OT - James Bond passed away...

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

Sir Roger Moore was 89 years old...

 

[bucketdad]

 

[92Pony]

Aw man. Tell me this is one of those fake celebrity death stories.


My Dad was a big James Bond fan, and for him Sean Connery was always THE, James Bond. I came around a little later and Roger Moore was my favorite. Sad to see him go.

 

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

Aw man. Tell me this is one of those fake celebrity death stories.

I heard he had cancer...

 

[92Pony]

I heard he had cancer...

Yep, just read that on FoxNews. That C-word is pure evil.

 

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

I think we'll died of Cancer at some point, but not now..

 

[Quisp]

I can't remember anything he was in besides the Bond films. I didn't know he was that old which means Connery must be in his 90s.

 

[92Pony]

I can't remember anything he was in besides the Bond films. I didn't know he was that old which means Connery must be in his 90s.

I would have thought so too, but according to wiki (and seanconnery.com) he's younger at 86.

 

[bucketdad]

I can't remember anything he was in besides the Bond films. I didn't know he was that old which means Connery must be in his 90s.

I seem to recall a series called 'The Saint' he stared in. It wasn't bad.

 

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

Honey Rider

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

His best role was in Cannonball Run.

 

[vehemon]

To me, I know him from The Saint and Cannonball Run almost as much as 007.

 

[vehemon]

His best role was in Cannonball Run.

I haven't seen that movie in 15+ years... I hope it pops on Netflix.

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

I haven't seen that movie in 15+ years... I hope it pops on Netflix.

Love that movie.

 

[vehemon]

Love that movie.

The Sheik!

My driving is rivaled only by lightening bolts from the heavens!

Too much couscous!

 

[Quisp]

I would have thought so too, but according to wiki (and seanconnery.com) he's younger at 86.

Yeah I figured Sean was replaced by a younger Bond but I guess not.

Honestly I've seen some of the Connery Bond films multiple times but none by Moore. They don't stand up.

 

[funktavious]

Aw man. Tell me this is one of those fake celebrity death stories.


My Dad was a big James Bond fan, and for him Sean Connery was always THE, James Bond. I came around a little later and Roger Moore was my favorite. Sad to see him go.

Same here. The first Bond film I remember watching was Moonraker. I never saw any of the Sean Connery films until much later. There was one actor that played Bond between Connery and Moore. I had to look it up because the only reason I thought of the movie is Telly Savalas played the villain.

 

[mUSCle Gamecock]

Same here. The first Bond film I remember watching was Moonraker. I never saw any of the Sean Connery films until much later. There was one actor that played Bond between Connery and Moore. I had to look it up because the only reason I thought of the movie is Telly Savalas played the villain.

The Bond you are talking about is George Lazenby. He was set to sign a contract for 6 more Bond films, but he got a little too big for his britches and declined. There is a great documentary on Hulu about him called Becoming Bond.

 

[kick#]

I was a teen during Moore`s Bond movies so he was my favorite 007. He also co-starred with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, an ABC series that lasted 1 season in the early `70`s.

 

[atl-cock]

I seem to recall a series called 'The Saint' he stared in. It wasn't bad.

"The Saint" was a British import from the 1960s. MeTV was airing it in recent months.

 

[atl-cock]

Same here. The first Bond film I remember watching was Moonraker. I never saw any of the Sean Connery films until much later. There was one actor that played Bond between Connery and Moore. I had to look it up because the only reason I thought of the movie is Telly Savalas played the villain.

First Bond movie I saw in a theater was Moonraker - summer of 1979 at the Columbia Mall theater.

 

[SCexpat38]

"The Saint" was a British import from the 1960s. MeTV was airing it in recent months.

Oh yeah. It was one of those series that was rerun a bunch in my 1970s childhood -- we'd watch it on afternoons after school when it was too cold or rainy to go outside. I always thought it was cool.

That and the original "Avengers" with Steed and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel.

 

[stevestrat2]

Hate to hear that- he was the Bond I grew up with. He's the "real Bond" to me.

 

[bucketdad]

He brought more humor to Bond than all the rest. Heard they may be going back to some of that in the next one.

 

[cockthehammer#]

Y'all remember his cameo in "Boat Trip"?? (-;