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Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Barry Nelson. Actor: The Shining. A genial, well-respected, all-around "nice guy", the breezily handsome Barry Nelson was born Haakon Robert Nielsen on April 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California, to Betsy (Christophersen) and Trygve "Ted" Nielsen, both Norwegian immigrants.
Apr 14, 2007 · Barry Nelson, an actor who had a long career in film and television, starred in some of the more durable Broadway comedies of the 1950s and ’60s, and achieved a permanent place in the minds...
Apr 14, 2007 · Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player during the 1940s who later had a prolific theater career and was the first actor to play James Bond onscreen, has died. He was 89.
Apr 16, 2007 · Barry Nelson, a Broadway leading man who launched his career at MGM in the 1940s and earned a niche in show business history as the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond – as an...
Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Apr 14, 2007 · Barry Nelson, the first actor to play James Bond on screen, has died aged 89. Nelson played the famous spy in a one-hour TV adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954. He signed to MGM in the...
Barry Nelson, the likable, average-Joe star of some of the biggest Broadway comedies of the '50s and '60s, died April 7 while traveling in Bucks County, PA, it was reported.
Dec 30, 2007 · In “Airport,” Barry Nelson appears as a kind of Moses of early ’70s moderation, leading a planeful of Old Hollywood types into the new decade, using his pilot’s seat as a bully pulpit....
Contrary to popular belief, the honour of being the first actor to play James Bond fell not on Sean Connery, but on American Barry Nelson, who starred in this live 1 hour production of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. The performance on 21st October 1954 (8.30pm EST) was the first in CBS's 'Climax' series of dramas.
