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Nelson's Bond is of interest because it is the first onscreen version of the role. However, Nelson was playing a television rôle, rather than a cinematic one. The tendency is to notice the difference between this version of Bond and the others, notably how the nationalities of Leiter and Bond being swapped in this adaptation.
Apr 14, 2007 · Barry Nelson, a Broadway leading man who launched his career at MGM in the 1940s and earned a niche in show-business history as the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond -- as...
Apr 14, 2007 · Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player during the 1940s who later had a prolific television and theater career, died on April 7 while traveling in Pennsylvania, his wife, Nansi Nelson, said. He was 89.
