Gert Fröbe as Goldfinger, cheating during a rummy game at Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
First appearance
Goldfinger (1959 novel)
Last appearance
007 Legends (2012 video game)
Created by
Ian Fleming
Portrayed by
Gert Fröbe
Voiced by
Michael Collins (film)
Jan Rabson (James Bond Jr.)
Enn Reitel (GoldenEye: Rogue Agent)
Timothy Watson (007 Legends)
In-universe information
Full name
Auric Goldfinger
Gender
Male
Affiliation
SMERSH (novel)
Auric Enterprises Inc. (film)
SCUM (James Bond Jr.)
SPECTRE (GoldenEye: Rogue Agent)
Classification
Villain (Former; regular)
Henchmen
Oddjob Pussy Galore Jill Masterson Mei-Lei
Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's 1959 seventh James Bond novel, Goldfinger, and the 1964 film it inspired (the third in the James Bond series). His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning "of gold". Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Ernő Goldfinger, who had built his home in Hampstead next door to Fleming's; he disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him.[1] According to a 1965 Forbes article and The New York Times, the Goldfinger persona was based on gold-mining magnate Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.[2]
In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th-greatest villain in the past 100 years of film. In a poll on IMDb,[when?] Auric Goldfinger was voted the most sinister James Bond villain, beating (in order) Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dr. No, Max Zorin and Emilio Largo.[3] The sequence where Goldfinger has Bond strapped to a table with a laser and, in response to Bond asking "Do you expect me to talk?", Goldfinger delivers the often homaged line "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die" was voted the number-one best moment in the James Bond film franchise in a 2013 Sky Movies poll.[4]
Auric Goldfinger was played by German actor Gert Fröbe. Fröbe, who did not speak English well, was dubbed in the film by Michael Collins, an English actor.[4] In the German version, Fröbe dubbed himself back again.
Goldfinger was banned in Israel after it was revealed that Fröbe had been a member of the Nazi Party. However, he left the party before the outbreak of World War II. After several years, the ban was lifted, as it was found that Fröbe likely saved the lives of two Jews by hiding them in his basement during the war.
^Macintyre, Ben (5 April 2008). "Was Ian Fleming the real 007?". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
^"Milestones". Time. 15 March 1971. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^"Movie, TV and Celebrity Polls". IMDb.
^ abBattersby, Matilda (2 January 2013). "'No, Mr Bond, I Expect You to Die': Showdown Between Goldfinger and Sean Connery Voted Greatest James Bond Moment". The Independent. London: Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
AuricGoldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Ian Fleming's 1959 seventh James Bond novel, Goldfinger, and the 1964 film it inspired...
performed by Shirley Bassey AuricGoldfinger, the eponymous villain of the novel and film Goldfinger James Bond 007: Goldfinger, a 1986 videogame; see James...
album by Benestrophe Auric Godshawk, a character in the Fever Crumb AuricGoldfinger, a villain from the James Bond film GoldfingerAuric the Conqueror, an...
featuring James Bond. He is a henchman to the villain AuricGoldfinger in the 1959 James Bond novel Goldfinger and its 1964 film adaptation, making a cameo appearance...
Kill. Entreprises Auric A.G. – AuricGoldfinger's organisation in Goldfinger. Divisions include a stud farm in Kentucky named "Auric Stud". KGB – Soviet...
lesbian after she was sexually abused by her uncle at the age of 12. AuricGoldfinger enlists the help of Pussy and her Cement Mixers to carry out "Operation...
Fictional characters The villain AuricGoldfinger cheats at gin rummy in the key introduction scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), with the help of...
end of the novel (something that he had done only once before, to AuricGoldfinger). In both On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice,...
either Bond himself, his allies, or his enemies. Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger and Thunderball Lotus Esprit "Wet Nellie" from The Spy Who Loved Me Aston...
by Romanova. Bond is ordered to observe bullion dealer AuricGoldfinger. He suspects Goldfinger of cheating at cards and foils his scheme by distracting...
Town Crier and The Maggot in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and played AuricGoldfinger in the 2004 video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. It is his voice that...
agent's licence to kill is limited, with varying accounts in Dr. No, Goldfinger, and The Man with the Golden Gun. Per Fleming's Moonraker, 00 agents face...
government. This is strongly implied to be Red China, who earlier backed AuricGoldfinger in the film of the same name. Its long-term strategy, however, is illustrated...
radioactive monster that attacked Japan until it was slain by Janni Nemo. Goldfinger, Ian Fleming NTA Commissions an expedition to find El Dorado. Dr. Goldfoot...
Fröbe, a German actor most widely known for playing AuricGoldfinger in the James Bond film Goldfinger, "beatboxes" as Colonel Manfred von Holstein (simultaneously...
Forever (where they were the main foe of Agent 007) and Goldfinger as an accomplice to AuricGoldfinger's Operation Grandslam. He posed as a pitboy at the casino...
more sleek character that would echo "the world of James Bond", with AuricGoldfinger being cited as a particular influence. Gru also bears some design similarities...
as heard in GoldenEye, and the conversation between Bond and AuricGoldfinger in Goldfinger: "Do you expect me to talk?" / "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to...
did not take place. As Oddjob, he was a bodyguard to Bond villain AuricGoldfinger, and his sharpened, steel-brimmed bowler hat became a famous and much-parodied...
codename "GoldenEye", recruited by a villain of the Bond universe, AuricGoldfinger. Except for the appearance of Xenia Onatopp, it was unrelated to the...
Global Information