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The tall, handsome and muscular Scottish actor Sean Connery is best known as the original actor to portray James Bond in the hugely successful movie franchise, starring in seven films between 1962 and 1983. Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he proved the doubters wrong, becoming one of the most notable film actors of his generation, with a host of great movies to his name. This arguably culminated in his greatest acclaim in 1988, when Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an Irish cop in The Untouchables (1987), stealing the thunder from the movie's principal star Kevin Costner. Connery was polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine, and in 1999, at age 69, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man of the Century."
Thomas "Sean" Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphemia Maclean, was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He also had a, Neil Connery, a plasterer in Edinburgh, who was eight years younger. Before going into acting, Sean had many different jobs, such as a milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder. He also joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged because of medical problems. At the age of 23, he had a choice between becoming a professional soccer player or an actor, and even though he showed much promise in the sport, he chose acting and said it was one of his more intelligent decisions.
No Road Back (1957) was Sean's first major movie role, and it was followed by several made-for-TV movies such as Anna Christie (1957), Macbeth (1961) and Anna Karenina (1961) as well as guest appearances on TV series, and also films such as Hell Drivers (1957), Another Time, Another Place (1958), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) and The Frightened City (1961). In 1962 he appeared in The Longest Day (1962) with a host of other stars.
His big breakthrough came in 1962 when he landed the role of secret agent James Bond in Dr. No (1962). He played James Bond in six more films: From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983).
After and during the success of the Bond films, he maintained a successful career as an actor and has appeared in films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Wind and the Lion (1975), Time Bandits (1981), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Rising Sun (1993), The Rock (1996), Finding Forrester (2000) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).
Sean married actress Diane Cilento in 1962 and they had Sean's only child, Jason Connery, born on January 11, 1963. The couple announced their separation in February 1971 and filed for divorce 2½ years later. Sean then dated Jill St. John, Lana Wood, Magda Konopka and Carole Mallory. In 1975 he married Micheline Roquebrune and they stayed married, despite Sean's well-documented love affair with Lynsey de Paul in the late '80s. Sean had three stepchildren through his marriage to Micheline, who was one year his senior. He is also a grandfather. His son, Jason and Jason's ex-wife, actress Mia Sara had a son, Dashiell Connery, in 1997.
Sean Connery died at the age of 90 on October 31, 2020, in Nassau, the Bahamas, where he resided for many years.- Actor
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Bahamian-born Calvin Lockhart first caught moviegoers' attention in the supercharged urban films Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Halls of Anger (1970) before becoming a fairly steady fixture in the "blaxploitation" movies of the early-to-mid-1970s.
Born Bert Cooper to a large family in Nassau on October 18, 1934, he was raised there before moving to New York in his late teens with initial designs on becoming a civil engineer (Cooper Union School of Engineering). Dropping out after a year to pursue an acting career, Calvin worked as a carpenter and construction worker, among other odd jobs. He first studied with legendary coach Uta Hagen and then hit the New York theater boards. The story goes that he was discovered by playwright Ketti Frings while working as a taxi driver. She was so impressed with his arrogance that she cast him in her play "The Cool World" in 1960. From there Calvin drummed up interest via a bit of controversy on Broadway when he played a sailor in love with a white girl in the racially-themed "A Taste of Honey" starring Angela Lansbury.
Serious film and TV roles for black actors were scarce at that time, so Calvin moved to Europe. In Italy he owned a restaurant and formed his own theater company, serving as both actor and director. He also lived in Germany before settling in England. He starting building up film credits with minor work in such British movies as A Dandy in Aspic (1968) and Only When I Larf (1968). He made news in another racially-motivated project entitled Joanna (1968), which centered around a "mod", interracial romance with 'Genevieve Waite'.
Returning to the US with a stronger resume, he made a distinct early impression as a slick preacher bent on fraud in the hip cop flick Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and as an English teacher in the inner-city potboiler Halls of Anger (1970). He also involved himself in such black action features as Melinda (1972), Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974) and The Baron (1977). Similar in charismatic style and intelligence to Sidney Poitier, the famed actor-director was impressed enough to cast Calvin in his broad comedy vehicles Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). Calvin could also play fey upon request, camping it up briefly in Myra Breckinridge (1970). During this rich period he also became an artist-in-residence with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford (the first black actor so honored) and appeared prestigiously in such productions as "Titus Andronicus" (1972).
Calvin's career grew lackluster, however, by the end of the decade, resorting to trivial guest parts in such TV shows as Good Times (1974) and Get Christie Love! (1974). He landed a recurring role on the nighttime soap Dynasty (1981) in the early '80s.
In 1974, Calvin married a woman also from the West Indies and had three children. After his career subsided, he decided to return to his homeland in the mid '90s and resettled in Nassau with his fourth wife, Jennifer Miles. There he involved himself with the Freeport Players Guild as a director. He also returned to films after a 15-year absence, completing Rain (2008), a movie shot in the Bahamas, shortly before he suffered a major stroke. Calvin died of complications on March 29, 2007, and his family is in the process of establishing a scholarship fund in his name for Bahamian student pursuing an acting or filmmaking career.- Actor
- Producer
Daniel Smith was born on 22 January 1986 in Mexia, Texas, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Illegal Aliens (2007), Skyscraper (1996) and To the Limit (1995). He died on 10 September 2006 in Nassau, Bahamas.- Sib Hashian was born on 17 August 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Boston: Don't Look Back (1978), Boston: A Man I'll Never Be (1978) and Boston: Party (1978). He was married to Suzanne Johnson. He died on 22 March 2017 in Nassau, Bahamas.
