Talk:Sean Connery

Football

I think stating it as fact in the trivia section that Connery is a "Well known Rangers Supporter" is totally void. Old Sean spent many years going to see Celtic, and back in the day you'd see him there with Billy Connolly all the time. He is a friend of David Murray, yes, and he appears at Rangers games - but he also comes out in Scottish tabloids every week claiming to support different football teams. The other month he claimed he was a Dunfermline supporter.

I argue that it's better to leave out which team he supposedly supports from the article - as it is not a black and white issue. I'd say he's generally just more a fan of Scottish football as a whole.

James?

I have no idea who James Connor is, but Sean Connery's son is named Jason Connery, not James Connor, and he was born January 11, 1963, not November 11, 1963. -- Zoe

Religion?

Does anyone have a source for the relgion of sean connery, the article claims he was not raised catholic, you according to adherents.com, and nndb.com he is catholic (http://www.nndb.com/people/881/000022815/) (http://www.adherents.com/people/pc/Sean_Connery.html)

Other Bonds

I'm not sure we should even allow the name of Roger Moore to appear on the Sean Connery page. :) I think I'd just as soon credit Woody Allen with a "credible" James Bond performance (in Casino Royale) as I would Roger Moore. At least with Allen, we're expecting a clown. But I guess I'm just a Bond purist.

Atlant 21:01, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

To each his own. I don't care for Moore either, but admittingly I know many Bond fans loved Moore and even some preferred his Bond over Connery. K1Bond007 04:35, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

> and what many believe to be a more authentic literary performance by Timothy Dalton.

Thanks for adding this; I agree completely. I also understand why folks don't like Dalton's Bond after years of Moore's Bond: Dalton is much more the simple, cold-blooded secret agent who simply goes about his business. He's licensed to kill, and does it when needed, without remorse. He's probably my second-favorite Bond, although George Lazenby deserves a fair shake too.

Atlant 14:48, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure that sentence should really be in here whether we agree or not; after all this is an article about Connery not Dalton.

Connery post-Bond

Frankly, I think anyone has to accept Zardoz as a real turning point in Connery's career. :-)

Seriously, Connery-the-actor has shown a wonderful "dynamic range" post-Bond, from the hard-boiled army officer in The Presidio through the rather odd-but-interesting John Mason in The Rock to a very-odd scientist in Medicine Man right through to a thoroughly comic Henry Jones Sr. in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. And along the way, we've seen flash-backs to the Bond persona in movies like Rising Sun.

He's a thoroughly enjoyable actor.

Atlant 18:15, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Pity he has no range and always uses his own accent, regardless of the nationality of the character. 195.93.21.1

do not worry you are not a bond PURIST you just like sean as the james same here i hated all the other heroes they could not even actt properly most of them were shot and ugly

Residence

Does Connery actually live in the Bahamas? I thought he was still living in Marbella... JW

He left following disagreements with the local press, and now lives in the Bahamas.

See this report at IMDB. Claims he spends a lot of time in the Bahamas. Also has a place in New York. K1Bond007 04:28, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Trivia Section

I was quoting from a 2001 South Bank Show profile of Connery. The story may be apocryphal but it illustrates Connery's character that has had an effect on his career ie money over a certain level is not an objective and a lack of nostalgia. Also until the mid 1980 the dollar/sterling rate was pegged at 3:1

This titbit is interesting - but sure 2 million pounds has never been worth 6 million dollars? (sorry to be a pedant... i'd change it if i could find the source..........) Petesmiles

The Diamonds Are Forever article says "£2m ($4m or over $20m in 2005)". I think this trivia item is bogus anyway. Most places, including Wikipedia's DAF article and IMDB claim Connery used most of the money to stablish a childrens charity in Scotland. I don't know where this "he wanted his family to see what 2 million pounds looked like". Seems silly to me. K1Bond007 04:26, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Knighthood and SNP

I'm not really sure that the gushing quote from Connery's website is really appropriate, especially as it's not true. His "commitment to Scotland" is endlessly questioned, and he's often seen as a hypocrite. I don't think there's much evidence that his knighthood was "delayed for many years", as far as I know it was first mooted by the Tory government in 1997, then Labour put it on hold because of his support for the SNP, but he got it anyway in 1999 or thereabouts, after moaning about it.

This is also probably untrue "These charitable works would have earned him a Knighthood much earlier but it was revealed in 1997 that the award had been declined due to concern over statements that Connery made in interviews that in certain circumstances that physical abuse of a partner was acceptable."

They don't generally veto knighthoods for these reasons, it was because of his support for the SNP which irked the Labour government. JW 10:08, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Why he should even be knighted is beyond me. He's an actor and he hasn't done anything impressive in his entire life. 195.93.21.1

Hasn't done anything impressive?! Are you mad!? The way he talks ALONE is enough to be the most impressive thing ever. You're clearly just jealous or something. - HNC Creative Writing

Jealous of a bald, wig-wearing, skirt-wearing, wife-beating 75-year-old tax exile? I think not.

