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In 1961, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli began the search for a suave, fit actor to embody James Bond, the central character from Ian Fleming’s action-packed novel series. After courting a few well-established actors %u2014 including Cary Grant, who would not commit to more than one film %u2014 they eventually found their secret-agent man in Sean Connery, a 30-year-old Scot with few credits but an impressive physique sculpted by his days as a bodybuilder and footballer. Pictured: Connery at home in August 1962, just two months before he became a superstar in the very first James Bond movie, Dr. No.