Red Grant

"Red" Grant is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film From Russia with Love. In both, Grant is a henchman for the villain Rosa Klebb. Red Grant is played by actor Robert Shaw. The bleach blond Red Grant became the basis of the blond assassin/henchman archetype of the Bond films, which would later include Hans, Necros, and Stamper. In the novel, From Russia with Love, Red Grant is SMERSH's Chief executioner. He was born Donovan G... more

"Red" Grant is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film From Russia with Love. In both, Grant is a henchman for the villain Rosa Klebb. Red Grant is played by actor Robert Shaw. The bleach blond Red Grant became the basis of the blond assassin/henchman archetype of the Bond films, which would later include Hans, Necros, and Stamper. In the novel, From Russia with Love, Red Grant is SMERSH's Chief executioner. He was born Donovan Grant in Ireland, to an Irish mother and is the illegitimate son of "The Mighty O'Donovan", a German who is involved with an international circus group. Shortly after birth, his mother died. Red Grant becomes a killer at an early age, his urges to kill coinciding with the full moon. After World War II, he is called up for National Service and is posted to Berlin as a soldier with the British Army. He defects to the Soviet after being disgraced for cheating in a boxing match. Grant enjoys killing people, and the Russians train him to become... less