James Bond filmography that Connery "looks weary and bored ... he is overweight, slow-moving, and doesn't seem to be trying to create a credible character". Despite that, Benson considers that Connery "still radiates more screen presence than Roger Moore or George Lazenby". On the other hand, Pauline Kael said "Connery's James Bond is less lecherous than before and less foppish—and he's better this way". In the early 1980s producer Jack Schwartzman moved ahead with a non-Eon Bond film, following the controversy over the 1961 novel "Thunderball" and the subsequent long legal battle; the result was "Never Say Never Again". Connery accepted an offer
Neil Connery the United States and is also known as "Operation Double 007". It became known for having a number of the original James Bond series actors appearing as similar characters. In 1969 Connery appeared in the science fiction film "The Body Stealers", also known as "Thin Air", where he plays Jim Radford, an investigator trying to figure out why paratroopers are disappearing in mid-air. In 1980, Connery appeared as a guest star in the British TV Series "Only When I Laugh". He played the Neil Niren MD - CT character, in the 7th episode ("Last Tango") from the second season. In