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Born: June 20, 1915 (Shanghai, China)

Died: September 7, 1994 (heart attack)

Bond Films directed: Dr. No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963), Thunderball (1965)

Also directed:

• The Red Beret (1950)
• Action of the Tiger (1957)
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
• The Poppy is Also a Flower (1966)
• Wait Until Dark (1967)
• Red Sun (1971)
• The Valachi Papers (1972)
• Bloodline (1979)
• Inchon (1981)

What he brought to the production: With a gritty sense of realism, and a flair for the fantastic, punctuated by brutal action sequences, he created the template for the Bond series.

Best remembered for: Grooming the rough-edged Sean Connery for the Bond role

Bond actors directed: Sean Connery

Crew: Director of Photography—Ted Moore, BSC

Editor— Peter Hunt

Pertinent quotes:

Brief Bio: Ask Sean Connery about Terence Young and he'll say "He should have played Bond." Connery isn't alone in this opinion. A lot of the women Young directed say the same thing. " "

Young had directed "The Red Beret" for "Cubby" Broccoli in 1950, and had directed Sean Connery in "Action of the Tiger." But to turn the rough and tumble Scottish actor into suave secret agent James Bond would take some coaching from Young on the finer things in life.