RIP Lewis Collins. The best Bond we never had.

@paullittle4622

6 жыл бұрын

sunflower1968 could of been the first gay James bond

@andyelliott8027

5 жыл бұрын

@@paullittle4622 GAY? Passed SAS selection, married with 3 sons...........I don't think so.

@OldMod67

5 жыл бұрын

Me and my mates said for years he should have been Bond. Glad others thoughtful same..

@carlahansen9090

5 жыл бұрын

sunflower1968 oh i agree I would've watched Bond if it was Lewis

@peterfranks6243

5 жыл бұрын

Would have been as good as Lazenby for raw toughness way before Craig

I'll commit sacrilege by saying Lewis Collins would've been the best Bond of all of them..had the good looks cool and charisma of Connery..the poise of Brosnan the tongue in cheek humour of Moore and the tough gritty realism of Craig..it's mad how little he was used in any major role R.I.P Mr Collins

@yoya4766

2 жыл бұрын

spot on, he encapsulated them all.

@rub1tan679

2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY ❗️❗️❗️👍👍🇬🇧😎

@CosmicKnight369

Жыл бұрын

I don't think so, he was an average actor at best. He didn't have the smooth physical movement for a spy role.

@BertiesGhost

Жыл бұрын

He would have been up there with Sean.

@jerryoshea3116

Жыл бұрын

I certainly have never understood Daniel Craig's success!..He has never expressed right kind of style or charisma( which has always been a intrinsic part of the Bond personalityif he's t playing a tough or questionable character,he's fine& i think would have been far better suited to a Villains role! Imo ( 007 nemesis) But Lewis Collins would have done a fine Job!

I'm 56yrs old I fell totally in love with Lewis when I first saw him in The Cuckoo Waltz when he appeared as Bodie I fell even deeper I was heartbroken when he died I didn't even know he was ill even now with all the handsome actor's there are today not one of them have the sex appeal and screen presence that Lewis Collins had bless his heart 💖

The Professionals - for me, the best 'action' series British TV has ever produced. Collins, Shaw and Jackson - a fantastic team.

@ianwatkins6202

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fabulous show The Professionals but for me, The Sweeney was number 1😊

@RABIDJOCK

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianwatkins6202 Yep I'm a Professionals fan more that a Sweeney fan but have to say the Sweeney had better storylines and better supporting cast..

@lizziebkennedy7505

Жыл бұрын

@@RABIDJOCK The Profs hardly had a support cast!

A great Actor. Shame the media showed him little dignity towards the end of his life. Rest in peace Sir.

Lewis Collins... a great man and a great actor with a great sense of humour.

To us of a certain age you WILL always be the coolest action star on television, God bless you Lewis

I used to love the absolutely determined way he ran in the show.

Absolutely heartbroken that this man didnt become James Bond. If ever a actor was James Bond it was Lewis Collins.

@RioBow

3 жыл бұрын

@James Henderson Considering Daniel Craig is 5ft 10inch and Lewis was 5ft 10 and a half i dont see your point 😆😆😆

@RioBow

3 жыл бұрын

@James Henderson Were both wrong 5ft 11inch

@JamesSmith-qs4hx

Жыл бұрын

I hear they are going to give it to a black....

i hope his wife reads these great comments about this legend. so many people loved him and he was the bond that never was so cool so great so loved.

It does seem sad that Lewis career seemed to taper off after the professionals but he peaked in that show as one of the UK’s most popular and greatest ever actors in terms of ratings. He did really well. He died the day my youngest son was born. RIP.

He was my first crush absolutely loved him had 2 big scrap books of him and posters of him all on my bedroom wall saw him in real life when he opened Windsor warehouse in Bradford he was so handsome used to drive my dad nuts talking about him all the time r.i.p Lewis Collins you handsome man xxx

Such a great bloke,fantastic in the professionals, he should have gone so much further.He would have been a great bond,they made a huge mistake not picking him.R.I.P. Lewis,a beautiful man 👍👍

He must have carried so much pain. To lose out on being a drummer with the 'tatty group'' aka The Beatles, and the Bond role. Two of the biggest phenomena of the 20th century. Lewis had it all, good looks, music ability, martial arts, acting, and a sweet unassuming man. RIP legend. Gone but never forgotten.

