Sean Connery ranks 008 in top 100 movie stars of all time poll, 3 ex-cast members also make the list

07-May-2003 • Actor News

Sean Connery has come 8th in a UK poll held by Channel 4 to determine the `Top 100 Movie Stars` of all times.

Connery was the only Bond actor to make the impressive list, but three ex-cast members of the series were also placed.

8 - Sean Connery (6 times "James Bond")
Born in Edinburgh in 1930 to a truck driver and a cleaner. He left school at 15 and after a stint in the navy worked as a lifeguard, coffin polisher and milkman while also representing Scotland in 1950`s Mr. Universe. After winning a part in the chorus of South Pacific, acting replaced his footballing ambitions. TV work and bit parts followed, though he had the male lead in Darby O`Gill and the Little People. Fame hit after he pulled on the toupee and beat off Cary Grant and David Niven to play James Bond. Still a leading man and box office hit, he won an Oscar for The Untouchables in 1987. He was knighted in 1999.

31 - Christopher Lee (Fransisco Scaramanga - "The Man With The Golden Gun"
Christopher Lee was born in Belgravia, London in 1922. His father was a colonel and his mother a Countess and noted Edwardian beauty. A scholarship took Lee to Eton before he served in the RAF throughout WWII. Decorated for distinguished service he began acting in 1947 and, though he will forever be known primarily for his Hammer movies, Lee has appeared in more films than any other actor. Having worked all over the world he speaks seven languages and as a classically trained singer has also appeared in many operas. He was the first choice of his cousin, Ian Fleming, to play Dr. No.

34 - Christopher Walken (Max Zorin - "A View To A Kill")
Christopher Walken was born in Queens, New York in 1943 and was acting and dancing from an early age. He met Jerry Lewis while performing on TV aged 10, and dropped out of university to appear in an off-Broadway musical in 1963. He made his film debut in the little-seen mental institution flick Me And My Brother, which was co-written by beat poet Allen Ginsberg. One of Hollywood`s most prolific actors, he has turned in mesmerising performances in cult classics including The Deer Hunter (1978), King Of New York (1990) and True Romance (1993).

99 - Halle Berry (Jinx - "Die Another Day") Halle Berry was born in Ohio in 1968 and developed an interest in showbusiness after appearing in a number of beauty pageants, including Miss USA. After becoming a model, Berry got her first acting job in the TV series Living Dolls, before Spike Lee gave Halle her big break in Jungle Fever, in which she played a crack addict. She then appeared in a number of films, including Boomerang, The Flintstones and Losing Isaiah in 1995 opposite Jessica Lange. Berry received critical acclaim for her performance in Warren Beatty`s political satire Bulworth, before taking the role of Storm in Bryan Singer`s hit X-Men. This has been a huge year for Halle Berry, she made Oscar history by winning the Best Actress Award for Monster`s Ball; the first African American to do so.

Thanks to `mccabekev` for the intel.