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Sean Connery ...

Sean is 89 today, the perfect excuse to look back and remember some of those fabulous films. Sean Connery was the first man to play James Bond, starting with 1961's Dr No.



Sean went on to play Bond in From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever.He also returned as Bond in the unofficial film Never Say Never Again in 1983.Sean was chosen as James Bond was largely down to Dana Broccoli, wife of producer Cubby Broccoli, who is reported to have been instrumental in persuading her husband that Connery was the right choice.Bond creator Ian Fleming initially doubted Connery's casting, saying, "He's not what I envisioned of James Bond looks", and "I'm looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stuntman". Fleming changed his mind after the successful Dr No premiere. 


Sean has appeared in a variety of films. He is known for playing Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables (1987), for which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, along with his roles of Mark Rutland in Marnie (1964), Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez in Highlander (1986), Henry Jones Sr in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). 

Sean in A Bridge To Far 



Connery was married to actress Diane Cilento from 1962 to 1973. She passed away at the age of 78 in 2011.He has been married to Moroccan-French painter Micheline Roquebrune, who is one year older than him, since 1975. Happy Birthday Mr Bond !

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