Sean Connery Movies

Sean Connery in his most famous role, James Bond, in 1967's You Only Live Twice.
Sean Connery in his most famous role, James Bond, in 1967’s You Only Live Twice.

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery first appearance in movies was in the 1954 film Lilacs in the Spring. Since that film, he has appeared in nearly 70 movies in his career. Some of his early breaks in the movie business were 1958’s Another Time, Another Place opposite Lana Turner and the Walt Disney’s 1959 film Darby O’ Gill and the Little People. His biggest break was when he was cast as James Bond in Dr. No. Appearing as Bond in seven films, he became an international star. His non Bond movies did not fare as well, as he struggled to get out of the huge James Bond shadow. During this time frame he did appear in some outstanding movies like The Hill and The Man Who Would Be King.

In 1983 he appeared as James Bond for the last time in Never Say Never Again. It was looking like his career was just about over, when in 1987, he made The Untouchables. He won an Oscar® as Best Supporting Actor for the movie. His career took off again and he made some of his greatest films. Movies like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October and The Rock. His last movie appearance was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003.

His IMDb page shows 92 acting credits from 1954-2012. This page will rank Sean Connery movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

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Sean Connery in 1964's Goldfinger.
Sean Connery in 1964’s Goldfinger.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Sir Sean Connery

1. Before becoming an international movie star, Sean Connery had many other jobs…some of the jobs include….milkman, body builder, coffin polisher, artist’s model(including nude modeling), a laborer and a lorry driver. Connery also served in the Royal Navy and had a chance to play professional football(soccer) but he wisely choose acting.

2. Sean Connery is the only British male star to be the #1 box office star in America. This occured in 1965 during the peak of James Bond movies.

3. Over Sean Connery’s fifty year career he only received one Oscar® nomination and two Golden Globe® nominations. He did however win one Oscar® and one Golden Globe® for his role in 1987’s The Untouchables. His second and last Golden Globe® nomination was for playing the senior Indiana Jones in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

4. James Bond is easily Sean Connery’s most famous role. He got the role after many actors turned down the role. Some of those actors include: Cary Grant, David Niven, Richard Johnson and Patrick McGoohan.

5. Sean Connery would appear in 6 official Bond movies and one unofficial Bond movie, Never Say Never Again. Sean Connery’s James Bond is easily the first and best James Bond….at least in my humble opinion.

6. Sean Connery has been married twice in his life. He was married to Diane Cilento from 1962 to 1973….and they had one son, Jason who is also an actor. He has been married to Micheline Roquebrune since 1975.

7. Two of Sir Sean Connery’s best friends were Sir Michael Caine and Sir Roger Moore. He never appeared in a movie with Moore, but he shares two screen credits with Caine…..1975’s A Man Who Would Be King(my favorite Connery movie) and 1977’s A Bridge Too Far(they have no scenes together).

8. Entertain Weekly voted Sean Connery as 24th Greatest Movie Star of all time.

9. Some of the roles Sean Connery turned down: Matrix Reloaded, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Die Hard With A Vengeance, The Thomas Crown Affair(McQueen version), Braveheart, Sleeping With The Enemy, The Birds, Bladerunner, Star Trek V, and The English Patient.

10. Check out Sean Connery’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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  1. 1 STEVE Brits like Cary Grant and Bob Hope were massive Hollywood stars but their careers began in Hollywood and they were never part of the British film industry. The likes of James Mason and Stewart Granger were stars of the British film industry for a time before their Hollywood days but although highly successful they never became mega stars at the box office. Accordingly within that overall context it is possible to regard Sean Connery as the most commercially successful male star ever to emerge from the British Cinema and make it big in the States. Bruce’s 100 Greatest Stars page suggests a virtual tie between Sir Sean and Sir Maurice for that accolade but I give the edge to Connery as Bond was bigger at the box office than Harry Palmer. However according to Sir M both he and Sean are close friends and they would probably leave to John and me any falling out over who is “Top Male Brit”!

