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ACTOR · BORN 1930 · DIED 2020

Sean Connery

Born
25 August 1930, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died
31 October 2020
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Untouchables (1987), The Rock (1996), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

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  1. #001

    Of the six actors who have played James Bond, Sean Connery is the only one who served in the Royal Navy like Bond.

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  2. #002

    Terry Gilliam did not intend to cast Sean Connery as King Agamemnon in Time Bandits (1981); he simply wrote in the script that when Agamemnon removes his helmet he looks "exactly like Sean Connery." To Gilliam's surprise, the script reached Connery, who later expressed interest in making the film.

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  3. #003

    Sean Connery was once stopped for speeding by an officer named Sergeant James Bond.

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  4. #004

    Sean Connery was paid a record-breaking sum to return as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and he donated it to a Scottish charity.

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  5. #005

    Sean Connery donated his fee for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) to charity.

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    In an interview, Sean Connery said that during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983) he took martial arts lessons and angered his instructor by breaking his wrist in the process; thinking it was only a minor pain, Connery kept the broken wrist for several years. The instructor was Steven Seagal.

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  7. #007

    Sean Connery has two small tattoos on his right arm. One says "Scotland Forever" and the other "Mum and Dad." He got them when he enlisted in the Royal Navy at age 16.

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  8. #008

    Sean Connery turned down the lead role in the original The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), which he later admitted was a big mistake on his part.

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  9. #009

    Sean Connery began losing his hair at 17 and wore a toupee in the Dr. No films. For other roles, various techniques were used to make the best of the hair he still had, and in 1958 he began wearing a hairpiece.

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  10. #010

    Sean Connery's favorite Bond film is From Russia with Love (1963).

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  11. #011

    Sean Connery improvised his iconic line "Bond. James Bond" in Dr. No (1962) after finding that his first introductory line, "I am James Bond," was flat and did not sound natural. He took several more takes before including the pause and gave the line its impact.

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  12. #012

    Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings series (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)) because he did not want to shoot in New Zealand for 18 months and could not understand the novels. His decision not to appear in the trilogy is estimated to have cost the actor $450 million.

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  13. #013

    Sean Connery turned down the role of Simon Gruber in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) because of the character's villainous nature. John McTiernan, who directed Connery in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Medicine Man (1992), said Connery was his first choice for the role.

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  14. #014

    During his time as a milkman, Sean Connery made deliveries to Fettes School in Edinburgh, the same school Ian Fleming's James Bond attended after being expelled from Eton.

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  15. #015

    After serving in the Merchant Navy, Sean Connery worked as a nude model for art students in Edinburgh.

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  16. #016

    While filming Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Sean Connery also worked with Jill St. John and Lana Wood.

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  17. #017

    Sean Connery was happy to be honored with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, which he received in Los Angeles on June 8, 2006, and was honored despite his reputation as a harsh critic of the film industry. "It means an enormous amount, especially because of some of the things I've said about Hollywood."

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  18. #018

    Sean Connery is a good friend of Michael Caine and of the late Richard Harris and Roger Moore.

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  19. #019

    Sean Connery turned down the role of John Hammond in Jurassic Park (1993). Coincidentally, his Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) co-star Harrison Ford was offered the role of Dr. Alan Grant, not to mention that both would have reunited with director Steven Spielberg.

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  20. #020

    Sean Connery was presented with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award by his Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) co-star Harrison Ford, who told him, "John Wayne gave us the old West. James Stewart gave us our town. You gave us the world" (June 8, 2006).

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  21. #021

    Sean Connery once worked as a coffin polisher.

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  22. #022

    Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, initially disliked Connery's casting as Bond for Dr. No (1962) because he felt he was not "refined" enough. The actor Fleming had in mind to embody Bond was Cary Grant. Fleming later changed his mind and admitted Connery was an ideal actor for the role.

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  23. #023

    As a young man, Connery joined the Merchant Navy, but a stomach ulcer forced him to leave. He then received a disability pension for a time.

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  24. #024

    After leaving the role of James Bond for the second time following Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Connery struggled to find work, for which he had been paid a record salary. Director John Boorman was able to hire him very cheaply for the low-budget production Zardoz (1974).

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  25. #025

    While filming the helicopter chase scene in From Russia with Love (1963), Connery nearly died. The inexperienced helicopter pilot came too close and almost decapitated him.

