Richard Maibaum’s working relationship with Albert R Broccoli would extend into the phenomenally successful James Bond series.

Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for the adaptations of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels.

His first film as screenwriter was in 1937, and after military service in World War II he joined Paramount Pictures as a writer and producer on films such as The Big Clock and The Great Gatsby. In the 1950s he became the favoured screenwriter for Irwin Allen and Albert R Broccoli, who were making action films in Britain under their Warwick Films banner. His working relationship with Broccoli would extend into the phenomenally successful James Bond series, with Maibaum contributing to the screenplays of all but two of the films from Dr No in 1962 until Licence to Kill in 1989. However, his contributions to Licence to Kill were disrupted by a strike by the Writers Guild of America.

1. Dr No
2. From Russia with Love
3. Goldfinger
4. Thunderball
5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. The Man with the Golden Gun
8. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. Octopussy
11. A View to a Kill
12. The Living Daylights
13. Licence to Kill