american actor barry nelson was the first actor to play the role of james bond on screen.
american actor barry nelson was the first actor to play the role of james bond on screen.
who was the first actor to play the role of james bond on screen?
american actor barry nelson
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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.
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