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  26. #026

    He and his wife lived in the Bahamas.

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  27. #027

    Connery was the original choice to play Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), but he was busy with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). The words "Sha Ka Ree" in the film are a play on his name.

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  28. #028

    Connery once worked as a bricklayer.

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  29. #029

    He brought the future James Bond, Roger Moore, to a press screening in Paris for Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

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  30. #030

    In 1993, Connery underwent radiation therapy for an undisclosed throat condition. In a February 1995 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Connery said his treatment was to remove benign tumors from his vocal cords after he lost his voice while filming Rising Sun (1993).

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  31. #031

    During the 2006 Tartan Week celebrations, Connery announced his retirement in an interview in New York. "I retired for good," he said.

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  32. #032

    Producer Albert R. Broccoli won Connery the role of James Bond after attending a screening of him in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). He was particularly impressed by Connery's fistfight with a village bully at the film's climax. Cubby later had his wife, the writer Dana Broccoli, watch the film, and Dana Broccoli confirmed his sexual appeal.

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  33. #033

    Connery had his own film production company (Fountainbridge Films). Fountainbridge is a district of Edinburgh, where he was born.

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  34. #034

    Connery considers the character he played in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) to be his favorite film role.

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  35. #035

    His father Joseph was of half-Irish and half-Scottish descent, and his mother Euphemia was of Scottish descent.

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  36. #036

    Connery once worked as a milkman.

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  37. #037

    If Never Say Never Again (1983) can be counted as an official 007 installment, Connery ties with Roger Moore for the most portrayals of James Bond — 7 each. Otherwise, Moore holds the record.

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  38. #038

    Connery received excellent reviews for his leading role in Macbeth (1961) and wanted to make a film of "the Scottish Play." Plans to make a film in the early 1970s ended with Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971).

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  39. #039

    In 2003, Sean Connery had cataracts removed from both of his eyes.

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  40. #040

    In 1953, Sean Connery entered the Mr. Universe contest and placed third in the tall man's division.

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  41. #041

    James Bond's original producers, Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, cast Sean Connery because he was a big, tough-looking man who nonetheless moved with grace ("like a cat").

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  42. #042

    Sean Connery began smoking at the age of nine.

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  43. #043

    Sean Connery was thought to have been considered for a surprise cameo in the 007 film Skyfall (2012). Director Sam Mendes and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli came close to approaching him but decided it would be too distracting for audiences. The role went to Albert Finney, who had been considered to appear in 007 films alongside Connery himself.

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  44. #044

    While filming Playing by Heart (1998), Sean Connery enjoyed the acting so much that he even befriended Piper Maru Anderson, the three-and-a-half-year-old daughter of actress Gillian Anderson, who played his character's daughter.

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  45. #045

    After leaving the Bond series, Sean Connery and Albert R. Broccoli were on bad terms. Connery refused to attend Broccoli's funeral.

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  46. #046

    When gangster Johnny Stompanato came to the set of Another Time, Another Place (1958) to threaten his then-girlfriend Lana Turner, Sean Connery got into an argument with the underworld tough guy, who had to leave. Shortly afterwards, Stompanato was stabbed to death by the actress's daughter Cheryl in a case that became a sensation.

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  47. #047

    In March 2003, Sean Connery declared that he would not return home until Scotland became an independent country. He believed this could still happen in his lifetime.

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  48. #048

    In March 2005, Sean Connery pulled out of a seven-figure deal for an autobiography that had been planned for a second time. In 2004, the actor had signed an agreement with ghostwriter Hunter Davies to tell the story of his life from Edinburgh milkman to international film superstar. Six months before his dealings with Davies, Connery had also cancelled a similar agreement with Scottish author Meg Henderson. Henderson later said, "He is not the man I thought he was."

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  49. #049

    The role of Mufasa in The Lion King (1994) was written with Sean Connery in mind.

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  50. #050

    In January 2006, Sean Connery underwent surgery at a New York hospital to remove a tumour from his kidney. Connery's brother Neil said, "If you ask me, the tumour was benign. He seems quite optimistic about it."

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  51. #051

    Sean Connery turned down the role of the Architect in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).

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  52. #052

    Sean Connery once went to the Paramount executive commissary, which was full of celebrities and executives. When he walked in, the room fell silent, and he joked, "Ah, eat your lunch."