"Connery washh born" vandalism

You gotta admit, as vandalism goes, that one at least was funny. :-)

Atlant 17:04, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Alex Trebek: "Which Ringo was the Starr drummer of The Beatles?" Sean Connery: "Craven Morehead" Alex Trebek: "Who is Craven Morehead?" Sean Connery: "Apparently you are!"

For some of us it was the impersinations of Sean on Saturday Night Live that were the best Sean Connery memories.

"me-the guy who slept with your mother last night!" "i'll take whore seamen for 800"

Abuse of Women quote

I've heard this mentioned many times, but I've never found a source of what he actually said. Anyone have a pointer to where I could see that excerpt of the interview? -Fuzzy 16:51, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Playboy 1965 "I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man." (Connery) It's buried in this [1] report. His ex-wife is writing an autobiography where shes claiming that he bullied her. K1Bond007 17:06, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Connery also caused an uproar when he said similar things on the Barbara Walters show in December 1987. There have always been allegations, which he denies, that he physically abused his first wife during their marriage (they divorced in 1973).

Mr Universe

Did Connery actually represent Scotland in this contest as the article states, or was it Britain? Somebody changed it to Britain but it was then reverted. It seems unlikely competitors would be sub-divided into England/Scotland/Wales in 1950. JW 13:01, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

It also needs to be clarified just which 'Mr. Universe' contest he took part in. --172.200.236.142 13:53, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I thought it was in 1953.

Crappy template

These templates were applied to all the Bond actor pages. If it looked reasonable it might be different, but having two on Connery's page looks ugly. I don't know who its supposed to help, but its more likely to confuse the casual reader, especially as the Bonds didn't follow in a simple succession. The order is Connery, Lazenby, Connery, Moore. Or, if you include Never Say Never Again, Connery, Lazenby, Connery, Moore, Connery, Moore! I Would like to know if anyone actually thinks these add anything to the articles. JW 08:37, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

I think it looks fine. I used a similar template to make it more compact though. If you think NSNA makes it confusing then add "Official" to the template. I don't think it's that big of a deal. K1Bond007 17:59, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

It doesn't really tell the reader anything that's not explained better in the article. Never Say Never Again is still a Bond film, and just as notable in an article on Connery than the EON Bonds. I'm still inclined to remove it; if there's an outcry we can always re-instate it. I know you won't complain if its not that big a deal. JW 19:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

The same could be said for essentially all the Presidents of the U.S. too, which have similar templates. All of that is explained in the article. I don't see what the big deal is for you to remove it. It's not ugly, unreasonable, nor totally unhelpful. It's a navigational tool, not an infobox. K1Bond007 20:44, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Nationality

Connery may have been born in Scotland and may support the cause of Scottish nationalism, but the fact remains that he is a British national (check the 'Act of Union' article if you're not sure) - anything else is both unencyclopaedic and POV. --172.212.223.164 15:26, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Mixed religion should be changed, because Catholic and Protestant are not religions they are deniminations of the religion chrisianity...Both his parents thus are Christians, but are of different denominations.

Denimimations? Has Sir Connery traded in his kilt for Levi's?

Had to laugh when I read that! Superdude99

Ironic?

• Starred in Never Say Never Again with Klaus Maria Brandauer. Ironically, Brandauer was originally considered to play Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October.

How is that ironic?? Steve-O 11:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

This sentence should be taken out and shot

"However, in a December 2004 interview with The Scotsman newspaper from his home in the Bahamas, the then 74-year-old actor denied he was retiring and said he would like to make another movie, but that he is taking a break from acting in order to concentrate on writing his autobiography, but now the book will no longer be written."

Anyone want to take a stab at fixing the sentence? --Improv 03:44, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Charity

In a discussion a few years ago regarding Mr Connery's many virtues, I was told that there is a research institute somewhere in Glasgow which received a large donation. The benefactor preferred to remain anonymous but there may be a clue in the fact that the rooms are numbered 4, 5, 6, 007, 8, 9... Now I'd love to believe this story but it sounds a bit urban-mythish to me. Can anyone confirm or deny? --Spondoolicks 17:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Gypsy Ancestry

I have heard he has Gypsy ancestry, is that true?

What the hell is gypsy ancestry?

Yes, it is probably true that his Wexford grandfather was a tinker-traveller. This does not mean that he was from he Roma ethnicity, he was Irish Superdude99

Missed Movies

Connery also had a role in the 1998 "Playing By Heart" but I can't for the life of me figure out how to make the neccessary edit. Someone want to fix that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Krawnight (talk • contribs) .

Done. Thanks for the "heads up"!

