In the Fall of 2020 we lost one of our favorite good guy spies, adventurers, and knights, both on the screen and off. Sir Thomas Sean Connery’s delightful moments in cinematic history were far and wide. His Scottish swagger produced the best of Ian Fleming’s 007. His long life spanned 9 decades from August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020.
The very first, but not the last, Sean Connery went down in 007 history as the quintessential James Bond in seven films.
One of my favorite scenes has always been his moment on the beach orchestrating his version of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds in order to take down a German plane hell-bent on wiping out the father and son duo. Today we remember him and never forget his fearless, endless commitment to his craft.
— Sir Thomas Sean Connery as Doctor Henry Walton Jones, Senior, Scottish professor of medieval literature and Grail lore expert and Harrison Ford as Doctor Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Junior, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989.
“I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne: ‘Let my armies be the rocks and the trees – and the birds in the sky.’”
— Sir Thomas Sean Connery as Doctor Henry Walton Jones, Senior, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989