sean connery played james bond in the first movie.
sean connery played james bond in the first movie.
who played james bond in the first movie?
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
o'rahilly became manager of the australian model-turned-actor george lazenby, who played james bond in one film. during production of the 1969 james bond movie "on her majesty's secret service", o'rahilly talked lazenby into refusing a seven-movie bond contract on grounds that the james bond character was out of touch with the times, and would not successfully continue into the 1970s. of this advice, roger moore said in his autobiography, "my word is my bond", "george took some bad advice ... i knew george then and have met him many times since. he admits he made a mistake". o'rahilly also appeared in lazenby's film "universal soldier" where both men were credited as executive producers.
ronan o'rahilly