RIP Roger Moore - Your Favorite Bond Actors | Warrior Forum - The #1 Digital Marketing Forum & Marketplace

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

In honor of Roger Moore, here's how I rank the actors that played James Bond:

Sean Connery
Roger Moore
Daniel Craig
David Niven
Pierce Brosnan
George Lazenby
Timothy Dalton

Plus, I really liked Roger Moore as Simon Templar in "The Saint".

How would you rank them?

Difficult to answer.

I can only do with the ranking of who I thought made the bast James Bond.

Sean Connery
Daniel Craig
David Niven
Timothy Dalton
George Lazenby
Pierce Brosnan
Roger Moore

It isn't that I liked one actor more, but that I thought they made good Bonds.

Lazenby would have been a great Bond, had he not quit. An incredibly bad move.

I was close to putting Danial Craig at the top.

I really enjoyed the Moore movies. But the plots and effects were just too over the top. Like the Pierce Brosnan Bonds. They reminded me of In Like Flint with James Coburn. Just a little too silly.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

One Call Closing book https://www.amazon.com/One-Call-Clos...=1527788418&sr

What if they're not stars? What if they are holes poked in the top of a container so we can breath?

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100828].message }}

Kurt

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Difficult to answer.

I can only do with the ranking of who I thought made the bast James Bond.

Sean Connery
Daniel Craig
David Niven
Timothy Dalton
George Lazenby
Pierce Brosnan
Roger Moore

It isn't that I liked one actor more, but that I thought they made good Bonds.

Lazenby would have been a great Bond, had he not quit. An incredibly bad move.

I was close to putting Danial Craig at the top.

I really enjoyed the Moore movies. But the plots and effects were just too over the top. Like the Pierce Brosnan Bonds. They reminded me of In Like Flint with James Coburn. Just a little too silly.

The issue I have with Craig being higher is that he doesn't have a sense of having some fun like Connery and Moore had. They would often have a little smile when killing someone or with the Bond girls.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Discover the fastest and easiest ways to create your own valuable products.
Tons of FREE Public Domain content you can use to make your own content, PLR, digital and POD products.

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100847].message }}

Claude Whitacre

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

The issue I have with Craig being higher is that he doesn't have a sense of having some fun like Connery and Moore had. They would often have a little smile when killing someone or with the Bond girls.

It's been forever since I read a James Bond book. but I thought Craig (as well as Timothy Dalton) were closer to the book character. A ruthless killer. Far less cool and witty than the one we see in films.

Connery may have had the most magnetism. Craig seemed more ruthless, like in the books.

I think Live And Let Die may be my favorite Bond film, And Moore seemed like someone (as a character) I would enjoy being around......but I never for a minute identified with him as a cold blooded killer. The plots were fantasy....

Timothy Dalton wasn't fun to watch as Bond, but he was great in Penny Dreadful

Thanks

Signature

One Call Closing book https://www.amazon.com/One-Call-Clos...=1527788418&sr

What if they're not stars? What if they are holes poked in the top of a container so we can breath?

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100930].message }}

Frank Donovan

7 years ago

I never rated Moore as Bond. One problem is he came too soon after Connery who pretty much nailed the character. That said, Lazenby was good even though he couldn't act (some of his lines had to be overdubbed), and OHMSS is still my favorite Bond movie.

My ranking:

1) Sean Connery
2) George Lazenby
3) Everyone else

I did like Roger Moore in The Saint, and also in The Persuaders with Tony Curtis:

The Persuaders - Main Title HD ( John Barry ) -...

Thanks

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100841].message }}

lanfear63

7 years ago

George Lazenby's acting skills were embarrassing. He should be nowhere. He did get to marry Emma Peel though, although she got shot, he was a clumsy Bond to let that happen.

Connery was the best.
Second, Timothy Dalton.
Third Daniel Craig.
fourth was Roger Moore

Brosnan had an annoying whiney voice and comes nowhere along with Lazenby's acting.

David Niven, yeah, right.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Feel The Power Of The Mark Side

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100891].message }}

Claude Whitacre

7 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

George Lazenby's acting skills were embarrassing. He should be nowhere. He did get to marry Emma Peel though, although she got shot, he was a clumsy Bond to let that happen.

Connery was the best.
Second, Timothy Dalton.
Third Daniel Craig.
fourth was Roger Moore

Brosnan had an annoying whiney voice and comes nowhere along with Lazenby's acting.

