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Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player in the 1940s, who later had a prolific theatre career and was the first actor to play James Bond on screen, has died aged 89.
He played Bond in a TV adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954.
Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player in the 1940s, who later had a prolific theatre career and was the first actor to play James Bond on screen, has died aged 89.
He played Bond in a TV adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954.
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