Most would agree Connery set the standard.
Ironically, the character's creator contempuously referred to him as "that snorting lorry driver" (Connery was a milkman before he went into acting).
Ironically, the character's creator contempuously referred to him as "that snorting lorry driver" (Connery was a milkman before he went into acting).
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Well, much of Hollywood got its start in that fashion...even Harrison Ford was a carpenter by trade, before stepping into the utopian wealth and world of Hollywood...