David Niven, yeah, right.

I think it was Lazenby's first acting job. He was asked to sign up for an additional 5 Bonds (I think it was 5). He didn't get along with the other actors, and kept trying to control the script. Had he just kept at it, I think he would have been a good Bond. He certainly had the look.

Connery was just a good looking guy that had no class about him at all. For him to play Bond, they had to teach him posture, how to hold eating utensils, how to light a cigarette, much of what we see in his performance. The Bond movies made him. Lazenby could have done the same thing, but he acted like a baby...and now he's nobody.

What you may not know is that Peter Sellers really wanted to play Bond. In the original movie Casino Royale (the one where Niven was a retired James Bond), Sellers played one version of James Bond. He refused to be funny, and played it mostly straight. They edited out much of his performance.

Diana Rigg (in the Avengers) was my first TV fantasy. I was 45 years old.

[ 3 ] Thanks
2 replies

Signature

One Call Closing book https://www.amazon.com/One-Call-Clos...=1527788418&sr

What if they're not stars? What if they are holes poked in the top of a container so we can breath?

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100919].message }}

Frank Donovan

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I think it was Lazenby's first acting job. He was asked to sign up for an additional 5 Bonds (I think it was 5). He didn't get along with the other actors, and kept trying to control the script. Had he just kept at it, I think he would have been a good Bond. He certainly had the look.
Connery was just a good looking guy that had no class about him at all. For him to play Bond, they had to teach him posture, how to hold eating utensils, how to light a cigarette, much of what we see in his performance. The Bond movies made him. Lazenby could have done the same thing, but he acted like a baby...and now he's nobody.

I believe Lazenby's only acting role prior to Bond was in a TV commercial (unspoken). And Connery was cast because he "moved like a panther" rather than for any acting chops. I agree that Lazenby could have been molded into a good Bond, but the sudden worldwide stardom went to his head, and he blew his chance.

Ian Fleming was initially against the casting of Connery. He wanted someone like David Niven, James Mason or Rex Harrison to play the part. I don't think they would have been good choices, partly because they were already well-known and acclaimed for other roles in their careers. In any case, Niven is said to have refused the part because he felt he was too old (a consideration that didn't stop Roger Moore carrying on for a couple of movies too many).

Mind you, Fleming also suggested Patrick McGoohan of The Prisoner fame. Now he would have made a fantastic Bond.

Oh, and Emma Peel. (sigh).

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11100955].message }}

Claude Whitacre

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Mind you, Fleming also suggested Patrick McGoohan of The Prisoner fame. Now he would have made a fantastic Bond.
.

Patrick McGoohan! Yes, he would have made a great Bond.

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

I'm not even going to include the original Casino Royale (with David Niven).

Niven is included just because he played Bond in a film. But I think he would have been an excellent Bond. The problem is, we see the character with the image of Connery firmly in our minds as the way Bond should be played.

Had Niven been given the role first (in the early 1960s), we would be arguing about how Connery ruined the role.

When Ian Fleming wrote the Bond books, Bond wasn't as good looking, dynamic, invincible, or clever as he is in the movies. He was a much more ordinary man. For example, he was a good marksman, but not the best. A good driver...but not the best. And his physical description is much more like David Niven than any of the actors we think of as Bond. In the books he isn't an impressive looking man.

Connery is great because he's simply an imposing man. "Walk like a panther"? I get that. He also looks like someone who could kill you...or take your wife...maybe by force.

But Craig is a great actor. Have you seen him in Road To Perdition?

Thanks
2 replies

Signature

One Call Closing book https://www.amazon.com/One-Call-Clos...=1527788418&sr

What if they're not stars? What if they are holes poked in the top of a container so we can breath?

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101631].message }}

lanfear63

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Patrick McGoohan! Yes, he would have made a great Bond.

Niven is included just because he played Bond in a film. But I think he would have been an excellent Bond. The problem is, we see the character with the image of Connery firmly in our minds as the way Bond should be played.

Had Niven been given the role first (in the early 1960s), we would be arguing about how Connery ruined the role.

When Ian Fleming wrote the Bond books, Bond wasn't as good looking, dynamic, invincible, or clever as he is in the movies. He was a much more ordinary man. For example, he was a good marksman, but not the best. A good driver...but not the best. And his physical description is much more like David Niven than any of the actors we think of as Bond. In the books he isn't an impressive looking man.

