First James Bond Passes Away at 89

[happyfilmluvguy]

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20070413/117652158000.html

 

[griffer]

And to think he lived right around the corner from me...

 

[Vornholt]

I saw that version of Casino Royale years ago. I thought the changes from the Brit POV to American were hilarious, for some reason.lol

Excellent portrayal of Bond, though. Far more serious than the later films, as this version stuck closely to the novel.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

I interviewed Barry Nelson around the time Pierce Brosnan was picked as the new 007. Nelson was such a gentleman. It surprised him anyone remembered him as "Jimmy Bond." He said he was honored to be even mentioned in the same breathe as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan. When he made the TV show, it was just another job and he never gave it anymore thought.

BRS

 

[Rafter]

I heard Barry Nelson mentioned last night on the radio. There was a discussion about the famous NBC show, Monitor. and how Don Imus failed miserably in the early 70's as a host. This was a first class act and Imus did not fit the bill there.

Monitor was a weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955 to January 26, 1975. Airing live and nationwide on NBC Radio, originally beginning Saturday morning at 8am and continuing through the weekend until midnight on Sunday, it offered a magazine-of-the-air mix of news, sports, comedy, variety, music, celebrity interviews and other short segments.

"Monitor" hosts included Hugh Downs, Gene Rayburn, Ed McMahon, Bert Parks, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, Dave Garraway, Red Barber, Mel Allen, Gary Moore, John Cameron Swayze, and the late Barry Nelson.

 

[Doh!]

He was also in an episode of The Twilight Zone as a guy who -- along with his wife -- wakes up with a hangover and finds himself in a small, abandoned town that is apparently a movie set (prop trees fall over when you lean against them, the "grass" easily catches fire).

Of course, the explanation is a bit spookier...