October 14: Happy Birthday Roger Moore

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Sir Roger Moore turns 89 today. After working in films in the 1950s without much success, Moore made his name in television, in series like Ivanhoe, Maverick (as cousin Beau, a part reportedly turned down by Sean Connery), and most tellingly as the Robin Hood-like detective/adventurer Simon Templar in The Saint. In the early 1970s, Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman came calling, with a role in a series of films about a certain secret agent:
https://youtu.be/vmyGlOoCbp0

Moore played James Bond in seven films for Eon Productions, more than any other actor. His portrayal of Bond is not everyone’s favorite, but there’s no denying it was successful—five of those seven films ranked in the top 10 at the box office for their year of release. During his years as Bond, Moore made some other interesting films, including the war movie The Wild Geese, a thriller called North Sea Hijack, and the silly but fun The Cannonball Run, where he played Seymour Goldfarb, who thinks he is Roger Moore and drives an Aston Martin DB-5 (with modifications).