James Bond

[Bazile]

Who was the first person to play the role of 007

[clotheshorse]

Peter Burton, according to google, i have never heard of him .

[tonymclark]

Barry Nelson, in an American TV play, 1954.
I think he was called Jimmy Bond.

Bob Holness played James Bond on South African radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond

[jno]

Barry Nelson appeared in a live (ie not pre-recorded) version of Casino Royale on TV. I saw it on video a while back. It's pretty short and undistinguished. Bond was a Yank and Felix Leiter became a Brit called Clarence Leiter, as I recall. I'm not really expecting Daniel Craig to be any better, though.

[osprey]

clotheshorse - Peter Burton played Q in Dr No - see here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(James_Bond)

As far as I know or can find out he never played Bond.

[angbur]

I may be wrong about this, but I'm sure the first person to play Bond was Mr Blockbusters, Bob Holness who played him in a Radio play in 1952 (or something like that).

[B00]

I'm so glad I didnt see this question before everyone else and say something moronic like....

"Sean Connery- thought everyone knew that"


Which I would have done if i'd got to it 1st.

:-(

[Bazile]

Can I have a 'P' please bob ?

[Memore]

i thought it was George Lazenby in Casino Royale

[scarletpimp]

Was "P" the predecessor of "Q"?

[Bazile]

Very good, scarletpimp

Were you also at school in the ' blockbuster ' days ?