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- Birth nameNeil Niren Connery
- Height6′ 1″ (1.86 m)
- Neil Connery was a Scottish actor who was the brother of Sean Connery and the uncle of Jason Connery. He appeared in a few films during the late 1960s and then left to run a business in Glasgow. Neil was known for his role in the movie MD Experiment 508 Operation Kid Brother A.K.A. Operation Double 007 (as Dr. Neil Connery), a James Bond knock-off (featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Operation Double 007) and the film The Body Stealers (as Jim Radford).
- IMDb mini biography by: Lippi
- SpouseEleanor Campbell(1959 - May 9, 2021) (his death, 2 children)
- ParentsEuphamia C. MacleanJoseph Connery
- RelativesSean Connery(Sibling)
- Younger brother of Sean Connery.
- Director Terence Young of the three James Bond films had heard Neil on Scottish radio discussing union matters and thought he sounded so much like his older brother Sean Connery that he told producer Dario Sabatello about it, which resulted in him landing the title role in his first film Operation Kid Brother (1967), with Bond veterans Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Adolfo Celi, and Daniela Bianchi.
- Passed away just over six months after his famous brother, Sean Connery.
- After doing two movies, he ran a plaster business in Glasgow, Scotland.
- Lived in Edinburgh, Scotland until his passing.
- Operation Kid Brother (1967) - $15,000
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