in 1953, fleming wrote "casino royale", the very first james bond novel. the novel made a lot of money, and he continued to write one james bond novel each year until he died in 1963. in a 1956 south african radio program "moonraker" he was voiced by bob holness. in 1962 albert. r. "cubby" broccoli and harry saltzman started to produce the first james bond movie, dr. no, starring sean connery as james bond. the movie became extremely popular, and they continued to make more bond movies. in the end of the 1960s connery did not want to do any more bond movies, and many thought that bond was now dead. in 1969, george lazenby appeared in one movie as the bond character, but the movie was not successful.