Fleming’s biographer John Pearson also hypothesised that Fleming’s characterisation of M reflects memories of his mother:There is reason for thinking that a more telling lead to the real identity of M lies in the fact that as a boy Fleming often called his mother M. Melville recruited Sidney Reilly into government service and foiled an assassination plot against Queen Victoria on her 1887 Golden Jubilee. The tradition of the head of MI6 signing their name with a single letter came from Mansfield Smith-Cumming, who would sign his initial 'C’ with green ink.Īnother possibility for the model of M was William Melville, an Irishman who became the head of the Secret Service Bureau, the forerunner of both MI5 and MI6: Melville was referred to within government circles as M. A further inspiration for M was Maxwell Knight, the head of MI5, who signed his memos as ’M’ and whom Fleming knew well. Other possible inspirations include Lieutenant Colonel Sir Claude Dansey, the deputy head of MI6 and head of the wartime Z network, who achieved different interpretations of his character from those who knew him: Malcolm Muggeridge thought him 'the only professional in MI6’, while Hugh Trevor-Roper considered Dansey to be 'an utter shit, corrupt, incompetent, but with a certain low cunning’.
After Fleming’s death, Godfrey complained ‘He turned me into that unsavoury character, M.’
In the Eon Productionsseries of films, M has been portrayed by four actors: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes, the incumbent in the two independent productions, M was played by John Huston, David Niven and Edward Fox.īackgroundRear Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Fleming’s superior at the Naval Intelligence Division and a basis for M.įleming based much of M’s character on Rear AdmiralJohn Godfrey, who was Fleming’s superior at the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War. M has appeared in the novels by Fleming and seven continuation authors, as well as appearing in twenty-four films. Fleming based the character on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming’s James Bond book and film series the character is the Head of the Secret Intelligence Service-also known as MI6-and is Bond’s superior. Category Music Song I’m the One Artist DJ Khaled Licensed to YouTube by SME (on behalf of Epic/We The Best) ASCAP, UBEM, PEDL, UMPG Publishing, UMPI, Abramus Digital, CMRRA, AMRA, BMG Rights. Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest v1.03 Fixed Files Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest v1.16 Fixed Files.
InformationOccupationHead of MI6NationalityBritish M James Bond characterFirst appearance Casino Royale (1953)Last appearance Forever and a Day (2018)Created byIan FlemingPortrayed by
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