The first actor in a James Bond production was Barry Nelson in the 21 October 1954 television production of Casino Royale.
The first radio actor in a James Bond production was Bob Holness in a 1956 South African broadcasr of Moonraker.
The first actor in the Albert Broccoli series of James Bond films was Sean Connery.
The first actor that has played James Bond was Sean Connery.
No actor has ever received an Oscar for playing James Bond.
Sean Connery
The very first actor to portray James Bond onscreen was Barry Nelson in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale on Climax!. The first actor in an official Eon Productions James Bond film was Sean Connery in 1962's Dr. No.
First Actor (as James Bond): Sean Connery First James Bond movie: Dr. No
The first actor to play James Bond was Sean Connery and he is, at the time of writing, on 6th Feb 2010, still alive.
The 2nd James Bond actor was actually David Niven and many others in the farce movie Casino Royale. However, within the normal "James Bond" movie franchise, the 2nd James Bond actor was George Lazenby, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Sean Connery
Sean Connery was the first to play Bond in Dr. No in 1962.
Sean Connery
The first film to feature Scottish actor in the role of James Bond was Dr. No (1962).
The first actor ever to portray James Bond on screen was Barry Nelson in 1954's made-for-television film Casino Royale on Climax!. The first actor in the official Eon Productions series of Bond films was Sean Connery, in 1962's Dr. No.