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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:01 AM
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Name the six men that have played James Bond on the silver screen.
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priller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:04 AM
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1. Okay
David Niven
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:05 AM
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4. Ok, you pass the preliminary
Name the first man to play James Bond on film.
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priller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:06 AM
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8. David Niven
In Casino Royale.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:07 AM
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9. Right movie wrong version
Earlier. Niven's movie came after Dr No.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:05 AM
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2. Sean Connery & 5 effete wannabes
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:05 AM
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3. hmmm..
Pierce Brosnan.
Timothy Dalton.
Roger Moore.
Sean Connery.


That's only four... oh crap. x(
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:10 AM
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15. Don't worry
David Niven played "Sir James Bond" in Casino Royale, which was really a send up of Bond flicks, not a bona fide Bond movie.

George Lazenby appeared in only one Bond flick, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. He is best forgotten.

On the other hand, Roger Moore appeared as Bond in more films than any other actor, and he is best forgotten, too.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:12 AM
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19. Oooh well that explains how I didn't know David Niven, never seen
Casino Royale.

I was trying, and trying to think of George Lazenby's name, but I just couldn't come up with it. D'oh.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:13 AM
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20. Niven is right in this case
Although the movie isn't canon to the James Bond universe he did play James Bond on the Silver Screen.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:14 AM
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21. You haven't missed anything
!!
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:16 AM
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23. Casino is an interesting study
And the music is great on it's own. The only way to watch it is to just let it take you where it will. Directed by 5 different egomaniacs who refused to cooperate with each other. Its an amazing example of getting everything wrong. Camp doesn't begin to describe it.
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:06 AM
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5. My Name is . . . .
1. Sean Connery
2. Roger Moore
3. Peter Sellers ("Sir James Bond" in "Casino Royale", a farce)
4. George Lazenby ("On Her Majesty's Secret Service")
5. Timothy Dalton
6. Pierce Brosnan
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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:06 AM
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6. Hmm
Edited on Fri Feb-18-05 01:06 AM by lazarus
without Google or IMDB:

Roger Moore
Sean Connery
Tim Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
George Lazenby

And I think David Niven.

Edit: D'oh! I knew it was Peter Sellers, and I got mixed up. Niven was in Casino Royale, right?
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:08 AM
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10. Casino Royale can toss a huge monkey wrench in the question
By the end of the movie everyone was named James Bond. But at the start of the movie only David Niven was James Bond.
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:09 AM
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13. Pret'Sure Niven Was in Casino Royale Too
Also, if I recall, Orson Welles and Woody Allen. STRANGE movienot funny. Cubby Broccoli didn't have the rights, for some reason.
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priller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:11 AM
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17. Woody Allen was "Jimmy Bond", I think
If I remember correctly.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:17 AM
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24. Yep at the end of the movie he was the only nonJames Bond
007's flying around all over the place by the end of that thing.
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:06 AM
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7. well
Edited on Fri Feb-18-05 01:07 AM by Dookus
five have done so in Bond movies: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.

Peter Sellers "sort of" played him in Casino Royale, but David Niven was Sir James Bond. Also Barry Nelson played him in a TV version.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:09 AM
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12. See the second question up above
Edited on Fri Feb-18-05 01:10 AM by Az
Barry Nelson is the answer they are searching for up there. The trick here is the question was on the silver screen. Nelson was made for the TV.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:08 AM
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11. Well, only two really count.
Not to start a flame-war or anything, so I'll leave them nameless.... ;)
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:11 AM
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16. I'll Take The Bait
The two who matter are Sean and Pierce, right?
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:15 AM
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22. Close. :)
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:19 AM
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25. Sean And . . .
Then? I confess I'm rather partial to Pierce --- only other candidate would be Roger, but he wasn't my cup of vodka martini.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:27 AM
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30. Alright, I'll come clean...
I totally love Roger Moore as Bond. Brosnan is a very close second. Sean was good too, but only just good when compared to the other two, who are perfect. IMO, of course.
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:32 AM
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32. You Caught Me by Surprise
By making Pierce #2. I figured Sean was a cinch for #1, not Roger. Shows how little insight I have into others' tastes. You're female, right? So what has Roger got that Sean and Pierce don't? (No challenge -- I really would like to understand.)
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:47 AM
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35. Hard to quantify. Let's see...
I like Roger's Bond in that he seems a little more sophisticated, a little smoother, also with more of a touch of humor, and seems more appreciative of the women he encounters (which I also like about Pierce's version, though that may be a factor of the times, too - female co-stars moving more into the roles of full-fledged partners rather than just "conquests"). In the end it may just come down to individualized visual appeal and teen-aged hormones. I'm well past the teenage stage (thank gods!), but that's when I first discovered the Bond films in TV reruns. Lots of fond memories. :) And yes, I'm female.

Okay, back at you ... what do you love about Sean's Bond? Asking in the same spirit, to get another fan's perspective....
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:54 AM
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36. Sean
Sean is physical, masterful, and was very young and tough, a "man's man," especially in the best early Bond films, "From Russia With Love," "Dr. No", "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger." I was a 10 year old boy when I first saw Sean do "Dr. No." WOW! What a stud! Then, when I saw "From Russia With Love" (in a re-release), I saw Sean deal with bad guys, skin-dive, wear black tuxedoes, travel, play cards, golf, and deal with spaghetti-strap evening gowns with great skill.

Very impressive to the 10-14 year old set, i.e., me, from 1963-1967.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 02:12 AM
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37. Neat...
Thanks for the perspective! :) Truth be told, most of these movies were great, but everyone's got their personal favorites.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:10 AM
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14. Well let's see
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Peter Sellars
Can't Remember
Pierce Brosnan
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:12 AM
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18. Sellers is a faux Bond
He and all the other characters were renamed James Bond half way through the movie. Someone else was really named James Bond at the start of the movie.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:20 AM
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26. Well, you have Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Niven.
Casino Royale does confuse things considerably, though...
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:20 AM
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27. Here goes without looking ahead...
David Niven
Roger Moore
Sean Connery
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton
???
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:22 AM
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28. Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, George Lazenby,
Pierce Brosnan, and wait, there's a sixth?
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:26 AM
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29. Answers
Sean Connery
David Niven
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan

David Niven played James Bond in the second version of the movie Casino Royale. These were the actors that portrayed James Bond on the Silver screen. Casino Royale is not considerred part of the Bond universe as it was a parody. But Niven did play the character James Bond. Incidently Casino can throw another loop into the mix because part way through the movie all the agents get their name changed to James Bond 007 to throw off the bad guys.

The second problem comes from the first version of Casino Royale. Filmed in 1954 it was made for tv (CBS) and never shown on the silver screen. Barry Nelson was the first man to play James Bond on film(though not on the silver screen).
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:28 AM
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31. Barry Nelson, right?
In the original Casino Royale?
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 01:33 AM
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34. See just above
Silver screen is the trick on the first question. The second question I posed was who was the first to play Bond on film. That would be Nelson.
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