Who played Sir James Bond in the original version of Casino Royale?
"by Connery, was selected as the third-greatest hero in cinema history by the American Film Institute. When Sean Connery had been cast in November 1961, David Niven had been Fleming's choice for the role as the actor reflected his image of the character. In 1965 producer Charles Feldman signed Niven to play Sir James Bond for ""Casino Royale"", a film not made by Eon Productions. Connery and Peter Sellers had both turned down the role. Niven was 56 when he played Bond and his characterisation was that of an elderly man who had won the Victoria Cross at the Siege"
"Casino Royale (Climax!) ""Casino Royale"" is a live 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the American dramatic anthology series ""Climax!"", the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the secret agent, Nelson's Bond is played as an American spy with ""Combined Intelligence Agency"" and is referred to as ""Jimmy"" by several characters. Most of the largely forgotten show was located in the 1980s by film historian Jim Schoenberger, with"
"very few elements in common with the Eon series, Nelson's portrayal of ""Bond suggests a realistically human vulnerability that wouldn't resurface until Eon finally remade ""Casino Royale"" more than half a century later."" Casino Royale (Climax!) ""Casino Royale"" is a live 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the American dramatic anthology series ""Climax!"", the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the secret agent, Nelson's Bond is played as"
"Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions ""James Bond"" film series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and was produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures, making it the first Eon-produced ""Bond"" film to be co-produced by the latter studio. Following ""Die Another Day"", Eon Productions decided to reboot"
"Eon Productions making the 2006 film ""Casino Royale"". The film stars Daniel Craig as Bond, supported by Eva Green as Vesper Lynd and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre; Judi Dench returned for her fifth Bond film as Bond's superior, M. ""Casino Royale"" is a reboot, showing Bond at the beginning of his career as a 00-agent and overall stays true to the original novel. Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first ""James Bond"" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and"
"previous Bond actors, to which viewers had apparently become accustomed. Although the choice of Craig was controversial, numerous actors publicly voiced their support. Most notably four of the five actors who had previously portrayed Bond – Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery and Roger Moore – called his casting a good decision. George Lazenby has since voiced his approval of Craig also. Clive Owen, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Craig. The first film, ""Casino Royale"", premiered on 14 November 2006, and grossed a total of US$594,239,066 worldwide, which made it the highest-grossing Bond"
"Terence Cooper Terence Cooper (5 July 1933 – 16 September 1997) was a British film actor, best known for his roles in Australian and New Zealand television and film. Born in 1933 at Carnmoney, a district of the modern-day borough of Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland, he became a stage actor and appeared in ITC British television series such as ""The Buccaneers"" and ""The Adventures of William Tell"". Cooper is most famous for appearing in the 1967 film, ""Casino Royale"", a James Bond satire based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel of the same name. Producer Charles K. Feldman kept him"
"from Bond. As he asks for the caller's identity, Bond shoots him in the leg, then introduces himself: ""The name's Bond... James Bond."" ""Casino Royale"" includes a cameo by British entrepreneur Richard Branson (seen being frisked at Miami International Airport). The cameo was cut out of the in-flight versions shown on British Airways' in-flight entertainment systems, and the Virgin Atlantic aircraft Branson supplied had its tail fin (bearing the company logo) obscured. ""Casino Royale"" had been produced as a 1954 television episode and a 1967 satirical film. Eon Productions gained the rights to ""Casino Royale"" in 1999 after Sony Pictures"
"unarmed combat, skiing, swimming and golf. While Bond kills without hesitation or regret, he usually kills only when carrying out orders, while acting in self-defence and occasionally as revenge. American actor Barry Nelson was the first to portray Bond on screen, in a 1954 television adaptation, ""Casino Royale"". In 1961 Eon Productions began work on ""Dr. No"", an adaptation of the novel of the same name. The result was a film that spawned a series of twenty-four films produced by Eon Productions and two independent films. After considering the likes of ""refined"" English actors such as Cary Grant and David"
"ornithologist James Bond, and the code number—007—which referred to the breaking of a World War I German diplomatic code. Some aspects of Bond's character and tastes replicate those of Fleming himself. On the morning of 17 February 1952, Ian Fleming started writing what would become his first book, ""Casino Royale"", at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. He typed out 2,000 words in the morning, directly from his own experiences and imagination and finished work on the manuscript in just over a month, completing it on 18 March 1952. Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American"
