Rip Sean Connery

I had no idea he was anywhere near 90 years old. RIP.
 
Where's yer manners @TriplexDread :rolleyes: that should be SIR Sean Connery.

Sir Thomas Sean Connery
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(25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He gained recognition as the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.[1][2][3] Originating the role in Dr. No, Connery played Bond in six Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in the Jack Schwartzman-produced Never Say Never Again.

Connery began acting in smaller theatre and television productions until his breakout role as Bond. Although he did not enjoy the off-screen attention the role gave him, the success brought film offers from famed directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston for dramatic roles. Those films included Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery officially retired from acting in 2006, although he briefly returned for voice over roles in 2012.

His achievements in film were recognised with an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (including the BAFTA Fellowship), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. In 1987 he was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France, and he received the US Kennedy Center Honors lifetime achievement award in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.[4]

In 2004, Connery was polled in the Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot"[5] and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure".[6] He was voted by People magazine as both the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century" in 1999.[7]
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I thought he was the best Bond and I loved all of his other films. :bow:
 
I must say that if anyone mentions James Bond then I only ever see him in my mind's eye being played by Sean Connery - he was the original and, IMO, the best. :nod:
 
Sir Sean Connery was indeed the best Bond there was and none will be able to top him ever. RIP Sir Sean Connery
 
I agree with others that Sir Sean Connery was the best James Bond ever,and when I think of those films the only person that comes to mind is Sir Sean.
So sad to see /hear of his death.
 
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