Connery is great because he's simply an imposing man. "Walk like a panther"? I get that. He also looks like someone who could kill you...or take your wife...maybe by force.

But Craig is a great actor. Have you seen him in Road To Perdition?

McGoohan, No, I don't think he had the voice or looks for it. He would never make 007, he only got as far as No 6

Bond thwarted yet again trying to make his escape by sea as the large bubble gum balloon bears down upon him.

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

Feel The Power Of The Mark Side

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101648].message }}

Kurt 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Patrick McGoohan! Yes, he would have made a great Bond.

Only if he was a victim of Claude's Casting Couch.
- Thanks
Signature

Discover the fastest and easiest ways to create your own valuable products.
Tons of FREE Public Domain content you can use to make your own content, PLR, digital and POD products.
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11102001].message }}

Charles Andrew Edwards

7 years ago

Thanks for those interesting facts. I always thought Lazenby was just a filler, till Moore could step in. Now I know

I really liked Dalton's bond, quite dark, although I believe he was not a favourite of the Bond film fans. Wasn't he a filler, till Brosnan could take over?

Brosnan's Bond was a victim of the PC world he came into, I reckon. Quite disappointing for me.

Craig reminds me of the actual character from the original books, and is my favourite Bond.

Not a fan of Casino Royale the comedy, but I am a big Sellers and Niven fan. Without them being in it, I doubt I would have watched it to the end.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11103170].message }}

Claude Whitacre

7 years ago

Originally Posted by Charles Andrew Edwards

Thanks for those interesting facts. I always thought Lazenby was just a filler, till Moore could step in. Now I know

I really liked Dalton's bond, quite dark, although I believe he was not a favourite of the Bond film fans. Wasn't he a filler, till Brosnan could take over?

Brosnan's Bond was a victim of the PC world he came into, I reckon. Quite disappointing for me.

Craig reminds me of the actual character from the original books, and is my favourite Bond.

Not a fan of Casino Royale the comedy, but I am a big Sellers and Niven fan. Without them being in it, I doubt I would have watched it to the end.

I'm a big Sellers fan myself.

Claude Steven Whitacre.

Thanks
2 replies

Signature

One Call Closing book https://www.amazon.com/One-Call-Clos...=1527788418&sr

What if they're not stars? What if they are holes poked in the top of a container so we can breath?

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11103393].message }}

Kurt 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I'm a big Sellers fan myself.

Claude Steven Whitacre.

You're a big fan of anything related to peter.
- [ 1 ] Thanks
Signature

Discover the fastest and easiest ways to create your own valuable products.
Tons of FREE Public Domain content you can use to make your own content, PLR, digital and POD products.
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11103433].message }}
lanfear63 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I'm a big Sellers fan myself.

Claude Steven Whitacre.

You identify with his bumbling detective, Inspector Claudeue
- [ 1 ] Thanks
Signature

Feel The Power Of The Mark Side
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11103457].message }}

whateverpedia

7 years ago

How TF does David Niven get a ranking in a list f the best Bonds?

On Her Majesty's Secret Service? The worst Bond film, followed closely by The Man With The Golden Gun, which is followed closely by Die Another Day. I'm not even going to include the original Casino Royale (with David Niven), or Never Say Never Again in any list of Bond films.

The best Bonds?

1 Daniel Craig
2 Sean Connery
3 Pierce Brosnan
4 Timothy Dalton
5 Roger Moore
6 George Lazenby

Case closed.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Why do garden gnomes smell so bad?

So that blind people can hate them as well.

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101044].message }}

lanfear63

7 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

How TF does David Niven get a ranking in a list f the best Bonds?

On Her Majesty's Secret Service? The worst Bond film, followed closely by The Man With The Golden Gun, which is followed closely by Die Another Day. I'm not even going to include the original Casino Royale (with David Niven), or Never Say Never Again in any list of Bond films.

The best Bonds?

1 Daniel Craig
2 Sean Connery
3 Pierce Brosnan
4 Timothy Dalton
5 Roger Moore
6 George Lazenby

Case closed.

The "Whatty's" Bond ratings have been published. All further discussions should now cease.

The oversight of having Pierce Brosnan in third position should also be ignored.

