130-593: David Edward Leslie Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor and director. He is best remembered for his roles in British films and television programmes of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, particularly his lead roles as a trendy fashion photographer in the hugely successful avant-garde mystery film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and as a jazz pianist in Dario Argento 's Deep Red (1975). Early in his career, Hemmings
260-505: A Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema. In a 2003 UK poll conducted by Channel 4 , Connery was ranked eighth on their list of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars . The failure of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was especially frustrating for Connery. He sensed during shooting that the production was "going off the rails", and announced that the director, Stephen Norrington should be "locked up for insanity". Connery spent considerable effort in trying to salvage
390-436: A Roman Catholic , and his mother was a Protestant . Connery had a younger brother Neil and was generally referred to in his youth as "Tommy". Although he was small in primary school, he grew rapidly around the age of 12, reaching his full adult height of 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) at 18. Connery was known during his teen years as "Big Tam", and he said that he lost his virginity to an adult woman in an ATS uniform at
520-430: A catch phrase in the lexicon of Western popular culture. Film critic Peter Bradshaw writes, "It is the most famous self-introduction from any character in movie history. Three cool monosyllables, surname first, a little curtly, as befits a former naval commander. And then, as if in afterthought, the first name, followed by the surname again. Connery carried it off with icily disdainful style, in full evening dress with
650-460: A dialectical approach to such political stances by avant-garde artists and the avant-garde genre of art. Sociologically, as a stratum of the intelligentsia of a society, avant-garde artists, writers, architects, et al. produce artefacts — works of art, books, buildings — that intellectually and ideologically oppose the conformist value system of mainstream society. In the essay " Avant-Garde and Kitsch " (1939), Clement Greenberg said that
780-454: A Jewish "dark-haired beauty with a ballerina's figure", Carol Sopel, but was warned off by her family. He then dated Julie Hamilton, daughter of documentary filmmaker and feminist Jill Craigie . Given Connery's rugged appearance and rough charm, Hamilton initially thought he was an appalling person and was not attracted to him until she saw him in a kilt , declaring him to be the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life. He also shared
910-621: A Scot) was unrefined. Fleming's girlfriend Blanche Blackwell told him Connery had the requisite sexual charisma, and Fleming changed his mind after the successful Dr. No première. He was so impressed, he wrote Connery's heritage into the character. In his 1964 novel You Only Live Twice , Fleming wrote that Bond's father was Scottish and from Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands . Connery's portrayal of Bond owes much to stylistic tutelage from director Terence Young , who helped polish him while using his physical grace and presence for
1040-928: A boxer in the TV series The Square Ring , before being spotted by Canadian director Alvin Rakoff , who gave him multiple roles in The Condemned , shot on location in Dover in Kent. In 1956, Connery appeared in the theatrical production of Epitaph , and played a minor role as a hoodlum in the "Ladies of the Manor" episode of the BBC Television police series Dixon of Dock Green . This was followed by small television parts in Sailor of Fortune and The Jack Benny Program (in
1170-465: A cigarette hanging from his lips. The introduction was a kind of challenge, or seduction, invariably addressed to an enemy. In the early 60s, Connery's James Bond was about as dangerous and sexy as it got on screen". During the filming of Thunderball in 1965, Connery's life was in danger in the sequence with the sharks in Emilio Largo 's pool. He had been concerned about this threat when he read
1300-547: A daughter, he and Hunnicutt had a son (actor Nolan Hemmings ), while he and de Casembroot had three sons and a daughter. Hemmings was an active supporter of liberal causes, and spoke at a number of meetings on behalf of the UK's Liberal Party . Hemmings suddenly died in 2003 at age 62 of a heart attack , in Bucharest , Romania , on the film set of Blessed (working title: Samantha's Child ) after he had performed his scenes for
1430-477: A director of television programmes, including the action-adventure drama series Quantum Leap (e.g. the series’ premiere); the crime series Magnum, P.I. (in which he also played characters in several episodes); and two action-adventure series, The A-Team and Airwolf (in which he also played the role of Doctor Charles Henry Moffet, twisted creator of Airwolf, in the pilot and the second-season episode "Moffett's Ghost" – a typographical error by
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#17327811249171560-509: A dozen times," said Hemmings. "This time I think I've made it." After Blowup Hemmings accepted an offer from Warner Bros to play Mordred in the big-budget film of the Broadway musical Camelot (1967). He had a supporting part in the thriller Eye of the Devil (1966), playing the brother of Sharon Tate . Hemmings was then cast as Louis Nolan in the big-budget epic The Charge of
1690-754: A film for Granada TV directed by Ken Russell and written by Melvin Bragg: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , about Samuel Taylor Coleridge (played by Hemmings), was the second of two films in the Clouds of Glory series about poets. In 1979, Hemmings received an offer to play a supporting role in an Australian vampire film, Thirst . He starred in a TV film, Charlie Muffin then returned to Australia to feature in Harlequin (1980). Hemmings then received an offer from Antony I. Ginnane to direct
1820-579: A hard-nosed Irish-American cop alongside Kevin Costner 's Eliot Ness . The film also starred Charles Martin Smith , Patricia Clarkson , Andy Garcia , and Robert De Niro as Al Capone . The film was a critical and box-office success. Many critics praised Connery for his performance, including Roger Ebert, who wrote: "The best performance in the movie is Connery ... [he] brings a human element to his character; he seems to have had an existence apart from
1950-868: A horror film, Voices (1973). He went to Spain to appear in Lola (1974) and in Britain supported Richard Harris in Juggernaut (1974). Hemmings appeared in the Italian giallo film Profondo Rosso (also known as Deep Red or The Hatchet Murders ) (1975) directed by Dario Argento . Back in England he supported Anthony Newley in Mister Quilp (1975). Hemmings first turned to directing with Running Scared (1972), an adaptation of an American novel by Gregory Macdonald for which Hemmings also co-wrote
2080-626: A knighthood in 1997 and 1998, but these nominations were reportedly vetoed by Donald Dewar owing to Connery's political views. Connery had a villa in Kranidi , Greece. His neighbour was King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands , with whom he shared a helicopter platform. Michael Caine (who co-starred with Connery in The Man Who Would Be King in 1975) was among Connery's closest friends. Growing up, Connery supported
