As the first James Bond, Sean Connery created the smooth-talking, Martini-sipping blueprint for cinema’s favourite spy.

He embodied his famous character with panache from the moment he appeared in “Dr. No” (1962). It was enough to change the mind of Bond author Ian Fleming, who originally felt that he wasn’t the right guy for the role. Yet Connery would go on to play the British secret agent for the next six films, and nobody has looked better doing so.