He is skilled in martial arts he can fly a plane and a helicopter.

Unlike his partner, he lacks a broad knowledge of science and technology.

Like his partner Kuryakin, he has a wide knowledge of English poetry. Nothing much is known about his immediate family, although it appears one of his grandfathers was an admiral, the other was an ambassador ('The Green Opal Affair'). In 'The Secret Sceptre Affair', it is stated that Solo served in the Korean War. His hairstyle and his clothing did not change in the first three seasons but in the fourth and final year, Vaughn (like McCallum) grew his hair somewhat longer and wore modish clothing, such as double-breasted suits, in order to reflect evolving 1960s fashions that the show itself had influenced. He dressed well and had a taste for expensive suits and ties. Although little was revealed about his background or his partner's, Solo comes across as the more accessible and straightforward of the two men. Kuryakin, on the other hand, is reserved, intellectual, and intense. Solo is urbane, self-assured, sociable, charming, and laid-back. The two characters are, in many ways, polar opposites. Most of the episodes devote equal screen time to Kuryakin and Solo, and much of the success of the program was based on the chemistry between McCallum and Vaughn. During the switch to color in the second season, new badges were created and Robert Vaughn, mistaking the earlier II for an eleven, chose the wrong badge number for Solo.) It was originally intended that Solo would be the primary focus of the series, however the unexpected popularity of the Russian agent, Illya Kuryakin, played by David McCallum, saw McCallum elevated to co-star status. (In the first season he wore a badge with the Roman numeral II designating him as head of Section Two. Solo is Number One in Section Two (Operations and Enforcement) at U.N.C.L.E. The show's original concept had Solo as a Canadian but he is consistently American in the show. But Solo is considerably less intense and also less brutal than the British Secret Service agent, and he possesses a laid-back ease that recalls the young Cary Grant. Solo possesses a charm, sophistication, efficiency, and weakness for beautiful women comparable to James Bond's. Napoleon Solo (left) and his partner Illya Kuryakin ( David McCallum)

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