    2 I will say straight away that for me this video was of 96% standard because the artwork was so evenly high throughout that with the exception of the really stunning poster for Dragonheart all posters and stills defied distinction by a person of my limited powers of perception in that department. I’ll therefore mention at random the other posters and the stills***that pleased me such as the posters for Wind and the Lion, Outland and Finding Forrester and the Bond stills from You only Live Twice, Dr No and the sexy still AND poster for Thunderball.

    3 You and Bruce agree on 3 of the Top 5 and I was delighted that you both give high praise to The Hill with WH even making it his No 1. I liked the early Sean but frankly didn’t immediately see him as a serious top star as I considered Fleming’s Bond to be the real star of the 007 films with the leading man incidental. However when I saw Connery’s wonderful performance in The Hill Sean had truly ARRIVED in my estimation with AND without Bond and Sir S has ever since been one of my favourite actors from the British movie industry along with Sir Maurice and Sir Dirk. You can understand therefore why your Connery and Micklewhite still*** is for me a collector’s item. Sadly I’m the only one who ever mentions Sir Dirk on this site with the exception, to be fair, of WH listing him in the Judy Garland/Olivia DeHavilland co-stars columns.
    Anyway myi nitial reaction when I saw your video flagged up “He’s back – and in style.”

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    1. Thanks Bob, appreciate the review, rating, comment, info, trivia, comparison and observation. Glad you liked the posters and stills.

      Yes it’s Bond week at Steve’s Video Shack, so expect more pictures of Bond babes and posters in the coming days.

      I don’t think I’ve seen The Hill (Bob gasps), I’ve seen clips from it in documentaries, I know Sean is very proud of that movie.

      I think even Bruce will agree that Sean was bigger than Michael during the 1960s and The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, according to Lennon. Sean appeared in 5 successful Bond films from 1962 to 1967, no wonder he was fed up with the role and wanted to prove he was a more versatile actor.

      I was tempted to make the video a Top 40 and include a few more favorites of mine but decided 32 was enough. So far only John Wayne has a Top 40 on my channel. I might be tempted to give Clint a top 40 when I get to him. Why? Because it’s Clint. Legend.

      Looking at my files Connery had 7 films with the full 10 out of 10 score from my various sources – Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones, Man Who Would be King, The Longest Day and… somewhat surprised… You Only Live Twice (from the Radio Times reviewer), which cheered me up because I’ve watched that Bond movie more than any other Connery Bond over the years.

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      1. HI STEVE

        1 Thanks for feedback and further info.

        2 I should emphasise that whilst I think that Sean was the marginally bigger star , I preferred Sir Maurice again marginally, with Sir M along with Sir Dirk being inside my Top 20 all time faves and Sir S being slightly outside it. Sir Maurice said in an interview a fortnight ago that his pal Sean was not too well these days. Indeed in 2012 Scottish tennis player Andy Murray played Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final watched by Sir Sean among other celebs and Sean drew gales of laughter in the pub where I was watching the match as he stood up and cheered wildly thinking that Murray was winning whereas Roger was. Murray is now of course Sir Andy, you Brits seemingly throwing knighthoods about you like the proverbial confetti.

        3 According to Mr Mumbles Sinatra was more powerful than anyone in Heaven or on Earth as Mr M said “When Frank gets to Heaven he will scold God for making him bald.”
        Anyway will be looking out for your further 007 presentations. Indeed doing a Dan-like link with the foregoing I can reveal that Pierce appeared at Wimbledon one year to publiclysupport Federer.

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      2. Hey Steve…I will be sure to check out your latest videos before I go away for a few days….going to Parris Island to watch son #3 graduate from boot camp. Good feedback.

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    2. Hey Bob….good comment and review of Steve’s Connery video. In one of my favorite books…Alternate Oscars…the author (one of my favorites Danny Peary) says Connery gave the best performance of any actor that year and should have won an Oscar for The Hill.:)

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  2. Thought Sean would do better but could only come up with 35. The same people pop up in the same pictures like the first one below.

