Farewell to Bond actor Sean Connery for many the quintessential 007

So it is a sad farewell to actor Sir Sean Connery, one of the most iconic film stars of the 20th century who died at the weekend at the age of 90.
Connery was best known of course as the man who for many will forever epitomise Ian Fleming’s fictional secret agent James Bond.
Connery starred in seven Bond films both creating the role as cool confident agent 007 and fixing the idea of the suave but ruthless operative in the imaginations of the nation.
His first appearance, in Dr No in 1962, was a game-changer for the British film industry and paved the way for hugely successful Bond films like From Russia With Love and Goldfinger.
Born into a working class family in Edinburgh, Connery began acting in minor roles in theatre and TV before being spotted and offered the role of Bond. He would go on to star in many films beyond the Bond franchise including Marnie, Murder on the Orient Express, The Man Who Would Be King, A Bridge Too Far, The Untouchables, The Name of the Rose, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and any more.He won an Oscar, two BAFTAS and three Golden Globes. Connery officially retired from acting in 2006.