sean connery played james bond in from russia with love.
sean connery played james bond in from russia with love.
who played james bond in from russia with love?
sean connery
he was the first actor to play james bond on screen in a 1954 adaptation of ian fleming's novel "casino royale" on the television anthology series "climax!" (preceding sean connery's interpretation in "dr. no" by eight years). reportedly this was considered a pilot for a possible james bond television series, though it is not known if nelson intended to continue playing the character. nelson played james bond as an american agent whom some in the program call "jimmy". in 2004, nelson said, "at that time, no one had ever heard of james bond...i was scratching my head wondering how to play it. i hadn't read the book or anything like that because it wasn't well-known." bond did not become well known in the u.s. until president john f. kennedy listed "from russia, with love" among his 10 favorite books in a march 17, 1961, "life" article.
barry nelson
in the first two james bond films, "dr. no" and "from russia with love", gayson played james bond's love interest in london, sylvia trench. in early scenes, bond attempts to set up a liaison with her, but gets called away on a mission before anything serious can develop. this was intended to be a running motif in multiple films, but the character was dropped after the second film. the character is responsible for bond's iconic introductory catchphrase; when trench introduces herself to bond as "trench, sylvia trench" during a game of baccarat in "dr. no", bond replies in kind, mimicking trench's own cadence.
eunice gayson