Comparing how Roger Moore and Sean Connery aged

Blush Proof · 06-03-2019 2:29pm #1

It's very interesting to compare how these men aged. Connery seemed to age quickly initially. Even in his first Bond movie, he looked a good bit older than 31. By the time Connery finished 'Diamonds are Forever' he looked a lot older than Moore would look two years later... and time Moore was actually older than Connery anyway!

But yet by the time the nineties came, Connery began to look younger again (or at least looked better), and Moore began to look ancient. In the movie 'The Rock', Connery looked damn fine. But when Connery did 'Never Say Never Again', people must have been thinking he was like an old granddad.

rgodard80a · 06-03-2019 2:36pm

Yeah, but Connery has lived twice.

branie2 · 06-03-2019 2:39pm

Roger didn't have to wear a toupee in his Bond films

seamus · 06-03-2019 2:43pm

Connery (eventually) owned his baldness and white hair and bearded up. This has a tendency to freeze aging in its tracks. You look 50+, but then stay like that until your late 70s.

Moore by contrast only seemed to have a receding hairline as a pensioner and apparently continued to dye his hair well into old age.

As a result when the person stops wearing toupeés and dying their hair, they can look like they've aged 20 years in a matter of weeks.

For example, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Harrison Ford was 47. Connery was 59, but you well believed that he could could be Indy's father.

TheValeyard · 06-03-2019 2:44pm

rgodard80a wrote: »

Yeah, but Connery has lived twice.

Right, we're done here.

Good job everyone.

pleas advice · 06-03-2019 2:44pm

Thats Entrapment!

EmmetSpiceland · 06-03-2019 2:56pm

Moore’s grannyish style of eye wear didn’t do him any favours in later life. Made him look like an old crone.

Tacklebox · 06-03-2019 2:58pm

Most of my gay friends fancied Moore, and the ladies were more into Connery

Pussygalore was my favourite

sbsquarepants · 06-03-2019 3:00pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Moore’s grannyish style of eye wear didn’t do him any favours in later life. Made him look like an old crone.

I don't know what you're talking about Emmet.

I watched live and let die the other day and he still looked every bit as good as he did in the early 70's. The chicks were mad for him!

RMAOK · 06-03-2019 3:02pm

What about the other Bond's? George lazenby or Timothy Dalton. Did they age worse than Connery or Moore??

branie2 · 06-03-2019 3:03pm

Pierce Brosnan aged well

EmmetSpiceland · 06-03-2019 3:03pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I don't know what you're talking about Emmet.

I watched live and let die the other day and he still looked every bit as good as he did in the early 70's. The chicks were mad for him!

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve no doubt the ladies fizzed for him.

And why wouldn’t they? The man could do more with the raising of an eyebrow than most could do with a dozen roses, a box of chocolates, and a liberal splash of Brut.

But, those glasses. Just no.

Yamanoto · 06-03-2019 3:05pm

Tacklebox wrote: »

Pussygalore was my favourite

They missed a trick not calling this fella Handjob

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Mad_maxx · 06-03-2019 3:10pm

Blush Proof wrote: »

It's very interesting to compair how these men aged. Connery seemed to age quickly initially. Even in his first Bond movie, he looked a good bit older than 31. And by the time Moore took on the role of Bond he was actually older than Connery. Still Moore looked younger.

But by the time the nineties came, Connery began to look younger again (or at least looked better). In the movie 'The Rock', he looked damn fine. But when Connery did 'Never Say Never Again', people must have been thinking he was like an old granddad.

I liked Roger Moore even though he was a terrible actor but he looked as old as the day he died around 1996, remember him briefly appearing in the spice girls movie ( you try not watching whatever is on on a flight to Australia) which was only twelve years after his last bond and he looked ancient

The Satanist · 06-03-2019 3:12pm

James Bond is nothing but a load of brit propaganda, fook that schit

Mad_maxx · 06-03-2019 3:12pm

RMAOK wrote: »

What about the other Bond's? George lazenby or Timothy Dalton. Did they age worse than Connery or Moore??

Lazenby looked old twenty five years ago

tylercheribini · 06-03-2019 3:15pm

By Moore's own admission A View To Kill was one adventure to far, aging wise he seemed to have fallen off a cliff between that and the previous installment, Octopussy.

eviltimeban · 06-03-2019 3:20pm

Daniel Craig is now 51, so how does he rank in terms of age of playing Bond? He's holding it together though, he looks good and I think that nowadays 50 is the new 40 when it comes to actors - the likes of Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise all looking much younger than their ages as they progress into their 50s.

I quite like the idea of an "older" Bond - not the Fleming chauvinist gentleman spy, but someone like what Craig is playing - world weary, damaged, but with a job to do and a vocation for it. What I liked about Skyfall was how wrecked he looked in the first part, injured and in pain.

When they replace Craig it should be with someone in their early 40s; I can't really fathom a modern Bond who would be 35, say.

