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So it would seem! But as this portion of this video demonstrates, Sean Connery was but one of *many* mid-20th-century British men who rocked the vocal fry (creaky voice) as a matter of course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yL2GezneU&t=736s

Time indexed link, should start at 12:16. Relevant content runs through ~ 15:40. Sean Connery opens and closes this span.

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I see what you’re saying about Sean Connery having a *touch* of vocal fry on the end of some words, but Trace’s is continuous and nasal and makes my skin crawl while Sean’s makes me want to cuddle up with him while he purrs in my ear. God he was sexy!!!

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I am with you, KC! I was making an *aspirational* comparison for Jack-Trace when I thought he had dialed it down a bit (alas, it was fleeting).

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