James Bond role catapulted Sean Connery to stardom

Sean Connery shot to stardom as James Bond (PA)

He enjoyed a long and varied film career spanning 50 years, but Sean Connery will undoubtedly be remembered as the first – and some say definitive – James Bond.

His performance in Dr No in 1962 set the jobbing actor and former milkman on a path that would lead to Hollywood stardom and all its trappings.