Beasty · 06-03-2019 3:20pm

If you could look at them both now, I suspect Connery would come out as having aged a lot better....

Blush Proof · 06-03-2019 3:22pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

he looked as old as the day he died around 1996

Yeah, the same year Connery made 'The Rock' and looked incredibly handsome.

But yet around the year Connery made 'Diamonds are Forever' (which was before Moore's first Bond), Moore would've looked a lot younger than Connery. Interesting.

Blush Proof · 06-03-2019 3:24pm

seamus wrote: »

Connery (eventually) owned his baldness and white hair and bearded up. This has a tendency to freeze aging in its tracks. You look 50+, but then stay like that until your late 70s.

As a result when the person stops wearing toupeés and dying their hair, they can look like they've aged 20 years in a matter of weeks.

Maybe if I had terrible eye sight I'd agree. But no, I don't think it has anything to do with boldness.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 06-03-2019 3:28pm

eviltimeban wrote: »

Daniel Craig is now 51, so how does he rank in terms of age of playing Bond? He's holding it together though, he looks good and I think that nowadays 50 is the new 40 when it comes to actors - the likes of Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise all looking much younger than their ages as they progress into their 50s.

I quite like the idea of an "older" Bond - not the Fleming chauvinist gentleman spy, but someone like what Craig is playing - world weary, damaged, but with a job to do and a vocation for it. What I liked about Skyfall was how wrecked he looked in the first part, injured and in pain.

When they replace Craig it should be with someone in their early 40s; I can't really fathom a modern Bond who would be 35, say.

I never took to Craig, I don't picture Bond as sandy haired.

I liked the dark handsome ones like Brosnan and Dalton.

pleas advice · 06-03-2019 3:33pm

RMAOK wrote: »

What about the other Bond's? George lazenby or Timothy Dalton. Did they age worse than Connery or Moore??

Timothy Dalton seems to have aged well,

MrCostington · 06-03-2019 3:43pm

eviltimeban wrote: »

I quite like the idea of an "older" Bond - not the Fleming chauvinist gentleman spy, but someone like what Craig is playing - world weary, damaged, but with a job to do and a vocation for it. What I liked about Skyfall was how wrecked he looked in the first part, injured and in pain.

Couldn't agree more. I hesitate to type this, having been a Bond fan since Connery's days, but I think Craig may be the best bond ever. There, I said it. And Skyfall, the best adventure yet for the exact same reasons you cite. Dalton in the same mold - both more serious in the role, as you would expect in real life.

Sorry to go further OT, but I was so excited to hear Danny Boyle was going to direct the next one, and so upset to here he was not!!

To answer the OP, I think Connery retained more rugged good looks.

Lorelli! · 06-03-2019 3:47pm

I think they both aged alright if you look at them both at 88 just that Sean Connery was a better looking man.

Never got into the Bond films but for some reason if someone mentions it, the first person I think of is Connery.

Roger Hassenforder · 06-03-2019 3:50pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uxTByi3o-0

On fairness to Roger, he didnt take himself seriously, always seemed to be in on the joke

tylercheribini · 06-03-2019 4:01pm

Tommy Lee Jones aged in the womb.

Blush Proof · 06-03-2019 4:50pm

MrCostington wrote: »

To answer the OP, I think Connery retained more rugged good looks.

And Moore aged like a woman

rizzodun · 06-03-2019 4:53pm

Tacklebox wrote: »

Most of my gay friends fancied Moore, and the ladies were more into Connery

Pussygalore was my favourite

Username checks out..

El Weirdo · 06-03-2019 4:54pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Nx7jNqHqI

fatknacker · 06-03-2019 5:41pm

I never really got the mass and unquestioned appeal of either, really. They always looked too old, eyebrowey and smarmy for my liking. I know it's each to their own with taste but there's a consensus that they are up there as being the biggest sex symbols of their time. I'm sure the Bond role helped.

Same with Robert Redford. I think a lot of the time it's a case of them being held in high regard of having "sex appeal" and the crowd following suit in that its understood that they are meant to be ideal. They became the go-to guys of sexy men.

Roger Hassenforder · 06-03-2019 6:18pm

fatknacker wrote: »

I never really got the mass and unquestioned appeal of either, really. They always looked too old, eyebrowey and smarmy for my liking. I know it's each to their own with taste but there's a consensus that they are up there as being the biggest sex symbols of their time. I'm sure the Bond role helped.

Same with Robert Redford. I think a lot of the time it's a case of them being held in high regard of having "sex appeal" and the crowd following suit in that its understood that they are meant to be ideal. They became the go-to guys of sexy men.

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06-03-2019 6:55pm

It's always interesting to me how men perceive other men ageing.

When Sean Connery was an old man, he looked like an old man. A fairly healthy one, but still an old baldie guy. When Moore was an old man he looked just like an old man. One with hair, but still an old man. Both looked their ages.

