Ian Fleming authored 14 James Bond novels and the character has spawned multiple non-Fleming authored novels, short-stories, ...

The New York Times headline noted: “James Bond, Ornithologist, 89; Fleming Adopted Name for 007.” In 2002, the film Die Another Day cemented the link between the real-life birdman and the ...

Bond’s first appearance was in Casino Royale, published in 1953. Fleming borrowed the name from a real-life American ornithologist who had written Birds of the West Indies, a book that Fleming, an ...

“There really is a James Bond, you know, but he’s an American ornithologist, not a secret agent,” Fleming told Rogue magazine.. “I’d read a book of his, and when I was casting about for ...

American ornithologist James Bond, circa 1974. | Jerry Freilich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. When he began writing his spy thrillers, Fleming sought out a masculine yet not-too-flashy name ...

An American actor has never played the role. Brosnan, who is Irish, and … Former James Bond Pierce Brosnan says the next 007 must be British as Amazon MGM Studios take control over the historic ...

Pierce Brosnan has shared his thoughts on an American James Bond, while a new report claims that part of the mandate for Amazon gaining creative control of 007 was that the spy remain male and ...

James Bond, or “Bond, James,” as you’d find him in the stacks of your local library, was an American ornithologist. A published authority on birds. He wrote the book Birds of the West Indies .

Amazon MGM, Taking Control of James Bond, ... He knew an American ornithologist, James Bond. In theory, since it’s the spy’s alias, anyone can use it. The question is if a Hollywood that delights in ...

14. The real James Bond. Ian Fleming was a keen bird-watcher and appropriated the name James Bond from a leading American ornithologist. The real James Bond turned up with his wife at Goldeneye in ...

Fromer James Bond Pierce Brosnan said its 'a given' that the next 007 must be British. ... An American actor has never played the role. Brosnan, who is Irish, and George Lazenby, ...