Possible Clues:

• The familiar Dr Paisley
• McKellen of 'Vicious'
• Gaelic John
• 'Lost' actor Somerhalder
• "Dr. No" novelist Fleming
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• Echo & the Bunnymen frontman McCulloch
• McKellen who portrayed Gandalf
• '60s-'70s Rhodesian prime minister Smith
• Knighted actor McKellen