 At one point, it wasnt certain that Roger Moore would return.  Actors considered for the role of Bond included:  Lewis Collins (qv), David Warbeck (qv),  Michael Billington (II) (qv), David Robb (I) (qv),  Michael Jayston (qv), Nicholas Clay (I) (qv) and  Ian Ogilvy (qv). Oglivy, like Moore, spent several years playing  The Saint on TV (Moore in _"Saint, The" (1962)_ (qv), Ogilvy in  _"Return of the Saint" (1978)_ (qv)), and would years later play a  Bond