# RIP Sean Connery **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 31, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401 "2020-10-31T12:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/1 "2020-10-31T12:50:11Z")
From the BBC: > **[Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824)** > > He was the first to bring James Bond to the big screen and played the role seven times. One of those actors I assumed would live forever… 😢 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/2 "2020-10-31T12:59:33Z")
Wow, that’s a surprise. Damn 2020 claims another great one. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/3 "2020-10-31T12:59:48Z")
“That’s the last of them Peachy, no more gods to burn.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/4 "2020-10-31T13:11:10Z")
Sir Sean Connery died at age 90. He died overnight in his sleep. He had been unwell for some time. [url][https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824[/url]](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824%5B/url%5D) The one true Bond. Professor Jones a damn good Robin Hood. A great career. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/5 "2020-10-31T13:13:52Z")
Huge loss, loved him. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was an amazing performance for him. The gag was that Indiana Jones Dad is the “James Bond guy”, but that he is the exact opposite of James Bond. While a cute premise, Connery’s delivery and performance made the role my favorite of his. [Basically this scene and its aftermath.](https://youtu.be/VbUlktBPQps?t=193) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/6 "2020-10-31T13:22:23Z")
IMDB has 94 film credits for him. I’ll add Ramirez in Highlander (Even if he wasn’t convincing as an Egyptian/Spaniard) Brian ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/7 "2020-10-31T13:33:31Z")
Captain Ramius in Hunt for Red October was incredible. Jim Malone in the Untouchables. Forrester in Finding Forrester The Detective Monk in The Name of the Rose Also General Urquart in the very underrated A Bridge Too Far. Weird one, I liked him in Darby O’Gill and the little people, a mostly forgotten Disney film. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/8 "2020-10-31T13:35:05Z")
I always did love one particular line from **Goldfinger:** “My dear, there are certain things that are just not done. For example, drinking Dom Perignon '53 above a precise temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s as advisable as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!” Considering Paul McCartney recorded the theme to **Live and Let Die** and Ringo eventually married Barbara Bach (the main Bond girl from **The Spy Who Loved Me** ). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/9 "2020-10-31T13:51:31Z")
Oh damn. He was THE best Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/10 "2020-10-31T13:54:26Z")
He was one of those I always had to check if he was still among the living. And now he’s gone. R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/11 "2020-10-31T13:56:08Z")
I knew I shouldn’t have mentioned the Banshee, and Connery’s role, in Darby O’Gill And The Little People the other day. I agree with ThelmaLou. Connery was the best Bond. Dr. No is my favourite Bond film because Bond doesn’t rely on ‘gadgets’. (Incidentally, Dr. No takes place after From Russia, With Love. Bond had been poisoned by Rosa Klebb, and was in Jamaica to recover.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/12 "2020-10-31T14:01:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I knew I shouldn’t have mentioned the Banshee, and Connery’s role, in Darby O’Gill And The Little People the other day. OK, _I_ got the reference. Another great passes, and the list of black marks against 2020 grows longer. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/13 "2020-10-31T14:31:42Z")
I wish Connery’s last movie in the US had not been _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,_ but he leaves behind a pretty good filmography. He always seemed the type of actor who didn’t mind appearing in weird movies like _Zardoz_ or even smaller parts if other weird movies like _Time Bandits._ I loved _Darby O’Gill and the Little People_ when I was a kid and don’t mind admitting that the banshee scared the hell out of me. Here’s hoping Connery and Janet Munro are up in heaven singing another duet. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/14 "2020-10-31T14:33:36Z")
Always Bond…James Bond. RIP ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/15 "2020-10-31T14:40:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh damn. He was THE best Bond. This. Craig is the best of the follow-ons, but Connery will always be the essential Bond to me. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/16 "2020-10-31T14:53:52Z")
Rest Well, Sir Connery. You were most excellent. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/17 "2020-10-31T14:57:09Z")
And the hits keep comin’. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/18 "2020-10-31T15:09:01Z")
_The Man Who Would Be King_ was a favorite of mine. Somewhere, Moneypenny is weeping. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/19 "2020-10-31T15:12:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > _The Man Who Would Be King_ was a favorite of mine. [The Man Who Would be King of the Popes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xWQr4VaUA) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401/20 "2020-10-31T15:38:58Z")
When they were casting _Dr. No_, Ian Fleming thought Sean Connery was completely wrong for the role. (He wanted either David Niven or Roger Moore.) But in the later novels, Fleming added a Scottish element to Bond’s backstory, and his physical descriptions of Bond were ringers for Connery. Even in clunkers like _First Knight_ or _The Presidio_, he was always worth watching. from _The Rock_: Nicholas Cage: I’ll do my best. Connery: Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and @#$% the prom queen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401.md?page=2)