Question:
Who is the oldest actor to make his debut as Bond? How old was he at the time?
le_indus
2007-10-29 14:17:38 UTC
Who is the oldest actor to make his debut as Bond? How old was he at the time?
Four answers:
Rob the interrogator
2007-10-29 14:21:21 UTC
Roger Moore he was the oldest but not the first
$Sun King$
2007-10-29 14:20:41 UTC
Roger Moore in Live And Let Die. He was 45.



If you count David Niven as 'Sir James Bond' in

Casino Royal -1967 then it would be him.

He was born in 1910 which would make him 57 years

at the time.



Sean Connery -- Aug 25 1930

31 when he was hired for Dr. No (Jan 16 - Mar 30 1962)

36-37 when he quit after You Only Live Twice (Jul 4 1966 - Feb 1967)

40-41 when he came back for Diamonds Are Forever (Apr 5 - Sep 7 1971)

52 when he came back for Never Say Never Again (Sep 27 1982 - 1983)



George Lazenby -- Sep 5 1939

29 when he was hired for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Oct 21 1968 -

Jun 23 1969)



Roger Moore -- Oct 14 1927

45 when he was hired for Live and Let Die (Oct 13 1972 - Mar 15 1973)

56-57 when he quit after A View to a Kill (Aug 3 1984 - Jan 16 1985)



Timothy Dalton -- Mar 21 1944

42 when he was hired for The Living Daylights (Sep 29 1986 - Feb 13

1987)

44 when he made his last film Licence to Kill (Jul 19 - Nov 18 1988)



Pierce Brosnan -- May 16 1953

41-42 when he was hired for Goldeneye (Jan 16 - Jun 6 1995)

48-49 when he made his last film Die Another Day (Jan 14 - Jul 2002)



Daniel Craig -- Mar 2 1968

37-38 when he was hired for Casino Royale (Jan 30 - Jul 21 2006)



http://article.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot/33430/
spookareus
2007-10-29 14:52:05 UTC
Barry Nelson-April 16,1917to April 7,2007

Movies he was in-Shadow of The Thin Man-1942

Johnny Eagar-1942

Moon Is Blue-1952

Cactus Flower- 1965

Many Broadway and Off Broadway productions.

He was the first American Actor to portray James Bond in 1954(Casino Royal pilot for TV series on Climax Theater reportedly for possible James Bond series;but was to be known as Jimmy Bond. This would make him 37 in 1954.
pennylane
2007-10-29 15:00:28 UTC
i believe it was sean connery, but it freaked me out to find out he wore a hair piece, but whatever. Roger Moore was way,way better looking anyhow. sean connery was about 50, give or take a few years.


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