James Bond
James Bond (also known as 007) is a fictional British MI6 agent, created in 1952, by writer Ian Fleming. Despite Fleming's death in 1964, publication and reprinting of James Bond stories continued. Various other authors have written Bond stories.
Although the books were a world wide phenomenon, James Bond is best known from the Eon Productions film series, twenty-one of which have been made as of 2007. Bond has been portrayed in these films by actors Sir Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Sir Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. The films are:
Sir Sean Connery:
- Dr No (1962)
- From Russia With Love (1963)
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Thunderball (1965)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
George Lazenby:
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Sir Sean Connery:
- Diamonds are Forever (1971)
Sir Roger Moore:
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
- The Spy who Loved Me (1977)
- Moonraker (1979)
- For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- Octopussy (1983)
- A View to a Kill (1985)
Timothy Dalton:
- The Living Daylights (1987)
- Licence to Kill (1989)
Pierce Brosnan:
- GoldenEye (1995)
- Tommorrow Never Dies (1997)
- The World is Not Enough (1999)
- Die Another Day (2002)
Daniel Craig:
- Casino Royale (2006)
The next two films with Daniel Craig as James Bond are already scheduled:
- Bond film #22 (planned release: 2008)
- Bond film #23 (planned release: 2010)
Other licensed, but inofficial (i.e. non-Eon) James Bond productions in film and radio were:
- "Casino Royale" (1954; episode of the TV series Climax!), the earliest adaptation of a Fleming novel, starring Barry Nelson as secret agent "Card Sense" James "Jimmy" Bond
- Moonraker (1956), a South-African radio adaptation of Fleming's novel with Bob Holness as James Bond
- Casino Royale (1967; Columbia Pictures), a James-Bond satire with David Niven as Sir James Bond 007
- Never Say Never Again (1983; Orion Pictures), a Thunderball-remake with Sir Sean Connery as James Bond (distribution rights now owned by MGM)