"have played Bond in these films. The central figure in Ian Fleming's work is the fictional character of James Bond, an intelligence officer in the ""Secret Service"". Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander. During World War II, Ian Fleming had mentioned to friends that he wanted to write a spy novel. It was not until 1952, however, shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, that Fleming began to write ""Casino Royale"", to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials. Fleming started writing his first book, ""Casino Royale"", at"
"Curry restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand, ""Trouper Cooper's Curry House"". He also wrote ""The Parnell Cookbook"", Terence Cooper Terence Cooper (5 July 1933 – 16 September 1997) was a British film actor, best known for his roles in Australian and New Zealand television and film. Born in 1933 at Carnmoney, a district of the modern-day borough of Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland, he became a stage actor and appeared in ITC British television series such as ""The Buccaneers"" and ""The Adventures of William Tell"". Cooper is most famous for appearing in the 1967 film, ""Casino Royale"", a James Bond satire based"
"get ""Casino Royale"" made as an Eon Productions James Bond film, but Broccoli and Saltzman turned him down. Believing he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman then decided to shoot the film as a parody, not only of James Bond but of the entire spy fiction genre. The casino segment featuring Peter Sellers and Orson Welles is the only portion based upon the novel. Southern and Gail Gerber moved to London in early 1966, when Southern was hired to work on the screenplay of ""Casino Royale"". The episodic ""quasi-psychedelic burlesque"" proved to be a chaotic production, stitched together"
"earlier portrayed him. The ""Daily Mirror"" ran a front-page news story critical of Craig, with the headline, ""The Name's Bland – James Bland"". Craig first played Bond in the 2006 film ""Casino Royale"", an adaptation of Fleming's novel of the same name and a reboot of the Eon series, which saw Bond earn his 00 status. Despite the negative press on his appointment, Craig was widely praised by critics and former Bonds after the release of ""Casino Royale"", believing him to have been the first actor to truly nail Fleming's character in the book: Todd McCarthy, reviewing the film for"
"To wit, Fleming wrote: Regardless, Fleming later agreed, and to aid the ""Daily Express"" in illustrating James Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to sketch whom he believed James Bond to look like. The assigned illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming's 007 appeared too ""outdated"" and ""pre-war"", and thus changed James Bond to a more rugged and masculine appearance. The first strip, ""Casino Royale"", was published in 1958. The story was adapted by Anthony Hern, who previously had serialised ""Diamonds Are Forever"" and ""From Russia with Love"" for the ""Daily Express"". The majority of the early comic strips were adapted"
"Bond; the choice of Craig, announced in October 2005, drew controversy. Location filming took place in the Czech Republic, The Bahamas, Italy and the United Kingdom with interior sets built at Barrandov Studios and Pinewood Studios. ""Casino Royale"" premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 14 November 2006. It received an overwhelmingly positive critical response, with reviewers highlighting Craig's reinvention of the character and the film's departure from the tropes of previous Bond films. It earned almost $ worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing ""James Bond"" film until the release of ""Skyfall"" in 2012. MI6 agent James Bond gains his licence to"
"Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first ""James Bond"" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and two short story collections by Fleming, followed by numerous continuation Bond novels by other authors. The story concerns the British secret agent James Bond, gambling at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the treasurer of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. Bond is supported in his endeavours by Vesper Lynd, a member of his own service, as"
"sent a copy to the publishing house Jonathan Cape. At first, they were unenthusiastic about the novel, but Fleming's brother Peter, whose books they managed, persuaded the company to publish it. On 13 April 1953 ""Casino Royale"" was released in the UK in hardcover, priced at 10s 6d, with a cover designed by Fleming. It was a success and three print runs were needed to cope with the demand. The novel centres on the exploits of James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond was also known by his code number, 007, and was"
"Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He is best known for having played Ian Fleming's fictional British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985. Moore took over the role of Bond from Sean Connery in 1972, made his first appearance as 007 in ""Live and Let Die"" (1973), and went on to portray the spy in six more films until his retirement from the role in 1985. Appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991, Moore was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for"
"Gary Bond Gary James Bond (7 February 1940 – 12 October 1995) was an English actor and singer. He is known for his roles in several high profile West End plays and musicals, as well as his portrayal of protagonist John Grant in the 1971 cult Australian film ""Wake in Fright"". Bond was born in Liss, Hampshire, England. The son of a soldier, he trained at London's ""Central School of Speech & Drama"", and his first acting job was with the Connaught Theatre, Worthing. An early leading role was as Pip in the Royal Court's production of Arnold Wesker's ""Chips"
"16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. 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. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""The Untouchables""."
