David Llewelyn Wark " D. W ." Griffith ( January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948 ) was a premier pioneering American film director.

Their first child, Llewelyn Edouard, was born on 30 January 1939.

Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn ( 12 September 1914 – 19 December 1999 ) was a Welsh actor, famous for playing Q in 17 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1999.

Llewelyn was born in Newport, Wales, the son of Mia ( née Wilkinson ) and Ivor Llewelyn, who was a coal mining engineer.

The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 halted his acting career ; Llewelyn was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British army, serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

Although one of British cinema's most recognisable characters and an important and long-standing element in the ' Bond ' franchise, ' Q ' did not make Desmond Llewelyn rich — the actor was merely paid ' by the day ' for his few hours of work on-set, and did not share in the money made by the films.

Nevertheless, because Llewelyn was considered one of the franchise's major institutions and he was immensely popular among Bond fans, Llewelyn starred in several commercials, most recently to promote the video games GoldenEye 007 and Tomorrow Never Dies.

Contrary to his gadget-expert character in the Bond films, Llewelyn always maintained that he was totally lost in the world of technology, a trait that also plagued his successor, John Cleese.

Aged 85, Llewelyn was in a fatal car accident on 19 December 1999, as he was returning home from a book signing event.

Gerald du Maurier, who was already playing George Darling ( and the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies ), persuaded Barrie to let him take the additional role instead, a casting decision that has since been replicated in many stage and film productions of the Peter Pan story.

Another well-known alumnus of the college was Jack Llewelyn Davies, one of the five Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

In 1828, T J Llewelyn Pritchard's The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti, descriptive of Life in Wales was published.

I soon realized, though, that this was too much to tackle in one book, that Simon and Llewelyn each deserved his own novel.

( Margaret was the daughter of Thomas ap Llewelyn, Lord of Is Coed, South Wales, and his wife Eleanor ferch Philip.

Margaret's paternal grandfather was Llewelyn ab Owain, Lord of Gwynnionydd.

The house was occupied briefly ( 1904 – 1907 ) by the Llewelyn Davies family who were close friends of the author and playwright J. M.

Thomas Llewelyn of Aberdare won a competition for an unpublished collection of Welsh airs with a collection that included Glan Rhondda.

* September 17 – Jack Llewelyn Davies, one of the ' Lost Boys ' for the Peter Pan book ( b. 1894 )

** Peter Llewelyn Davies, namesake for Peter Pan ( b. 1897 )

* March 15 – George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier, inspiration for the " Lost Boys " of Peter Pan ( b. 1893 ) ( killed in action )

* July 20 – George Llewelyn Davies, inspiration for Peter Pan ( d. 1915 )

Llewelyn gathered his facts for the novel from conversations with local mining families in Gilfach Goch.

Barrie ; the Davies's middle son, Peter Llewelyn Davies, was the inspiration for the character of Peter Pan.

The architect / engineer for the designs are Llewelyn Davies, Jabobs Consultancy & Leading Edge Aviation Planning Professionals Limited ( LEAPP ), in conjunction with Peter Jervis and Associates Limited and Grace Ashley and Associates.

In 2011 it was announced he'd return to working with them on " Inside Llewelyn Davis "-his fifth film with them and his first for a decade Only Steve Buscemi ( 6 ) has appeared in more Coen work, though Frances McDormand and Jon Polito have also appeared in five of their films.

Kamila Shamsie, who was awarded in Pakistan the Prime Minister's Literary Award for her first novel, was shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys award for her third novel, Kartography ( 2002 ); she has since published her fourth novel, Broken Verses.

On 5 April 1960, Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the Llewelyn Davies boys who were the inspiration for the boy characters of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, and who resented the public association with the character named after him, committed suicide by throwing himself under a train as it was pulling into the station.

At the end of the year 1268 he refused to obey the King's summons to attend parliament, alleging that, owing to the constant inroads of Llewelyn the Last, his Welsh estates needed his presence for their defence.

Siôn Llewelyn Simon ( born 23 December 1968 ) is a British Labour politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington from the 2001 General Election to the 2010 General Election.

* Desmond Llewelyn, actor best known for playing Q in many James Bond films.

But the need for additional defences was shown, when attacked by Welsh forces in 1187 and again in 1260 by Llewelyn the Great.

In 1215 Llewelyn ap Iorwerth ( Llewelyn Mawr ) Prince of Gwynedd, renewed the offensive for the Welsh and razed the three strongholds to the ground.

Llewelyn Sherman Adams ( January 8, 1899 – October 27, 1986 ) was an American politician, best known as White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the culmination of a relatively short ( 18-year ) political career that also included a stint as Governor of New Hampshire.

If a case ended with a verdict for the defendant, however, Llewelyn would instead end the episode by saying, " If someone files a lawsuit against you and yet you're convinced you've done nothing wrong, don't be intimidated.

Peter Burton and Desmond Llewelyn both received the role when they were in their forties, while Desmond Llewelyn and John Cleese played the role into their eighties and sixties, respectively.

He later spoke about the role of a speculated homosexual relationship in the drowning of his friend Michael Llewelyn Davies ( one of the models for Peter Pan ) and fellow Oxonian Rupert Buxton .< ref >

Beginning with From Russia with Love in 1963, Llewelyn appeared as Q, the quartermaster of the MI6 gadget lab ( also known as Q branch ), in almost every Bond film until his death ( 17 ), only missing appearances in Live and Let Die in 1973, and Never Say Never Again, the latter of which is not part of the official James Bond film series.

Llewelyn had stated not long before his death that he had no plans to retire and that he would continue playing Q " as long as the producers want me and the Almighty doesn't.

* Desmond Llewelyn, the James Bond actor (" Q "), lived in the town until his death in 1999.

The series depicts him as the grandson of Q ( James Bond's gadget inventor played by Desmond Llewelyn in most of the James Bond movies ).

Many soon-to-be-famous faces pop up, including: Lionel Jeffries (" Murder Ahoy " and " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ", Leslie Philips, Jane Asher, Anne Reid ( Coronation Street and Dinnerladies ), Edward Mulhare ( The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider ), Patrick Troughton ( the Second Doctor ), Irene Handl, Desmond Llewelyn ( Q in the Bond films ), Sam Kydd, Sid James, Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw ( Carry On films ), Leo McKern ( Rumpole of the Bailey ), Alfie Bass ( The Army Game ), Sylvia Kay ( Just Good Friends ), Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell ( Steptoe and Son ), Barbara Mullen ( Dr Finlay's Casebook ), Richard O ' Sullivan ( Man About the House ), Geoffrey Bayldon ( Catweazle ), Billie Whitelaw, Ronald Allen, Gordon Jackson.

* Desmond Llewelyn as Q: MI6's " quartermaster ", who supplies Bond with multi-purpose vehicles and gadgets useful in the latter's mission.

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The Welsh Actor Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn who famously starred in 17 James Bond films as the character Q (" Major Geoffrey Boothroyd " ) was a resident of Firle when he died in 1999.