You don’t have to look far to see the most booming English language silver screen franchise in the past. It is the James Bond 007 films. James Bond is a imagined character brought to existence by the English novelist Ian Fleming back in 1953. James Bond was the central character in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have also been 22 films to date beginning with “Dr. No” back in 1962.

Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond, passed away back in 1964 but the grand person of James Bond lives on in novels by up to five other authors, such as Robert Markham, the pen name for Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, Raymond Benson, John Gardner and Sebastian Faulks. Christopher Woods novelized two screenplays and various other authors’ authored unsanctioned versions of James Bond.

The movies began in the year 1962 with “Dr. No”, the last show was “Quantum of Solace” from October 31, 2008. There have been 22 pictures to date with a 23rd now in the works.

An assortment of actors have portrayed Bond. Sean Connery was the original James Bond in the movies. He played James Bond in 6 unique films, beginning with “Dr. No” in 1962. In 1963, it was followed by “From Russia with Love”, “Goldfinger” in 1964, “Thunderball” from 1965, “You Only Live Twice” in 1967 and from 1971, “Diamonds are Forever”.

In 1969 “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” came out with an actor named George Lazenby in the central role. Of all the stars to depict Bond, Mr. Lazenby was the only one who simply acted in one movie. In 1971, Sean Connery returned for “Diamonds Are Forever”.

After that Roger Moore became Bond. In 1973 for “Live and Let Die”, 1974 in “The Man with the Golden Gun” and 1977, “The Spy who Loved Me”, in 1979 it was “Moonraker” and 1981 brought “For Your Eyes Only”, “Octopussy” in 1983 and the last movie starring Roger Moore was “A View to a Kill” in 1985.

Timothy Dalton followed for only the next two movies “The Living Daylights” from 1987 and “License to Kill” in 1989. “Goldeneye” came out in 1995 with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. He repeated for 3 additional movies, in 1997 “Tomorrow Never Dies” and 1999, “The World Is Not Enough” and 2002 “Die Another Day”.

Daniel Craig, the only fair-haired James Bond to date, is the current lead role for the Bond franchise. He has starred in 2 films so far, with at least one more projected for the future. Daniel Craig was Bond in “Casino Royale” from 2006 and “Quantum of Solace” from 2008.

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