James Bond (Timothy Dalton) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia James Bond (Timothy Dalton) 10 November 1948 London , England Hair color "Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals." ― James Bond to Saunders — [src] Commander James Bond is a Senior Operational Officer of the 'Double-O' ('00') Branch, an ultra-covert Black Ops unit within the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). As an agent of MI6, Bond holds code number "007". The 'double-O' prefix indicates his discretionary licence to kill in the performance of his duties. Welsh actor Timothy Dalton took over the role from Roger Moore in 1987. He appeared in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Legal issues between the Bond producers and the studio over distribution rights resulted in the cancellation of a proposed third Dalton film scheduled for release in 1991 [1] and put the series on a hiatus for several years.

Contents Film biography Shared background Although very little of Bond's past is directly addressed in Timothy Dalton's films, it is assumed that his Bond continues to share the common background laid out by the Ian Fleming novels and preceding Bond films. In the novels, James' parents ( Andrew Bond of Scotland and Monique Delacroix-Bond of Switzerland) were tragically killed during a climbing accident in the French Alps when he was eleven. He had acquired a first-class command of the French and German languages during his early education, which he received entirely abroad. After the death of his parents, Bond goes to live with his aunt, Miss Charmian Bond , where he completes his early education. Later, he briefly attends Eton College at "12 or thereabouts", but is removed after two halves because of girl trouble with a maid. After being sent down from Eton, Bond was sent to Fettes College in Scotland, his father's school. [2] After leaving Fettes, earlier EON films note that Bond studied at Cambridge University. [3] [4] There, he achieved a first in Oriental languages.

[5] In Fleming's novels, Bond alluded to briefly attending the University of Geneva (as did Fleming), before being taught to ski in Kitzbühel. [6] Following his graduation, Bond joined the Ministry of Defence and became a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves, rising though the ranks to commander. Bond applied to M for a position within the " Secret Service ", part of the Civil Service, and rose to the rank of principal officer. The Living Daylights (1987) James Bond is assigned to aid the defection of KGB officer, General Koskov , covering his escape from a concert hall in Bratislava during the orchestra's intermission. During the mission, Bond notices that the KGB sniper assigned to prevent Koskov's escape is a female cellist from the orchestra. Disobeying his orders to kill the sniper, he instead shoots the rifle from her hands, then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov across the border into Austria and then on to Britain. Bond returns to Bratislava to track down the cellist, Kara Milovy . He determines that Koskov's entire defection was staged, and that Kara is actually Koskov's girlfriend.

Bond convinces Kara that he is a friend of Koskov's and persuades her to accompany him to Vienna, supposedly to be reunited with him. Meanwhile, Pushkin meets with arms dealer Brad Whitaker in Tangier, informing him that the KGB is cancelling an arms deal previously arranged between Koskov and Whitaker. During his brief tryst with Kara in Vienna, Bond meets up with his MI6 ally, Saunders , who discovers a history of financial dealings between Koskov and Whitaker. As he leaves their meeting, Saunders is killed by Necros , who leaves the message "Smiert Spionam." Bond with his gun on Pushkin. Bond and Milovy promptly leave for Tangier, where Bond confronts General Pushkin . Pushkin disavows any knowledge of "Smiert Spionam", and reveals that Koskov is evading arrest for the misusing of state funds. Bond and Pushkin then join forces and Bond fakes Pushkin's assassination, inducing Whitaker and Koskov to progress with their scheme. Meanwhile, Kara contacts Koskov, who tells her that Bond is actually a KGB agent and convinces her to drug him so he can be captured.

