Trivia

There was a memorable incident on one of the James Bond film sets: several crew members decided to get some drinks, and charged them to Broccoli. When he later discovered what had happened, he was not at all angry about having to pay for all of those drinks; the only thing about this which upset him was that the crew had spelled his name wrong on the checks.

Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan all attended his funeral and spoke some parting words. George Lazenby and Sean Connery declined to attend. Connery and Broccoli had fallen out once Connery left the series.

Was close friends with Sir Alfred Hitchcock and Sir Roger Moore.

Cary Grant was best man at his wedding to Dana Broccoli.

His James Bond series is the most successful in film history - from 1962 - 1997, they grossed more than $1 billion.

He named his three favorite James Bond films as From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). His least favorite was The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).

Father of Tina Broccoli and Tony Broccoli (adopted), from his marriage to Nedra Clark.

Along with Lois Maxwell, he was one of only two people to work on all 14 James Bond films from Dr. No (1962) through A View to a Kill (1985).

Ex-brother-in-law of Joan Blondell.

Admitted that he never foresaw the enormous success of the James Bond series.

His Catholic funeral mass was attended by Bond actors Timothy Dalton, Desmond Llewelyn and Maryam d'Abo.

His daughter and stepson both carry out his legacy and took over his business of making James Bond films.

Cousin of Pat DiCicco, called "The Glamour Boy of Hollywood".

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6910 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 16, 1990.

Father of Barbara Broccoli, from his marriage to Dana Broccoli. Stepfather of Michael G. Wilson.

Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California, in the Court of Remembrance.

Grandfather of Heather Callow & Angelica Zollo.

His daughter Barbara was born in 1960.

His 3rd wife is the authoresss Dana Wilson and mother of Tony, born 1954, Tina born 1955 and Barbara born1960 and a stepson, Michael Wilson, whose father was a market gardener, born 1941 and a film business lawyer who started as Alan Ladds agent.