Thanks

Signature

Feel The Power Of The Mark Side

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101071].message }}

Frank Donovan

7 years ago

<case> It matters not that Daniel Craig is a fine actor (leaving aside his embarrassing "Sarth Effrickin" turn in "Munich") - you can't be taken seriously as James Bond when every time you're pictured in a tux, you get mistaken for a 1970s nightclub bouncer. </case>

Thanks

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101290].message }}

tagiscom

7 years ago

I would go with Sean Connery first and Roger Moore second, etc.

I mean Moore was in Moonraker and The Man with the Golden Gun, both memorable.

From what l heard The Italian Job, (the original not the crappy modern one) was based on Bond.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Archimedes Forum, Sign up l won't bite

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101407].message }}

lanfear63

7 years ago

Originally Posted by tagiscom

I would go with Sean Connery first and Roger Moore second, etc.

I mean Moore was in Moonraker and The Man with the Golden Gun, both memorable.

From what l heard The Italian Job, (the original not the crappy modern one) was based on Bond.

You mistakenly used The Man With The Golden Gun and Memorable in the same sentence?

The Italian job and James Bond? You will be telling us next that Circumference Doom was inspired by The Matrix.

[ 1 ] Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Feel The Power Of The Mark Side

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101508].message }}

tagiscom

7 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

You mistakenly used The Man With The Golden Gun and Memorable in the same sentence?

The Italian job and James Bond? You will be telling us next that Circumference Doom was inspired by The Matrix.

C,mon the Golden gun one, had the cool sea plane and lazer and solar power station with convenient pools of superheated water so at least one bad guy will fall into one, yeah, ok, but it had its plusses.

Matt Monro - On Days Like These (The Italian...

The Italian job, had simularities with a Bond film, fast cars and women, and apparently Micheal Kaines suit he wore after getting out of prision was similar to what Bond wore in some of his movies.

This is interesting the orange car shown above is in mint condition, and not thrown over a cliff.

Lamborghini from The Italian Job found 46 years on | Daily Mail Online

Circumference of Doom, was based on Claude having too much money and going on a spending spree.

But l heard that a particularly satisfying donut inspired him to make an action/adventure.

Don't ask me why!

Thanks

Signature

Archimedes Forum, Sign up l won't bite

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101539].message }}

flopitdown

7 years ago

R.I.P. Roger Moore

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101501].message }}

Jonathan 2.0

Banned 7 years ago

It would have to be something like
Sean Connary and Daniel
Graig.

However I kind of grew up with
Roger More and he would be at
the top of the list as well.
(What an amazing actor, right?)
Here's one of my favourite scenes

Crocodile Farm Escape (Live And Let Die) - YouTube

Massive Thanks

Thanks

Signature

"Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity."―Joseph Sugarman

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11101880].message }}

hardraysnight

7 years ago

i always thought the james bond role was perfect for bill oddie

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

These guys helped me with the feedback for my site

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11102072].message }}

tagiscom 7 years ago

Originally Posted by hardraysnight

i always thought the james bond role was perfect for bill oddie

True, his Echy Thump role was legionary.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
Signature
Archimedes Forum, Sign up l won't bite
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11102164].message }}
- Charles Andrew Edwards 7 years ago
  
  Echy Thunp was hilarious. I need to get hold of the Goodies episodes! See if they still make me laugh
  
  Thanks
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11104593].message }}

Kurt

7 years ago

From what I've read, Roger Moore was the nicest and friendliest to fans, whereas Connery gets upset if anyone approaches him.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Discover the fastest and easiest ways to create your own valuable products.
Tons of FREE Public Domain content you can use to make your own content, PLR, digital and POD products.

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11102611].message }}

Claude Whitacre 7 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

From what I've read, Roger Moore was the nicest and friendliest to fans, whereas Connery gets upset if anyone approaches him.

I've heard the same thing. I listened to a cab driver tell me about having Sean Connery in his cab. He said Connery was demanding and not pleasant at all. And he said Connery didn't tip well.

Roger Moore just seems like that kind of guy. As a Bond, I didn't think it was a great fit...but as a man, I've only read good things about him.

Originally Posted by Kurt

Only if he was a victim of Claude's Casting Couch.

Casting bed. Why beat around the bush about it?

Plus, I need the room.....and I have a place to rest if I have a heart attack.
- Thanks
Signature
One Call Closing book https://www.amazon.com/One-Call-Clos...=1527788418&sr

What if they're not stars? What if they are holes poked in the top of a container so we can breath?
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[11102621].message }}