He was then hired by the Polish Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs and appointed to a sensitive communication position, which he used for buying and selling stocks at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He first graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in Political History and Economics, and then from the Warsaw University of Technology with a degree in Engineering and Radionics. As a young man, he was well-versed in the social science disciplines, but also in the natural science and technology disciplines. After World War I, Blofeld became a Polish national. According to the novel, Blofeld was born on (which is also Fleming's birthdate) in Gdingen, Imperial Germany (now Gdynia, Poland) his father Ernst George Blofeld was Polish, and his mother Maria Stavro Michelopoulos was Greek, hence his Greek middle name Stavro. Ian Fleming includes information about Blofeld's background in his novel Thunderball. Claw, and Danger Mouse, with the character of Baron Silas Greenback. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons Inspector Gadget, with the character of Dr.
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This can be seen parodied in the Austin Powers film series with the character of Dr. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the criminal mastermind, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as a parodic allusion to Blofeld's character. His face is revealed in You Only Live Twice when he introduces himself to Bond for the first time in person. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of his hands stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat. Blofeld also appears in Never Say Never Again (1983), a remake of Thunderball that was not produced by Eon.īlofeld has been played on-screen by Donald Pleasence, Telly Savalas, Charles Gray, Max von Sydow and Christoph Waltz, among others. The latter two films are set in a rebooted continuity, which started with Casino Royale (2006).
The most recurring antagonist in the franchise, Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice as well as eight films from Eon Productions: From Russia with Love (1963), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), possibly For Your Eyes Only (1981 the pre-title sequence of which shows an unnamed character resembling Blofeld fall to his death), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). The character was originally written by Fleming as a physically massive and powerfully built man, standing around 6' 3" (1.90 m) and weighing 20 st (280 lbs, 127 kg), who had become flabby with a huge belly. Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE and is commonly referred to by the codename Number 1 within this organisation. A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond. Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming.
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