Goldfinger characters

Appears from the start

A British Secret Service officer passing through Miami between assignments. When an acquaintance asks for help with a suspicious card game, Bond agrees to observe the opponent and determine whether he is cheating.

Appears from the start

A wealthy American whom Bond knows from an earlier gambling encounter. He suspects that his opponent in a long-running canasta game is cheating and asks Bond to determine how it is being done.

Appears from the start

A wealthy dealer in precious metals whose private life and business revolve around gold. In Miami he is playing a long and profitable series of canasta games against Junius Du Pont, who suspects that the results are dishonest.

First appears in chapter 2

Goldfinger's paid companion in Miami, positioned on a balcony to observe Du Pont's cards and relay them by radio. Bond persuades her to help reverse the scheme and spends time with her after Goldfinger's defeat.

First appears in chapter 5

The head of the British Secret Service, who gives Bond responsibility for investigating whether Goldfinger's movements are part of a large illicit trade that harms British reserves.

First appears in chapter 6

A Bank of England specialist who briefs Bond on gold markets, smuggling methods, and the reasons official institutions are concerned about Goldfinger.

First appears in chapter 14

Jill Masterton's sister, an accomplished archer who has been following Goldfinger for reasons of her own. Bond encounters her while both are separately observing his movements across Europe.

First appears in chapter 11

Goldfinger's Korean chauffeur, servant, and principal enforcer. Immensely strong and disciplined, he uses a steel-rimmed hat as a weapon and responds to Goldfinger's orders without hesitation.

First appears in chapter 17

The leader of an all-woman American criminal group invited into Goldfinger's largest operation. Independent and sceptical, she commands her own people rather than serving as one of his established subordinates.

First appears in chapter 17

An American gang leader summoned with other criminal organisations to hear Goldfinger's proposal for an unprecedented robbery.

First appears in chapter 20

An American intelligence officer and Bond's longstanding friend. He becomes involved once Bond succeeds in sending a warning about Goldfinger's plan to the United States.