Which actor drove the Aston Martin DB5 in the 1964 film Goldfinger?

Sean Connery drove the Aston Martin DB5 in the 1964 film Goldfinger.

Connery played James Bond in Goldfinger, the third Eon-produced Bond film and a major turning point for the character’s cinematic image. The silver DB5 became Bond’s signature car after Q supplied a modified example for his investigation of Auric Goldfinger.

The production team selected the DB5 because it was Aston Martin’s newest model at the time. Special-effects expert John Stears and designer Ken Adam fitted the prototype with film-famous devices including a smoke screen, revolving number plates, a bullet shield and machine guns. The ejector seat was a practical film illusion rather than a normal production feature.

The novel Goldfinger differs from the movie: Ian Fleming’s Bond drove an Aston Martin DB Mark III in the book. Another frequent confusion concerns the number of cars: four DB5s were associated with Goldfinger, including filming and publicity cars, but the actor portraying Bond was Sean Connery.