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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.
James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
Dr. No is a 1962 spy film directed by Terence Young.It is the first film in the James Bond series.Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman and Jack Lord, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather from the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming.
Connery, whose range was vast and who scooped an Oscar for “The Untouchables,” has died, aged 90, after a long illness. Remembering Sir Sean Connery, Working-class Boy Who Became James Bond ...
Auditioned for the role as Bond for Live and Let Die but lost the role to Roger Moore. John Gavin: Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die. 1971, 1973 Was signed as the first American Bond after George Lazenby quit, but Sean Connery decided to return to the role instead.
To those of a certain generation, James Bond 007 will forever be defined by the way the original movie Bond, Sean Connery, played him. Recalling where you were when you saw Goldfinger for the ...
Connery in 2008. Sir Sean Connery (1930–2020) was a Scottish film actor and producer. He was the first actor to play the fictional secret agent James Bond in a theatrical film, starring in six EON Bond films between 1962 and 1971, and again in another non-EON Bond film in 1983.
When Sean Connery had been cast in November 1961, [52] David Niven had been Fleming's choice for the role; the actor reflected the author's image of the character. [13] In 1965 producer Charles Feldman signed Niven to play Sir James Bond for Casino Royale, a film not made by Eon Productions. Connery and Peter Sellers had both turned down the role.