Villains you would have liked to make returns

Which villains that survived their first encounter with our two agents would have you liked to return ?

Here's my list :

G.Emory Partridge ( George Sanders ) : Ok , he did two , but I believe he should have done more . I know no one will be that surprised to see him on top of my list . I believe it would have been funnier to find him in every different season as the self-proclaimed leader of a new imaginary state . And every time we could have met a different member of his dysfunctional family . Fortunately Jason Segel wasn't born yet at the time , so no one could possibly suggest that he could have been introduced as his grandson .

Dr.Egret : the concept for the character was so great , you can never know how she will look the next time she will appear . Pity she was used only twice . Plus , in "Girls of Nazarone" , even if you can't possibly imagine that Madame Alceste is actually the diabolical scientist wearing a disguise , it's still clear from the start that we aren't dealing with an honest , innocent woman . It would have been more intriguing if in her later appearances , Egret would have sometimes been disguised as the innocent girl of the week for a good part of the episode . That would have helped made the character even more interesting and fierce . Had she been used a few times every year and not only a couple of times in the first two seasons , she could have become a very iconic character . Plus it would have been the scientist's basic requirement to be played by a different actress every time , so there wasn't the risk to have to write her out of the show at one point .

Dr.Agnes Dabree ( Elsa Lanchester ) : I just don't know why she was never brought back . Probably Elsa had other work commitments . She would have made a difficult villain to beat : sure we found out she's hard to kill .

Vladeck ( Leonard Nimoy ) : Would have not been ironic if by eliminating Ambassador Kurasov and getting him replaced by his assistant , Napoleon and Illya had actually created a much more dangerous enemy for their own organization ? I thought that Vladeck actually looked much more evil and menacing than his predecessor .

Satine ( Ricardo Montalban ) : Not really a villain , I know , but a complex character and formidable opponent for Solo that could have been a great match for U.N.C.L.E again . Had he thought that he had his own good reasons to fight the organization , it would have been possible . But I think that he should have returned before "The King of Diamonds Affair" ( where Montalban played Rafael Delgado ) , otherwise it could have been a bit confusing .

Major Vicek ( Albert Paulsen ) : He could have been that kind of guy that does all the dirty deeds for many secret polices all around the world . It would have been funny if our men had kept meeting him during their international missions .

Colonel Hubris ( Victor Buono ) : Even if "The Deadly Goddess Affair" wasn't very good , Victor Buono rocked as the villain , as usual . I would have not minded to see more of this character . It was a genial creation worthy of an actor touched by genius . That laugh !


Now , even if I absolutely loved Martin Landau in the role , I don't think Count Zark could have possibly returned . The villain would have felt out of place if taken out of a Transylvanian setting and he would have become monotonous if seen again .

On the other hand , even if I didn't like Anne Francis' performance , I think that Gervaise Ravel is a character that could have become interesting had she been fleshed out more . I think they could have worked much more on the hate relationship between her and Marion . I always found strange that Marion didn't seem to hold a very big grudge against Gervaise in "Giuoco Piano" and initially didn't seem too keen to have revenge on her , despite the fact that she ordered the attack that caused her father to lose his own life . Ok , Richard Anderson's character had already paid for that, but it remains that he was actually working for Gervaise . It seems like that apart from punching her in the face saying "that's a new experience to you !" Marion didn't enjoy very much her vendetta on the villainess . Plus , with her beloved Bufferton gone ( even if the relationship between the two characters was another very undeveloped subplot ) Gervaise could have been even more bitter and angry with Napoleon , Illya and Marion . I think she could have become a good foe for U.N.C.L.E . But maybe the character should have been recast and given to a more charismatic and menacing actress than Anne Francis .

Now , how about the villains you regret that they got killed ? If you can think of some , you can say it here . I thought this topic didn't deserve his own thread , because personally I have only one and he is ( I'm sure Agent A. would agree with me ) Mr.Frame .

I thought that "Project Deephole Affair" would have been even better had he been the villain instead of Marvin Elom , another blind THRUSH agent . Sure Leon Askin wasn't remotely as sinister or fearsome as Berry Kroeger . Another reason I believe they could have graced Mr.Frame is that he died a very banal death : he just got shot . There are other great villains that could have not been killed , but actually brought back , but I think they were all served much better and given very memorable death scenes . That's the reason I don't regret very much they were eliminated .

Thoughts ?