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Sean Connery wearing a dark plaid tuxedo jacket and black bow tie, standing on the red carpet with people and the Kodak Theater in the background. Sean Connery as James Bond leans against a silver Aston Martin DB5 sports car on a country road in a scene from the 1964 film Goldfinger. Sean Connery as James Bond and Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder stand on a tropical beach, with palm trees and water in the background, in a scene from Dr. No. Sean Connery as James Bond pilots a yellow autogyro firing rockets in You Only Live Twice, with a clear blue sky in the background. Sean Connery as James Bond stands in a hotel room wearing a towel and holding a gun, looking at a woman lying in bed, in a scene from From Russia with Love. Sean Connery as James Bond and Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole stand at a crowded casino table in Diamonds Are Forever, surrounded by other gamblers. Sean Connery as James Bond steps out of a helicopter onto an inflatable raft, wearing swim trunks, in a scene from the 1965 film Thunderball. Sean Connery, dressed in a white shirt as James Bond, sits and talks with author Ian Fleming, in a suit and bow tie, on the set of the 1962 film Dr. No. Sean Connery and Harrison Ford, as Henry Jones and Indiana Jones, sit back to back tied with rope in a burning room in a scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Six men in military uniforms stand in a line in a sunlit courtyard with bundles of clothing at their feet; Sean Connery is second from the right as Joe Roberts in The Hill (1965).
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Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema).
Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
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(Left) Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the television series "Star Trek" (1966-69). (science fiction, Vulcans)
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Sean Connery: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Andrew Yule, Sean Connery: From 007 to Hollywood Icon (1992; also published as Sean Connery: Neither Shaken nor Stirred, 1993).

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Anniversary information added. Aug 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Golden Globes - Sean Connery. Jun 06, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Adelaide Drive - I’m Sean Connery, not James Bond. Dec 01, 2025
Anniversary information added. Oct 27, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Sean Connery's legacy that is helping young filmmakers. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: American Film Institute - Sir Sean Connery. Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Kennedy Center - Sean Connery. Aug 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI - Sight and Sound - Before Bond: Sean Connery's early years. Apr 07, 2023
For his death date, changed “October 30/31” to “October 31.” Oct 13, 2021
Add new Web site: BFI Screenonline - Sean Connery. Aug 01, 2021
Changed his death date from “October 31” to “October 30/31” and noted that he died in Nassau. Nov 04, 2020
Noted that he died on October 31, 2020. Oct 31, 2020
Article revised and updated. Feb 28, 2020
Added cross-references. Sep 13, 2017
Replaced photograph. Jul 26, 2017
Media added. Apr 07, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Sean Connery. Mar 15, 2017
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Sean Connery Profile. Jun 26, 2014
Changed date of Lilacs in the Spring from 1955 to 1954. Changed "Russian" to "Soviet" in fifth paragraph. Added the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). Mentioned his involvement with the Scottish independence movement. Aug 24, 2010
Add new Web site: Official Site of Sir Sean Connery. Jul 30, 2010
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Kosice, Slovakia. Jul 30, 2010
New article added. Feb 16, 2001
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