Sean Connery
Thomas Sean ConneryBorn 25th August 1930 Still considered by many to be the definitive screen 007. Connery’s panther-like movement and look of an ever-ready sexual predator, made his Bond worthy of...
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George Lazenby Born 5th September 1939 Although only playing 007 on one occasion, George Lazenby brought to the role a younger more physical James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service(1969),...
View ArticleRoger Moore
Roger Moore Born 14th October 1927 The longest serving actor in the role to date – and a record which is unlikely to be equalled? Born in Stockwell, South London, in 1927, the son of a policeman. He...
View ArticleTimothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton Born 21st March 1946 Out went the humour and in came a more serious 007 in a style more imagined by author Ian Fleming. James Bond was now living on the edge. Timothy Dalton first...
View ArticlePierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan Born 16th May 1953 Born in Navan, County Meath, Ireland, 11-year-old Pierce Brosnan joined his mother in London in 1963. He started his professional involvement with...
View ArticleDaniel Craig
Daniel Craig Born 2nd March 1968 Daniel Wroughton Craig was born in 1968 in Chester, England. He grew up in Liverpool, England and moved to London, England when he was 16. Here, he trained at the...
View ArticleLicence to Chill: new trailer for Dalton’s ‘Penny Dreadful’ season 3
Former 007 star Timothy Dalton can be seen in a haunting new trailer for the latest series of the gothic horror TV series Penny Dreadful, the third season of which will hit U.S. TV screens on Sunday,...
View ArticleOn Her Majesty’s Service: The BBC’s brief bond with 007
Not many people realise that Ian Fleming’s James Bond once saw a very brief BBC-TV incarnation, and this alternative version remains a bit of a ‘lost moment’ in 007 history. Fleming’s famous literary...
View ArticleMemories of Guy: Sir Roger Moore on Guy Hamilton
The very sad loss of four-times Bond director Guy Hamilton on Wednesday, 20th April, 2016, was keenly felt across the Bond world, especially by Sir Roger Moore. Guy Hamilton directed Roger in his...
View ArticleOperation Thunderball: Connery’s American Radio Slots
Sir Sean Connery’s fourth smash-hit 007 movie Thunderball celebrates its 50th birthday later this year and, as part of the JBIFC’s 2016 celebration of the classic Bahamas-set James Bond adventure, we...
View ArticleBond Three on Bond Six: Moore speaks on Craig speculation
Seven-times James Bond Sir Roger Moore has commented on all the media speculation about Daniel Craig’s tenure as 007, and his words add a welcome voice of sanity to the situation. Sir Roger asked: ‘Why...
View ArticleWriter Royale: Fleming Bond letters book now in paperback
The recent coverage of the latest James Bond movie Spectre also saw much interest once again in Ian Fleming, the original creator of 007, and this was helped along nicely by the publication of a...
View ArticleBond terra firma: celebrating For Your Eyes Only
Now pay attention, 007. Thirty five years ago this summer Roger Moore’s fifth James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only was entertaining audiences in the UK’s cinemas, having just received its World...
View ArticleFor Our Eyes Only: First Roger Moore Film Festival
Moore is Back! Ghosts, Golden Guns, and Terrorists on Oil Rigs have all challenged him over the years, but the unflappable former 007 actor Sir Roger Moore still enjoyed every moment. And now we will...
View ArticleAll Time High: Craig offered huge sum to stay?
A brief, but interesting, news item from RadarOnline.com has claimed that James Bond actor Daniel Craig has been offered a huge financial inducement to remain as 007. According to the site, it has...
View ArticleDouble-O Ten: celebrating a decade of Craig as Bond
The Name’s Craig… Daniel Craig With all the recent speculation and media rumours about Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond, and whether he will be reprising the role for Bond no. 25, it is perhaps...
View ArticleIn Praise of ‘No’: where it all began
The ITV channel in Britain has just kicked off its autumn Bond movie season, starting with Dr. No (1962), to be followed by From Russia, With Love (1963). The first 007 movie, of course, started...
View ArticleShaken and Stirred: Cineaste mag inspects Spectre
The latest edition of the independent quarterly Cineaste (Spring, 2016), the respected American magazine devoted to the world of movies, has a detailed article on the latest Bond movie Spectre, and...
View ArticleLicence to Chill: new trailer for Dalton’s ‘Penny Dreadful’ season 3
Former 007 star Timothy Dalton can be seen in a haunting new trailer for the latest series of the gothic horror TV series Penny Dreadful, the third season of which will hit U.S. TV screens on Sunday,...
View ArticleIn Praise of ‘From Russia’: Bond returns
After the success of the first James Bond movie Dr. No and rising star Sean Connery, United Artists quickly greenlit the return of 007. The EON producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman soon...
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