50 years of James Bond films Pictures 50 years of James Bond films British secret agent James Bond, code named 007, made his first appearance on movie screens on October 5, 1962, in the lean Caribbean thriller "Dr. No." The low-budget actioner, starring Scottish actor Sean Connery as the spy with a license to kill, was a hit, leading to a long-running series of globe-trotting spy adventures that continues now, 50 years later, with the latest James Bond adventure, "Skyfall." By CBSNews.com senior editor David Morgan