This man should have been a much bigger star, very under used as an actor and would have been brilliant as Bond. Suprised he didn't make it big in movies.

@BellogsTheChicken

3 жыл бұрын

I think he turned it down

@tonmisty

3 жыл бұрын

@@BellogsTheChicken No he didn't. He actually auditioned for Bond but he was thought to be too aggressive for the role.

I love him in "who dares wins" the scene on his motorbike visiting his wife in secret, the music, such a great film & an underated actor, R.I.P Lewis

@richardclarke376

5 жыл бұрын

I like the music in that film and especially the last 10 minutes

@DieGrinsekatze

3 жыл бұрын

yes, it was so moving. i still love that movie 😥

God Bless Lewis Collins! RIP ! I grew up watching him, the best 'BOND' we never had! dx

Without doubt one of the most charismatic and coolest actors this country has ever had. Completely and totally under used after the brilliant Professionals. There's differing stories why he didn't become the next James Bond from he was too aggressive in the interview or over confident or what ever well that's pretty cool in itself, anyway the producers and makers of James Bond robbed the fans of who I think would of been one of the best James Bonds, what a waste😩😥😥 What a wonderful interview this was he was talking about the professionals being 20 years previous and now in nearly 2016 this interview was 16/17 years ago and we've lost him now where does the time go. I wasn't even a teenager when the professionals started now I've got my eye on retirement😢 very sad.

@leejamieson4434

7 жыл бұрын

I totally agree he would of been the best bond such a waste of an actor and far better than Martin Shaw I love the professionals I was seven when I watched it and I'm forty six now and still watching it, timeless

@richardclarke376

5 жыл бұрын

talk about Gone Too Soon. RIP Lewis.

@philmellor4885

5 жыл бұрын

EssexV6...Yep...its hard to comprehend that the Bond producers persevered with a geriatric Moore when they could of gone with Collins. Fucking baffling.

@richardjohnson6944

4 жыл бұрын

He could have made loads of action films

@bozotheclown169

3 жыл бұрын

@James Henderson according to imdb LCollins was 5ft 11 which wouldve been fine. DCraig is listed as 5ft 10 (but is probably shorter)..but maybe back then a Bond just shy of 6ft was a deal breaker for Cubby?

Lewis Collins was a true alpha male in every sense. A talented actor criminally under utilized. He is missed.

What a cool dude he was. Served in the TA as a Para, even started SAS selection until senior officers decided his celebrity status would not be compatible. He was the real deal, we should have seen more of him. Hope he's up there now, still giving grief to Cowley. RIP Lewis 🙏

According to everyone who ever met him (sadly I'm not one), Lewis Collins was one of the nicest people you could ever encounter.

He would have been 51 here, still looks great. I am so glad we did not see photos of him before he died, as we did with poor Patrick Swayzee; that was terrible, at least we can remember this handsome man the way he was. Loved the series.

@jerrysummers5971

2 жыл бұрын

We did I've seen them.😐

RIP...too badass to be chosen for James Bond

He would have been the best Bond since Connery. As Bodie he was cool, tough, suave and all action. I recently watched him in Who Dares Wins, he played Peter Skellern, an SAS soldier who goes undercover to foil a terrorist plot, and he was brilliant. Thank you Lewis Collins, for countless hours of great entertainment. You really were great.

@andyanderson3567

3 жыл бұрын

Great shame he was never given the opportunity to play Bond. I'd imagine he would have smashed it !

Oh my first crush!!! Posters all over my bedroom walls and kissed them all every bedtime. Met him once opening an Alfa romeo car showroom in Surrey. Had his one eyed German shepherd dog in the car, managed to get 2 kisses off him, OMG I was in heaven that day!!!

RIP Lewis. Still watch the Professionals when i can on ITV4.Love it

@brianmunich553

2 жыл бұрын

Still on all these years later thankfully I've seen them all lots of times and even with all the channels today I still rather watch that and its tv from before my time

It was an extremely Sad day yesterday when I found out he had passed away. RIP Lewis Collins!

