The Untold Truth Of Sean Connery

For decades, he was touted as the best of the Bonds, but there's more to Sean Connery's life than his days as a secret agent. On October 31, 2020, the actor died in his sleep in the Bahamas following a long illness. This is the story of his life beyond Bond.

Born to a working class family in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1930, Thomas Sean Connery had a childhood that belied the glamorous life for which he was eventually destined, including leaving school at the age of 9 to begin working to help his family get by.

“When I was 9 I started to work and I used to walk to work in the dark. My mother went to work at the same time. And I used to go straight from there at six in the morning and go straight to school."

Like many young people, Connery did not immediately gravitate to what would become his very successful career. Instead, he joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16, about a year after World War II ended. He spent not quite three years in the Navy, earning the title of Able Seaman assigned to the HMS Formidable. However, he was discharged at the age of 19 because of duodenal ulcers, an affliction which ran in his family.

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Making ends meet | 0:58
Road to stardom | 1:29
Family legacy | 2:17
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