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  1. Mar 18, 2019 · George Lazenby. Year (s) Active: 1969. Number Of Films: 1. A first time actor and Australian model, George Lazenby was the man selected to take on the role of James Bond after Sean Connery had ...

    • Pierce Brosnan

      Earlier on in the piece, Pierce Brosnan noted that there...

    • Daniel Craig

      How The James Bond Producers Actually Felt About Daniel...

    • Sean Connery (1962–1967, 1971 and 1983) Films: Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, Never Say Never Again (Non-EON production)
    • David Niven (1967) Films: Casino Royale (Non-EON production) Bonus mention for David Niven – although he did play Bond in 1967's Casino Royale, he is not considered an official big-screen 007, since that film was not produced by EON Productions.
    • George Lazenby (1969) Films: On Her Majesty's Secret Service. By far the shortest-lived official Bond, George Lazenby lasted just one film - On His Majesty's Secret Service - in the role, before Connery returned for Diamonds are Forever.
    • Roger Moore (1973-1985) Films: Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill.
    • 1954 Barry Nelson
    • 1956 Bob Holness
    • 1962 Bob Simmons
    • 1962-1967 Sean Connery
    • 1964 Roger Moore
    • 1967 David Niven

    In early 1954, Ian Fleming was paid $1000 for the television rights for Casino Royale. The novel was adapted into an hour long TV special and was broadcast on CBS on October 21st, 1954 as an episode of the Climax! Mystery Theatre. It was a low budget black and white episode that was adapted by Charles Bennett, who wrote the screenplays for most of ...

    In 1956, Bob Holness provided the voice for James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of the Ian Fleming novel Moonraker. He would later go on to become an actor and game show host for Take a Letter and Blockbusters. The Moonraker special was arranged by the Durban Repertory Theatre. Bob has said that it was broadcast live, and as such, there ...

    The first official EON Productions James Bond film, Dr. No, was released in 1962. It opened with the gun barrel sequencethat would become a trademark of the series. James Bond, played by stuntman Bob Simmons, walked along a white backdrop, shown through the view of a henchman's gun barrel. Aware that he was being watched, Bond quickly turned and sh...

    In 1962, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman brought James Bond to the silver screen in Dr. No, based on Ian Fleming's 1958 novel. With Sean Connery's unique style, the exotic locations, and the spectacular supporting cast, Dr. Nobecame an instant success. Sean Connery went on to play James Bond four more times in From Russia with Love,...

    In 1964, between playing Simon Templar on The Saint, Roger Moore starred as James Bond in an episode of the comedy sketch show Mainly Millicent. In the 7 minute sketch, James Bond is on holiday and goes for lunch, only to meet Russian Spy Sonia Sekova. Sonia is also on holiday, and the two spies suspect that the other is spying on them, resulting i...

    In the mid 1960s, American producer Charles K. Feldman acquired the film rights to Casino Royale. After a failed attempt to have it made as part of the official series, he decided to turn it into a James Bond spoof instead. The film opens with David Niven playing a retired 007. M begs him to come back to them, and when Bond refuses, his mansion is ...

  2. Oct 6, 2021 · And the beach is where the first actor to play Bond spied the first Bond girl, ... Tom Hardy, Richard Madden and Benedict Cumberbatch are among the plausible candidates—will be judged by an ...

  3. Sep 30, 2021 · Many consider Sean Connery to be the first James Bond, having portrayed the character in his first cinematic adventure in 1962’s Dr. No. But in actual fact, the first actor to portray Ian ...

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  4. Aug 21, 2024 · The oldest actor to play James Bond was Roger Moore, who played 007 from ages 45 to 57. That’s a little older than Bond’s creator Ian Fleming would have liked, as the age of James Bond in the novels put him somewhere in his mid-to-late thirties, with Moonraker specifically placing his age at 37. The ages of the James Bond 007 actors have ...

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    Creation and inspiration. Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond as the central figure for his works. Bond is an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander.