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2017-05-23 -Obits-

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Posted by DarthVader 2017-05-23 09:23|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 I really got into James Bond when I was a kid in the early eighties and he was Bond then. When I think of Bond, I think of him.

RIP

Posted by DarthVader 2017-05-23 09:25|| 2017-05-23 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Always seemed like a good guy with a mischievous sense of humor. RIP

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-23 09:45|| 2017-05-23 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 In ye olde days I remember reading that his father had been a policeman and he was always supportive of the UK police. I'm old enough to remember when he played the lead in the old Brit TV series "The Saint",as a sort of ethical thief.

Posted by Jeasing Creque5352 2017-05-23 11:55|| 2017-05-23 11:55|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm old enough to have watched the Saint also.

Moore seemed to be the best fit for the more humorous, campy Bond roles.......then there are the girls.

Posted by AlanC 2017-05-23 12:58|| 2017-05-23 12:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Sean Connery is the only Bond for me.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-23 13:19|| 2017-05-23 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Part of the reason he was not my favorite Bond is when he play the role they were trying to make Bond movies comedies. So it wasn't Moore's part. He was a good actor and always seemed to be a pretty likable guy.

RIP

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-05-23 13:28|| 2017-05-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 So it wasn't his ~~part~~ fault.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-05-23 13:28|| 2017-05-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Broccoli wanted Moore to be the original Bond, but he couldn't get out of his contract for the Saint. While Connery was great, having read the novels and knowing of Dusko Popov, it always seemed to me the part should really have been filled by Moore from the start. Connery made it a rougher, more action part than Fleming had in mind.

Posted by Angeter Whereck7089 2017-05-23 19:10|| 2017-05-23 19:10|| Front Page Top

#9 RIP Mr Bond

Posted by 746 2017-05-23 20:01|| 2017-05-23 20:01|| Front Page Top

#10 The picture of Moore up top, is from the movie The Wild Geese. Very good movie.

Posted by Hupeart Thaitch2372 2017-05-23 20:28|| 2017-05-23 20:28|| Front Page Top

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