Posted on 10/31/2020 8:09:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sean Connery, who died peacefully in his sleep at his home in the Bahamas, was that rare Hollywood actor whose impact on culture transcended the roles he played on film.
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He made seven of the iconic James Bond films and grew to hate the role that made him an international star. The Independent notes in his obituary, “In 2004, The Observer reported that the actor once said he was ‘fed up’ with the character, stating: ‘I have always hated that damned James Bond – I’d like to kill him.’”
But to reduce his fame to a single character in a few films does a great disservice to Connery whose career spanned 5 decades in British television, film, and American movies. He ended up making 67 films — most of them memorable.
He was one of the few performers who could make a bad film watchable. In 1972’s Zardoz, Connery played Zed, and proceeded to chew the scenery with a gusto that made the boring, overwrought post-apocalypse film interesting.
But it wasn’t until the 1980s after Connery’s romantic leading man days were over that he hit his stride as an actor. His memorable characters in films like Untouchables (for which he won an Academy Award), the Hunt for Red October, and his perfect portrayal of Indiana Jones’ father in The Last Crusade solidified his position as a Hollywood icon.
Indeed, his catchphrase from Untouchables actually made it into politics when Barack Obama quoted it to illustrate how hard he was going to fight to win.
“You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way! And that’s how you get Capone.”
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I grew up in the Roger Moore days of Bond. Connery will always be Capt. Ramius to me.
Malone : Stone. George Stone. That’s your name? What’s your real name?
George Stone : That is my real name.
Malone : Nah. What was it before you changed it?
George Stone : Giuseppe Petri.
Malone : Ah, I knew it. That’s all you need, one thieving wop on the team.
George Stone : Hey, what’s that you say?
Malone : I said that you’re a lying member of a no good race.
George Stone : (Puts gun under Malone’s chin)
Much better than you, you ######## Irish #### ####
Malone : Oh, I like him.
Ness : Yeah I like him too.
Sean Connery as Malone in The Untouchables :)
It’s funny, because my Dad just mentioned the Molly Maguires the other day, and now Sean Connery dies.
“One Ping Only”.....Hunt for Red October.
“Mrs. Pedecaris, you’re a lot of trouble.”
I was a teenager in the '60s when Connery played Bond, so he will always be the best 007 to me.
We need a like button.
My age puts me at the theater for my first Bond experiences with Roger Moore. Loved him as Bond, but Connery was the best.
” ... in his sleep at his home in the Bahamas. “
How cool is that ?
Regardless of how he felt about it, he is James Bond !
I believe he was as versatile an actor as a Carey Grant or Jimmy Stewart, or Katherine Hepburn. He could be Bond or a British soldier at Normandy in the longest Day. They don’t make movies worth a damn now anyway. I’ll miss him. RIP Mr Connery.
An overlooked film with him in a Hitchcock film with him and Tipi Hedren “Marnie’
I always found Connery extremely attractive (I’m a woman.) especially in his later years. Then I found out he was a leftist. :(
I heard Sean was a keen golfer in his day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57QAjpjKulk
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