2210-508: A leading role in director Robert Stevenson 's Walt Disney Productions film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), alongside Albert Sharpe , Janet Munro , and Jimmy O'Dea . The film is a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns . Upon the film's initial release, A. H. Weiler of The New York Times praised the cast (save Connery whom he described as "merely tall, dark, and handsome ") and thought
2340-446: A major role in the melodrama Another Time, Another Place (1958) as a British reporter named Mark Trevor, caught in a love affair opposite Lana Turner and Barry Sullivan . During filming, Turner's possessive gangster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato , who was visiting from Los Angeles, believed she was having an affair with Connery. Connery and Turner had attended West End shows and London restaurants together. Stompanato stormed onto
2470-402: A mutual attraction with jazz singer Maxine Daniels , whom he met while working in theatre. He made a pass at her, but she told him she was already happily married with a daughter. Connery was married to actress Diane Cilento from 1962 to 1974, though they separated in 1971. They had a son, actor Jason Joseph . Connery illustrated the cover of Cilento's 1967 novel: The Manipulator. Connery
2600-497: A night. He met Hollywood actress Shelley Winters one night at Noble's house, who described Connery as "one of the tallest and most charming and masculine Scotsmen" she had ever seen, and later spent many evenings with the Connery brothers drinking beer. Around this time, Connery was residing at TV presenter Llew Gardner's house. Henderson landed Connery a role in a £6 a week Q Theatre production of Agatha Christie 's Witness for
2730-806: A number of television films and series episodes. From the mid-1970s on, Hemmings's acting work was mainly in supporting roles. In 1977 he appeared as Eddy in the film Islands in the Stream , an adaptation of Hemingway's novel of the same name, starring George C Scott . He also had support roles in The Squeeze (1977), The Prince and the Pauper (1977), The Heroin Busters (1977), The Disappearance (1977), Squadra antitruffa (1977), Blood Relatives (1978), Power Play (1978) and Murder by Decree (1979). He also returned to television in 1978 with
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#17327811249172860-549: A post-modern time when the modernist ways of thought and action and the production of art have become redundant in a capitalist economy. Parting from the claims of Greenberg in the late 1930s and the insights of Poggioli in the early 1960s, in The De-Definition of Art: Action Art to Pop to Earthworks (1983), the critic Harold Rosenberg said that since the middle of the 1960s the politically progressive avant-garde ceased being adversaries to artistic commercialism and
2990-794: A prosperous, vigorous and modern self-governing Scotland in which we can all take pride and which will deserve the respect of other nations." His funding of the SNP ceased in 2001, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed legislation prohibiting overseas funding of political activities in the United Kingdom. In response to accusations that he was a tax exile , Connery released documents in 2003 showing he had paid £3.7 million in UK taxes between 1997 and 1998 and between 2002 and 2003; critics pointed out that had he been continuously residing in
3120-540: A special episode filmed in Europe). In early 1957, Connery hired agent Richard Hatton, who got him his first film role, as Spike, a minor gangster with a speech impediment in Montgomery Tully 's No Road Back , alongside Skip Homeier , Paul Carpenter , Patricia Dainton , and Norman Wooland . In April 1957, Rakoff – after being disappointed by Jack Palance – decided to give
3250-597: A swimming pool filled with doves dyed puce . Of his relationship with Hunnicutt, Hemmings remarked, "We were the poor man's Taylor and Burton ". Their marriage ended when Hunnicutt discovered Hemmings's affairs with actress Samantha Eggar (his co-star in The Walking Stick (1970)), and his secretary Prudence de Casembroot. During his subsequent marriage to de Casembroot, Hemmings continued to have extra-marital relationships with, among others, Tessa Dahl . Hemmings had six children altogether; he and Ouvry had
3380-697: A tacit understanding between themselves about their characters. They glow. They really do seem in love". During the 1970s, Connery was part of ensemble casts in films such as Murder on the Orient Express (1974) with Vanessa Redgrave and John Gielgud , and played a British Army general in Richard Attenborough 's war film A Bridge Too Far (1977), co-starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Olivier . In 1974, he starred in John Boorman 's sci-fi thriller Zardoz . Often called one of
3510-688: A tax evasion investigation, alleging that the Spanish treasury had been defrauded of £5.5 million. Connery was subsequently cleared by officials, but his wife and 16 others were charged with attempting to defraud the Spanish treasury. Connery died in his sleep on 31 October 2020, aged 90, at his home in the Lyford Cay community of Nassau in the Bahamas. His death was announced by his family and Eon Productions ; although they did not disclose
3640-623: A taxi: When I took a taxi during a recent Edinburgh Film Festival, the driver was amazed that I could put a name to every street we passed. "How come?" he asked. "As a boy I used to deliver milk round here", I said. "So what do you do now?" That was rather harder to answer. In 1946, at the age of 16, Connery joined the Royal Navy , during which time he acquired two tattoos. Connery's official website says "unlike many tattoos, his were not frivolous – his tattoos reflect two of his lifelong commitments: his family and Scotland. ... One tattoo
3770-458: Is a tribute to his parents and reads 'Mum and Dad', and the other is self-explanatory, 'Scotland Forever'". He trained in Portsmouth at the naval gunnery school and in an anti-aircraft crew. He was later assigned as an Able Seaman on HMS Formidable . Connery was discharged from the navy at the age of 19 on medical grounds because of a duodenal ulcer , a condition that affected most of
3900-525: Is another definition of "Avant-gardism" that distinguishes it from "modernism": Peter Bürger, for example, says avant-gardism rejects the "institution of art" and challenges social and artistic values, and so necessarily involves political, social, and cultural factors. According to the composer and musicologist Larry Sitsky , modernist composers from the early 20th century who do not qualify as avant-gardists include Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Igor Stravinsky; later modernist composers who do not fall into
4030-404: Is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it in the same way you hit a man". He was also reported to have stated to Vanity Fair in 1993, "There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack". In 2006, Connery told The Times of London, "I don't believe that any level of abuse of women
