<Ul> <Li> Roger Moore as James Bond : MI6 agent 007 , who is sent to retrieve a stolen `` ATAC '' system that could be misused for controlling British military submarines . </Li> <Li> Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock : The daughter of marine archaeologists who are murdered while tracking down the ATAC 's whereabouts . Bouquet had auditioned for the role of Holly Goodhead in Moonraker , but was unsuccessful . </Li> <Li> Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos : Initially shown as an ally , later as the main villain . A smuggler planning to expand his fortune by selling the ATAC to the KGB . Glover had been shortlisted as a possible Bond for Live and Let Die , eventually losing out to Moore . </Li> <Li> Chaim Topol ( credited as `` Topol '' ) as Milos Columbo : Kristatos ' former smuggling partner who assists Bond in his mission . Named after Gioacchino Colombo , the Ferrari engine designer , specifically Ferrari 125 , which Fleming admired . Topol suggested the pistachios as a trademark of the character , which are used in a scene to orient Columbo 's men on where to shoot . </Li> <Li> Lynn - Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl : An ice - skating prodigy who is training with the financial support of Kristatos . Johnson was an ice skater before turning to acting , and achieved second place at the novice level of the 1974 United States Figure Skating Championships . </Li> <Li> Michael Gothard as Emile Leopold Locque : A Belgian hired killer and associate of Kristatos . </Li> <Li> Cassandra Harris as Countess Lisl von Schlaf : Columbo 's mistress . At the time of filming Harris was married to future Bond actor Pierce Brosnan , and the couple lunched with the film 's producer Albert R. Broccoli during filming . </Li> <Li> John Wyman as Erich Kriegler : An East German Olympic class biathete and Kristatos ' henchman / KGB contact . The academic Jeremy Black said that he resembles Hans of You Only Live Twice and Stamper of Tomorrow Never Dies . </Li> <Li> Desmond Llewelyn as Q , the head of MI6 's technical department . </Li> <Li> Jill Bennett as Jacoba Brink : Bibi 's skating coach . </Li> <Li> Jack Hedley as Sir Timothy Havelock : A marine archaeologist hired by the British Secret Service to secretly locate the wreck of St. Georges . </Li> <Li> Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny , M 's secretary . </Li> <Li> Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray : The British Minister of Defence , a minister in the British government . The role , along with Bill Tanner as Chief of Staff , was used to brief Bond in place of M , following the death of Bernard Lee . </Li> <Li> James Villiers as MI6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanner . The role of Tanner first appeared on film in The Man with the Golden Gun , although in an un-credited capacity . Villiers presumed he would play the role of M in subsequent films and was disappointed not to be asked ; the producers thought him too young for the role and wanted an actor in his 70s . </Li> <Li> John Moreno as Luigi Ferrara : 007 's MI6 contact in northern Italy . </Li> <Li> Walter Gotell as General Gogol : Head of the KGB . </Li> <Li> Toby Robins as Iona Havelock : Melina 's mother and wife of Sir Timothy . </Li> <Li> Jack Klaff as Apostis : One of Kristatos 's henchmen and chauffeur . </Li> <Li> Stefan Kalipha as Hector Gonzales : A Cuban hitman hired by Kristatos to kill the Havelocks . </Li> <Li> Charles Dance as Claus , an associate of Locque . The role was early in Dance 's career ; in 1989 he would play Ian Fleming in Anglia Television 's Goldeneye : The Secret Life of Ian Fleming , a dramatised portrayal of the life of Ian Fleming . </Li> <Li> Eva Reuber - Staier as Rublevich : General Gogol 's secretary . </Li> <Li> Janet Brown as the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , who appears in the closing scene alongside John Wells as Denis . </Li> <Li> John Hollis as the `` bald villain in wheelchair '' , voiced by Robert Rietti . The character appears in the pre-credits sequence and is both unnamed and uncredited . The character contains a number of characteristics of Ernst Stavro Blofeld , but could not be identified as such because of the legal reasons surrounding the Thunderball controversy with Kevin McClory claiming sole rights to the Blofeld character , a claim disputed by Eon . </Li> <Li> Bob Simmons , who previously portrayed
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Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock