Who were the funniest characters in the Bond films?

[pokerfan]

5. Well, since the obvious ones have been taken

I will nominate Valentin Dmitrovitch Zukovsky from The World is not Enough. He was in Goldeneye but took a comic turn in TWINE...



(Upon finding Denise Richards in his office...) How did you get in here? I'm going to call Security... and congratulate them.

The insurance company is never going to believe this.

I'm looking for a submarine. It's big and black, and the driver is a very good friend of mine.

But Sheriff J.W. Pepper is probably my favorite funny character. From Live and Let Die:



State Trooper: JW, let me have a word with ya. JW, now this fellow's from London England. He's a Englishman workin' in cooperation with our boys, a sorta... secret agent.
Sheriff J.W. Pepper: Secret agent?! On whose side?!

And because it's DU, from MWTTG:

Maybelle Pepper: Oh look, JW! I just got to have me one of those cute little elephants.
Sheriff J.W. Pepper: (spits) Elephants! We're Democrats, Maybelle.