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Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Barry Nelson was a versatile and well-respected actor who appeared in films, TV shows and Broadway plays. He was the first to play James Bond on TV, starred in The Shining and Airport, and received a Tony nomination for The Act.
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The hour-long Casino Royale episode aired on October 21, 1954, as a live production and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent James Bond, with Peter Lorre in the role of Le Chiffre, and was hosted by William Lundigan.
Apr 14, 2007 · Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player during the 1940s who later had a prolific theater career and was the first actor to play James Bond onscreen, has died. He was 89.
Barry Nelson, an actor who had a long career in film and television, starred in some of the more durable Broadway comedies of the 1950s and ’60s, and achieved a permanent place in the minds of...
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Barry Nelson was an American actor who played the first James Bond in a 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale. He also appeared in many other films and TV shows, such as The Shining, Airport, and The Twilight Zone.
Dec 30, 2007 · Barry Nelson, 23 years old and blessed with a three-dimensional Archie comic of a face, got the money lines in the 1943 movie “The Human Comedy”: “I guess you don’t really understand your...