Where Are They Now - Friday, August 26, 2016

Hello fans,

Sean Connery is a legend of the silver screen. He's now retired, but there's always hope that he'll return to film.

For now, why don't we learn a little more about his extensive career and find out what he's doing now?

Take care,
Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

John Vernon - He played Dean Wormer in the movie "Animal House", he also appeared in "Dirty Harry", "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and other movies as well as the Canadian TV series "Wojeck"

Leigh Taylor-Young - She appeared in the movies "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!", "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" and "Soylent Green", she played the mayor on the TV series "Picket Fences"

Nicol Williamson - He played Merlin in the movie "Excalibur" and Sherlock Holmes in the movie "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution"



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Sean Connery

Learn More About Sean Connery on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: August 25, 1930, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

BIRTH NAME: Thomas Sean Connery.

CLAIM TO FAME: Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.

FAMILY LIFE: He was married to actress Diane Cilento in 1962 but they later divorced in 1973. They had a son, Jason Connery, who was born in 1963. In 1975, he married Micheline Roquebrune. In 1997, his son Jason and his ex-wife, actress Mia Sara had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery.

INFO: Growing up, Connery had a variety of jobs, including milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder.

He joined the Royal Navy, but was discharged because of medical problems. He had to decide between becoming a professional footballer or actor, and chose the latter.

His first major movie role was No Road Back (1957), and he followed this with many TV movies including Anna Christie (1957), Macbeth (1961) and Anna Karenina (1961).

Some of his early films include Hell Drivers (1957), Another Time, Another Place (1958), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), The Frightened City (1961).

In 1962, he broke through when he starred as secret agent James Bond in Dr. No (1962). He played James Bond in six more films: From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Never Say Never Again (1983).

He was nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for his performance in 1987's The Untouchables. Other later films include Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Rising Sun (1993), The Rock (1996), Finding Forrester (2000), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).

TRIVIA: Was knighted by Elizabeth II in July 2000, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in the US.

In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.

Has been polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure."

Was generally referred to in his youth as Tommy.

Took dancing lessons for 11 years. His teacher was the Swedish dancer Yat Malmgren.

Donated his salary from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) to charity.

Older brother of Neil Connery.

A bronze bust sculpture of Connery was placed in the capital city of Estonia in 2010.

WHERE IS HE NOW: In 2006, Connery received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award and he confirmed he was retiring from acting.

Connery did return to voice acting, and played the title character in the animated short Sir Billi the Vet. He also recorded voiceovers for a video game version of the Bond film From Russia with Love. In 2010, he reprised his role in an expanded 80-minute version of Sir Billi, serving also as executive producer.

He last appeared in public in 2012 at the US Open Tennis Tournament to support tennis player and fellow Scotsman Andy Murray.

WRITE TO SEAN CONNERY:
Sean Connery
c/o Fountainbridge Films, Twentieth Century Fox
10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.seanconnery.com/

CREDITS:

2012 Sir Billi...Sir Billi (voice, as Sir Sean Connery)

2006 Sir Billi the Vet...Sir Billi (voice)

2005 James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (Video Game)...James Bond (voice)

2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...Allan Quatermain

2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series documentary)...John Muir
- Yearning to Breathe Free (2003)

2000 Finding Forrester...William Forrester

1999 Entrapment...Robert MacDougal

1998 Playing by Heart...Paul

1998 The Avengers...Sir August de Wynter

1996 The Rock...John Patrick Mason

1996 DragonHeart...Draco (voice)

1995 First Knight...King Arthur

1995 Just Cause...Paul Armstrong

1994 A Good Man in Africa...Dr. Alex Murray

1993 Rising Sun...Capt. John Connor

1992 Medicine Man...Dr. Robert Campbell

1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves...King Richard (uncredited)

1991 Highlander II: The Quickening...Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez

1990 The Russia House...Barley

1990 The Hunt for Red October...Marko Ramius

1989 Family Business...Jessie

1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade...Professor Henry Jones

