Sam Walters unearths five famous figures who - incomprehensibly - found something better to do than drive a truck.
2 Sean Connery
'The name's Stobart. Eddie Stobart.' Yes, at number two in Truck & Driver's list of famous former truck driver is Sean Connery, the third film star to make the top five. He too drove lorries before his dashing looks and charming 'Scottishness' took him on another route entirely.
Originally a milkman in Edinburgh, Connery went on to join the Royal Navy. There he had his love for Scotland tattooed onto his body so he wouldn't forget where he lived. After leaving the Navy for medical reasons, and successfully using his tattoo to find his way home, he went on to drive lorries. He started bodybuilding and was placed third in the 1950 Mr Universe contest.
In 1962 he played James Bond in Dr No (having had a small part in, among others, the truck-driving classic Hell Drivers in 1957) and the rest is history. He continued the role in a further six Bond films and is regarded by many to be the original and best James Bond.
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