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4160-477: Is ever justified under any circumstances. Full stop". Connery was married to French-Moroccan painter Micheline Roquebrune (born 4 April 1929) from 1975 until his death. The marriage survived a well-documented affair Connery had in the late 1980s with the singer and songwriter Lynsey de Paul , which she later regretted due to his views concerning domestic violence. Connery owned the Domaine de Terre Blanche in
4290-638: Is facilitated by mechanically produced art-products of mediocre quality displacing art of quality workmanship; thus, the profitability of art-as-commodity determines its artistic value. In The Society of the Spectacle (1967), Guy Debord said that the financial, commercial, and economic co-optation of the avant-garde into a commodity produced by neoliberal capitalism makes doubtful that avant-garde artists will remain culturally and intellectually relevant to their societies for preferring profit to cultural change and political progress. In The Theory-Death of
4420-546: Is not reducible to a kitsch style or reactionary orientation, but can instead be used to refer to artists who engage with the legacy of the avant-garde while maintaining an awareness that doing so is in some sense anachronistic. The critic Charles Altieri argues that avant-garde and arrière-garde are interdependent: "where there is an avant-garde, there must be an arrière-garde ." Avant-garde in music can refer to any form of music working within traditional structures while seeking to breach boundaries in some manner. The term
4550-615: Is used loosely to describe the work of any musicians who radically depart from tradition altogether. By this definition, some avant-garde composers of the 20th century include Arnold Schoenberg , Richard Strauss (in his earliest work), Charles Ives , Igor Stravinsky , Anton Webern , Edgard Varèse , Alban Berg , George Antheil (in his earliest works only), Henry Cowell (in his earliest works), Harry Partch , John Cage , Iannis Xenakis , Morton Feldman , Karlheinz Stockhausen , Pauline Oliveros , Philip Glass , Meredith Monk , Laurie Anderson , and Diamanda Galás . There
4680-629: The BAFTA Fellowship , a lifetime achievement award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Connery's later films included several box-office and critical disappointments such as First Knight (1995), Just Cause (1995), The Avengers (1998), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); however, he received positive reviews for his performance in Finding Forrester (2000). He also received
4810-674: The Maida Vale Theatre in London. He had already begun a film career, having been an extra in Herbert Wilcox 's 1954 musical Lilacs in the Spring alongside Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle . Although Connery had secured several roles as an extra, he was struggling to make ends meet and was forced to accept a part-time job as a babysitter for journalist Peter Noble and his actress wife Marianne , which earned him 10 shillings
4940-631: The NBC crime-drama television series Stingray . He directed the drama film Dark Horse (1992) and as an actor returned to the voyeuristic preoccupations of his Blowup character with a plum part as the Big Brother -esque villain in the series-three opener for the television horror anthology series Tales From the Crypt . In later years he had roles that included Cassius in the historical epic film Gladiator (2000), with Russell Crowe , and in
5070-636: The Opera House , Manchester, over the Christmas period of 1954, Connery developed a serious interest in the theatre through American actor Robert Henderson , who lent him copies of the Ibsen works Hedda Gabler , The Wild Duck , and When We Dead Awaken , and later listed works by the likes of Proust , Tolstoy , Turgenev , Bernard Shaw , Joyce , and Shakespeare for him to digest. Henderson urged him to take elocution lessons and got him parts at
5200-639: The South of France from 1979. He sold it to German billionaire Dietmar Hopp in 1999. He was awarded an honorary rank of Shodan (1st dan ) in Kyokushin karate. Connery relocated to the Bahamas in the 1990s; he owned a mansion in Lyford Cay on New Providence . Connery was knighted by the Queen at an investiture ceremony at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh on 5 July 2000. He had been nominated for
5330-428: The artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time. The military metaphor of an advance guard identifies the artists and writers whose innovations in style, form, and subject-matter challenge the artistic and aesthetic validity of the established forms of art and the literary traditions of their time; thus,
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5460-458: The moral obligation of artists to "serve as [the] avant-garde" of the people, because "the power of the arts is, indeed, the most immediate and fastest way" to realise social, political, and economic reforms. In the realm of culture, the artistic experiments of the avant-garde push the aesthetic boundaries of societal norms , such as the disruptions of modernism in poetry, fiction, and drama, painting, music, and architecture, that occurred in
5590-437: The "most extraordinary memory". In 1981, Connery appeared in the film Time Bandits as Agamemnon . The casting choice derives from a joke Michael Palin included in the script, which describes the character's removing his mask and being "Sean Connery – or someone of equal but cheaper stature". When shown the script, Connery was happy to play the supporting role. In 1981 he portrayed Marshal William T. O'Niel in
5720-469: The "weirdest and worst movies ever made" it featured Connery in a scarlet mankini – a revealing costume which generated much controversy for its unBond-like appearance. Despite being panned by critics at the time, the film has developed a cult following since its release. In the audio commentary to the film, Boorman relates how Connery would write poetry in his free time, describing him as "a man of great depth and intelligence" and possessing
5850-564: The 1953 competition, either third in the Junior class or failing to place in the Tall Man classification. Connery said he was soon deterred from bodybuilding when he found that Americans frequently beat him in competitions because of sheer muscle size and, unlike Connery, refused to participate in athletic activity which could make them lose muscle mass. Connery was a keen footballer , having played for Bonnyrigg Rose in his younger days. He
5980-597: The 1960s. In Marnie , Connery starred opposite Tippi Hedren . Connery had said he wanted to work with Hitchcock, which Eon arranged through their contacts. Connery also shocked many people at the time by asking to see a script, something he did because he was worried about being typecast as a spy and he did not want to do a variation of North by Northwest or Notorious . When told by Hitchcock's agent that Cary Grant had not asked to see even one of Hitchcock's scripts, Connery replied: "I'm not Cary Grant". Hitchcock and Connery got on well during filming, and Connery said he
6110-519: The 2003 Australian film The Night We Called It a Day , a comedy based on true events. He also appeared in the horror film Blessed (2004) with Heather Graham , which was dedicated to his memory after a fatal heart attack while on set. In 1967, Hemmings recorded a pop single, "Back Street Mirror" (written by Gene Clark ), and a studio album, David Hemmings Happens , in Los Angeles. The album featured instrumental backing by several members of