- Actor
- Producer
Steve Dunleavy was born on 21 January 1938 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor and producer, known for So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), The Vampire Project (1995) and Happy Hour (2003). He was married to Gloria Holl and Yvonne Dunleavy. He died on 24 June 2019 in Island Park, Nassau County, New York, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ann Shaw was born on 4 February 1896 in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Actor's Studio (1948). She was married to Herbert Mundin and Louis Albert Reed. She died in August 1979 in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Production Manager
Chet O'Brien was born on 28 June 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for Oh! Calcutta! (1972), Fraggle Rock (1983) and Family Double Dare (1990). He was married to Marilyn Miller. He died on 14 July 1996 in Nassau, New York, USA.- Hilary St George Saunders served with the Welsh Guards during World War I and later read history at Baliol College, Oxford. He worked with the League of Nations between 1920 and 1937, and would serve as the Secretary of the British Ministry in Paris up to the beginning of World War II. He would subsequently serve as the Librarian of the House of Commons until he retired in 1950. He was also a novelist, short story writer, popular historian and biographer; he wrote under a number of pseudonyms and in collaboration with other writers.
- Alice Mann was born on 10 October 1899 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Help! Help! Police! (1919), The Water Lily (1919) and Fruits of Passion (1919). She was married to Ash, Sidney G. and Billy Bissett. She died in March 1986 in Nassau, New York, USA.
- Walter Hudson was born on 5 June 1944 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. He died on 24 December 1991 in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA.
- Jackson Burnside was born on 14 September 1941 in Nassau, Bahamas. He died on 11 May 2011 in Nassau, Bahamas.
- Rick Peeples was born on 21 July 1942 in Texas City, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1998) and Kurau: Phantom Memory (2004). He was married to Joan Magdalene Ferguson, Susan C. Potter, Rebecca Smith, Louanne Purvine and Linda Sue Hamling. He died on 20 January 2014 in Christus St. John Hospital, Nassau Bay, Texas, USA.
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- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
J. Ernest Williamson was born on 8 December 1881 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Wet Gold (1921), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) and The Submarine Eye (1917). He was married to Lilah. He died on 15 July 1966 in Nassau, Bahamas.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Clara Schumann was born on 13 September 1819 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. She was a composer, known for Management (2008), Ammonite (2020) and The Europeans (1979). She was married to Robert Schumann. She died on 20 May 1896 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse-Nassau, [now Hesse], Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ziggie Talent was born on 25 June 1912 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. He was an actor, known for Meet the People (1944), The Vaughn Monroe Show (1950) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). He died on 25 June 1997 in Nassau, New York, USA.- Kermit Beahan was born on 9 August 1918. He died on 9 March 1989 in Nassau Bay, Texas, USA.
- Producer
Gary Kurfirst was born on 8 July 1947 in the USA. He was a producer, known for Siesta (1987), True Stories (1986) and Stop Making Sense (1984). He died on 14 January 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas.- Ramón Mendoza was born on 18 April 1927 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He died in 2001 in Nassau, Bahamas.
- Johnnie Pirrone Jr. was born on 4 February 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Speed to Burn (1938), Winner Take All (1939) and Road Demon (1938). He died on 10 January 2007 in Nassau, New York, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Gene Martin was born on 26 February 1951 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Another World (1964), The Kraft Music Hall (1967) and 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972). He died on 16 December 2006 in Rockville Centre, Nassau, New York, USA.- Albert Carroll was born on 13 March 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for 39 East (1920) and Impressions (1930). He died in April 1970 in Nassau, New York, USA.
- Durward Knowles was born on 2 November 1917 in Nassau, Bahamas. He died on 24 February 2018 in Nassau, Bahamas.
- Bob Carroll Jr. was born on 18 June 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Running Hot (1984). He died on 12 November 1994 in Nassau, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jay Albury is known for Jaws: The Revenge (1987), My Father the Hero (1994) and Picture Claire (2001). Jay died on 16 December 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas.- Writer
- Additional Crew
His parents were Richard J.and and Emma Ennis of Brooklyn. Three of his grandparents were Irish immigrants. Bert had two brothers, neither of whom, like Bert, used the original forms of their names: Frank Leslie, known as Leslie or F. Leslie, a banker, and Richard, known as Harry, whom Bert reported to have been a song-writer and who died at an early age. The family were Roman Catholic, to which religion Bert faithfully adhered.
Bert Ennis was involved with the development of musical accompaniment to silent films.
In his World War II Draft Registration form, Bert described himself as "self-employed" by Bert Ennis Productions c/o Advance Pictures, 630 Ninth Avenue, NY, NY.
Bert spent the latter decades of his life in Roosevelt, Nassau County, NY. He often said that he was writing a history of silent films, but no trace of this work was found after his death. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.