With his iconic turn in Dr. No, Sean Connery kickstarted the James Bond franchise. In his initial run of Bond movies – Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, and Diamonds Are Forever – Connery was backed up by such unforgettable co-stars as Gert Fröbe and Robert Shaw.

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There were plenty of strong performances in the first run of Bond films, from Eunice Gayson as the gentleman spy’s on-and-off girlfriend Sylvia Trench to Donald Pleasence as his arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld – not to mention Connery’s character-defining turn as 007 himself.