Kevin McClory

Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1926 - 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, producer, and director. McClory was best known for the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, which was the result of a long legal battle between McClory and Ian Fleming (later United Artists/MGM) over the writing credits and later the film rights to Thunderball. McClory was born in Dublin. His grandmother, Alice McClory, was related to the Brontë family (Pat... more

Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1926 - 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, producer, and director. McClory was best known for the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, which was the result of a long legal battle between McClory and Ian Fleming (later United Artists/MGM) over the writing credits and later the film rights to Thunderball. McClory was born in Dublin. His grandmother, Alice McClory, was related to the Brontë family (Patrick Brontë's mother was a McClory). His parents were actors in Ireland. He suffered from dyslexia, and served in the British Merchant Navy in the Second World War. His ship was torpedoed on 21 February 1943, and he spent 14 days in a lifeboat drifting in the North Atlantic before being rescued off the coast of Ireland. He started his film career as a film boom operator and location manager where he worked on The Cockleshell Heroes for Warwick Films. He was an assistant to John Huston on films including The African Queen (1951) and Moulin... less