David Niven of justice. This was his only recurring role on television. "The Rogues" ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award. In 1965, he made two films for MGM: "Lady L", supporting Paul Newman and Sophia Loren, and "Where the Spies Are", as a doctor turned secret agent - MGM hoped it would lead to a series but this did not happen. After a horror film "Eye of the Devil" (1966) Niven appeared as James Bond 007 in "Casino Royale" (1967). Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in "Dr. No". "Casino Royale"
James Bond in film James Bond in film The James Bond film series is a British series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond, "007", who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. It is one of the longest continually-running film series in history, having been in on-going production from 1962 to the present (with a six-year hiatus between 1989 and 1995). In that time Eon Productions has produced 24 films, most of them at Pinewood Studios. With a combined gross of over $7 billion to date, the films produced by Eon constitute the fourth-highest-grossing