Colthorpe is an MI6 ballistics expert who appears in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. He was portrayed by James Cossins.
Biography[]
Colthorpe is present during James Bond's briefing with M, along with Bill Tanner, where they discuss the golden bullet supposedly sent from assassin Francisco Scaramanga.
Colthorpe later assists Q as they attempt to analyse the remains of the bullet that killed 002. The ballistics expert identifying the bullet as fired from a 4.2 millimetre gun which he tells 007 is unofficially made by a Portuguese man named Lazar living in Macau. A formal, refined gentleman, little else is learnt about his character.
Behind the Scenes[]
The first draft of the script originally called the role Boothroyd until it was realised that was also Q's official name and it was subsequently changed.[1] Colthorpe's character in many ways reflects the literary character of Major Boothroyd more accurately than Q, a no nonsense weapon specialist opposed to a comical technical genius.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Smith, Jim (2002). Bond Films. London: Virgin Books, p.131. ISBN 978-0-7535-0709-4.