Brand Bond  

James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent[1] created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym Robert Markham), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson and Charlie Higson. In addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written various unofficial permutations of the character.

Although initially made famous through the novels and books, James Bond is now best known from the EON Productions film series. Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one American television adaptation of Fleming's first novel under legal licence. The EON films are generally referred to as the 'official' films (although its origin is unclear, this terminology is used throughout this article). Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman produced most of these up until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. From 1995, his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. Wilson, jointly continued production duties.

To date, six actors have portrayed James Bond in the official series. They are:

* Sean Connery (1962–1967; 1971)
* George Lazenby (1969)
* Roger Moore (1973–1985)
* Timothy Dalton (1987–1989)
* Pierce Brosnan (1995–2002)
* Daniel Craig (2006–present)

In addition and generally considered "unofficial", Barry Nelson portrayed Bond in an Americanised television episode adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954. Bob Holness portrayed James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker in 1956. Roger Moore acted the role in an episode of a TV comedy show called Mainly Millicent (starring Millicent Martin and guest stars) in summer 1964. This episode is included as a special feature (named Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964) in the newly published Live and Let Die Ultimate Edition DVD. David Niven played the role of James Bond in a non-EON production of Casino Royale in 1967, and Connery reprised the character in another non-EON film, Never Say Never Again in 1983, an update of 1965's Thunderball, in which he also starred. The 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing Bond in selected scenes from the original novels.

The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, premiered on 14 November 2006,[2] with the film going on general release in Asia and the Middle East the following day.[3]

Broccoli and Saltzman's family company, Danjaq, LLC, has owned the James Bond film series, through EON, since the start. It became co-owner with United Artists Corporation since the mid-1970s, when Saltzman sold UA his share of Danjaq. Currently, Columbia Pictures and MGM (United Artists' parent) co-distribute the franchise.

In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books, and has been the subject of many parodies.

The Brand is doing quite well. You can market quite a few products with the Bond trademark and make a decent profit off of them. :)

Well i know all about his books

Casino Royale
Moonraker
Live and Let Die
Diamonds are Forever
Goldfinger
From Russia with Love
Dr No
Thunderball
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
The Man With the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me (which is slightly different from the others, but still a novel)

Octopussy (plus other short stories)
For Your Eyes Only (plus other short stories - can't tell you what they're all called off the top of my head.)

Seems like you are as much hooked to the "James Bond" Brand as I am .
My favourite though has been Pierce Brosnan who portrayed a Modern face of Bond .His sense of Humour - Dry or otherwise was superb.
But I also have my Favourites from Old Movies like Thunderball(1965) ,The Spy Who Loved Me(1977) ,
Octopussy , The Living Daylights .Apart from George Lazernby (On her Majesty's Secret Service ,1969) ;each Bond Actor has given a distinctive touch to the Bond Lineage .

Bond Movies are a Full entertainer.The only trouble is the Sexy Scenes sometimes make it difficult for a full Family Viewing !