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  53. #053

    In the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honours List, Sean Connery received a knighthood for his services to film drama. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 5 July 2000 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a one-hour ceremony attended by his wife Micheline and his brother Neil.

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  54. #054

    In his bodybuilding days, Sean Connery measured exactly 6'2.4", making him the tallest actor ever to play James Bond, with both George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton standing exactly 6'2".

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  55. #055

    Sean Connery turned down Richard Chamberlain's role in Shogun (1980) because he would not act on television.

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  56. #056

    Sean Connery was the first James Bond actor to reach his 90th birthday. Eight days earlier, he had overtaken Barry Nelson to become the longest-lived actor.

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  57. #057

    Sean Connery played James Bond in Thunderball (1965). Eighteen years later, he reprised the role in Never Say Never Again (1983), a remake of the film. He is the only Bond actor to have appeared in both EON and non-EON productions.

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  58. #058

    Sean Connery appeared in an anti-gun BBC advertisement in which he stated he was against firearms, and in 1999 he called on the Scottish Parliament to ban all handguns in the country. When Connery learned that members of the National Rifle Association in America had blacklisted him as a boycott star, he said he was very happy to be on their list.

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  59. #059

    In September 2004 he withdrew from a film, sparking rumors that he would retire. Three months later, however, in an interview with The Scotsman from his home in the Bahamas, he said he had set aside a year to write his autobiography (something he had previously promised never to do) and that he hoped to make another film.

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  60. #060

    Sean Connery was parodied by Darrell Hammond on Saturday Night Live (1975), most famously as an inept contestant on the TV game show Jeopardy! (1984).

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  61. #061

    The extraordinary success of Goldfinger (1964), released in December 1964, and Thunderball (1965), released in 1965, took Connery to the top of Quigley Publications' annual Top Ten Money Making Stars poll in 1965. He remains the only British male star to have been the number one box office star in America.

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  62. #062

    At this point Sean said, "I'm not ashamed of the Bond films. Quality isn't only found at the Old Vic, and playing Bond is as serious as playing Zorro."

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  63. #063

    Sean Connery said his favorite moment on A Bridge Too Far (1977) was working with Dirk Bogarde, whom he had long admired.

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  64. #064

    Before Sean Connery was cast as James Bond in Dr. No (1962), Cary Grant, David Niven, Patrick McGoohan, Laurence Harvey, Richard Todd, Trevor Howard, Rex Harrison, James Mason, Steve Reeves, Richard Johnson, William Franklyn, Stanley Baker, Ian Hendry, Richard Burton, Rod Taylor and George Baker were considered for the role.

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  65. #065

    In an interview, Sean Connery hinted that after more than fifty years he might return to Scotland to live for the first time. He reiterated his belief that the country could achieve full independence within his lifetime (February 2008).

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  66. #066

    In 1989 Sean Connery was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."

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  67. #067

    Sean Connery planned the launch of his autobiography "Being a Scot" in his hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, on his birthday, August 25, 2008.

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  68. #068

    Sean Connery played Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez in Highlander (1986) and Highlander II: The Quickening (1991). This is the only character other than James Bond that he played in more than one film.

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  69. #069

    When Sean Connery played Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), he was 60 years old, although Richard was only 41 when he was killed on April 6, 1199.

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  70. #070

    Sean Connery played four kings: 'King' Daniel Dravot in The Man Who Would Be King (1975), King Agamemnon in Time Bandits (1981), King Richard in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and King Arthur in First Knight (1995).

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  71. #071

    For his services to the film industry, Sean Connery was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's 2000 Millennium New Year Honours List.

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  72. #072

    Tippi Hedren, the star of Marnie (1964), named one of her house cats after Sean Connery.

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  73. #073

    Sean Connery played Robert Shaw's adversary in both From Russia with Love (1963) and Robin and Marian (1976).

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  74. #074

    In October 1997 Sean Connery was ranked 14th on Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

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  75. #075

    When he was not making films, Sean Connery lived near a golf course in Marbella, Spain, where he played every day. He left because of disputes with the local press and later lived in the Bahamas, where he played much less golf.

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  76. #076

    Patrick McGoohan turned down the role of King Edward I in Braveheart (1995) because of the filming of Just Cause (1995).

