History Creator / AlbertRBroccoli

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, Creator/JohnGlen), the same set designer from 1962 to 1979 (Creator/KenAdam), the same stunt crews (including Creator/RemyJulienne in the 1980s), and the same supporting character actors (Creator/BernardLee, Creator/LoisMaxwell, Creator/DesmondLlewelyn) whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in the franchise was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989). Several Bond alumni also featured in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.

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Broccoli's early film career saw him do nothing spectacularly famous, although ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' was a spectacular flop that bankrupted him and then partner Irving Allen. However, [[Literature/JamesBond a certain series of British spy novels]] by one Creator/IanFleming was becoming very popular, and Broccoli saw an opportunity. He found the rights had already been sold, so he decided to team up with a man named Harry Saltzman. When the studio execs at Creator/UnitedArtists objected to their casting of Creator/SeanConnery as the lead character, they insisted on it. And it paid off.

After ''Film/DrNo'', Broccoli only produced two non-Bond films with Creator/EonProductions (''Film/CallMeBwana'' and ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'', the latter also from a Ian Fleming novel), the company would be entirely dedicated to produce Bond films from then on. He narrowly avoided death during the making of ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' after cancelling a flight at the last minute.

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, Creator/JohnGlen), the same set designer from 1962 to 1979 (Creator/KenAdam), the same stunt crews (including Creator/RemyJulienne in the 1980s), and the same supporting character actors (Creator/BernardLee, Creator/LoisMaxwell, Creator/DesmondLlewelyn) whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in the franchise was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, Creator/JohnGlen), the same set designer from 1962 to 1979 (Creator/KenAdam), the same stunt crews (including Creator/RemyJulienne in the 1980s), and the same actors whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in the franchise was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

After ''Film/DrNo'', Broccoli only produced two non-Bond films with Creator/EonProductions (''Call Me Bwana'' and ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'', the latter also from a Ian Fleming novel), the company would be entirely dedicated to produce Bond films from then on. He narrowly avoided death during the making of ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' after cancelling a flight at the last minute.

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, Creator/JohnGlen), the same stunt crews (including Creator/RemyJulienne in the 1980s), and the same actors whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in the franchise was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

Albert Romolo Broccoli (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996), nicknamed "Cubby" Broccoli, was a New York City born Italian-American film producer.

Broccoli's early film career saw him do nothing spectacularly famous, although ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' was a spectacular flop that bankrupted him and then partner Creator/IrwinAllen. However, [[Literature/JamesBond a certain series of British spy novels]] by one Creator/IanFleming was becoming very popular, and Broccoli saw an opportunity. He found the rights had already been sold, so he decided to team up with a man named Harry Saltzman. When the studio execs at Creator/UnitedArtists objected to their casting of Creator/SeanConnery as the lead character, they insisted on it. And it paid off.

Broccoli's early film career saw him do nothing spectacularly famous, although ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' was a spectacular flop that bankrupted him and then partner Creator/IrvingAllen. However, [[Literature/JamesBond a certain series of British spy novels]] by one Creator/IanFleming was becoming very popular, and Broccoli saw an opportunity. He found the rights had already been sold, so he decided to team up with a man named Harry Saltzman. When the studio execs at Creator/UnitedArtists objected to their casting of Creator/SeanConnery as the lead character, they insisted on it. And it paid off.

Broccoli's early film career saw him do nothing spectacularly famous, although ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' was a spectacular flop that bankrupted him and then partner Irving Allen. However, [[Literature/JamesBond a certain series of British spy novels]] by one Creator/IanFleming was becoming very popular, and Broccoli saw an opportunity. He found the rights had already been sold, so he decided to team up with a man named Harry Saltzman. When the studio execs at Creator/UnitedArtists objected to their casting of Creator/SeanConnery as the lead character, they insisted on it. And it paid off.

Broccoli's early film career saw him do nothing spectacularly famous, although ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' was a spectacular flop that bankrupted him and then partner Irving Allen. However, [[Literature/JamesBond a certain series of British spy novels]] by one Creator/IanFleming was becoming very popular, and Broccoli saw an opportunity. He found the rights had already been sold, so he decided to team up with a man named Harry Saltzman. When the studio execs at Creator/UnitedArtists objected to their casting of Creator/SeanConnery as the lead character, they insisted on it.

Albert Romolo Broccoli (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996), more commonly known as "Cubby" Broccoli, was a New York City born Italian-American film producer.

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, Creator/JohnGlen), the same stunt crews, and the same actors whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in the franchise was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, John Glen), the same stunt crews, and the same actors whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in the franchise was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

And if you're wondering -- YES, his surname refers to the vegetable. Broccoli is Italian for "flowering crests of a cabbage". There's an UrbanLegend that an ancestor of his ''did'' breed, discover, and/or was somehow involved with the vegetable, enough so to have it named after him or her, but more likely it's the other way around, that his ancestors got the surname because they were farming it. Broccoli himself only claimed that a relative brought broccoli to the US in the 19th century, and broccoli was around long before that, and he did work in his immediate family's vegetable business in his youth.

And if you're wondering -- YES, his surname refers to the vegetable. Broccoli is Italian for "flowering crests of a cabbage". There's an UrbanLegend that an ancestor of his ''did'' breed, discover, and/or was somehow involved with the vegetable, enough so to have it named after him or her, but more likely it's the other way around, that his ancestors got the surname because they were farming it. Broccoli himself only claimed that a relative brought broccoli to the US in the 18th century, and broccoli was around long before that, and he did work in his immediate family's vegetable business in his youth.

And if you're wondering -- YES, an ancestor of his ''did'' breed, discover, and/or was somehow involved with the vegetable, enough so to have it named after him or her.

** ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' (1965, executive producer with Harry Saltzman[[note]]Kevin [=McClory=] got full producer credits on this one, as a temporary settlement amidst the very long legal feud against Ian Fleming then against Broccoli and Saltzman[[/note]])

After ''Film/DrNo'', Broccoli only produced two non-Bond films with Eon Productions (''Call Me Bwana'' and ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'', the latter also from a Ian Fleming novel), the company would be entirely dedicated to produce Bond films from then on. He narrowly avoided death during the making of ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' after cancelling a flight at the last minute.

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, John Glen) and the same stunt teams and actors whenever TheOtherDarrin was not needed. His longest collaboration in it was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, John Glen). His longest collaboration in it was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He kept working with several directors within the Bond series (Creator/TerenceYoung, Creator/GuyHamilton, Creator/LewisGilbert, John Glen). His longest collaborations in it was with screenwriter Richard Maibaum (from 1962 to 1989).

!!Producer credits:

** ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' (1965, executive producer with Harry Saltzman[[note]]Kevin [=McClory=] got full producer credits on this one, as a temporary settlement amidst the very long legal feud that opposed him to Ian Fleming then to Broccoli and Saltzman[[/note]])