Paul Stassino

[citation needed] Stassino was born in Platres and grew up in nearby Limassol, but spent most of his acting career in England.

Without telling his parents, he got a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

[2] He appeared in Coronation Street in 1968, as Hungarian demolition contractor Miklos Zadic who had a brief relationship with Emily Nugent (played by Eileen Derbyshire).

[3] Possibly his best known performance was when he played two parts, Major François Derval and Angelo Palazzi, in the James Bond film Thunderball (see List of James Bond henchmen in Thunderball).

[4] Other roles include "Le Pirate" in That Riviera Touch, and the first officer of the Colombian ship Paloma in Tiger Bay.