Bond,.... James Bond !!!!

Being a child of the 1950's I was enthralled
by the novels of Ian Fleming at an early age. I
would devote hours of school time to the
adventures of Mr Fleming's main character,
James Bond, a secret agent for the British Intelligence Service MI5. Bond was licensed to kill, and went by the code designation 007. In 1962 when the first Bond movie, 'Dr. No', came to town I was a senior in high school
but still wanted to see how Hollywood treated
the Fleming novel. Sean Connery was the perfect
James Bond for me. Ruggedly handsome, suave
with the ladies, and ruthless with the bad guys.
Connery would sign on to do six Bond movies over
the next nine years before deciding to "stretch his
talent in other directions". Australian George Lazenby
was signed on to do 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
in 1969 and he stumbled through the role compared
to Connery. Roger Moore, who is actually three years
older than Connery, was James Bond from 1973 thru
1985 and did seven Bond films. I never liked Roger
Moore as James Bond because he gave the character
an 'upper class' attitude that I disagreed with. I did like
the work of Timothy Dalton, who played James Bond
in two films in two years, but he was replaced by
Pierce Brosnan in 1995. Brosnan was the face of
Remington Steele on television and I never could make
the transition to James Bond for him. He was James
Bond in 'Goldeneye', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', and 'The World
Is Not Enough'. By 2006 the producers wanted a new face
for James Bond and an eighteen month search turned up
Daniel Craig. He is easily the best James Bond since Connery
introduced the character to film. Craig was born in Cheshire,
England so he does not have to fake the English accent.
His first movie job was in 1992 and by 2002 he co-starred in
'Road to Perdition' with Tom Hanks. His first movie as James
Bond was 'Casino Royale', and fans & critics alike were
impressed with his performance. His second Bond movie was
'Quantum of Solace' and again was impressive. The 23rd Bond
movie was suppose to be released in 2010, but due to economic
problems in Hollywood, it has been pushed back to 2011.

These James Bond actors have all been the main character in
a movie about James Bond. In 1954 Barry Nelson played James
Bond in a television episode of Casino Royale, and in 1967 David
Niven played the part of James Bond in a movie where he was
just a passing character and not the main item.