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Background[]
The late Sean Connery ( b. 25 August 1930 - d. 31 October 2020 ) was a Scottish actor, director, and producer who was considered one of the greatest actors of his generation with a career spanning over five decades with numerous accolades and awards. He has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.
Connery is internationally renowned as the original MI-6 secret agent James Bond of the long-running and famous 007: James Bond Franchise. The franchise's enduring legacy is in no small time credited to his memorable performances in seven different films of the franchise before retiring from the role.
While other actors would be largely forever typecast in their careers afterwards, Connery would forge his own path with a number of unforgettable and noteworthy film roles over the decades since from The Name of the Rose; Highlander; The Untouchables; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; The Hunt for Red October; The Rock; and Finding Forrester.
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- Let's Make Up (1954)
- Simon (1954)
- Dixon of Dock Green (1956) 1 episode
- Sailor of Fortune (1956) 1 episode
- ITV Play of the Week (1956-59) 3 episodes
- The Jack Benny Program (1957) 1 episode
- No Road Back (1957)
- Blood Money (1957)
- BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957) 1 episode
- Hell Drivers (1957)
- Anna Christie (1957)
- Time Lock (1957)
- ITV Television Playhouse (1957) 1 episode
- Action of the Tiger (1957)
- Another Time, Another Place (1958)
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- Women in Love (1958)
- Armchair Theatre (1958) 1 episode
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1959) 1 episode
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
- Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
- BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) 1 episode
- Riders to the Sea (1960)
- An Age of Kings (1960) 6 episodes
- Without the Grail (1960)
- Macbeth (1961)
- Adventure Story (1961)
- The Frightened City (1961)
- Operation Snafu (1961)
- Anna Karenina (1961)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- Dr. No (1962)
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Woman of Straw (1964)
- Marnie (1964)
- Goldfinger (1964)
- The Hill (1965)
- Thunderball (1965)
- Un monde nouveau (1966)
- A Fine Madness (1966)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Shalako (1968)
- Male of the Species (1969)
- ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1969) 1 episode
- The Red Tent (1969)
- The Molly Maguires (1970)
- The Anderson Tapes (1971)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- The Offence (1973)
- Zardoz (1974)
- The Terrorists (1974)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
- Robin and Marian (1976)
- The Next Man (1976)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- The Great Train Robbery (1979)
- Meteor (1979)
- Cuba (1979)
- Outland (1981)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Wrong Is Right (1982)
- Five Days One Summer (1982)
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
- Highlander (1986)
- The Name of the Rose (1986)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- The Presidio (1988)
- Memories of Me (1988)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Family Business (1989)
- The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- The Russia House (1990)
- Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- Medicine Man (1992)
- Rising Sun (1993)
- A Good Man in Africa (1994)
- Just Cause (1995)
- First Knight (1995)
- DragonHeart (1996)
- The Rock (1996)
- The Avengers (1998)
- Playing by Heart (1998)
- Entrapment (1999)
- Finding Forrester (2000)
- Freedom: A History of Us (2003) 1 episode
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Sir Billi (2012)
Trivia[]
- Before becoming famous as an actor; he worked as a milkman, a lorry driver, a nude art model, and a coffin polisher.
Quotes[]
- "Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile."
- "Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God."
- "I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker."
- "There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man."
- "Some age, others mature."
- "I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going."