Guy Hamilton with Richard Jenkins on the set of "Goldfinger"
Richard W. Jenkins was born in May of 1942.
He is a retired British assistant director, best known for his work with Eon Productions between 1964 and 1973.
His career in the industry began at the age of 18, when he recruited by Walt Disney Productions at Shepperton Studios. He initially started as a unit runner on several episodes of “Disneyland” from 1962 to 1963, before making his way up to becoming a third assistant director, as well as managing second units. His first major film was “In Search of the Castaways”, starring Maurice Chevalier and George Sanders. He also worked as an assistant director on “Crooks Anonymous” and “The Three Lives of Thomasina”.
Richard went freelance in 1963 and was finding work at Pinewood Studios and Beaconsfield Studios. His major breakthrough came the following year when he was hired as third Assistant Director for his first James Bond film “Goldfinger”, a role he repeated the following year in “Thunderball”. He was promoted to second A.D. on the following productions of “You Only Live Twice”, “Diamonds Are Forever” and “Live & Let Die”.
Some of his other notable work includes “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), “Battle of Britain” (1969), “The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins” (1971), “Carry On Girls” (1973), “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974), “The Slipper and The Rose” (1976), “The Deep” (1977) and the television series “Jesus of Nazareth” by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli.
After leaving the freelance film industry in 1977, Richard became the head of production at the National Film & Television School at Beaconsfield Studios. He remained in this role until his retirement in 2005, and was in charge of over 400 films, documentaries and animations.
Since retiring, Richard Jenkins has focused on his love of music, songwriting and making YouTube videos.
In "Live & Let Die", Richard Jenkins was hired as the second A.D. (Assistant Director).
He was on location during all the scenes filmed in Jamaica and was one of the key organisers of the day to day runnings.
The composite James Bond photo displayed below was signed by Richard on the 6th of April, 2021.
Understandably, signed material from Richard Jenkins is rare, particularly on any James Bond photographs.
While in Jamaica, Richard become good friends with Eddie Smith and the Black Stuntmen's Association. He asked to buy one of their T-shirts, which they duly gave to him and he wore it almost every day during filming.
This was his final work on a James Bond film.
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