Guy Hamilton, director of 4 big James Bond films, dead at 93

MADRID (AP) — Movie director Guy Hamilton, who directed four hugely popular James Bond films and raised the profile of the Bond movie brand through his work with actors Sean Connery and Roger Moore, has died in a hospital on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

The hospital declined to comment on the cause of death or how long he had been hospitalized, citing patient confidentiality rules.

In a 2003 interview with the Film Talk website, Hamilton said the "Goldfinger" script was good but too "Americanized" and that he had to work on making the villains more believable.