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  77. #077

    Sean Connery appeared in The Longest Day (1962), which was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and never appeared in a film that won Best Picture.

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  78. #078

    Until his death, Connery received a disability pension from the British Navy of nine shillings a week.

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  79. #079

    Connery held a Shodan (first-level black belt) in Kyokushin Karate.

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  80. #080

    His most famous photograph, taken as James Bond, is the iconic image of him holding a long-barreled pistol beside his face. The gun never appears in any film and is in fact a BB gun.

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  81. #081

    Connery took dance lessons for 11 years. His teacher was the Swedish dancer Yat Malmgren.

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  82. #082

    After his death, his body was cremated and his ashes were scattered in Scotland.

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  83. #083

    In Italy, fans called him 'Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'.

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  84. #084

    He and his son, the actor Jason Connery, both portrayed Robin Hood. Sean played an aging Robin Hood opposite Audrey Hepburn in Robin and Marian (1976). Jason played Robin Hood, also known as Robert of Huntingdon, in the television series Robin of Sherwood (1984). Jason also played Ian Fleming in the television film Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990). Fleming was the author of the James Bond novels that made Sean famous in 1962.

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  85. #085

    His original idol was the Welsh actor Stanley Baker, because he played convincing tough men in the quality British films he produced.

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  86. #086

    In a December 1987 interview with Barbara Walters, Connery caused an uproar by saying it was not a problem to hit a woman if she deserved it or if you needed to keep her in line. He had said similar things in a November 1965 interview with Playboy magazine.

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  87. #087

    On December 5, 1999, in Washington, D.C., he received the 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honor from President Bill Clinton for his lifetime contributions to the arts and culture.

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  88. #088

    In 1999, he was named 'Sexiest Man of the Century' by People Magazine.

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  89. #089

    He made significant contributions to the Scottish National Party (SNP). This was halted for a time when the ruling Labour government said that people living outside the United Kingdom would not be allowed to donate to British political parties.

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  90. #090

    In August 2006, he withdrew from an interview for the Edinburgh Politics Festival after the presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament, George Reid, promised to ask him why he had once told a magazine that some women wanted to be 'smacked'. Sir Sean, the SNP's most famous supporter, said this was 'unacceptable' and would jeopardize the interview.

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  91. #091

    He received the BAFTA Scotland Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cineworld complex in Edinburgh, Scotland (August 25, 2006).

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  92. #092

    In A Bridge Too Far (1977), he played Major General Roy Urquhart. The real Urquhart served as a military adviser on the film. Although he had been friends with David Niven since 1920, Urquhart had no interest in films. He therefore had no idea who Connery was or why his daughters were so excited that Connery would portray him in the film.

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  93. #093

    In December 2002, a poll by a mobile phone company named him 'The Male Celebrity With The Sexiest Voice'. Kylie Minogue came first in the women's category.

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  94. #094

    According to a poll by the British film magazine Empire, he created the worst accent in cinema history in The Untouchables (1987).

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  95. #095

    His role as James Bond in the 007 films placed 5th on Premiere Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

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  96. #096

    Time Bandits (1981) originally called for Sean Connery to lead a group of Greek soldiers in King Agamemnon's battle against Evil and to return as he is killed, but the scene could not be worked into Connery's schedule. A compromise was devised between Connery and Craig Warnock, who played the child hero Kevin, to provide the film's ending.

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  97. #097

    In his youth, Sean Connery was a competitive bodybuilder.

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  98. #098

    Sean Connery received a lifetime achievement award on the opening night of Festa del Cinema, the opening film festival of Rome. Connery was given the Marco Aurelio award in recognition of "his numerous cinematic endeavours over the years" (13 October 2006).

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  99. #099

    Sean Connery was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of the supervillain Vartox (created in 1974), one of Superman's enemies. Connery was 44 years old at the time. Vartox was modelled after Connery's appearance in Zardoz (1974).

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  100. #100

    In 1995, Empire magazine named Sean Connery one of the 100 sexiest stars in cinema history (7th place).

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  101. #101

    At the time of his death, Sean Connery's estate was valued at 300 million US dollars.

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  102. #102

    With the death of Kieron Moore on 15 July 2007, Sean Connery is the last surviving member of the cast of Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).

