Remembering Roger Moore, The ‘Bond’ That GenX Grew Up Loving

British actor Roger Moore, who won international fame playing secret agent James Bond died at 89.

British actor Roger Moore, playing the title role of secret service agent 007, James Bond, is shown on location in England in 1972 (Photo: AP)

Roger Moore, the dapper British actor who played the British Secret Service Agent James Bond on screen, died on Tuesday in Switzerland at 89 years of age.

Roger Moore played Bond in seven films between 1973 and 1985. The story of his sixth James Bond film, Octopussy (1983) was set in India. Many parts of the film were shot in Udaipur, India. Former tennis player, Vijay Amritraj and Kabir Bedi were a part of the project.

His 12 years as James Bond, the British agent with a voracious appetite for danger and sex, made Moore a millionaire as well as a heartthrob the world over.