Actor.
His biggest claim to fame is being the first actor to portray Major Boothroyd, better known as Q, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). Due to a scheduling conflict, Burton was not available to reprise the role for From Russia with Love (1963) and therefore was replaced by long time Q actor Desmond Llewelyn.
Aside from Dr. No, he appeared in films like: Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Bitch (1979), and Inchon (1981).
Peter Burton passed away in 1989.
His biggest claim to fame is being the first actor to portray Major Boothroyd, better known as Q, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). Due to a scheduling conflict, Burton was not available to reprise the role for From Russia with Love (1963) and therefore was replaced by long time Q actor Desmond Llewelyn.
Aside from Dr. No, he appeared in films like: Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Bitch (1979), and Inchon (1981).
Peter Burton passed away in 1989.
Actor.
His biggest claim to fame is being the first actor to portray Major Boothroyd, better known as Q, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). Due to a scheduling conflict, Burton was not available to reprise the role for From Russia with Love (1963) and therefore was replaced by long time Q actor Desmond Llewelyn.
Aside from Dr. No, he appeared in films like: Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Bitch (1979), and Inchon (1981).
Peter Burton passed away in 1989.
His biggest claim to fame is being the first actor to portray Major Boothroyd, better known as Q, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). Due to a scheduling conflict, Burton was not available to reprise the role for From Russia with Love (1963) and therefore was replaced by long time Q actor Desmond Llewelyn.
Aside from Dr. No, he appeared in films like: Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Bitch (1979), and Inchon (1981).
Peter Burton passed away in 1989.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
