LONDON, Sept 8: Terence Young, who directed the first, second and fourth of the hugely successful James Bond movies starring Sean Connery in the 1960s. died on Wednesday. his daughter reported, says AP.

Young was 79. He died in hospital in Cannes in southern France. His daughter, Juliet Nissen, said in London that she understood he had died of a heart attack.

Young directed the first of the Bond movies. "Dr No." based on Ian Fleming’s novels about British spy James Bond and starring Ursula Andress playing opposite Connery as agent 007. in 1962.

Mixing sex. violence, and offbeat humour against expensive sets and exotic locations. "Dr No" was a massive box office success and proved a winning formula for the other Bond movies.

The second. "From Russia With Love." again directed by

Young and starring Connery. Robert Shaw and Daniela Bianchi, appeared In 1963.

The third, "Goldflnger." directed by Guy Hamilton, appeared in 1964. and the fourth. "Thunderball." with Young back in the director's chair in 1965.

Tall, uninhibited and effervescent. Young wns born in Shanghai in China and directed many other movies. They included "Storm over the Nile" in 1955. Triple Cross" In 1966. "Mayerllng" In 1969 and The Jigsaw Man in 1984 But his Bond movies were the ones that proved most popular with audiences and they are still regularly shown on television.