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Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Casino Royale: Directed by William H. Brown Jr.. With Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Linda Christian, William Lundigan. American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss Le Chiffre while monitoring his actions.
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- 1954-10-21
A collection of images of James Bond, as portrayed by Barry Nelson in 1954 in the Climax episode which adapted "Casino Royale". Note, because this is a television production, the images are not necessarily as clear as cinematic screenshots.
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The hour-long Casino Royale episode aired on October 21, 1954, as a live production and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent James Bond, with Peter Lorre in the role of Le Chiffre, and was hosted by William Lundigan.
Contrary to popular belief, the honour of being the first actor to play James Bond fell not on Sean Connery, but on American Barry Nelson, who starred in a live one-hour production of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale.
James "Jimmy" Bond appeared in the Climax episode "Casino Royale", a television adaptation of Ian Fleming's first novel which aired in 1954. Though this is regarded as the first onscreen appearance of the character James Bond, the character is an American agent with "Combined Intelligence". He...
Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond. Nelson was born Robert Haakon Nielsen in San Francisco, California, of Norwegian ancestry, the son of Betsy (nee Christophsen) and Trygve Nielsen.
