In 1954, Barry Nelson was technically the first James Bond, playing him in a one hour television episode of Climax!. Fleming's story was changed to make Bond American, thus he was called 'Jimmy Bond'.
Sean Connery was the first James Bond in the official film series (which are made by Bond license holders EoN productions and MGM Studios (more recently Columbia Pictures)). The first Bond film was Dr No.
The very first actor to portray James Bond onscreen was Barry Nelson in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale on Climax!. The first actor in an official Eon Productions James Bond film was Sean Connery in 1962's Dr. No.
Although people may think it was Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962) actually actor Barry Nelson played the part first in Casino Royale (1954) this was made for tv/
Barry Nelson in the CBS adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954.
Sean Connery
The first actor to play James Bond was Sean Connery and he is, at the time of writing, on 6th Feb 2010, still alive.
First Actor (as James Bond): Sean Connery First James Bond movie: Dr. No
The latest actor to play James Bond is Daniel Craig you spelt actor wrong
The 2nd James Bond actor was actually David Niven and many others in the farce movie Casino Royale. However, within the normal "James Bond" movie franchise, the 2nd James Bond actor was George Lazenby, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
The first actor to play James Bond was Leon Burton in a TV version of "Casino Royale" released in 1954. In that version Bond was an American CIA agent, not a British spy.Cos Leon Burton is hard
Sean Connery
The first actor to play James Bond was Sean Connery and he is, at the time of writing, on 6th Feb 2010, still alive.
First Actor (as James Bond): Sean Connery First James Bond movie: Dr. No
Sean Connery was the first to play Bond in Dr. No in 1962.
The latest actor to play James Bond is Daniel Craig you spelt actor wrong
The 2nd James Bond actor was actually David Niven and many others in the farce movie Casino Royale. However, within the normal "James Bond" movie franchise, the 2nd James Bond actor was George Lazenby, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Sean Connery was the first actor to play Bond in the official franchise of Bond films.
Barry Nelson was the first actor to play James Bond on-screen. He appeared as 007 in a one-hour version of Casino Royale made in 1954
The first actor to play James Bond was Leon Burton in a TV version of "Casino Royale" released in 1954. In that version Bond was an American CIA agent, not a British spy.Cos Leon Burton is hard
Pierce Brosnan was the actor to play James Bond in the film, Die Another Day.
Richard Burton who declined the role .
George Lazenby - he was Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.