Atlant 13:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Minor issue, but why are the 1998 movies split into two rows? Should prolly just be in one. -Krawnight 04:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry, but this is still bothering me. Any reason we have two listings of 1998? -Krawnight 07:29, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Domestic Violence

I am having little luck expanding the paragraph in "Trivia" on Sean Connery pro-domestic violence quotes. I intend to expand the text to read:

• He caused an uproar in a December 1987 interview with Barbara Walters in which he said it was OK for a man to hit a woman, assuming that it was required to calm her down or "keep her in line". Connery had made similar remarks in a November 1965 interview with Playboy magazine on the set of Thunderball: “I don't think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman.... If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I'd do it.” In 1993, Vanity Fair quoted him saying there are confrontational women who “want a smack”.

I'll try again later from another machine. I am considering starting a category of "Advocates of Violence Against Women" for SC, Eldridge Cleaver, and Amiri Baraka, and whoever else I can find. Boris B 11:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I am rethinking that category. It would probably more invective than is worth the trouble. On another note, what is meant by "saturnine" at the beginning of this article? I don't consider him good-looking either, but is he generally considered "sluggish" and/or "lead-poisoned"? Boris B 21:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

It means "dark" or "brooding". And it is POV. 216.114.249.246 05:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

If anything, Timothy Dalton was the saturnine Bond actor.

Man Utd offer

According to this article, and an interview I saw, Sean Connery was offered a chance to try out for Man Utd. I think this should be added to trivia. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1773964,00110002.htm

ABart26 07:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I added it. ABart26 16:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Images

Please stop reverting to the non-free images. Image:Seanconnery.jpg is a copyrighted image and should not be used. Image:SeanConnery.jpg and Image:Lxg13.jpg are copyrighted screenshots and should only be used, if at all, in the articles about the film they're from. —Chowbok 21:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Death?

Who's the joker that said he died? That's very funny [/sarcasm]

Uncredited?

If you watch the end of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, he is listed at he end of the credits for his cameo as King Richard. The original screening in theaters left him out; but all subsequent releases that went to VHS and DVD, include him in the listing.

Sean Connery Death Rumor?

http://www.msbnews.net/news/3671?124900002#

"On the morning of Thursday the 28th of September, 76-year old Sir Thomas Sean Connery (Sean Connery) died of sudden heart failure. His personal doctors say he had no previous heart conditions and that he was an all-around healthy man. Doctors have examined Sean and have yet to conclude the cause of the failure.

"Jake has always been active, swimming and exercising as much as he could. I can't believe this happened," said his wife, Michelle Roquebrune Connery.

After interviewing several of his friends, best friend Harrison Ford apologetically admitted that he may have contributed to Seans unexpected death.

"Well, a couple days ago, me and Sean were out having a couple of beers and havin an all around good time, but then we got kinda crazy and drank more then we should. I don't really remember what all happend that night, but when we woke up, we both ached and felt pain. But Sean, he had it worse then me. I'm sorry I can't really talk about this right now," confessed Johnson.

Sean Connery died on the 27th following an evening with his son, witnesses say it was around 4 PM.

Fans of his work continue to mourn the loss of their hero. Many have flocked to his house, and have place lit candles by his doorstep.

He is survived by his son Jason Connery.

The funeral will be held on October first in Edinburgh, Scotland."

I'm sure this is not true can anybody verify it?

Thomas Deor?

The name listed at the start of the article was Thomas Deor. I did several searches, but could find no reference to Connery changing his name. Did he change his name when he was knighted? Or is this some vandalism? I have changed the name listed at the start of the article to "Sir Thomas Sean Connery". Also there was a reference to a picture listed in the upper right box as Deor that is no longer there. Also, there is a listed reference to his portrayal of Zamak, which is linked to a zinc alloy. This makes no sense. Is Zamak from a movie? I assume this was supposed to say James Bond, as the next sentence talks about that. I'm going to fix this 147.155.2.163 20:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Six vs. seven Bond films

Can someone tell me why the article states he starred in only six Bond movies ending with "Diamonds are Forever," and then goes on to list seven of them ending with "Never Say Never Again"? I understand the hubbub over "official" vs. "unofficial" Bond movies, but if you're going to only count the six official ones, then only list the six official ones--otherwise it's terribly confusing for readers. Personally, whether it was by EON or not, he still played James Bond in a seventh movie and I think it should be included in his final Bond count. --ScreaminEagle 22:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Nationality

Sean Connery is called a Scottish actor but yet Daniel Craig is called a British actor. There needs to be some sort of consistency for nationality. Scottish, Enlgish, Welsh is not a nationality but British is. So either Daniel Craig's nationality needs to be changed or Sean Connery's plus numerous others that are in consistent.

I vote change it to British,a s seen under British nationality law. --Chickenfeed9 21:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Firstly, Daniel Craig is now called an English actor. Most UK people are called English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh; and I think its best like this. Many people, Sean Connery being a perfect example, would never refer to themselves as British. Sean Connery is known around the World as Scottish as Tom Jones is known as Welsh, and putting British purely being legally he is would make Wikipedia look stupid --Berks105 14:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

He did not place in the 1953 Mr Universe

He did not place at all in the 1953 Mr Universe.

Red Phoenix

He lent his voice to the Australian band Red Phoenix's 2005 song Wavelength, is this worthy of being included in the trivia section?