News about Harry Saltzman

Only six men can lay claim to wearing the famous Savile Row tuxedo of James Bond ; more people have stepped on the Moon. Yet hundreds more came within an inch of winning the coveted 007 role - the pinnacle for so many actors. When Sean Connery announced that the 1967 Bond movie You Only Live Twice would be his last outing as 007, the search for his replacement took producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in some bizarre directions. With preferred options such as Roger Moore committed elsewhere, they decided to cast an unknown. And perhaps the most improbable candidate to be Agent 007 was Lord Lucan , who was to famously disappear from his London home in November 1974 after his children's nanny was found murdered.

These are the most expensive homes on sale in the United Kingdom, from a Buckinghamshire mansion that inspired M's office in James Bond to a 21-bed Hampshire mega estate. But you'll definitely need deep pockets to afford them, with the best selling price at £75 million and others at least £60 million. Eight of the top ten are in London, with Denham Park in Buckinghamshire, one of the few exceptions, housing Napoleon's brothers and being at the top of the list. A six-bedroom 'extraordinary' Belgravia home and the Grade II-listed Hackwood Park in Hampshire are joint second, with both costing £65 million. MailOnline takes you on a tour of the priciest homes on sale on Zoopla.

After their Emperor brother was ruled for a year in 1814, King Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte, who reigned over Naples and Spain, and King Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte, who briefly reigned over Westphalia, lived in the palace for a year in the 1830s. JP Morgan, the American financier who ruled Wall Street at his time, used the mansion as his English country retreated from 1853 to 1913. Harry Saltzman, a James Bond film franchise co-producer, purchased Denham Place in 1960, where he lived for 17 years. Not only did he use the palace for his office, but also unconfirmed claims that scenes from the films were shot there.

The selling prices of the most viewed homes in the United Kingdom this year range from a London flat that is up for auction for £9.95 million to a 12-bedroom Grade I listed mansion in Buckinghamshire selling for £75 million. A seven-bedroom house in Tanworth-in-Arden, an 18-bedroom home in Newcastle upon Tyne, an 11-bedroom house in Eltham, and a 12-bedroom mansion in Denham are shown in this series (centre and then clockwise from top left).

RICHARD EDEN: Since 1963, the Hilton in Park Lane, Mayfair (right), has been attracting the wealthy and famous, including The Beatles, but the American hotel chain is set to be evicted at the end of this month. Rhett Rosen, the Hilton's chief executive, says the hotel has "decided to renovate," adding: "I wanted to say from the bottom of our heart how much we respect and adore you all of you." Mark Bamford (left) - The restaurant's billionaire brother, Lord (Anthony) Bamford, tells me: "I have been a guest at the restaurant since 1965, when I first saw my late parents.' I'm now led to believe that I am their longest-serving visitor.