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TheJamesBondseriesfocusesonafictionalBritish
SecretServiceagentcreatedin1953bywriterIan
Fleming,whofeaturedhimintwelvenovelsandtwo
shortstorycollections.SinceFleming'sdeathin1964,
sevenotherauthorshavewrittenauthorisedBond
novelsornovelizations:KingsleyAmis,Christopher
Wood,JohnGardner,RaymondBenson,Sebastian
Faulks,JefferyDeaverandWilliamBoyd,witha
furtherinstalmentdueinSeptember2015byAnthony
Horowitz.AdditionallyCharlieHigsonwroteaseries
onayoungJamesBond,andKateWestbrookwrote
threenovelsbasedonthediariesofarecurringseries
character,Moneypenny.
Thecharacterhasalsobeenadaptedfortelevision,
radio,comicstrip,videogamesandfilm.Thefilms
arethelongestcontinuallyrunningandthesecond
highestgrossingfilmseriestodate,whichstartedin
1962withDr.No,starringSeanConneryasBond.As
of2014,therehavebeentwentythreefilmsintheEon
Productionsseries.ThemostrecentBondfilm,Skyfall
(2012),starsDanielCraiginhisthirdportrayalof
BondheisthesixthactortoplayBondintheEon
series.Therehavealsobeentwoindependent
productionsofBondfilms:CasinoRoyale(a1967
spoof)andNeverSayNeverAgain(a1983remakeof
anearlierEonproducedfilm,Thunderball).
TheBondfilmsarerenownedforanumberof
features,includingthemusicalaccompaniment,with
thethemesongshavingreceivedAcademyAward
nominationsonseveraloccasions,andonewin.Other
importantelementswhichrunthroughmostofthe
filmsincludeBond'scars,hisgirls,hisguns,andthe
gadgetswithwhichheissuppliedbyQBranch.
JamesBond
IanFleming'simageofJamesBondcommissioned
toaidtheDailyExpresscomicstripartists.
First
appearance
CasinoRoyale,1953novel
Last
appearance
Solo,2013novel
Createdby
IanFleming
Portrayedby
GeorgeBaker
PierceBrosnan
Christopher
Cazenove
DanielCraig
SeanConnery
Contents
TimothyDalton
BobHolness
1Publicationhistory
1.1Creationandinspiration
1.2Novelsandrelatedworks
1.2.1IanFlemingnovels
1.2.2PostFlemingnovels
MichaelJayston
GeorgeLazenby
RogerMoore
BarryNelson
DavidNiven
TobyStephens
1.2.3YoungBond
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