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Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; [1] April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) [2] was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming 's secret agent James Bond. [3] Early life. Nelson was born in San Francisco, the son of Norwegian immigrants, Betsy (née Christophersen) and Trygve Nielsen. [4] .
Mini Bio. A genial, well-respected, all-around "nice guy", the breezily handsome Barry Nelson was born Haakon Robert Nielsen on April 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California, to Betsy (Christophersen) and Trygve "Ted" Nielsen, both Norwegian immigrants. He was raised in nearby Oakland and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley ...
- April 16, 1917
- April 7, 2007
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Born Robert Haakon Nielsen in San Francisco on April 16, 1920, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1941. Spotted by a talent scout, he was soon signed to an MGM contract...
Times Staff Writer. 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...
Barry Nelson, 23 years old and blessed with a three-dimensional Archie comic of a face, got the money lines in the 1943 movie “The Human Comedy”: “I guess you don’t really understand your...
Barry Nelson was an American actor, 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 and Trygve Nielsen. He began acting in school at the age of fifteen.
The first man to portray James Bond on screen, American actor Nelson took the role in a 1954 live TV production of Casino Royale. He was, by that time, a Broadway star active in occasional film roles and television hits such as The Hunter (1952-54) and My Favorite Husband (1953-55).
