John Stears

Biography

Career Overview

John Stears has 26 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently James Bond with 5 titles. Signature works include Thunderball, The Mask of Zorro, Goldfinger. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Crew
Gender: male
Known Credits: 26
Birth Date: 1934-08-25 00:00:00
Birth Place: Uxbridge - Hillingdon - Middlesex - England - UK

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

James Bond (5 titles)
The Mask of Zorro (1 titles)
Zorro Collection (1 titles)
Mick Travis Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Harry Saltzman (8 collaborations)
Albert R. Broccoli (8 collaborations)
John Barry (8 collaborations)
Bob Simmons (6 collaborations)
Peter R. Hunt (5 collaborations)
Ian Fleming (5 collaborations)
Richard Maibaum (5 collaborations)
Bernard Lee (5 collaborations)
Desmond Llewelyn (5 collaborations)
Lois Maxwell (5 collaborations)

Credits

actors (10 credits)
- Inside 'From Russia with Love'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Terence Young: Bond Vivant
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Harry Saltzman: Showman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Inside Q's Lab
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Ken Adam: Designing Bond
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- The Oscars
  
  - The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) ... Self actor actors
  
  1953
crew (15 credits)
- The Mask of Zorro
  
  special effects coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1998
- Babylon 5: The Gathering
  
  special effects coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1993
- Turkey Shoot
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1982
- Outland
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1981
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1975
- The Man with the Golden Gun
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1974
- O Lucky Man!
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1973
- Theatre of Blood
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1973
- Sitting Target
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1972
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1969
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1968
- Thunderball
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1965
- Goldfinger
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1964
- From Russia with Love
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1963
- Call Me Bwana
  
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1963
visual effects (1 credits)
- The Bounty
  
  special effects supervisor
  
  visual effects
  
  1984