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Robert James Brown (23 July 1921 – 11 November 2003) was an English actor, known for his portrayal of M in the 1980s James Bond films, succeeding Bernard Lee and preceding Judi Dench. Brown made his Bond film debut as Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me. Following Lee's sudden death in 1981, the producers, instead of hiring a replacement, decided to leave M out of For Your Eyes Only, out of respect for the actor and trade his lines with M's Chief of Staff Bill Tanner as Albert R. Broccoli refused to have the character recast. In 1983, they cast Brown to portray M.

For many years, it was never specified whether Brown was playing Lee's M or another individual. In No Time to Die his portrait is seen as an earlier M, but it still is not specified that Lee played a different man, despite the films establishing the title is passed along. It has likewise never been specified as to whether Brown's M might have been a promoted Hargreaves (Lee's M, however, was established as being an admiral as well). Dench would take over the role in the 1995-film GoldenEye.

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  • Brown appeared in the 1950s television series Ivanhoe where he played Gurth, the faithful companion of Ivanhoe, who was played by the James Bond actor Roger Moore.

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