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James Bond Movies Timeline. Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. The character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. Seven actors have played Bond in 26 films. Fleming portrayed Bond as a tall, athletic, handsome secret agent in his thirties or forties; he has several vices including drinking, smoking, gambling, automobiles and women. He is an exceptional marksman, and skilled in unarmed combat, skiing, swimming and golf. While Bond kills without hesitation or regret, he usually kills only when carrying out orders, while acting in self-defence and occasionally as revenge. American actor Barry Nelson was the first to portray Bond on screen, in a 1954 television adaptation, "Casino Royale". In 1961 Eon Productions began work on Dr. No, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. The result was a film that began a series of 24 films that celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2012. After considering the likes of "refined" English actors such as Cary Grant and David Niven, the producers cast Sean Connery as Bond in the film. Fleming was appalled at the selection of the uncouth, 31-year-old Scottish actor, considering him to be the antithesis of his character. However, Connery's physical prowess and sexual magnetism in the role came to be closely identified with the character, with Fleming ultimately changing his view on Connery and incorporating aspects of his portrayal into the books. Following Connery's portrayal, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig have assumed the role in twenty-six feature film productions. These screen versions have retained many traits from Fleming's depiction, although some of Bond's less fashionable attitudes have been dropped, such as racism, homophobia, retaining the services of a maid, and in the more recent films, smoking. Despite playing the same character, there have been notable differences among the portrayals. Daniel Craig is the incumbent Bond in the long-running Eon series, and played the part for a fourth time in the latest film, Spectre, released in October 2015. James Bond Movies Timeline Sean Connery 1962 Dr. No 1963 From Russia with Love 1964 Goldfinger 1965 Thunderball 1967 You Only Live Twice 1971 Diamonds Are Forever 1983 Never Say Never Again Roger Moore 1973 Live and Let Die 1974 The Man with the Golden Gun 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me 1979 Moonraker 1981 For Your Eyes Only 1983 Octopussy 1985 A View to a Kill Timothy Dalton 1987 The Living Daylights 1989 Licence to Kill Pierce Brosnan 1995 GoldenEye 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies 1999 The World Is Not Enough 2002 Die Another Day Daniel Craig 2006 Casino Royale 2008 Quantum of Solace 2012 Skyfall 2015 Spectre