1988 Memories of Me...Sean Connery (uncredited)

1988 The Presidio...Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell

1987 The Untouchables...Jim Malone

1986 The Name of the Rose...William of Baskerville

1986 Highlander...Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez

1984 Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...The Green Knight

1983 Never Say Never Again...James Bond

1982 Five Days One Summer...Douglas Meredith

1982 Wrong Is Right...Patrick Hale

1981 Time Bandits...King Agamemnon / Fireman

1981 Outland...Marshall William T. O'Niel

1979 Cuba...Maj. Robert Dapes

1979 Meteor...Paul Bradley

1978 The Great Train Robbery...Pierce

1977 A Bridge Too Far...Major General Urquhart

1976 The Next Man...Khalil Abdul-Muhsen

1976 Robin and Marian...Robin Hood

1975 The Man Who Would Be King...Daniel Dravot

1975 The Wind and the Lion...Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli

1974 Murder on the Orient Express...Col. Arbuthnot

1974/II The Terrorists...Col. Nils Tahlvik

1974 Zardoz...Zed

1972 The Offence...Detective Sergeant Johnson

1971 Diamonds Are Forever...James Bond

1971 The Anderson Tapes...Anderson

1970 The Molly Maguires...Jack Kehoe

1969 The Red Tent...Roald Amundsen

1969 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series)...MacNeil
- MacNeil (1969) ... MacNeil

1969 Male of the Species (TV Movie)...MacNeil

1968 Shalako...Shalako

1967 You Only Live Twice...James Bond

1966 A Fine Madness...Samson Shillitoe

1965 Thunderball...James Bond

1965 The Hill...Joe Roberts

1964 Goldfinger...James Bond

1964 Marnie...Mark Rutland

1964 Woman of Straw...Anthony 'Tony' Richmond

1963 From Russia with Love...James Bond

1962 Dr. No...James Bond

1962 The Longest Day...Pvt. Flanagan

1961 Anna Karenina (TV Movie)...Count Alexis Wronski

1961 Operation Snafu...Pedlar Pascoe

1961 The Frightened City...Paddy Damion

1961 Macbeth (TV Movie)...Macbeth

1961 Adventure Story (TV Series)...Alexander

1960 Without the Grail (TV Movie)...Innes Corrie

1960 An Age of Kings (TV Series)...Harry Percy / Henry Percy / Hotspur

1960 Riders to the Sea (TV Movie)...Bartley

1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series)...Julien
- Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe (1960)

1956-1959 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series)...John Proctor / Rick Martell / Various Roles

1959 Tarzan's Greatest Adventure...O'Bannion

1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People...Michael McBride

1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV Series)...Michael MacBride
- I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (1959)

1958 Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
- The Boy with Meat Axe (1958)

1958 Women in Love (TV Movie)...Johnnie in 'The Return'

1958 A Night to Remember...Titanic Deck Hand (uncredited)

1958 Another Time, Another Place...Mark Trevor

1957 Action of the Tiger...Mike

1957 ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series)...Mat Burke
- Anna Christie (1957)

1957 Time Lock...Welder #1

1957 Anna Christie (TV Movie)...Mat Burke

1957 Hell Drivers...Johnny Kates

1957 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series)...Mountain McClintock
- Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957)

1957 Blood Money (TV Movie)...Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

1957 No Road Back...Spike

1957 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)...Porter
- Jack Hires Opera Singer in Rome (1957)

1956 Sailor of Fortune (TV Series)...Achmed
- The Crescent and the Star (1956)

1956 Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series)...Joe Brasted
- Ladies of the Manor (1956)

1954 Simon (Short)...Policeman

1954 Let's Make Up...Undetermined Role (uncredited)

To see Then & Now pictures of Sean Connery, visit:
http://www.celebritynooz.com/sean_connery.aspx

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
John Vernon - DEAD (Surgical complications)
Born: 02/24/1932 Died: 02/01/2005

Leigh Taylor-Young - ALIVE
Born: 01/25/1944

Nicol Williamson - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 09/14/1936 Died: 12/16/2011

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
8/24
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai, 96, Indian politician, Governor of West Bengal (1998-1999).
Walter Scheel, 97, German politician, President of West Germany (1974-1979), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969-1974) and Vice-Chancellor (1969-1974).