I think how people perceive them as old men has a lot to do with how they were regarded as young men. Otherwise, you wouldn't look twice at either of them in the street once they hit middle age. I'm sure they're both great guys, but neither discovered the fountain of youth.

Mad_maxx · 06-03-2019 7:25pm

Blush Proof wrote: »

Yeah, the same year Connery made 'The Rock' and looked incredible handsome.

But yet around the year Connery made 'Diamonds are Forever' (which was before Moore's first Bond), Moore would've looked a lot younger. Interesting.

Good point, Connery aged in appearance between you only live twice and diamonds are forever four years later to an incredible degree

Mad_maxx · 06-03-2019 7:27pm

MrCostington wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. I hesitate to type this, having been a Bond fan since Connery's days, but I think Craig may be the best bond ever. There, I said it. And Skyfall, the best adventure yet for the exact same reasons you cite. Dalton in the same mold - both more serious in the role, as you would expect in real life.

Sorry to go further OT, but I was so excited to hear Danny Boyle was going to direct the next one, and so upset to here he was not!!

To answer the OP, I think Connery retained more rugged good looks.

Casino royale is way better than skyfall, got really stupid when they met Albert finney, like something out of the A team

Beasty · 06-03-2019 8:01pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Casino royale is way better than skyfall, got really stupid when they met Albert finney, like something out of the A team

You mean it's been getting a bit far-fetched?

Capt'n Midnight · 06-03-2019 9:12pm

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

On fairness to Roger, he didnt take himself seriously, always seemed to be in on the joke

"As a seven-year-old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?"

As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed.

I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now.

Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely.

And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."

I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man."
- Mark Haynes,

Blush Proof · 06-03-2019 9:18pm

Candie wrote: »

When Sean Connery was an old man, he looked like an old man. A fairly healthy one, but still an old baldie guy. When Moore was an old man he looked just like an old man. One with hair, but still an old man. Both looked their ages.

I think how people perceive them as old men has a lot to do with how they were regarded as young men. Otherwise, you wouldn't look twice at either of them in the street once they hit middle age. I'm sure they're both great guys, but neither discovered the fountain of youth.

Are you kidding me? Did you not see how good looking Connery was in 'The Rock'

Badly Drunk Boy · 06-03-2019 9:36pm

Nothing much to do with the thread topic, but I saw Gyles Brandreth recently talking about Roger Moore, who he'd known since he was 12.

Roger offered to give him some acting tips when Brandreth first started on telly.

‘I’ll show you everything I know,’ he said. ‘It won’t take long.’ He taught me how to raise my left eyebrow. I couldn’t manage the right. Roger could raise both of his. ‘That’s because I’m twice the actor you are, Gyles.’

Your Face · 06-03-2019 9:45pm

Behold:

tylercheribini · 06-03-2019 9:48pm

Your Face wrote: »

Behold:

I knew it was only a matter of time before this masterpiece was cited, made back when a name director could actually get stuff like this greenlit.

PinotNero · 06-03-2019 10:08pm

Iwouldinmesack · 06-03-2019 10:11pm

fatknacker wrote: »

I never really got the mass and unquestioned appeal of either, really. They always looked too old, eyebrowey and smarmy for my liking. I know it's each to their own with taste but there's a consensus that they are up there as being the biggest sex symbols of their time. I'm sure the Bond role helped.

Same with Robert Redford. I think a lot of the time it's a case of them being held in high regard of having "sex appeal" and the crowd following suit in that its understood that they are meant to be ideal. They became the go-to guys of sexy men.

Robert Redford? Have you not seen a picture of him when he was young? A very good looking fella

odyssey06 · 06-03-2019 10:25pm

If I was quantum leaped into the body of a young redford, moore, connery, dalton, craig, brosnan I could have no objections... something off putting about lazenby though.

Tuco88 · 07-03-2019 12:18am

Did Connery not wear a wig as bond?

Brosnan was meh for me, Goldeneye was good, but never liked him as bond.

Mad_maxx · 07-03-2019 12:29am

Beasty wrote: »

You mean it's been getting a bit far-fetched?

The way they assembled an arsenal out of bits and pieces

MonkieSocks · 07-03-2019 12:30am

Viagra won't make you James Bond, but it sure will make you Roger Moore.

Mad_maxx · 07-03-2019 12:34am

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Nothing much to do with the thread topic, but I saw Gyles Brandreth recently talking about Roger Moore, who he'd known since he was 12.

Roger offered to give him some acting tips when Brandreth first started on telly.

Makes flawless sense that those two knew each other since boyhood

janfebmar · 07-03-2019 12:52am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

"As a seven-year-old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?"

As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed.

I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now.

Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely.

And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."

I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man."
- Mark Haynes,

Great story, well told. Some famous people nowadays would not be so pleasant.

Mike Oxlong · 07-03-2019 1:01am

"Ramirez"!!!

Comparing how Roger Moore and Sean Connery aged

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