Date of birth: 12.9.1914 (verst. 19.12.1999) Hometown: Newport, South Wales, UK Real name: Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn
Desmond Llewelyn was born in Newport, South Wales, UK. Llewelyn was not the first choice for the role of "Q." Actor Peter Burton played the role of Major Boothroyd (later known as "Q"), in Dr. No (1962), the first in the 007 series. Barton was unavailable when the second movie From Russia with Love (1963) was filmed. The part went instead to Llewelyn and remained his for 16 more productions until his death in 1999.