    A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Maximilian Schell, Laurence Olivier
    A Fine Madness (1966) – Joanne Woodward
    A Good Man in Africa (1994) – Louis Gossett Jr.
    Cuba (1979) – Martin Balsam
    Dragonheart (1996) – John Gielgud, Julie Christie
    Entrapment (1999) – Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Family Business (1989) – Dustin Hoffman
    Finding Forrester (2000) – F. Murray Abraham
    First Knight (1995) – John Gielgud
    Meteor (1979) – Martin Landau, Henry Fonda, Karl Malden
    Murder on the Orient Express (1974) – Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Wendy Hiller
    Never Say Never Again (1983) – Kim Basinger
    Playing by Heart (1998) – Ellen Burstyn, Angelina Jolie
    Robin and Marian (1976) – Audrey Hepburn
    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) – Morgan Freeman
    The Anderson Tapes (1971) – Christopher Walken
    The Avengers (1998) – Jim Broadbent, Ralph Fiennes
    The Longest Day (1962) – Rod Steiger, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Edmond O’Brien, Red Buttons
    The Man Who Would Be King (1975) – Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
    The Name of the Rose (1986) – F. Murray Abraham
    The Red Tent (1970) – Peter Finch
    The Rock (1996) – Nicolas Cage
    The Untouchables (1987) – Robert De Niro
    Time Bandits (1981) – Jim Broadbent

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    1. Hey Dan…..only 35? I guess not many Oscar winners back then appeared in Bond movies….unlike today….as the Daniel Craig movies are peppered with Oscar winners. Interesting that 10 of the 35 come from 2 movies. Thanks for sharing this information. I have been trying to check on James Caan’s number…..but next week I have an appointment with the Warner Brothers ledgers at the USC library….and I am creating a massive spreadsheet so I can transfer box office rentals from their ledgers to my database. This time next week I will be in Vegas and about to head to Hollywood.

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      1. Been to Vegas once and didn’t gamble. Been to Hollywood once and it rained at Universal City. Remember the song “It Never Rains in California” by Albert Hammond. They had Fox tours then too. Fox only did it for 2 years. This was way back in 1982.

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        1. Hey Dan….this will be our third trip to Vegas….and our 2nd trip to Hollywood….the first time I went to Hollywood….no clue I was so close to the MGM, RKO and Warner Brothers ledgers…which are like the Holy Grails of classic movie box office research. Not much of a gambler either….but enjoyed all of the casino settings…from the Bellagio fountains…lions at the MGM….the pirate ship fights…..good memories there.

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    1. 1 I loved Sir Sean in the Bond movies but my being a not very perceptive male in my 20s when the first Bonds came out I saw Connery as purely an action star and initially I totally missed his appeal to women.

      2 When I took my then girlfriend to see Thunderball and she started to drool over Sean I finally got the message !!

      BOB

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      1. Hey Bob. Very cool story. I have a similar story about Starship Troopers and Casper Van Dien. Good memories there. Thank you Rico!. I am sure Sean had that effect on lots of women in the 1960s. 🙂

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  4. I’ve seen 52 of the films listed, as well as having one (Woman of Straw) recorded and waiting to be watched. On my own personal Connery list, which has a total of 67 films, I have seen 55. The ones I’ve seen that you don’t have listed are Hell Drivers (1957), The Terrorists (1974), and Sword of the Valiant (1984).

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    1. 52 movies with Sean Connery. Great collection. I have not seen the three that you mention that are not listed.

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    2. Hey Lawrence 52 is a chart topper for us. Currently in our friendly honor code contest….you sit first with 52 Connery movies watched, Steve and I are tied for 2nd with 43…and Flora is at 24.

      My list looks at movies that were released in the United States….so some of his movies (in this case 12) did not make the page. I know The Terrorists never played in North American theaters….but it looks like Sword of the Valiant might have earned a little….though none of my sources list that number. I have one more book to check….but it is currently missing.. So maybe I will be able to include Sword of the Valiant in the near future.

