London: The name of their favourite Bond is Connery, Sean Connery, according to the fans of 007 spy.


Sean Connery as James Bond. Pic/AFP

The veteran Scottish actor topped a poll by 'The Sunday Times' as the best 007 created by writer Ian Fleming. The 85-year-old, who first played him in "Dr No" in 1962, may have long retired to the Bahamas after giving up his licence to kill, but his smoothness is still preferred to the brutish sex appeal of Daniel Craig, 47, the current Bond, the poll found.