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Thomas Connery

Born: 25 August 1930 [Edinburgh, Scotland]

Died: 31 October 2020 (aged 90) [Lyford Cay, Bahamas]

Occupation: Actor

Years active: 1954–2007 | 2012

Spouses: Diane Cilento ​​(m. 1962; div. 1973) Micheline Roquebrune​ ​(m. 1975)

He was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Originating the role in Dr. No, Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in Never Say Never Again.

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Career

Connery began acting in smaller theatre and television productions until his breakout role as Bond. Although he did not enjoy the off-screen attention the role gave him, the success of the Bond films brought Connery offers from notable directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston.

Part of films in which Connery appeared included

• Marnie (1964)

• The Hill (1965)

• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

• A Bridge Too Far (1977)

• Highlander (1986)

• The Name of the Rose (1986)

• The Untouchables (1987)

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

• The Hunt for Red October (1990)

• Dragonheart (1996)

• The Rock (1996)

• Finding Forrester (2000)

Connery officially retired from acting in 2006, although he briefly returned for voice-over roles in 2012.

Achievement & Award

His achievements in film were recognised with an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (including the BAFTA Fellowship), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.

In 1987, he was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France, and he received the US Kennedy Center Honors lifetime achievement award in 1999.

Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.

Death & Legacy

Connery died in his sleep on 31 October 2020, aged 90, at his ho

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Scottish actor (1930–2020)

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Connery made his final appearance in the franchise in Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film.

Connery is also known for his notable collaborations with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston. Their films in which Connery appeared included Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), The Offence (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He also acted in Robin and Marian (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Time Bandits (1981), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996) and Finding Forrester (2000). His final on-screen role was as Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).

Connery received numerous accolades. For

American politician (1888–1937)

William Patrick Connery Jr. (August 24, 1888 – June 15, 1937) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lynn on August 24, 1888, the son of William P. Connery Sr. and brother of Lawrence Joseph Connery.

Biography

Connery attended St. Mary's School at Lynn, Collège de Montréal in Canada, and the College of the Holy Cross. He entered the theatrical profession as an actor. He also was a theater manager. During World War I he enlisted as a private in the One Hundred and First Regiment, United States Infantry, and served nineteen months in France. He was an electric company employee, he engaged in the manufacture of candy, and was secretary to the mayor of Lynn.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Labor Seventy-second through Seventy-fifth Congresses, where he was the House sponsor of the first version of H.R. 7200, the Fair Labor Standards Act, alternatively called the Wagner—Connery Act, written by U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner. which became law in a later iteration following his death, when it was signed by President Roosevelt on June 25, 1938. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar but did not practice extensively.

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