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Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. One of his best known roles was playing Dr Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner 's Holmes.
Ian Fleming (1908-1964) was a British journalist, naval intelligence officer and author of the James Bond novels. He created the iconic spy character and wrote 13 books featuring him, as well as other works of fiction and non-fiction.
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Ian Fleming was an actor who appeared in several Sherlock Holmes films and other British movies. He was also the author of the James Bond novels and short stories.
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Apr 4, 2024 · In this excerpt of Ian Fleming: The Complete Man, Shakespeare explores the crucial casting of Sean Connery, who died in 2020 at the age of 90, as the first Bond. —M.M. “Who decided on Connery as Bond?” asked Sean Connery’s biographer, Christopher Bray. “The likelihood is we will never really know.”
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Born into a wealthy and influential English family, Ian Fleming spent his early years attending top British schools such as Eton and Sandhurst military academy. He took to writing while schooling in Kitzbuhel, Austria, and upon failing the entrance requirements for Foreign Service joined the news agency Reuters as a journalist -- winning the respec...
While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond nov...
Fleming was married to Ann Charteris, who was divorced from the second Viscount Rothermere owing to her affair with the author. Fleming and Charteris had a son, Caspar. Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the age of 56. Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other w...
Ian Fleming was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who created James Bond, the fictional spy. He wrote 14 Bond novels and two short-story collections, and died of heart disease in 1964.
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Nov 1, 2020 · How Ian Fleming Really Felt When Sean Connery Was Cast As James Bond. United Artists/MGM. By Nick Vrchoticky / Oct. 31, 2020 11:55 pm EST. James Bond was arguably the late Sir Sean Connery's...
Sep 10, 2020 · Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. One of his best known roles was playing Dr Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner 's Holmes.