6240-561: The American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award on 8 June 2006, he confirmed his retirement from acting. Connery's disillusionment with the "idiots now making films in Hollywood" was cited as a reason for his decision to retire. On 7 June 2007, he denied rumours that he would appear in the fourth Indiana Jones film, saying "retirement is just too much damned fun". In 2010, a bronze bust sculpture of Connery
6370-844: The Australian horror film The Survivor (1981), based on James Herbert 's 1976 novel of the same name , starring Robert Powell and Jenny Agutter . Hemmings directed Race for the Yankee Zephyr shot in New Zealand. While in New Zealand Hemmings played roles in Prisoners (1981) and Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1982). Hemmings then moved to Hollywood. He played supporting roles in Man, Woman and Child (1983) and Airwolf (1984). He also worked extensively as
6500-533: The Avant-Garde ( Theorie der Avantgarde , 1974), the literary critic Peter Bürger looks at The Establishment 's embrace of socially critical works of art as capitalist co-optation of the artists and the genre of avant-garde art, because "art as an institution neutralizes the political content of the individual work [of art]". In Neo-avantgarde and Culture Industry: Essays on European and American Art from 1955 to 1975 (2000), Benjamin H. D. Buchloh argues for
6630-697: The Avant-Garde (1991), Paul Mann said that the avant-garde are economically integral to the contemporary institutions of the Establishment, specifically as part of the culture industry . Noting the conceptual shift, theoreticians, such as Matei Calinescu , in Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism (1987), and Hans Bertens in The Idea of the Postmodern: A History (1995), said that Western culture entered
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#17327811249176760-491: The Byrds , and was produced by Byrds' mentor Jim Dickson . In the 1970s, he was jointly credited with former Easybeats members Harry Vanda and George Young as a co-composer of the song "Pasadena" . The original 1973 recording of this song – the first Australian hit for singer John Paul Young – was produced by Simon Napier-Bell , in whose SNB Records label Hemmings was a partner at the time. Hemmings also later provided
6890-542: The Light Brigade (1968), which, like Camelot , was widely seen but failed to recoup its cost. Around 1967 Hemmings was briefly considered for the role of Alex in a film version of Anthony Burgess 's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962), which was to be based on a screen treatment by satirist Terry Southern and British photographer Michael Cooper . Cooper and the Rolling Stones were reportedly upset by
7020-578: The Lion opposite Candice Bergen who played Eden Pedecaris (based on the real-life Perdicaris incident ), and in 1976 played Robin Hood in Robin and Marian opposite Audrey Hepburn , who played Maid Marian . Film critic Roger Ebert , who had praised the double act of Connery and Caine in The Man Who Would Be King , praised Connery's chemistry with Hepburn, writing: "Connery and Hepburn seem to have arrived at
7150-524: The Orient Express (1974) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He also acted in Robin and Marian (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Time Bandits (1981), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996) and Finding Forrester (2000). His final on-screen role
7280-503: The Palais de Danse. There, Connery singlehandedly launched an attack against the gang members, grabbing one by the throat and another by the biceps and cracking their heads together. From then on, he was treated with great respect by the gang and gained a reputation as a "hard man". Connery first met Michael Caine at a party during the production of South Pacific in 1954, and the two later became close friends. During this production at
7410-760: The Prosecution , during which he met and became friends with fellow Scot Ian Bannen . This role was followed by Point of Departure and A Witch in Time at Kew, a role as Pentheus opposite Yvonne Mitchell in The Bacchae at the Oxford Playhouse , and a role opposite Jill Bennett in Eugene O'Neill 's play Anna Christie . During his time at the Oxford Theatre, Connery won a brief part as
7540-433: The Rose (1986). He also received honorary awards such as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1987, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1998 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999. Connery was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and a knight by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 2000 . Thomas Sean Connery was born at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 25 August 1930; he
7670-437: The Scottish football club Celtic F.C. , having been introduced to the club by his father who was a lifelong fan of the team. Later in life, Connery switched his loyalty to Celtic's bitter rival , Rangers F.C. , after he became close friends with the team's chairman, David Murray . He was a keen golfer, introduced to the game by his friend Iain Stewart. English professional golfer Peter Alliss gave Connery golf lessons before
7800-406: The Tiger , opposite Van Johnson , Martine Carol , Herbert Lom , and Gustavo Rojo ; the film was shot on location in southern Spain. He also had a minor role in Gerald Thomas 's thriller Time Lock (1957) as a welder, appearing alongside Robert Beatty , Lee Patterson , Betty McDowall , and Vincent Winter ; this commenced filming on 1 December 1956 at Beaconsfield Studios . Connery had
7930-400: The UK for tax purposes, his tax rate would have been far higher. In the run-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum , Connery's brother Neil said Connery would not come to Scotland to rally independence supporters, since his tax exile status greatly limited the number of days he could spend in the country. After Connery sold his Marbella villa in 1999, Spanish authorities launched
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#17327811249178060-456: The United Kingdom (in 2011, Connery said " The Bowler and the Bunnet was just the beginning of a journey that would lead to my long association with the Scottish National Party"). Connery supported the party both financially and through personal appearances. In 1967, he wrote to George Leslie , the SNP candidate in the 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election , saying, "I am convinced that with our resources and skills we are more than capable of building
8190-455: The Wake of a Stranger (1959), Sink the Bismarck! (1960) and The Wind of Change (1961). Hemmings began to be known for playing young men, for example in The Painted Smile (1962) and Some People (1962). His first lead role was in the low budget teen musical Live It Up! (1963), then he had support roles for Michael Winner 's The System (1964). After this, he starred in a sequel to Live It Up! , Be My Guest (1965) and in
8320-426: The action. Lois Maxwell , who played Miss Moneypenny , related that "Terence took Sean under his wing. He took him to dinner, showed him how to walk, how to talk, even how to eat". The tutoring was successful; Connery received thousands of fan letters a week after Dr. No's opening, and he became a major sex symbol in film. Following the release of the film Dr. No in 1962, the line "Bond ... James Bond", became
