Curd Jürgens Below" (1957), in which he portrayed a German U-boat commander. In 1962 he played the German general Günther Blumentritt in "The Longest Day". Later, in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), he played the villain Karl Stromberg, a sociopathic industrialist seeking to transform the world into an ocean paradise. His last film appearance was as Maître Legraine, beside Alain Delon and Claude Jade in the spy-thriller "Teheran 43" (1981). In English-language television he played Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in several episodes of the BBC series "Fall of Eagles" (1974) and appeared as General Vladimir in the
Motifs in the James Bond film series whom he makes his "immortal introduction". It was Sean Connery's second line in the film. Following the release of "Dr. No", the quote "Bond ... James Bond", became a catch phrase that entered the lexicon of Western popular culture: writers Cork and Scivally said of the introduction in "Dr. No" that the "signature introduction would become the most famous and loved film line ever". In 2001 it was voted as the "best-loved one-liner in cinema" by British cinema goers. On 21 June 2005, the line was honoured as the 22nd historically greatest cinema quotation by the American Film Institute, in