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Highlights from the acting career of Sean Connery

By Associated Press

Oct. 31, 2020

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In this undated file photo, Sean Connery, as James Bond, poses in an event for the movie 'Thunderball'. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died at the age 90, according to an announcement from his family.
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In this Apr. 25, 1963 photo, Sean Connery and Italian actress Daniela Bianchi are seen in Istanbul, Turkey. The pair were in the country filming the second Bond film, 'From Russia with Love.' Connery was playing the British secret agent for the second time in what many critics consider to be one of the best Bond film of all. His suave but menacing Bond remains the standard for many Bond fans. The upcoming new Bond film "Spectre" starring Daniel Craig has its World Premiere on Monday Oct. 26, 2015, in London.
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In this photo dated April 20, 1964, James Bond, alias, Sean Connery, finds himself in a sticky situation with actress Shirley Eaton at Pinewood Studios, near London. Miss Eaton was given a liberal coating of gold paint for a scene in the latest Bond thriller "Goldfinger," with unidentified woman at top. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died at the age of 90, according to an announcement from his family.
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In this 1964 photo, actor Sean Connery, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died at the age of 90, according to an announcement from his family.
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In this file photo dated July 29, 1966, actor Sean Connery is shown during filming the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice," on location in Tokyo, Japan. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died at the age of 90, according to an announcement from his family.
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This undated file photo shows Sean Connery as James Bond in "Never Say Never Again". Along with sports cars, gadgets and sex appeal, an impeccable sense of style is a hallmark of the now 46-year-old James Bond movie franchise.
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Queen Elizabeth II of England meets American actor Dick Van Dyke and British actress Diane Cilento at London's Leicester Square Odeon Theater on June 12, 1967, after world charity premiere of the James Bond spy thriller, "You Only Live Twice." Star of the film, Sean Connery, right, sports a mustache.
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American movie star Audrey Hepburn, and British actor Sean Connery pose together at the French culture ministry, after being awarded with the medal of Arts and Letters in Paris, March 6, 1987.
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Actress Michelle Pfeiffer, left, and actor Sean Connery discuss an upcoming scene with director Fred Schepisi during a break in filming in Moscow of "The Russian House," based on the spy novel by John Le Carre, Oct. 13, 1989.
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Sean Connery holds his first Oscar statuette at the 60th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., April 11, 1988. Connery won for best supporting actor for his role in "The Untouchables."
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Actor Kevin Kline, second from right, is flanked by actors and presenters, from left, Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sean Connery after Kline was honored as best supporting actor for his role in "A Fish Called Wanda," at the 61st annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 29, 1989.
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This March 4, 1992 photo shows actor Sean Connery during a news conference in Hamburg, Germany. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died at the age of 90, according to an announcement from his family.
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In this photo dated Sunday, Jan. 21, 1996, Sean Connery is honored at the Golden Globe Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., USA, when he received the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died at the age of 90, according to an announcement Saturday Oct. 31, from his family.
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Actor Sean Connery arrives at the premiere of his new film "Entrapment" with his wife Micheline in Edinburgh, Scotland Wednesday, June 30, 1999. The film also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Actor Sean Connery, second right, and Ronaldinho, right, prepare to take a ceremonial kick off during a "Match for Peace" in Barcelona, Spain Tuesday Nov. 29, 2005. FC Barcelona plays a team comprising Israeli and Palestinian players in a "Match for Peace" supporting efforts to end the conflict between the countries.
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French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, left, hands out the Lifetime Achievement Award to Scottish actor Sean Connery in Berlin on Saturday evening Dec. 3, 2005 at the annual European Film Awards. The European Film Academy has handed out the awards since 1988.
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Sir Sean Connery arrives at the "Dressed to Kilt" fashion show, Monday, April 3, 2006, in New York, which benefits Friends of Scotland, a charity dedicated to advancing contemporary Scottish issues in the United States. It's considered rude to ask a Scotsman what he keeps in his sporran, but now kilt wearers may be forced to produce licenses that show their traditional purses aren't made from endangered wildlife.
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Sean Connery, left, and Harrison Ford pose before the AFI tribute to Connery at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, June 8, 2006. Ford presented the Life Achievement Award to Connery. The next "Indiana Jones" flick will not be another father-son affair. Connery says he will not return to play dad to Ford's globe-trotting adventurer Indy. Connery, 76, made the statement which was posted Thursday, June 7, 2007, on Lucasfilm's "Indiana Jones" website.
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British actor Sean Connery, right, accompanied by his wife, Micheline Roquebrune-Connery, arrive for the world premiere of the movie "The Edge of Love", in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wednesday June 18, 2008.
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From left, Sean Connery, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, and Annette Bening, in background, laugh while posing together at Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.
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Actors Sean Connery, left, and Ben Stiller watch play between Rafael Nadal, of Spain, and Richard Gasquet, of France, during the semifinals of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in New York.

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