Neil Connery obit

Sean Connery's younger brother Neil dies at the age of 83

He was not on the list.

NEIL Connery, younger brother of Sean, has died at the age of 83.

The Scot, who starred in James Bond spoof Operation Kid Brother, passed away on Monday morning following a long illness.

He is survived by wife Eleanor and daughters Martine and Leone.

Born on New Year's Day 1938, Neil was seven years younger than Sean, who died last year aged 90.

Having originally trained as a plasterer, Neil did not reach the same level of stardom as his brother, with only sporadic on-screen roles.

The biggest of these came in 1967's Operation Kid Brother. He also appeared in 1969 film The Body Stealers and an episode of Taggart in 1989.

George Lazenby, who played James Bond in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, paid tribute on Twitter saying Neil will “join his great brother”.

After Sean's death last year, Eleanor told the Daily Record that Neil was left devastated. "He's just very upset at losing his only brother," she said.

Talking about Sean, she added: "He was a person to be admired and loved and we just feel it's the end of an era. And that's really all I have to say because anything else would be meaningless."

 

Actor

The Paisley Snail

7.4

Short

Lord Atkin

1996

 

Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)

Taggart

7.4

TV Series

Country P.C.

1989

1 episode

 

Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street (1984)

Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street

5.8

Mr. Bond

1984

 

Adolfo Celi, Oliver Cotton, and Anne-Louise Lambert in The Borgias (1981)

The Borgias

7.4

TV Mini Series

Spanish officer

1981

1 episode

 

Take the High Road (1980)

Take the High Road

7.2

TV Series

R.A.F. Driver

1981

1 episode

 

Malcolm Stoddard and Mary Tamm in The Treachery Game (1981)

The Treachery Game

5.3

TV Series

Dr. Harold Aird

1981

1 episode

 

Jimmy Yuill in Square Mile of Murder (1980)

Square Mile of Murder

7.8

TV Series

Detective

1980

1 episode

 

Wild Boy

TV Movie

The Father

1980

 

Iain Cuthbertson in Charles Endell, Esq (1979)

Charles Endell, Esq

7.4

TV Series

Prison Officer

1979

1 episode

 

Andrew Keir in Adam Smith (1972)

Adam Smith

6.4

TV Series

Jimmy

1972

1 episode

 

The Body Stealers (1969)

The Body Stealers

4.2

Jim Radford

1969

 

Neil Connery in Operation Kid Brother (1967)

Operation Kid Brother

3.5

Il dottor Neil Connery

1967