Roger Moore: Better Late Than Never
Image: TMDBRoger Moore was 44 when introduced as the new Bond in August 1972, and 45 when Live and Let Die opened the following year. Among the six main-series actors, nobody arrived in the role older.
Nobody made more films, either.
Moore completed seven Bond adventures between 1973 and 1985, finishing with A View to a Kill at 57. He holds both the record for the most films in the main series and the oldest age at a final main-series release.
There is an especially pleasing twist in the succession: Moore was born in 1927, three years before Connery. The replacement was older than the original.
His performance made experience part of the attraction. Moore's Bond rarely seemed overwhelmed by events. Whether facing a villain's elaborate explanation or another improbable escape, he generally looked as though he had encountered something similar before — and found it faintly amusing.
A late start did not prevent him from building the series' biggest filmography. The eyebrow, evidently, had considerable mileage left in it. Moore's casting · Biography and filmography
