Years before he ever suited up as the maniacal supervillain Homelander, Antony Starr screen tested for the role of James Bond ...

1967's Casino Royale was a parody of the tropes from James Bond films. The film stars David Niven as a retired James Bond, forced to take command of MI:6 as M to combat SMERSH. Although another ...

Fleming wanted the handsome and debonair David Niven, London-born but with strong ... that ‘No Time To Die’ would be his last James Bond film, there has been feverish speculation about his ...

Distraught, Bond vows vengeance on the entire organization of SMERSH. English actor David Niven (1910- 1983) as Sir James Bond in the spy spoof 'Casino Royale', 1967. ... [+] (Photo by Silver ...

(A seventh, David Niven, played Bond in the non-Eon version of "Casino Royale" in 1967.) With Craig's run over, we've already been pondering who could replace him as the next James Bond.

All it took was three words; "Bond. James Bond," and movie-going audiences were hooked. When Sean Connery debuted as Ian Fleming's fictional MI6 agent in 1962's Dr. No, no one knew what to expect.