The world lost an icon over the weekend, if an actor can be an icon. But this was no ordinary icon. This was a legend, one whose picture should be in dictionary next to the word. The one who defined suave and debonair in three words. Bond, James Bond.
The obituaries for Sean Connery all started similarly: “the First Bond,” “the best Bond,” “the man who was James Bond.” Only one opened with “the Oscar winning actor.” Yes, James Bond, err, Sean Connery won an Oscar, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1988, as Jimmy Malone in “The Untouchables,” his only Oscar nomination.
Sean Connery the man who epitomizes James Bond made more than Bond movies. He made over 90 movies and television dramatic appearances amd countless interviews and personal appearances in talk shows and such. He turned to acting because he thought it would give him a longer career than his other serious consideration, soccer. He thought right. His last on screen credited role was as Allan Quatermain in “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” in 2003 at age 73.
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Before taking the role of Ian Fleming’s suave spy Sir Sean Connery had performed in 26 movies including as Lord Hamlet in Paul Almond’s “Hamlet” (Canada, 1961). Word is the Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman hired him for “Dr. No” on appearance alone. He was James Bond. And he was James Bond seven times, performing in more of Fleming’s 14 Bond novels turned films than anybody else had or likely will.
Connery, Sean Connery. Rest peacefully, not stirred.
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I was shocked when I heard he passed away. He seemed ageless, somehow.
We had been watching his movies made in his prime for over 60 years. In that sense he just shifted from ageless to immortal
He truly was a suave and debonair gentleman who knew how to act. Best Bond ever.
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