Richard Mays — Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Character Profile

About Richard Mays

Dapper but hapless British aviator and Patricia's unofficial fiancé, whose romantic and competitive standing is threatened by his own distractions and Orvil's arrival.

Character Facts

Played by

James Fox

Appears in

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Richard Mays — Romantic Rival — Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman)

  Competing for Patricia's affection and professional standing.

• Richard Mays — Alliance — Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley)

  Strategic partnership to advance British aviation and newspaper publicity.

• Richard Mays — Conflict International Rival — Colonel Manfred von Holstein (Gert Fröbe)

  Nationalistic competitors vying for aviation supremacy.

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• Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman)
• Patricia Rawnsley (Sarah Miles)
• Count Emilio Ponticelli (Alberto Sordi)
• Mother Superior (Flora Robson)
• Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley)
• Trawler Skipper (Maurice Denham)
• Colonel Manfred von Holstein (Gert Fröbe)
• Captain Rumpelstoss (Karl Michael Vogler)
• Narrator (James Robertson Justice)
• French Painter (John Le Mesurier)
• George Gruber (Sam Wanamaker)
• French Official (Ferdy Mayne)