Rachel Arroyo at Air Force
News offers a piece on retired Lt. Col. Charles Russon, a military advisor to the James Bond films known as “Mr.
Fixit.”
He was one of the founding air commandos assigned to World War II's China-Burma-India theater, the first American to photograph Hiroshima after the atomic bomb attack, an Army retiree -- and 'Mr. Fixit' to James Bond.
Retired Lt. Col. Charles Russhon left his mark on the film industry as a military adviser to the Bond films in the 1960s and 1970s, earning the title of "Mr. Fixit" on the Bond sets.
Among the gadgets Russhon procured for filmmakers were the Bell-Textron Jetpack and the Fulton Skyhook, both featured in the 1965 "Thunderball," as well as the explosives that were used to blow up the Disco Volante ship.
He arranged for exterior access to Fort Knox, Kentucky, coordinated filming locations in Istanbul, Turkey, and facilitated film participation by Air Force pararescuemen in "Thunderball."
"Roger Moore called him 'Mr. Fixit' because he seemed to be able to do or get anything in New York City," Russhon's wife, Claire, wrote in an email. "For example, suspending traffic on FDR Drive for a Bond chase scene (and that isn't done in one take)."
As special associate to the producers, Russhon, a native New Yorker, researched new technologies, locations and permissions for whatever the scripts required, she said.
Russhon, who passed away in 1982, worked on "From Russia With Love," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "You Only Live Twice," and "Live and Let Die."
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/04/05/how-world-war-ii-vet-became-james-bonds-fixer.html
He was one of the founding air commandos assigned to World War II's China-Burma-India theater, the first American to photograph Hiroshima after the atomic bomb attack, an Army retiree -- and 'Mr. Fixit' to James Bond.
Retired Lt. Col. Charles Russhon left his mark on the film industry as a military adviser to the Bond films in the 1960s and 1970s, earning the title of "Mr. Fixit" on the Bond sets.
Among the gadgets Russhon procured for filmmakers were the Bell-Textron Jetpack and the Fulton Skyhook, both featured in the 1965 "Thunderball," as well as the explosives that were used to blow up the Disco Volante ship.
He arranged for exterior access to Fort Knox, Kentucky, coordinated filming locations in Istanbul, Turkey, and facilitated film participation by Air Force pararescuemen in "Thunderball."
"Roger Moore called him 'Mr. Fixit' because he seemed to be able to do or get anything in New York City," Russhon's wife, Claire, wrote in an email. "For example, suspending traffic on FDR Drive for a Bond chase scene (and that isn't done in one take)."
As special associate to the producers, Russhon, a native New Yorker, researched new technologies, locations and permissions for whatever the scripts required, she said.
Russhon, who passed away in 1982, worked on "From Russia With Love," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "You Only Live Twice," and "Live and Let Die."
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/04/05/how-world-war-ii-vet-became-james-bonds-fixer.html