Never forgotten ❤ lewis collins my hero and favorite English actor .underated and would have been a great bond but we had bodie and lewis was perfect as him .

Thanks to YT his wife and kids can see how the public loved him. In life he may not have realised how long people's memories are.

Bodie was my fave character as a kid ... I even named my dog Bodie! ;-)

@DieGrinsekatze

3 жыл бұрын

i bought a vintage Capri just because of him

What a brilliant Mans's man the world doesn't seem right without him

@nfelvis68

8 жыл бұрын

Nice comment. BTW u can now buy the blu ray versions of The Professionals which are superb.

@maximiliandyhr2575

8 жыл бұрын

+nfelvis68 where

@nigelfannon8571

8 жыл бұрын

Maximilian Dyhr Amazon sell them

@maximiliandyhr2575

8 жыл бұрын

+Nigel Fannon thanks

@maximiliandyhr2575

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks do you know How many seasons ore boxes there is

RIP, very sad news, i loved watching The Professionals when i was growing up.

Such sad news about Lewis Collins, he was so cool as Bodie. He was a hero to myself and millions of young boys.

@supersonic1246

4 жыл бұрын

... absolutely ...

@thursoberwick1948

3 жыл бұрын

@@supersonic1246 And the presenters of Top Gear.

Thank you for some of the best tv when i was young,,didant know you even passed the SAS after the show,you were the real deal,fare play,,,RIP Lewis

He could have been the perfect Bond --RIP Lewis Collins you still gave us great performances and lovely memories of those times.

RIP the man who should have been Bond. It's the Bond franchise's loss.

@rumbleofdrums

10 жыл бұрын

If you've never seen the film 'Who Dares Wins' watch it. It's one of those movies which never ages.

@rumbleofdrums

10 жыл бұрын

rumbleofdrums Lewis Collins actually went through SAS training and passed SAS selection before filming Who Dares Wins

@SeriousSpyBond

10 жыл бұрын

rumbleofdrums Agreed, mate. He would've been awesome as Bond! And yes, Who Dares Wins is still one hell of a movie!

Smiles with his eyes. Good trait.

@cnikkac

10 жыл бұрын

always watch his eyes

@normathomas8276

6 жыл бұрын

Rosalind Mercer georgous looking man

rip lewis mate, a local legend from birkenhead! we will miss you.

What a legend. We miss you Lew.

So sad they never thought of bringing the professionals back great show so sad Lewis Collins has passed away great guy a talent missed he had so much to give RIP SIR you are and always will be a professional...

@BungleBare

3 жыл бұрын

Sky did bring it back. Around 1998, if I remember correctly. It was called CI5: The New Professionals, and starred Edward Woodward in an equivalent role to Gordon Jackson’s. It was …. ….. disappointing.

Ahh I miss him such a handsome man and such an underrated star for the time. If he’d been Bond many more women would have watched. Love him.xxx

Very underrated and should have gone a lot further. R.I.P

such a gorgeous man!! love him, not many like him that's for sure....

Legendary actor Lewis Collins. RIP

I remember this as my first seeing him after a few years on from the professionals I watched with my mam and dad on itv repeats. So cool and so gorgeous. Still watching on itv4. Miss him a whole lot. So cool.xxx

Lewis Collins would have made a marvelous James Bond if given the chance.

Brilliant guy. Was not a PC suck up. Ended his days running a computer shop in LA, and God Bless him! What a guy!

What a legend states had starsky and hutch we had proffesionals. Still watch the re runs but remember as a kid getting all excited when they came on tv RIP Bodie what a guy 😎👍

Still watch the professionals even now when it’s on. Watched as a kid and it’s still just as good.

Sooo handsome yes he would of been an awesome James Bond RIP Lewis 💕

R.i.P. He was the Hero of my childhood

@supersonic1246

4 жыл бұрын

... of mine too ... !

Endless greatness

Lewis Collins. My heartfelt respect for you. RIP.

