sentences:  He subsequently ran a flower business, imported karaoke machines and ran karaoke evenings in both Florida and London.In the early 1960s he was short-listed to be the first actor to play James Bond, having come to the attention of the producers through having appeared in television cigarette advertisements, but Sean Connery was preferred.His first wife, the model Kitty Green, also had a James Bond connection, in 1965 having a small part in "Thunderball".