Biography
The name is "Maibaum, Richard Maibaum".....the brilliant screenwriter who adapted the Ian Fleming 007 novels into the highly entertaining screenplays of nearly every James Bond film from Dr. No (1962) through to Licence to Kill (1989). Maibaum attended New York University, then studied acting at the University of Iowa. By the time he was in his late twenties, Maibaum was a well established Broadway actor and playwright. He entered films as a screenwriter in 1937, spending the war years with the army's Combat Film Division. In 1946, he joined Paramount as both screenwriter and producer, contributing to such films as The Big Clock (1948) and The Great Gatsby (1949). From advice that making films abroad was an excellent tax shelter, Maibaum formed a partnership in the 1950s with producers Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli This led to his involvement in the phenomenally successful James Bond series of the 1960s and 1970s and, after Ian Fleming, Maibaum has arguably been the person most responsible for shaping the image of the screen's most famous spy!
Wrote 43
1990s
- 1996
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
- 1985
- 1983
- 1981
- 1980
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
Writer
1970s
- 1977
- 1974
- 1973
Jarrett
Writer
- 1971
1960s
- 1969
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
Battle at Bloody Beach
Screenplay, Story
- 1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Adaptation
1950s
- 1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Story
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Story
- 1958
Tank Force!
Writer
- 1957
- 1956
Zarak
Writer
Bigger Than Life
Screenplay, Story
Ransom!
Screenplay
- 1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
Writer
- 1953
The Red Beret
Screenplay
1940s
- 1949
Song of Surrender
Screenplay
The Great Gatsby
Screenplay
- 1945
See My Lawyer
Writer
- 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Writer
- 1941
I Wanted Wings
Screenplay
- 1940
20 Mule Team
Screenplay
The Ghost Comes Home
Screenplay
1930s
- 1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Screenplay
Coast Guard
Screenplay
The Lady and the Mob
Screenplay
- 1938
Stablemates
Writer
- 1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Screenplay
Live, Love and Learn
Screenplay
They Gave Him a Gun
Screenplay
Produced 10
1970s
- 1973
Jarrett
Producer
1960s
- 1961
Battle at Bloody Beach
Producer
1950s
- 1957
- 1950
No Man of Her Own
Producer
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Producer
1940s
- 1949
Dear Wife
Producer
The Great Gatsby
Producer
- 1948
The Sainted Sisters
Producer
- 1946
O.S.S.
Producer
Other crew 1
1960s
- 1968
Directed 1
1940s
- 1949
The Great Gatsby
Second Unit Director
Appearances1
1990s
- 1995
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Self