![]() ![]() He was created in February 1952 by Ian Fleming while on holiday at his Jamaican estate called Goldeneye. In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books, and has been the subject of many parodies.Ĭommander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is an agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) (more commonly known as MI6). Currently, Columbia Pictures and MGM (United Artists' parent) co-distribute the franchise. It became co-owner with United Artists Corporation since the mid-1970s, when Saltzman sold UA his share of Danjaq. The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, premiered on 14 November 2006, with the film going on general release in Asia and the Middle East the following day.īroccoli and Saltzman's family company, Danjaq, LLC, has owned the James Bond film series, through EON, since the start. The 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing Bond in selected scenes from the original novels. David Niven played the role of James Bond in a non-EON production of Casino Royale in 1967, and Connery reprised the character in another non-EON film, Never Say Never Again in 1983, an update of 1965's Thunderball, in which he also starred. ![]() This episode is included as a special feature (named Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964) in the newly published Live and Let Die Ultimate Edition DVD. Roger Moore acted the role in an episode of a TV comedy show called Mainly Millicent (starring Millicent Martin and guest stars) in summer 1964. Bob Holness portrayed James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker in 1956. In addition and generally considered "unofficial", Barry Nelson portrayed Bond in an Americanised television episode adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954. To date, six actors have portrayed James Bond in the official series. Wilson, jointly continued production duties. From 1995, his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman produced most of these up until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. The EON films are generally referred to as the 'official' films (although its origin is unclear, this terminology is used throughout this article). Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one American television adaptation of Fleming's first novel under legal licence. In addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written various unofficial permutations of the character.Īlthough initially made famous through the novels and books, James Bond is now best known from the EON Productions film series. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym Robert Markham), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson. James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent (the Bond character is usually referred to as a spy, but was actually a counter-agent and a professional assassin) created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ![]()
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