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    Sean Connery appeared in four films with Denholm Elliott: Robin and Marian (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Cuba (1979) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

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    Sean Connery was awarded the title of Commandeur des Artes et des Lettres by the French government.

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  105. #105

    In the 1960 television adaptation of Colombe, Sean Connery's character Julien believes his brother Paul's wife Colombe (Dorothy Tutin) is having an affair and kisses Paul (Richard Pasco) on the mouth to find out what makes him such a good kisser. Although the kiss is non-sexual, it is believed to be one of the first male-to-male kisses on television.

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  106. #106

    In 1998, Sean Connery received a Tony Award for co-producing Yasmina Reza's play "Art".

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  107. #107

    Sean Connery is the father of Jason Connery.

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  108. #108

    Edinburgh Filmhouse rejected a proposal in November 2005 to rename itself "The Sean Connery Filmhouse" following complaints about Connery's tax exile status.

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  109. #109

    Sean Connery died just 6 months after the death of Honor Blackman, his co-star in Goldfinger (1964) and Shalako (1968).

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  110. #110

    Gert Günther Hoffmann was Sean Connery's German voice for years and, although his voice was very low, it matched Connery's charismatic and attractive side perfectly. Hoffmann died in 1997. The next dubbing actor's deep voice was incredibly close to Connery's real voice. Manfred Wagner died after dubbing two Sean Connery films, First Knight (1995) and The Rock (1996).

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  111. #111

    In 1991, Sean Connery received the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh award.

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  112. #112

    Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) was initially planned to star Kim Basinger as the abused wife, Sean Connery as her psychopathic husband, and Aidan Quinn as the gentle professor she falls in love with; the roles ultimately went to Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson respectively.

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  113. #113

    Connery's father, Joseph Connery, died of throat cancer in August 1972 at the age of sixty-nine.

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  114. #114

    Connery strongly criticized Timothy Dalton's dark and serious approach to James Bond, believing audiences at the time were not quite ready for a violent Bond.

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  115. #115

    Connery shares two roles with Pierce Brosnan: (1) Connery played James Bond in Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983), while Brosnan played him in GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002); and (2) Connery portrayed King Arthur in First Knight (1995), while Brosnan portrayed him in Quest for Camelot (1998).

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  116. #116

    Entertainment Weekly named him the 24th Greatest Movie Star of All Time.

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  117. #117

    He was offered the role of Professor Waldman in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) but turned it down; John Cleese, the star of his Time Bandits (1981), was eventually cast.

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  118. #118

    He received a lifetime achievement award at the European Film Awards in Berlin, presented by Jean-Jacques Annaud, who directed Connery in The Name of the Rose (1986). (3 December 2005).

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  119. #119

    A Sky TV poll (February 2005) named him the Best British Male Actor of All Time.

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  120. #120

    He was seriously considered for the role of King Philip of Macedon in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004).

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  121. #121

    Connery shares two roles with his son Jason Connery: (1) Sean played the title character in Macbeth (1961), while Jason played him in Macbeth (1997); and (2) Sean played Robin Hood in Robin and Marian (1976), while Jason played him in Robin of Sherwood (1984).

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  122. #122

    In 1988 he received an honorary DLitt degree from the University of St Andrews.

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    He never appeared in a "skiing" James Bond photograph. Although Goldfinger comes close due to its sequences set in the lower Swiss mountains, all the skiing, snow and ice Bond films belong to other James Bond actors: George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)); Roger Moore (The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); For Your Eyes Only (1981); A View to a Kill (1985)); Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights (1987)); Pierce Brosnan (The World Is Not Enough (1999); Die Another Day (2002)).

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    He won the Variety Club of Great Britain Special Award in 1963 for his role as James Bond in Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963).

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    Before taking up acting, he seriously considered becoming a professional footballer.

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    He never attended drama school.

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    Brian De Palma offered him the role of Robert Elliott in Dressed to Kill (1980), and he was very keen, but he turned it down due to prior commitments.

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    In 1997, Sean Connery's grandson Dashiell Connery (Dashiell Quinn Connery) was born.

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    Along with Robert Rietty, Sean Connery is one of two actors who appeared in both Thunderball (1965) and the remake Never Say Never Again (1983).