      Thanks for the Connery information….it is greatly appreciated.

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  5. “We shail into hishtory” which Connery film is that from than?

    As some of you know it’s Independence Day for Britain today and I will be celebrating our freedom from meddling Europe with some friends tonight.

    The Scots and probably Sir Sean too, are not happy because they voted Remain. Anyway back to the wonderful world of movies and Bruce was telling me I had not provided a tally count for Connery but checking some of my previous posts I see that I have given a number – 42 (which is the answer to life, the universe and everything if you’ve read Douglas Adams) and looking at the chart again now – I count 43 films that I know for sure I’ve watched.

    Goldfinger is Sean’s best Bond and arguably still the best James Bond film to date, From Russia With Love tops it on your charts, both are great movies with memorable villains.

    I watched Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure recently on TCM, starring Gordon Scott as Tarzan and one of the villains was Sean, 3 years before he received his licence to kill.

    Another shuperb job Broosh. Voted Up.

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    1. Hey Steve. Thanks for checking out the updated Connery page. That quote is from The Hunt For Red October. One of his better movies. Sorry I did not see your post from a year ago….which was probably because when I moved this page from the old website. It was probably due to the tears in my eyes from the harsh comment that you left from our HubPage days…that I read first….lol. Damn it Bones…we are tied….gotta find a new to me Connery movie to watch and soon. I agree that Goldfinger is the best Bond movie. Tarzan’s Great Adventure is one of the Connery movies that I have not watched. I appreciate the tally update.

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      1. Looking at my first post I was a bit harsh on the old moviescore, it’s taken quite a battering from me over the years. But it would have been boring and fake if I said how wonderful and correct all your movie rankings were each time I commented. 🙂

        That said I’m happy to see that The Man Who Would Be King is now above Entrapment, which wasn’t a terrible film by any means, on your updated chart page.

        Wait a sec… A Bridge too Far below Darby O’Gill and the Little People, really? [oh don’t start again Steve!] 😉

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          1. Btw those first comments seem pretty recent but they are from about 4-5 years ago in case anyone was wondering.

        2. John Huston made plans to film The Man Who Would Be King in the 50s with Bogie and Gable in the Caine/Connery roles but the project fell through. Ironic the proposed casting of Clark considering he was nicknamed The King.

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          2. Hey Bob…yep Huston wanted Bogart and Gable…then Bogart got sick and died. Then Huston sat on the movie for awhile….when it was thought to be a good movie for Redford and Newman….so he took it to Newman….who read it and said…you need Caine and Connery. It is one of my favorite pieces of movie trivia.

            Michael Caine tells a great story of how out of the blue….his phone rang in a hotel in a far away country…..and it was John Huston saying….I’m in the bar downstairs and I want you to come down and read a script”. Michael Caine is a great story teller.

          3. Hey Flora…I do too. Though it would be really cool if all three versions had been made…and we could compare the Gable/Bogart one to the Newman/Redford one to the Caine/Connery one. I am thinking the Brits would have the edge!

        3. Hey Steve….I agree….I appreciate your honest input….I like when you and others question the rankings….sometimes the UMR calculator spits out some rankings that I shake my head at too.

          The Man Who Would Be King seems to be at a better spot than the 17th place it had before….I would say now Murder on the Orient Express is too high…..as it bumped down his Bond classics. But if your sort by box office….then Mr. Bond gets his due respect with 3 of the Top 5 movies.

          Thanks for the further update on your Connery viewings.

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        4. Hey Steve….thanks for the smiley. Yep those comments are 5 plus years old. Created a HubPages….moved to the now instinct CogersonMovieScore.com….and then moved to UMR,com. One of my best decisions was to move the comments to the new pages. The very first page I moved was a Cary Grant page…..and I originally thought no way I am moving all 100 plus comments….now I realize what a mistake that was….I guess you can’t be smart all the time….lol.

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    2. Interesting Steve.

