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Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; [1] April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) [2] was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond. [ 3 ] Early life
An episode of the American dramatic anthology series Climax!, the show was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though he is based on the literary Bond , Nelson's character is played as an American spy working for the "Combined Intelligence Agency".
It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent "Jimmy Bond" and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. It was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before Eon Productions acquired the Bond film rights. Eon would later obtain the rights to Casino Royale in the late 1990s.
James Bond is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. The character first appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964.
The episode aired live on 21 October 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as "Card Sense" James Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre. [98] The novel was adapted for American audiences to show Bond as an American agent working for "Combined Intelligence", while the character Felix Leiter —American in the novel—became British onscreen and was renamed ...
Casino Royale had been produced as a 1954 television episode starring Barry Nelson as Bond and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre, as well as a non-canonical 1967 ensemble satirical film starring David Niven, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen.
Halle Berry Matt Baron/Shutterstock Berry debuted the unforgettable bikini in the 2002 James Bond film, Die Another Day, in which she played Jinx, a fictional NSA operative. The top was a ...
Christian was the first Bond girl to appear on screen, playing Valerie Mathis (opposite Barry Nelson as James Bond) in the 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale, beating Ursula Andress to the screen by eight years. In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. [17]