I fancied bodie in the 70s I viewed him as a proper man R.I.P handsome man xx

He would have made the most perfect James Bond...Wasn't in the audition long as they wanted another Sean Connery at the time but what short sightedness was that!!

He would have made a great James Bond at that age ... dammn

RIP Lewis.... Thanks for playing those wonderful roles in who Dares Wins and the Professionals etc.... A real tough guy actor and apparently passing the SAS reserves induction.... Your missed...

RIP Lewis great-actor

God bless him a Great British actor will not be forgotten

At least Martin Shaw, had the good manners, to make it up With Lewis Collins, before he passed away. What a tragic waste of Acting Talent, and lovely, down to earth personality. He was an ex TA Paratrooper as well, I think that he even passed “selection” for 23 SAS, but, his TV bosses, put a stop to it. RIP Lewis. Lesson, life is way to short for grudges, ( real, or imagined) and hatred is such a negative emotion. Take Note, James Bolam. Although it’s too late for you. When people indulge in this behaviour, don’t they realise that they are demeaned as a person.

@rob5944

3 жыл бұрын

James Bolam? Did they have a row?

@BungleBare

3 жыл бұрын

@@rob5944 James Bolam had a similar fall-out with his Likely Lads co-star, the now sadly departed Rodney Bewes.

@rob5944

3 жыл бұрын

@@BungleBare really, I wonder what these people argue about? Two of my old mates fell out over an electrical job and I was in the middle listening to them sniping about the other. I moved but am still in touch and used to drink with one then the other lol. One you quit working with someone often you lose touch because you've nothing in common anymore. 😟

@sarahholland2600

Жыл бұрын

@@BungleBare What was it about? I mean Bolam had a v good career after the Likely Lads: whereas Rodney was relegated to non famous theatre stuff.

Lewis Collins certainly should have had the lead role in "The New Professionals". Edward Woodward did an excellent job, but if Lewis was at the helm it would of had the continuity factor like Patrick Macnee's involvement in "The New Avengers". I think more people would of watched the show and thus it would have more than one series.

@thursoberwick1948

3 жыл бұрын

I watched the reboot recently. The first episode is atrocious but the others strangely watchable. Woodward and Doig are the best things in it.

Sad he passed away loved him 💜🙏

Very shocked to hear of Lewis Collin's passing.

Martin Shaw a serious actor, what a bloody laugh. At best he was mediocre. Bloody ponce with a floor mop on his head. Loved Lewis, he was every girls dream in the late 1970’s. Handsome and charming but tough as well. I wrote to him when he was appearing in a play at Chesterfield because the Sheffield date got cancelled and he sent me a gorgeous signed photograph. RIP Lewis xx 💜

@SuzyQ334

Жыл бұрын

I so agree with you about Martin Shaw. I liked him in his TV shows after the Professionals - Judge John Deed and George Gently. But like so many "actors" in interviews he comes across as a pretentious prat who thinks he's too good for TV. Lewis came across as a lovely bloke and I agree with everyone else who reckons he was the best Bond we never had. RIP Lewis Collins.

Wow - Lewis was still gorgeous, wasn't he?

R. I. P.... Lewis Collins great British actor.. 👍😎

Legend. Professionals, Who Dares Wins and passed SAS selection. His Bond would've been great.

The Professionals was my favourite show when I was a kid RIP Lewis Top guy

Love Lewis Collins r.i.p u we're amazing actor ..(bodie) legend xx

Collins still looked good in 1997 & could have still been Bond if he had got the part after Moore.

R.I.P Lewis Collins. A great action hero with a hard image and a good sense of humor thrown in. The guy was like that in real life too Best film for me was "who dares wins" SAS Peter Skellern AWESOME! R.I.P

R,I,P Lewis Collins I salute you Sir

Great actor.

Seriously coolest actor ever and starred in the Bill later. He's one of the most loved actors on tv

Epic series that one never tires from watching. It also enables us to see England in its prime before it turning into a migration camp.

@jamesjameson4566

2 жыл бұрын

It's gotten worse, much worse

Bodie is one of the coolest ever British TV characters

Great guy .made my childhood.Saturday night's were brill.