      Because Canada is still part of England’s/the Queen’s rule – although in an advisory capacity – this will have an affect on the Canadian political scene as well. I have no idea in what way.

      Glad our election was last year and I don’t have to worry about voting in a federal election anytime near.

      Back to movies: I love ignoring politics about celebrities who are political. I am able to do that. Others are not, unfortunately, and when that happens some people cannot see past this when watching movies. I am glad I could not care less about someone’s politics when watching their films.

      So now you have provided a number – 43.
      Great!

      Have I provided a recent total or not?

      I think I have.

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      1. FLORA
        1 Some of those actors take their politics extremely seriously.

        2 In his autobiography Edward G Robinson claimed that on the set of Barbary Coast [1935] Joel McCrea and Mariam Hopkins wouldn’t sit at the same table as him because they disagreed with his politics. Hopkins also repeatedly goaded him while they were filming until one day he finally snapped, chinned her, and ran off the set in a rage.

        3 Ginger Rogers got permission from RKO to establish a private political meeting place on the studio lot for herself and politically like-minded fellow artists.

        4 Just as you felt you needed time out after the death of Greg, it is alleged that Marlon Brando couldn’t face work for a while in the sixties because he was so upset about the death of Marin Luther King.

        5 Many of George Clooney’s films thrive on politics: the Ides of March, Good Night and Good Luck

        6 Incidentally there is now talk of Sir Sean’s Scotland holding a 2nd referendum about independence from England.

        7 Finally your post about the mental health controversy interested me and I’d like to read it again but can’t turn it up. Can you direct me to it?

        Many thanks.

        BOB

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        1. Okay, first of all:

          My mental health controversy is discussed in the Henry Fonda page. I was indeed banned from Hubpages for discussing my mental health issues on pages about mental health and then reacting to someone calling me a psycho by writing a poem about this and then I was banned. Cogerson tried to get me to delete it before I was punished for it, but it was too late.

          I was okay with this because I was basically only allowed to write poems about my cat by that time and my cat was old and I felt sad.

          Next: Re: politics of actors:

          I totally understand what you are saying. I am not saying that they should no take politics seriously.

          What I am saying is that I do not personally know these actors and do not have to work with them. These actors are dead most of the ones that interest me.

          What I am saying that if an actor is good at his or her job, you should be able to lose yourself in the performance and see the character only and not the actor.

          This is what made Kiefer Sutherland decide to follow his parents into acting even though his grandfather on his mother’s side is the late Tommy Douglas – the father of the Canadian public health care system and some people still cannot believe that he was never Prime minister of Canada.

          Kiefer spends a lot of his time trying to keep his grandfather’s dream alive.

          But when Keifer is acting, I see his character.

          Of course, if you are talking about a plotical film like All the President’s Men or a War film – politics will be everywhere. It should be.

          Leslie Howard lost his life in WWII for England.

          David Niven was a counter intelligence man fo England during WWII.

          Carole Lombard died after entertaining the troops.

          Of course, politics is important.

          Not what I meant. I just meant that artists who are worth paying a ticket price of a movie ticket are good at their jobs.

          I am a politically minded person myself in that I have voted in every election since I was 18.

          Some people have the right to vote but do not vote. They are apathetic.

          I am not one of those people. I always vote. Always.

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          1. FORA:
            1 Thanks you for your detailed reply.

            2 In the absence of knowledge on my part about the bounds and constraints of Hub Pages; I consider it arbitrary on the face of it that you were not allowed to discuss a topic of personal interest to you. And anyone who called you a psycho WAS being abusive and would normally be considered a candidate for disciplinary action. It seems that Bruce was a good friend to you in the matter.

            3 Anyway I asked the question only because the controversy puzzled me; but please accept my apologies if I have revived unpleasant memories for you.

            Best Wishes BOB

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          2. But now I have the power of the delete button and the edit button. With great power comes great responsibility ….I feel like a superhero…lol.

        2. Not a problem, Rob.

          If I did not want to talk about these things, I would not be on this website as this is how Bruce and I met.

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