"two films. After a six-year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon's productions of the Bond films, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond in ""GoldenEye"", released in 1995; he remained in the role for a total of four films, before leaving in 2002. In 2006, Daniel Craig was given the role of Bond for ""Casino Royale"", which rebooted the series. Craig has appeared for a total of four films and his fifth is scheduled for release in 2020. The series has grossed almost $7 billion to date, making it the third-highest-grossing film series (behind ""Harry Potter"" and"
"Grant as James Bond. They eventually gave up once they saw the 1962 film ""Dr. No"", the first Bond adaptation made by Broccoli and his partner Harry Saltzman through their company Eon Productions. By 1964, with Feldman having invested nearly $550,000 of his own money into pre-production of ""Casino Royale"", he decided to try a deal with Eon Productions and its distributor United Artists. The attempt at a co-production eventually fell through as Feldman frequently argued with Broccoli and Saltzman, specially regarding the profit divisions and when the ""Casino Royale"" adaptation would start production. Feldman approached Sean Connery to play"
"introduced Johnny Fedora, the secret agent with a licence to kill, the government-sanctioned assassin. Ian Fleming, a former member of naval intelligence, followed swiftly with the glamorous James Bond, secret agent 007 of the British Secret Service, a mixture of counter-intelligence officer, assassin and playboy. Perhaps the most famous fictional spy, Bond was introduced in ""Casino Royale"" (1953). After Fleming's death the franchise continued under other British and American authors, including Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver and William Boyd. Despite the commercial success of Fleming's extravagant novels, John le Carré, himself a former"
"of justice. This was his only recurring role on television. ""The Rogues"" ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award. In 1965, he made two films for MGM: ""Lady L"", supporting Paul Newman and Sophia Loren, and ""Where the Spies Are"", as a doctor turned secret agent - MGM hoped it would lead to a series but this did not happen. After a horror film ""Eye of the Devil"" (1966) Niven appeared as James Bond 007 in ""Casino Royale"" (1967). Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in ""Dr. No"". ""Casino Royale"""
"The first screen interpretation of the Leiter character was in the 1954 CBS one-hour television adventure ""Casino Royale"", broadcast as part of the dramatic anthology series ""Climax Mystery Theater"", which ran between October 1954 and June 1958. For the American audience the Bond character from ""Casino Royale"" was re-cast as an American agent—""Card Sense"" Jimmy Bond, played by Barry Nelson—described as working for ""Combined Intelligence"", supported by the British agent, Clarence Leiter; ""thus was the Anglo-American relationship depicted in the book reversed for American consumption"", according to Jeremy Black. Leiter, who was an agent for Station S, was a combination"
"childhoods. In forming the early Bond character, Higson created the origins of some of Bond's character traits, including his love of cars and fine wine. Adaptations of Bond started early in Fleming's writings, with CBS paying him $1,000 ($ in dollars) to adapt his first novel, ""Casino Royale"", into a one-hour television adventure; this was broadcast on 21 October 1954. The Bond character, played by Barry Nelson, was changed to ""Card Sense"" Jimmy Bond, an American agent working for ""Combined Intelligence"". In 1957 the ""Daily Express"" newspaper adapted Fleming's stories into comic strip format. In order to help the artists,"
"receive a BAFTA nomination for a performance as James Bond. He also received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor. ""Casino Royale"" won the Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild, and singer Chris Cornell's ""You Know My Name"" won the International Press Academy Satellite Award for Best Original Song. The film was nominated for five Saturn Awards— Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, Best Actor (Daniel Craig), Best Supporting Actress (Eva Green), Best Writing (Purvis, Wade and Haggis) and Best Music (David Arnold). The 2006 Golden Tomato Awards named ""Casino Royale"" the Wide Release Film of the"
"Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles and Woody Allen. The 1967 version is described by the British Film Institute as ""an incoherent all-star comedy"". ""Casino Royale"" was the first James Bond novel to be adapted as a daily comic strip; it was published in ""The Daily Express"" and syndicated worldwide. The strip ran from 7 July 1958 to 13 December 1958, and was written by Anthony Hern and illustrated by John McLusky. To aid ""The Daily Express"" in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of what he believed James Bond to look like. McLusky felt that"
"Peter Burton Peter Ray Burton (4 April 1921 – 21 November 1989) was an English film and television actor. Peter Ray Burton, was born in Bromley, Kent, to Frederick Ray Burton and Gladys Maude (née Frazer). He is perhaps best known for playing Major Boothroyd in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" (1962). Burton made two uncredited reappearances in Bond films, first as an RAF officer in ""Thunderball"" (1965) and later as a secret agent in the satirical ""Casino Royale"". Burton guest starred in a number of television shows, including ""The Avengers"", ""The Saint"", ""Return of the Saint"" and"
"and Brosnan announced his intention to leave in July 2004. On 14 October 2005 Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced at a press conference in London that Daniel Craig would be the sixth actor to portray Bond in the Eon series. A tuxedo- and lifejacket-clad Craig arrived via a Royal Navy speedboat. Craig had based his acceptance of the role on the strength of the script for the first film, ""Casino Royale""; he later recalled that ""once I sat down and read the story, I just thought that I wanted to tell [it] ... I'm a big Bond"
"the series, allowing them to show a less experienced and more vulnerable Bond. ""Casino Royale"" takes place at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, as he is earning his licence to kill. The plot sees Bond on an assignment to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game; Bond falls in love with Vesper Lynd, a treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs for the game. The film begins a story arc that continues in ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008). Casting involved a widespread search for a new actor to succeed Pierce Brosnan as James"
"Le Chiffre Le Chiffre (, ""The Cypher"" or ""The Number"") is a fictional character appearing in Ian Fleming's 1953 first James Bond novel, ""Casino Royale"". On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's ""Climax!"" television series, by Orson Welles in the 1967 spoof of the novel and Bond film series, and by Mads Mikkelsen in the 2006 film version of Fleming's novel. Fleming based the character on occultist Aleister Crowley. Le Chiffre, alias ""Die Nummer"", ""Mr. Number"", ""Herr Ziffer"" and other translations of ""The Number"" or ""The Cipher"""