8450-400: The age of 14. He had an Irish childhood friend named Séamus; when the two were together, those who knew them both called Connery by his middle name Sean, emphasising the alliteration of the two names. Since then Connery preferred to use his middle name. Connery's first job was as a milkman in Edinburgh with St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society . In 2009, Connery recalled a conversation in
8580-496: The announcement of his death, many co-stars and figures from the entertainment industry paid tribute to Connery, including Sam Neill , Nicolas Cage , Robert De Niro , Michael Bay , Tippi Hedren , Alec Baldwin , Hugh Jackman , George Lucas , Shirley Bassey , Kevin Costner , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Barbra Streisand , John Cleese , Jane Seymour and Harrison Ford , as well as former Bond stars George Lazenby , Timothy Dalton , Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig , including
8710-410: The army. In 19th-century French politics, the term avant-garde (vanguard) identified Left-wing political reformists who agitated for radical political change in French society. In the mid-19th century, as a cultural term, avant-garde identified a genre of art that advocated art-as-politics, art as an aesthetic and political means for realising social change in a society. Since the 20th century,
8840-421: The art term avant-garde identifies a stratum of the Intelligentsia that comprises novelists and writers, artists and architects et al. whose creative perspectives, ideas, and experimental artworks challenge the cultural values of contemporary bourgeois society . In the U.S. of the 1960s, the post–WWII changes to American culture and society allowed avant-garde artists to produce works of art that addressed
8970-458: The artistic vanguard oppose high culture and reject the artifice of mass culture , because the avant-garde functionally oppose the dumbing down of society — be it with low culture or with high culture . That in a capitalist society each medium of mass communication is a factory producing artworks, and is not a legitimate artistic medium; therefore, the products of mass culture are kitsch , simulations and simulacra of Art. Walter Benjamin in
9100-406: The artists who created the anti-novel and Surrealism were ahead of their times. As a stratum of the intelligentsia of a society, avant-garde artists promote progressive and radical politics and advocate for societal reform with and through works of art. In the essay "The Artist, the Scientist, and the Industrialist" (1825), Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues 's political usage of vanguard identified
9230-471: The avant-garde traditions in both the United States and Europe. Among these are Fluxus , Happenings , and Neo-Dada . Brutalist architecture was greatly influenced by an avant-garde movement. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery originated
9360-416: The category of avant-gardists include Elliott Carter , Milton Babbitt , György Ligeti , Witold Lutosławski , and Luciano Berio , since "their modernism was not conceived for the purpose of goading an audience." The 1960s saw a wave of free and avant-garde music in jazz genre, embodied by artists such as Ornette Coleman , Sun Ra , Albert Ayler , Archie Shepp , John Coltrane and Miles Davis . In
9490-515: The cause of death, his son Jason said he had been unwell for some time. A day later, his widow revealed he had dementia in his final years. Connery's death certificate was obtained by TMZ a month after his death, showing the cause of death was pneumonia and respiratory failure, and the time of death was listed as 1:30 am. His remains were cremated, and the ashes were scattered in Scotland at undisclosed locations in 2022. Following
9620-506: The competitors mentioned that auditions were being held for a production of South Pacific , and Connery landed a small part as one of the Seabees chorus boys. By the time the production reached Edinburgh, he had been given the part of Marine Cpl. Hamilton Steeves and was understudying two of the juvenile leads, and his salary was raised from £12 to £14–10s a week. The production returned the following year, out of popular demand, and Connery
9750-402: The day. His funeral was held at St Peter's Church, in the hamlet of Blackland near Calne , Wiltshire, where he had lived in his final years. He was buried in the graveyard of the church. Avant-garde In the arts and literature , the term avant-garde (from French meaning ' advance guard ' or ' vanguard ' ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art , and
9880-864: The documentary film The Bowler and the Bunnet in 1967. The film described the Fairfield Experiment , a new approach to industrial relations carried out at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , Glasgow, during the 1960s; the experiment was initiated by Stewart and supported by George Brown , the First Secretary in Harold Wilson 's cabinet, in 1966. The company was facing closure, and Brown agreed to provide £1 million (£13.135 million; US$ 15.55 million in 2021 terms) to enable trade unions,
10010-474: The drama film Last Orders (2001) and the spy film Spy Game (2001). He appeared as Mr Schermerhorn in the historical film Gangs of New York (2002), directed by Martin Scorsese . His last screen appearances included the science-fiction action film Equilibrium (2002), , the superhero film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), with Sean Connery , and as Frank Sinatra 's attorney in
10140-514: The essay " The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction " (1939) and Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer in the Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947) said that the artifice of mass culture voids the artistic value (the aura ) of a work of art. That the capitalist culture industry (publishing and music, radio and cinema, etc.) continually produces artificial culture for mass consumption, which
10270-413: The family of late former Bond actor Roger Moore . Connery's longtime friend Michael Caine called him a "great star, brilliant actor and a wonderful friend". James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli released a statement saying Connery had "revolutionized the world with his gritty and witty portrayal of the sexy and charismatic secret agent. He is undoubtedly largely responsible for
10400-564: The film an "overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance". He also had prominent television roles in Rudolph Cartier 's 1961 productions of Adventure Story and Anna Karenina for BBC Television, co-starring with Claire Bloom in the latter. Also in 1961 he portrayed the title role in a CBC television film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth with Australian actress Zoe Caldwell cast as Lady Macbeth. Connery's breakthrough came in
10530-515: The film set and pointed a gun at Connery, only to have Connery disarm him and knock him flat on his back. Stompanato was banned from the set. Two Scotland Yard detectives advised Stompanato to leave and escorted him to the airport, where he boarded a plane back to the United States. Connery later recounted that he had to lie low for a while after receiving threats from men linked to Stompanato's boss, Mickey Cohen . In 1959, Connery landed
