races and the rest is fun." Maibaum is credited with adding the essential ingredient of humor to the James Bond films, an element lacking in the original Fleming novels. Death Maibaum continued working on Bond films until the end of his life. He died on January 4, 1991, at the age of 81, survived by his wife, Sylvia (who died in 2006), two sons, Matthew and Paul, and a granddaughter, Shanna Claire. Partial filmography as screenwriter Birthright (1933) We Went to College (1936) Gold Diggers of 1937 (1937) -- story The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) Live, Love and Learn (1937) They Gave Him a Gun (1937) Stablemates (1938) The Lady and the Mob (1939) Coast Guard (1939) The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) 20 Mule Team (1940) The Ghost Comes Home (1940) I Wanted Wings (1941) Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) See My Lawyer (1945) O.S.S. (1946) The Great Gatsby (1949) The Red Beret (1953) Hell Below Zero (1954) The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) Bigger Than Life (1956) Zarak (1956) Ransom! (1956) No Time to Die (1957) Tank Force (1958) The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) -- additional dialogue Killers of Kilimanjaro (1960) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) — additional dialogue S*H*E (1980) Ransom (1996) — story James Bond films Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) For Your Eyes Only (1981) Octopussy (1983) A View to a Kill (1985) The Living Daylights (1987) Licence to Kill (1989) Selected films as producer O.S.S. (1946) The Big Clock (1948) The Sainted Sisters (1948) Bride of Vengeance (1949) The Great Gatsby (1949) Song of Surrender (1949) Dear Wife (1949) No Man of Her Own (1950) Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) Battle at Bloody Beach (1961) Plays The Tree (1932) Birthright (1933) Sweet Mystery of Life (1935) See My Lawyer (1939) Middletown Mural A Moral Entertainment Tirade The Paradise Question References Notes External links Papers of Richard Maibaum Richard Maibaum at the007dossier.com 1909 births 1991 deaths Film producers from New York (state) American male screenwriters Jewish American writers People from New York City University of Iowa alumni New York University alumni 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from New York (state)