While Bond kills without hesitation or regret, he usually kills only when carrying out orders, while acting in self-defence, and occasionally as revenge.Īmerican actor Barry Nelson was the first to portray Bond on screen, in a 1954 television adaptation, ' Casino Royale'.
He is an exceptional marksman, and he is skilled in unarmed combat, skiing, swimming and golf. There have been twenty-seven films in total, produced and released between 19.įleming portrayed Bond as a tall, athletic, handsome secret agent in his thirties or forties he has several vices, including drinking, smoking, gambling, automobiles and womanising. The literary character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. James Bond is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952.
