Sean Connery: Life in pictures
Sean Connery, the Scottish actor who shot to global stardom in the 1960s after introducing himself to movie audiences as “Bond. James Bond,” has died.
Connery’s Bond pauses to flirt with Miss Moneypenny, played by Lois Maxwell, in a scene in “Goldfinger.” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios)
Connery is surrounded by women in a scene from the 1967 movie “You Only Live Twice.” Connery left his James Bond character after the movie but came back in 1971 for “Diamonds Are Forever.” (Les Trievnor / Getty Images)
Richard Harris, left, joined Connery in the 1969 film “The Molly Maguires.” (AP )
Connery and his wife, Micheline, arrive to attend the Scottish National Party’s election campaign on April 23, 1999, in Edinburgh. Scotland held elections on May 6 that year to vote on issues of independence and tax. (Denis Straughan / AP)
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Connery shows his hands to photographers after placing his handprints in cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on April 13, 1999. (Victoria Arocho / Associated Press)
Connery poses with his wife, Micheline Roquebrune, at the premiere of “Finding Forrester,” on Dec. 1, 2000, at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. (Jill Connelly / AP)
Connery leads a procession up 6th Avenue in Manhattan in the 2002 Tartan Day Parade. Connery strongly advocated for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. (Stephen Chernin / AP)
Connery arrives at the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award event in 2007 honoring Al Pacino in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
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Connery indulges in his favorite off–screen pursuit at the Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge golf tournament on July 1, 2010. (AFP)