Farewell James Bond, Lord Brett Sinclair and Simon Templar.

And, for older readers, farewell Ivanhoe!

That icon of British film and television, Sir Roger Moore, has left us.

Along with millions of his fans, I’ll miss his charismatic presence, whether it’s in a film or on a chat show.

As James Bond, he brought a more debonair feel to the 007 series after Connery’s hard-edged portrayal.

And he and Tony Curtis were chalk’n’cheese partners in the TV show “The Persuaders”.

A tireless worker for UNICEF, at the age of 89 he was still making films.

In a 2016 TV interview, he looked 20 years younger, immaculately turned-out, patiently answering questions and always ready with a quip, usually at his own expense.

He was a policeman’s son who went from modelling knitting patterns to appearing in un-credited bit parts in 1940s low-budget British films before getting the call from Hollywood in the 1950s – when it was still Hollywood.

Many actor’s careers flounder when they’re youthful looks fade, but Roger wasn’t just a pretty face, even though he used to claim he was, in his self-deprecating way.

He was so keen on sending-up his own image that in “The Cannonball Run” (1981) he played a manic rally driver who was convinced he was Roger Moore!

He was co-producer of “The Saint” TV series and, after studying the methods of many directors over several hundred episodes, he went on to direct a few himself, including the weirdest one in the whole series, “The House On Dragon’s Rock”.

This episode was set in a remote Welsh village that was menaced by . . . ahem . . . a giant ant!

It turns up on ITV4 all the time, so seek it out.

Don’t worry.

No Welsh people were harmed in the making of the show.

The world will be a sadder place without Roger Moore’s charm and wit.

Nobody did it better.