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Originally Posted by MFAFF
Maybe my mind has gone...
Dr No (Sean Connery as James Bond) 1962....Casino Royale (David Niven as Sir James Bond) 1967...by which time SC had done From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You only Live Twice...
So was Niven the first Bond? The closest character to Fleming himself perhaps...
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IMO It was not a good movie, Dr. No was the first Connery movie and was based on the book. That Casino Royalemovie was more a spoof and I don't think it was OK'd by Fleming.
It was 4 or 5 decades until they got the rights to the Casino Royale tale for Daniel Craig. I believe Fleming had sold the rights to CRoyale. Niven is seldom credited as first Bond in any book or movie reviews. Just my opinion.