Actor: Patrick Macnee.
Most well known for his role of John Steed, the very British agent and main protagonist of the TV shows The Avengers and The New Avengers, famous for his gentlemanly manners, bowler hat, Edwardian clothes and umbrella. His female partners were Honor Blackman (who was cast as PussyGalore in Goldfinger) as Cathy Gale and Diana Rigg (who was cast as Bond's wife, Teresa Draco Di Vincenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret service) as Emma Peel, most notably.
One of his partners in The new Avengers was Joanna Lumley, who played one of Blofeld's death angels in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Who is he:
MI6 contact and expert on horses.

How he met Bond:
Bond and MI6 rendez-vous with him when they are spying on Zorin at Ascot Racecourse.


How he helps Bond:

• Poses as Bond's Chauffeur when he is James St. John Smythe.

• Breaks into Mortner's secret lab with Bond.

What happened to Sir Godfrey Tibbet:
Killed by May Day before he can report to MI6 on what he and Bond have discovered.