8/23
Andreas Barkoulis, 80, Greek actor.
Steven Hill, 94, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Law & Order, The Firm).
Esther Jungreis, 80, Hungarian-born American religious leader, founder of Hineni.
Denny Kass, 59, American professional wrestler.
Evita Muñoz, 79, Mexican actress, pneumonia.
Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, 93, American World War II pilot ace and politician, mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (1973-1981).
Henning Voscherau, 75, German politician, mayor of Hamburg (1988-1997), brain tumor.
Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (1983-2005).

8/22
Farid Ali, 71, Bangladeshi actor.
Michael Brooks, 58, American basketball player (La Salle, San Diego Clippers, Indiana Pacers), stroke.
Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester, 92, Spanish politician, President of ERC (1996-2004).
Jackson B. Davis, 98, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1956-1980).
Girolamo Grillo, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (1983-2006).
Morihiko Hiramatsu, 92, Japanese politician, Governor of Oita Prefecture (1979-2003).
Per Lønning, 88, Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, MP (1958-1965).
Edward Malefakis, 84, American history professor.
S. R. Nathan, 92, Singaporean politician, President (1999-2011), stroke.
Geneton Moraes Neto, 60, Brazilian writer and journalist, aortic aneurysm.
Jacqueline Pagnol, 95, French actress (Topaze).
Gilli Smyth, 83, English singer (Gong).
Toots Thielemans, 94, Belgian jazz guitarist, whistler and harmonica player (Man Bites Harmonica!).
Elsie Wayne, 84, Canadian politician, MP from St. John (1993-2004).

8/21
Headley Bennett, 85, Jamaican saxophonist.
Basia Frydman, 70, Polish-born Swedish actress (The Slingshot).
Peter deCourcy Hero, 73, American philanthropy consultant, esophageal cancer.
Sir Antony Jay, 86, English broadcaster, director and writer (Yes Minister).
Marin Moraru, 79, Romanian actor.
Benet Rosell, 78, Spanish artist.
Guido Schmidt-Chiari, 84, Austrian banker (Creditanstalt).
Derek Smith, 85, British jazz pianist.
Rab Stewart, 54, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk).

8/20
Detlev Blanke, 75, German Esperantist.
Mark Chellgren, 62, American journalist (Associated Press).
Lilia Cuntapay, 81, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle & Roll, Brokedown Palace, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay).
George E. Curry, 69, American journalist.
Daniela Dessì, 59, Italian opera singer, cancer.
Irving Fields, 101, American pianist.[39]
Jim Gibbons, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), double pneumonia.
Harry Gilmer, 90, American football player (Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions).
Charles-Émile Loo, 94, French politician, member of the European Parliament (1979-1989) and the National Assembly (1967-1968, 1973-1978).
Vagn Lundbye (da), 82, Danish author.
Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski, 73, Polish artist.
Ignacio Padilla, 47, Mexican writer, traffic collision.
Joseph A. Palaia, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1989-2008).
Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo, 80, Ecuadorian artist.
Brian Rix, 92, British actor (And the Same to You) and activist (Mencap).
Matt Roberts, 38, American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down) and songwriter ("Kryptonite"), apparent prescription drug overdose.
Morton Schindel, 98, American film producer.
Tom Searle, 28, British metalcore guitarist (Architects), melanoma.
Louis Stewart, 72, Irish jazz guitarist.
Morris A. Wessel, 98, American pediatrician.