MADRID — Movie director Guy Hamilton, who directed four hugely popular James Bond films and raised the profile of the Bond movie brand through his work with actors Sean Connery and Roger Moore, has died in a hospital on the Spanish island of Mallorca. He was 93.

Hamilton, who lived on Mallorca, died at the Hospital Juaneda Miramar in the city of Palma de Mallorca on Wednesday, the hospital said in an emailed statement Thursday.

Hamilton, who was British, directed Bond blockbusters “Goldfinger,” “Diamonds Are Forever,” “Live and Let Die” and “The Man With the Golden Gun.”

Roger Moore tweeted he was “incredibly, incredibly saddened to hear the wonderful director Guy Hamilton has gone to the great cutting room in the sky.”

Hamilton was born in Paris on Sept. 16, 1922, to British parents. He worked for the Paramount News newsreel company in England during World War II before serving in the Navy.

He got his big break in 1948 when legendary British director Carol Reed hired him as first assistant director for “The Fallen Idol.” Hamilton also worked with Reed on the “The Third Man” starring Orson Welles and with John Huston on “The African Queen” featuring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.