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    In 2018, it was reported that an ancient Greek mathematical formula calculated Sean Connery to be the most handsome actor to play James Bond in the long-running film series, and that incumbent Bond Daniel Craig was calculated to be the least handsome according to the formula.

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    On 10 March 2003, Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso presented Sean Connery with the Manuel Amador Guerrero award, named after the country's first president. She said the award was given to him for his "talent and versatility." Sir Sean was traveling to Panama to visit various humanitarian programs run by the government.

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    Sean Connery's first film in the role of Bond earned him £6,000.

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    Sean Connery's second wife and widow, Micheline Roquebrune, is the grandmother of Stéphanie Renouvin.

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    In Morocco, Sean Connery was presented with the Marrakesh International Film Festival Award by his friend Laurence Fishburne, his co-star in Just Cause (1995).

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    In 2003, Sean Connery placed 8th in an online poll for Channel 4's (UK) 100 Greatest Film Stars.

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    In July 2014, Sean Connery had been invited to the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and it was said at the time that he had withdrawn from the event due to eye surgery.

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    Sean Connery's second wife, Micheline Roquebrune, persuaded him to buy the foreign rights to Yasmina Reza's play "Art." It became a great success abroad and made Connery a fortune.

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  138. #138

    Sean Connery is the godfather of Dimitri Hamlin.

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    Sean Connery won the 1965 Variety Club of Great Britain Film Actor Award for his performances in The Hill (1965) and Goldfinger (1964).

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    Sean Connery placed first among British male film actors in the Orange Film Survey, which had 10,000 voters.

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    Along with Wolfgang Preiss, Sean Connery is one of two actors who appeared in both films adapted from Cornelius Ryan's books: The Longest Day (1962) and A Bridge Too Far (1977).

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    Contrary to some reports, Sean Connery was not in A Night to Remember (1958). The character he was claimed to have played was actually portrayed by Larry Taylor.

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    Sean Connery's mother was of Clan Maclean descent.

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  144. #144

    In an interview on Wogan (1982), Sean Connery stated that he initially enlisted in the British Navy for 12 years but served only three (1946-1949), and had to leave due to an ulcer. He reached the rank of Able Seaman.

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    Sean Connery appeared in five films directed by Sidney Lumet: The Hill (1965), The Anderson Tapes (1971), The Offense (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Family Business (1989).

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  146. #146

    Sean Connery advised Nicola Sturgeon on how to project her voice.

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  147. #147

    Sean Connery was the former father-in-law of Mia Sara.

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    Sean Connery was the older brother of Neil Connery.

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  149. #149

    Sean Connery had three stepchildren: his stepdaughter Marie-Christine 'Micha' Garbe-Renouvin (b. 2 August 1950) and stepson Olivier Garbe (b. 15 August 1954) from Micheline's first marriage to Jean-Pierre Garbe, and his stepson Stephane Cosman (b. 7 March 1964) from Micheline's second marriage to Michael Cosman.

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  150. #150

    The Name of the Rose was made because Michael Caine had to drop out of the film when the start of shooting was postponed.

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    At the age of 58, Sean Connery played the father of Harrison Ford, who was 46, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and of Dustin Hoffman, who was 51, in Family Business.

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  152. #152

    In June 2008, Sean Connery injured his shoulder in a fall while playing golf.

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  153. #153

    Sean Connery's son Jason Connery nearly signed on to the Bollywood film Namastey London (2007). He was to play a significant role, but producer Vipul Shah and Jason could not reach an agreement.

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  154. #154

    Sean Connery has two tattoos on his right forearm: 'Anne' and 'Dad' in the shape of a dove, and 'Scotland Forever' with a dagger.

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  155. #155

    In his youth, Sean Connery was known as 'Big Tam'.

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  156. #156

    In his youth, Sean Connery worked at Edinburgh College of Art as a milkman, a plasterer, a coffin polisher, a lifeguard and an artist's model.

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  157. #157

    Sean Connery's only role as a villain was Sir August De Wynter.

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  158. #158

    Sean Connery's insistence on seeing the complete script before accepting a role astonished Alfred Hitchcock, who called him to offer the part in Marnie (1964); as the legendary director put it, "a phone call from me is usually enough". He turned down Blow-Up (1966) because the only thing Michelangelo Antonioni could show him was "about seven sketchy pages and something written on a Woodbine packet".

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