10660-524: The film through the editing process, ultimately deciding to retire from acting rather than go through such stress ever again. Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings films, saying he did not understand the script. He was reportedly offered US$ 30 million along with 15% of the worldwide box office receipts, which would have earned him US$ 450 million. He also turned down
10790-543: The filming of the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger , which involved a scene where Connery, as Bond, played golf against gold magnate Auric Goldfinger at Stoke Park Golf Club in Buckinghamshire. The golf scene saw him wear a Slazenger v-neck sweater, a brand which Connery became associated with while playing golf in his free time, with a light grey marl being a favoured colour. Record major championship winner and golf course designer Jack Nicklaus said, "He loved
10920-611: The game of golf – Sean was a pretty darn good golfer! – and we played together several times. In May 1993, Sean and legendary driver Jackie Stewart helped me open our design of the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles in Scotland". Connery's Scottish roots and his experiences in filming in Glasgow's shipyards in 1966 inspired him to become a member of the centre-left Scottish National Party (SNP), which supports Scottish independence from
11050-559: The late 19th and in the early 20th centuries. In art history the socio-cultural functions of avant-garde art trace from Dada (1915–1920s) through the Situationist International (1957–1972) to the postmodernism of the American Language poets (1960s–1970s). The French military term avant-garde (advanced guard) identified a reconnaissance unit who scouted the terrain ahead of the main force of
11180-757: The legend of the Untouchables, and when he's onscreen we can believe, briefly, that the Prohibition Era was inhabited by people, not caricatures". For his performance, Connery received a BAFTA nomination and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Connery starred in Steven Spielberg 's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), playing Henry Jones Sr. ,
11310-482: The males in previous generations of his family. Afterwards, he returned to the co-op and worked as a lorry driver, a lifeguard at Portobello swimming baths , a labourer, an artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art , and after a suggestion by former Mr. Scotland Archie Brennan , as a coffin polisher , among other jobs. The modelling earned him 15 shillings an hour. Artist Richard Demarco , at
11440-725: The management and the shareholders to try out new ways of industrial management . Having played Bond six times, Connery's global popularity was such that he shared a Golden Globe Henrietta Award with Charles Bronson for "World Film Favorite – Male" in 1972. He appeared in John Huston 's The Man Who Would Be King (1975) opposite Michael Caine. Playing two former British soldiers who set themselves up as kings in Kafiristan , both actors regarded it as their favourite film. The same year, he appeared in The Wind and
11570-646: The matters of the day, usually in political and sociologic opposition to the cultural conformity inherent to popular culture and to consumerism as a way of life and as a worldview . In The Theory of the Avant-Garde ( Teoria dell'arte d'avanguardia , 1962), the academic Renato Poggioli provides an early analysis of the avant-garde as art and as artistic movement. Surveying the historical and social, psychological and philosophical aspects of artistic vanguardism, Poggioli's examples of avant-garde art, poetry, and music, show that avant-garde artists share some values and ideals as contemporary bohemians . In Theory of
11700-535: The mediocrity of mass culture , which political disconnection transformed being an artist into "a profession, one of whose aspects is the pretense of overthrowing [the profession of being an artist]." Avant-garde is frequently defined in contrast to arrière-garde , which in its original military sense refers to a rearguard force that protects the advance-guard. The term was less frequently used than "avant-garde" in 20th-century art criticism. The art historians Natalie Adamson and Toby Norris argue that arrière-garde
11830-527: The most portrayals as James Bond with Roger Moore (with seven apiece). In June 1965, Time magazine observed "James Bond has developed into the biggest mass-cult hero of the decade". In 2024, the Edinburgh International Film Festival established an annual award in Connery's honour. The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence is a prize of £50,000 given to the makers of a film chosen by audience vote from
11960-543: The move and it was decided to return to the original plan in which Mick Jagger , the lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones, would play Alex, with the rest of the Stones as his droog gang; the production was shelved after Britain's chief censor, the Lord Chamberlain , indicated that he would not permit it to be made. Hemmings costarred with Richard Attenborough in the crime comedy, Only When I Larf (1968), then
12090-674: The narration for Rick Wakeman 's progressive-rock album Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974) – an adaptation of Jules Verne 's science-fiction novel A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) – which was recorded live. He starred as Bertie Wooster in the short-lived Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Jeeves (1975), for which an original cast album was released. After his death his autobiography, Blow Up... and Other Exaggerations – The Autobiography of David Hemmings ,
12220-638: The opportunity to appear as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series and the Architect in The Matrix trilogy. In 2005, he recorded voiceovers for the From Russia with Love video game with recording producer Terry Manning in the Bahamas, and provided his likeness. Connery said he was happy the producers, Electronic Arts , had approached him to voice Bond. When Connery received
12350-524: The original screenplay". His subsequent box-office hits included The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Russia House (1990), The Rock (1996), and Entrapment (1999). In 1996, he voiced the role of Draco the dragon in the film Dragonheart . He also appeared in a brief cameo as King Richard the Lionheart at the end of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). In 1998, Connery received
12480-593: The rock music of the 1970s, the "art" descriptor was generally understood to mean "aggressively avant-garde" or "pretentiously progressive". Post-punk artists from the late 1970s rejected traditional rock sensibilities in favor of an avant-garde aesthetic. Whereas the avant-garde has a significant history in 20th-century music, it is more pronounced in theatre and performance art, and often in conjunction with music and sound design innovations, as well as developments in visual media design. There are movements in theatre history that are characterized by their contributions to
12610-794: The role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Connery made his final appearance in the franchise in Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film. Connery is also known for his notable collaborations with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock , Sidney Lumet and John Huston . Their films in which Connery appeared included Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), The Offence (1973), Murder on
