THE STORY OF JAMES BOND SERIES

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorized Bond novels or novelizations as follow Kingsley Amis Christopher Wood  John Gardner  Raymond Benson  Sebastian Faulks  Jeffery Deaver William Boyd Anthony Horowitz Fleming...

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James Bond CARS

"Bond's car was his only personal hobby. One of the last of the 4,5 liter Bentley's with the supercharger by Amherst Villiers, he had bought it almost new in 1933 and had kept it in careful storage through the war. Bond drove it hard and well and with an almost sensual pleasure. It was a battleship-grey convertible coupe, which really did convert, and it was capable of touring at ninety with thirty miles an...

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James Bond Music

The James Bond film series has had numerous signature tracks over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of film music  ,The best known of these pieces of music is James Bond Them has featured in every Bond film since Dr. No, released in 1962 The James Bond Theme was written by Monty Norman and was first orchestrated by the John Barry Orchestra for 1962's Other...

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007 TIMELINE

1900s 1908 May 28: Ian Fleming is born in Mayfair, London, to Valentine and Eve Fleming (Christopher Lee, who would play Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, was his cousin). 1950s 1952 February 17: To distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials, Fleming starts writing Casino Royale at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. March 18: Fleming finishes work...

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Sean Connery

Sir Thomas Sean Connery born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award). He was knighted by Elizabeth II in July 2000, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in the US James Bond: 1962–71, 1983 Connery's breakthrough came in the role of...

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George Lazenby

George Robert Lazenby /ˈleɪzənbi/ (born 5 September 1939 is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service when he was 29 James Bond 1969 In 1968, after Sean Connery quit the role of James Bond, producer Albert R. Broccoli first met Lazenby when getting their hair cut at the same barber.[8] He later saw him in the Big Fry commercial and felt he could be...

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Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor. Moore played the British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985; he remains the oldest actor to have played the character. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Moore worked as a model and made several appearances in minor films and television dramas before finding more substantial roles in the television serials Ivanhoe...

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