BOND, JAMES BOND. WHERE DID THAT NAME COME FROM?
The first James Bond movie starring Sean Connery, then an unknown and unlikely actor, was Dr. No and released in 1962. The first words Sean Connery uttered as Bond was the world famous iconic phrase Bond, James Bond. People, including myself, have thought that Connery spontaneously changed the script from an unknown name to Bond, James Bond. because it sounded better. However, the famous catchy line was supposedly arrived at by Berkely Mather the co-script writer for Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger which were the first three Bond movies. Maher was a British script writer. There were a total of twenty five Bond movies featuring several Bond characters EON Productions Limited produced the first movies. Albert R . "Cubby" Broccoli and Herschel Harry Saltzman were partners for the first nine Bond movies. Their unfriendly partnership supposedly ended in 1972 by mutual agreement but Broccoli initially would not fulfill the agreement to sell his...