Sean Connery Says He is Retired From Acting

United Press International

Scottish film icon Sean Connery, who is 80, indicated he's through with acting.

"I don't think I'll ever act again," he told the Edinburgh Evening News. "I have so many wonderful memories but these days are over. I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again -- but that might take a little bit longer. During the summer I wasn't feeling great."

Connery is perhaps best known for playing secret agent James Bond in a string of 007 films in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. His last major live-action movie role was in the Victorian-era action flick "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" in 2003.

----

More movie news

Movie reviews

Copyright 2012 by United Press International