Miss him a lot RIP Lewis

@sajidbutt2530

Жыл бұрын

Me too Keith...

Why didn't The Professionals get bigger? It is the best cop thing I've ever watched! R.I.P Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins... another legend... rip

RIP Lewis

Always loved Bodie and Doyle, I think they were 9/10ths the reason as to why the viewers watched The Professionals.

RIP Lewis. Bodie shall live forever though.

Top bloke rip

Seems such a lovely fella,he would have made a fantastic Bond.. Shame he never became a massive movie star,he certainly had all the credentials. RIP

Sad news...a great actor......R.I.P Lewis.

TA Para too, what a cool guy he was, and a hero to 70's/80's boys

Great down to earth guy, very sad he passed on. He was the catalyst for Jason Statham-RIP

Lewis would have made a great Bond. RIP

God bless.

I just drove up to Palos Verdes and visited his grave.... His beret and belt are behind the glass Me and another ex 3 Para bloke. RIP Lewis. You was the real deal mate.

Such a shame Shaw was a snob about the role he'll be best remembered by

@CM-dw3gh

4 жыл бұрын

Did shaw not want to work with lewis?

@kimmarievan-ever6599

4 жыл бұрын

@@CM-dw3gh no it was just he didn't want the professionals repeated on tv as he is now a 'serious' actor dontcha kno... too full of his bloody own self importance.. all the money Lewis could have got from those re runs too.. Lewis was so versatile. A great comedic timing in his previous hit show The Cuckoo Waltz with Diane Keen and David Roper where he played a womanising lodger who flirted with Keen as the married woman. And yes like others think he should easily have been 007. Much better than Moore and Dalton. He actually passed sas training. .would have been great..in all his interviews and his this is your life programme he was very unassuming..down to earth and so well loved.. how he never became a big star i dont know and he would have been great in a professionals reboot doing Jacksons role. RIP big man you are missed

@genesis1765

4 жыл бұрын

@@kimmarievan-ever6599 Lewis was a gent. they all got rerun contracts the main 3 actors. because the contracts needed all 3 to sign for reruns to occur at a certain rate Shaw would basically put the contract on the side somewhere. what happened one time was Jackson's widow told Lewis to try to get Shaw to sign his contract. Lewis phoned up Shaw and basically told him to sign so a widow could get payments from her husbands work. Shaw signed and payments started to come in.

@TheGreenjacketbilly

3 жыл бұрын

@@genesis1765 wrong....Shaw never signed and Jacksons widow struggled for years. Shaw is so far up his own a**e hence Collins refusal to comment..he wasnt very happy. The 2 of them eventually had dinner and made peace not long before Collins passed away.

@thursoberwick1948

3 жыл бұрын

Most younger people will remember him from Judge John Deed, if at all.

They wouldn't have Lewis as James Bond but had Timothy Dalton what a joke, Lewis was perfect for the part,and shaw was just a snob,Lewis was far more popular,R.I.P Lewis you are a Legend and thanks for your great performances in the Professionals, i grew up with that show and you were the Man, God Bless.

They will never let an actor do those stunts these days ... the insurance man will protest.... lewis is still the my fav tv action star from the day ...

I assume the series he was alludito was The Professionals reboot in 1999 that only lasted thirteen episodes and was shown on Sky One? Edward Woodward ended up taking the Cowley role. Shame Bob didn't mention the B movies Lewis did in Italy in the mid 80s with Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef and Klaus Kinski. I'm sure Lewis would have had some stories about that. Interesting that he could have auditioned for The Beatles and that he worked alongside Mike 'The Scaffold' McCartney. Such an interesting life he had.

So if he'd accepted the job as drummer in the Beatles there would have been no Professionals. After all I can't imagine Ringo Starr as Bodie.

RIP Lewis. One cool dude.

What a handsome man he was, aged so well. So sad he went so early.

Loved Lewis Collins one of my childhood idols. RIP Lad.

Very handsome man.at age 51

@fionabeswick7155

10 жыл бұрын

It is kind of weird how lineless his face is. He looks gorgeous, but not a line. Too long ago for Botox. He must have been a vampire.