12740-415: The role of British secret agent James Bond . He was initially reluctant to commit to a film series, but understood that if the franchise succeeded, his film career would greatly benefit. Between 1962 and 1967, Connery played 007 in Dr. No , From Russia with Love , Goldfinger , Thunderball , and You Only Live Twice , the first five Bond films produced by Eon Productions . After departing from
12870-446: The role of James Bond owed a lot to Dana Broccoli, wife of producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli , who is reputed to have been instrumental in persuading her husband that Connery was the right man. James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming , originally doubted Connery's casting, saying, "He's not what I envisioned of James Bond looks", and "I'm looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stunt-man", adding that Connery (muscular, 6' 2", and
13000-511: The role, Connery returned for the seventh film, Diamonds Are Forever , in 1971. Connery made his final appearance as Bond in Never Say Never Again , a 1983 remake of Thunderball produced by Jack Schwartzman 's Taliafilm. All seven films were commercially successful. James Bond, as portrayed by Connery, was selected as the third-greatest hero in cinema history by the American Film Institute . The choice of Connery for
13130-507: The role. Although the film performed well at the box office, it was plagued with production problems: strife between the director and producer, financial problems, the Fleming estate trustees' attempts to halt the film, and Connery's wrist being broken by the fight choreographer, Steven Seagal . As a result of his negative experiences during filming, Connery became unhappy with the major studios and did not make any films for two years. Following
13260-513: The same year in Two Left Feet with Michael Crawford . Hemmings’ luck changed when he was cast in the lead of Blowup (1966). It was directed by Michelangelo Antonioni , who detested the "Method" way of acting . He sought a fresh young face for the lead in the film. He found Hemmings, at the time acting in small-stage theatre in London, although at their first meeting Antonioni told Hemmings, "You look wrong. You're too young." Hemmings
13390-683: The science fiction thriller Outland . In 1982, Connery narrated G'olé! , the official film of the 1982 FIFA World Cup . That same year, he was offered the role of Daddy Warbucks in Annie , going as far as taking voice lessons for the John Huston musical before turning down the part. Connery agreed to reprise Bond as an ageing agent 007 in Never Say Never Again , released in October 1983. The title, contributed by his wife, refers to his earlier statement that he would "never again" return to
13520-644: The script, resetting the story from Harvard to Cambridge University . He directed the drama film The 14 (1973), which won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival . Hemmings directed David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich in the drama film Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo (also known as Just a Gigolo ) (1978). The film was poorly received, with Bowie describing it as "my 32 Elvis Presley films rolled into one". Later, after relocating to Hollywood, he directed
13650-490: The script. Connery insisted that Ken Adam build a special Plexiglas partition inside the pool, but this was not a fixed structure, and one of the sharks managed to pass through it. He had to abandon the pool immediately. Although Bond had made him a star, Connery grew tired of the role and the pressure the franchise put on him, saying "[I am] fed up to here with the whole Bond bit" and "I have always hated that damned James Bond. I'd like to kill him". Michael Caine said of
13780-610: The situation, "If you were his friend in these early days you didn't raise the subject of Bond. He was, and is, a much better actor than just playing James Bond, but he became synonymous with Bond. He'd be walking down the street and people would say, 'Look, there's James Bond'. That was particularly upsetting to him". While making the Bond films, Connery also starred in other films such as Alfred Hitchcock 's Marnie (1964) and Sidney Lumet 's The Hill (1965), which film critic Peter Bradshaw regards as his two great non-Bond pictures from
13910-739: The start of his career. He sang as a boy soprano in several works by composer Benjamin Britten , who formed a close friendship with him at this time. Most notably Hemmings created the role of Miles in Britten's chamber opera Turn of the Screw (1954). His intimate yet innocent relationship with Britten is described in John Bridcut 's book Britten's Children (2006). Although many commentators identified Britten's relationship with Hemmings as based on an infatuation, throughout his life Hemmings maintained categorically that Britten's conduct with him
14040-465: The studio's titles unit). He once joked "People thought I was dead. But I wasn't. I was just directing The A-Team ." Hemmings also directed the puzzle-contest video Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984). He directed (and acted in) the television film The Key to Rebecca (1985), an adaptation of Ken Follett 's 1980 novel of the same name . He also briefly served as a producer on
14170-532: The success of the film series and we shall be forever grateful to him". In 2004, a poll in the UK Sunday Herald recognised Connery as "The Greatest Living Scot" and a 2011 EuroMillions survey named him "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century" in 1999. Connery shares the record for
14300-557: The successful European production The Name of the Rose (1986), for which he won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor , Connery's interest in more commercial material was revived. That same year, a supporting role in Highlander showcased his ability to play older mentors to younger leads, which became a recurring role in many of his later films. In 1987, Connery starred in Brian De Palma 's The Untouchables , where he played
14430-474: The time a student who painted several early pictures of Connery, described him as "very straight, slightly shy, too, too beautiful for words, a virtual Adonis". Connery began bodybuilding at the age of 18, and from 1951 trained heavily with Ellington, a former gym instructor in the British Army . While his official website states he was third in the 1950 Mr. Universe contest, most sources place him in
14560-425: The title character's father, and received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Harrison Ford said Connery's contributions at the writing stage enhanced the film. "It was amazing for me in how far he got into the script and went after exploiting opportunities for character. His suggestions to George [Lucas] at the writing stage really gave the character and the picture a lot more complexity and value than it had in
14690-547: The title role. Neither film did well at the box office, with Alfred the Great being a notable flop. Hemmings was cast in further lead roles at the start of the 1970s : The Walking Stick (1970) with Samantha Eggar for MGM; Fragment of Fear (1970), a thriller; and Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971). He went to Hollywood to play a supporting role in The Love Machine (1971). Back in Britain he starred in
