Sean connery bond

Commander James Bond CMG is a Senior Operational Officer of the Double-O Section, an ultra-covert Black Ops unit within the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6). As an agent of MI6, Bond holds cryptonym "007". The '00' prefix indicates his discretionary licence to kill in the performance of his duties. He was created and developed by the British author and former naval intelligence officier Ian Fleming. Sean Connery was the first actor to perform the role on the cinematographic adaptations…

Sean Connery (Goldfinger - 1964)

Honor Blackman, Sean Connery / production still from Guy Hamilton’s Goldfinger (1964)

Regardless of when you think "the good old days" actually were, many of us harbor a special respect for the past. These photos show people that had an appreciation for style, taste and class that seems to be harder to find these days.

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James Bond isn’t an exotic name, but such a bland moniker was exactly what 007’s creator, former naval intelligence officer and keen twitcher, Ian Fleming, wanted – so he looked on his shelf and appropriated it from the author of a book on Caribbean ornithology. Identity theft is small fry compared with some of Bond’s exploits, whether he’s being portrayed by an Englishman, Scotsman, Irishman or Welshman. Or, for that matter, an Australian (George Lazenby, in On Her Majesty’s Secret…