Bob Simmons (stunt man) Gun". He appeared in the gun barrel sequence for Sean Connery in three James Bond films: "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", and "Goldfinger". Simmons is the only person to officially perform the scene, while not starring in the main role as James Bond. Simmons also had a role as SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in the pre-title sequence of the fourth film, "Thunderball". Simmons developed a stunt technique involving trampolines, first used in "You Only Live Twice", whereby stuntmen would bounce off a trampoline in concert with a triggered explosion so as to simulate being blown into the air. This
James Bond filmography Worrall noted that Connery "personified James Bond with such perfection that even Ian Fleming ... admitted that it was difficult imagining anyone else in the part"; academic Jeremy Black agreed and declared that "Connery made the role his own and created the Bond audience for the cinema". Black also observed that Connery gave the character a "spare, pared-down character ... [with] inner bleakness along with the style". Connery played Bond with "the right mix of cool charisma, violence and arrogance ... against which all others are judged". Raymond Benson perceived that Connery "embodies a ruggedness and an intense screen presence