14820-737: The young actor his first chance in a leading role, and cast Connery as Mountain McLintock in BBC Television's production of Requiem for a Heavyweight , which also starred Warren Mitchell and Jacqueline Hill . He then played a rogue lorry driver, Johnny Yates, in Cy Endfield 's Hell Drivers (1957) alongside Stanley Baker , Herbert Lom , Peggy Cummins , and Patrick McGoohan . Later in 1957, Connery appeared in Terence Young 's poorly received MGM action picture Action of
14950-470: Was named after his paternal grandfather. He was brought up at No. 176 Fountainbridge , a block which has since been demolished. His mother, Euphemia McBain "Effie" McLean, was a cleaning woman. The daughter of Neil McLean and Helen Forbes Ross, she was named after her father's mother, Euphemia McBain, wife of John McLean and daughter of William McBain from Ceres in Fife. Connery's father, Joseph Connery,
15080-708: Was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In 1967, he co-founded the Hemdale Film Corporation . From the late 1970s on, he worked mainly as a character actor and occasionally as director. David Hemmings was born in Guildford , Surrey , to a father who was a biscuit salesman and a homemaker mother. His education at Alleyn's School , Glyn Grammar School in Ewell and the Arts Educational Schools led him to music performance at
15210-401: Was a factory worker and lorry driver. Two of his paternal great-grandparents emigrated to Scotland from Wexford, Ireland , in the mid-19th century, with his great-grandfather James Connery being an Irish Traveller . The remainder of his family was of Scottish descent, and his maternal great-grandparents were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife and Uig on Skye . His father was
15340-681: Was as Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). Connery received numerous accolades. For his role in The Untouchables (1987), he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , the first Scottish actor to win the achievement, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture , and in the same year he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his role in The Name of
15470-523: Was beyond reproach at all times. Hemmings had earlier played the title role in Britten's The Little Sweep (1952), which was part of Britten's Let's Make an Opera ! children's production. Britten's interest in Hemmings ceased abruptly from the moment his voice broke, which occurred unexpectedly while he was singing the aria 'Malo' during a performance of The Turn of the Screw in 1956 in Paris. Britten
15600-679: Was furious, waved Hemmings away, and never had any further contact with him. Hemmings then moved on to acting in films. He made his first film appearance in the drama film The Rainbow Jacket (1954). He also appeared in Saint Joan (1957). Hemmings had bigger roles in Five Clues to Fortune (1957), The Heart Within (1957) and No Trees in the Street (1959), directed by J. Lee Thompson . He also had roles in Men of Tomorrow (1959), In
15730-501: Was happy with the film "with certain reservations". In The Hill , Connery wanted to act in something that wasn't Bond related, and he used his leverage as a star to feature in it. While the film wasn't a financial success it was a critical one, debuting at the Cannes Film Festival winning Best Screenplay. The first of five films he made with Lumet, Connery considered him to be one of his favourite directors. The respect
15860-575: Was mutual, with Lumet saying of Connery's performance in The Hill , "The thing that was apparent to me – and to most directors – was how much talent and ability it takes to play that kind of character who is based on charm and magnetism. It's the equivalent of high comedy and he did it brilliantly." In the mid-1960s, Connery played golf with Scottish industrialist Iain Maxwell Stewart , a connection which led to Connery directing and presenting
15990-399: Was offered a trial with East Fife . While on tour with South Pacific , Connery played in a football match against a local team that Matt Busby , manager of Manchester United , happened to be scouting. According to reports, Busby was impressed with his physical prowess and offered Connery a contract worth £25 a week (equivalent to £882 in 2023) immediately after the game. Connery said he
16120-456: Was offered the part of the protagonist, a London fashion photographer who accidentally photographs evidence of a murder, after Sean Connery turned the role down because Antonioni would not show him the full script but only a seven-page treatment stored in a cigarette packet. The resulting film was a critical and commercial sensation for MGM , which financed it, and helped turn Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave into stars. "I've been discovered half
16250-523: Was placed in Tallinn , Estonia, outside The Scottish Club, whose membership includes Estonian Scotophiles and a handful of expatriate Scots. In 2012, Connery briefly came out of retirement to voice the title character in the Scottish animated film Sir Billi . Connery served as executive producer for an expanded 80-minute version. During the production of South Pacific in the mid-1950s, Connery dated
16380-509: Was promoted to the featured role of Lieutenant Buzz Adams, which Larry Hagman had portrayed in the West End . While in Edinburgh, Connery was targeted by the Valdor gang, one of the most violent in the city. He was first approached by them in a billiard hall where he prevented them from stealing his jacket and was later followed by six gang members to a 15-foot-high (4.6 m) balcony at
16510-585: Was published in 2004. Hemmings was married four times: to Genista Ouvry (1960–1967), actress Gayle Hunnicutt (1968–1975), Prudence de Casembroot (1976–1997), and Lucy Williams (2002 to his death). Hemmings met Hunnicutt while he was in America promoting Blowup , by which time his marriage to Ouvry was over. At their outdoor wedding, Henry Mancini conducted an orchestra and the Mamas and the Papas performed next to
16640-536: Was separated in the early 1970s when he dated Dyan Cannon , Jill St. John , Lana Wood , Carole Mallory , and Magda Konopka . In her 2006 autobiography, Cilento alleged that he had abused her mentally and physically during their relationship. Connery cancelled an appearance at the Scottish Parliament in 2006 because of controversy over his alleged support of abuse of women. He denied claims he told Playboy magazine in 1965, "I don't think there
16770-449: Was tempted to accept, but he recalls, "I realised that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23. I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves". Seeking to supplement his income, Connery helped out backstage at the King's Theatre in late 1951. During a bodybuilding competition held in London in 1953, one of
16900-415: Was the sole star of an anti-war film, The Long Day's Dying (1968). Both films flopped. More financially successful was the science fiction sex comedy Barbarella (1968), starring Jane Fonda in which Hemmings had a key supporting role. He played the lead in two period films for MGM: a comedy, The Best House in London (1969), and the historical epic Alfred the Great (1969), in which Hemmings had
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