<Tr> <Th> Affiliation </Th> <Td> The Spangled Mob (novel) SPECTRE (film) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Classification </Th> <Td> Henchmen </Td> </Tr> <P> W. Winter--known as Wint--and Charles Kidd are fictional characters in the James Bond novel and film, Diamonds Are Forever . In the novel, Wint and Kidd are members of The Spangled Mob . In the film, it is assumed that they are henchmen for the villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, though the characters share no scenes with and are not seen taking instructions from Blofeld (or anyone else, except for Bert Saxby). One of their trademarks is trading quips after killing their targets; they also do so after a failed attempt to kill Bond . In the film, Wint is played by the clean - shaven actor Bruce Glover and Kidd by bespectacled jazz musician Putter Smith in a rare acting role . </P> <P> As killers and enforcers to the Spangled Mob, Wint and Kidd are tasked, among other things, to make sure the smuggling of the diamonds and everything connected to it go off without a hitch . If something does go wrong, Wint and Kidd (they are never referred to as "Mr ." in the novels) are sent to "persuade" the perpetrators never to make a mistake again . They take sadistic pleasure in killing; this is particularly evident in a scene in which they pour boiling mud over the face of a jockey who they believe has prevented a Mob - owned horse from winning a race . </P>

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