Because silica gel is a desiccant and can absorb and hold water vapour from the surrounding air there are lots of ways it can be used to improve things around the house.
Sean Connery the first James Bond. This is a misnomer because another actor played Bond in a made for TV version of Casino Royale, (not to be confused with the dreadful David Niven comedyversion), which was the pilot for a proposed 007 TV series.
Bob Holness portrayed James Bond in a 1956 South African radio adaptation of Moonraker. David Niven played the role 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.