Obit: Actor Barry Nelson @ 89..."The Hunter" & "My Favorite Husband"
Barry Nelson,...the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond...in a live television production of "Casino Royale" in the 1950s, has died. He was 89.
On television in the early '50s, Nelson starred as a globe-trotting businessman involved in international intrigue in "The Hunter," a half-hour series that ran on CBS from 1952 to 1954.
He also co-starred opposite Joan Caulfield in "My Favorite Husband," a situation comedy that ran on CBS from 1953 to 1957.
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Barry Nelson,...the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond...in a live television production of "Casino Royale" in the 1950s, has died. He was 89.
On television in the early '50s, Nelson starred as a globe-trotting businessman involved in international intrigue in "The Hunter," a half-hour series that ran on CBS from 1952 to 1954.
He also co-starred opposite Joan Caulfield in "My Favorite Husband," a situation comedy that ran on CBS from 1953 to 1957.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituar...ry?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true
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