Koskov, Necros, Kara, and the captive Bond fly to a Soviet air base in Afghanistan (part of the Soviet war in Afghanistan) where Koskov betrays Kara and imprisons her along with Bond. The pair escape and in doing so free a condemned prisoner, Kamran Shah , leader of the local Afghan resistance, the Mujahideen. Bond and Kara discover that Koskov is using Soviet funds to buy a massive shipment of opium from the Mujahideen, intending to keep the profits with enough left over to supply the Soviets with their arms. With the Mujahideen's help, Bond plants a bomb aboard the cargo plane carrying the opium, but is spotted and has no choice but to barricade himself in the plane. Meanwhile the Mujahideen attack the air base on horseback and engage the Soviets in a gun battle. Kara drives a jeep into the back of the plane as Bond takes off, and Necros also leaps aboard at the last second. After a struggle, Bond throws Necros to his death and deactivates the bomb. Bond then notices Shah and his men being pursued by Soviet forces.

He re-activates the bomb and drops it out of the plane and onto a bridge, blowing it up and helping Shah and his men gain an important victory over the Soviets. Bond returns to Tangier to kill Whitaker, as Pushkin arrests Koskov, sending him back to Moscow. Bond is later waiting in Kara's dressing room after she preformed at a concert in front of M and General Gogol . Licence to Kill (1989) DEA agents collect Bond and Felix Leiter , on their way to Leiter's wedding, to assist in capturing drug lord Franz Sanchez . Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez's plane in flight near The Bahamas and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter. Afterwards, Bond and Leiter parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony. When Bond learns Sanchez has escaped, he returns to Leiter's house to find his wife Della dead and Felix alive, but seriously wounded; Bond swears to take his revenge on Sanchez. As the DEA refuse to help because Sanchez is out of their jurisdiction, Bond, with Felix's friend Sharkey , start their own investigation into what happened to Felix.

The pair discover a marine research centre run by Milton Krest , one of Sanchez's henchmen. After Bond kills Killifer by pushing him into the tank with the shark that maimed Leiter, M meets Bond in Key West's Hemingway House and orders him to an assignment in Istanbul , Turkey . Bond resigns after turning down the assignment, but M suspends Bond instead and immediately revokes his licence to kill. Bond flees from MI6 custody and becomes a rogue agent, bereft of official backing but later surreptitiously helped by Miss Moneypenny and MI6 armourer Q . Bond boards the Wavekrest—a ship run by Milton Krest— and foils Sanchez's latest drug shipment, stealing five million dollars in the process, but later discovers that Sharkey had been killed by Sanchez's henchmen. Bond recruits Pam Bouvier , an ex-CIA agent and pilot whom he rescues from Dario at a Bimini bar, and journeys with her to the Republic of Isthmus. In Isthmus City, Bond is met by Q. He finds his way into Sanchez's employment by posing as an assassin looking for work.

Two Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau officers foil Bond's attempt to assassinate Sanchez and take him to an abandoned warehouse. They are joined by Fallon , an MI6 agent who was sent by M to apprehend Bond either dead or alive. Bond is about to be sedated via injection and sent back to the United Kingdom in disgrace when Sanchez's men rescue Bond and kill the officers, believing them to be the assassins. Bond before his attempted shooting of Sanchez. Later, with the aid of Bouvier, Q and Sanchez's girlfriend Lupe Lamora , Bond frames Krest by placing the five million dollars he had stolen into the hyperbaric chamber on board the Wavekrest. An angry Sanchez traps Krest in the chamber and then rapidly depressurizes it, killing him; meanwhile, for Bond's perceived loyalty, Sanchez admits him into his inner circle. Sanchez takes Bond to his base, which is disguised as a meditation retreat. Bond learns that Sanchez's scientists can dissolve cocaine in petrol and then sell it disguised as fuel to Asian drug dealers. During Sanchez's presentation to potential Asian customers, Dario discovers Bond and reveals him to Sanchez.

Bond starts a fire in the laboratory and attempts to flee, but is captured again and placed on the conveyor belt that drops the brick-cocaine into a giant shredder. Bouvier arrives and distracts Dario, allowing Bond to pull Dario into the shredder, killing him. Sanchez flees as fire consumes his base, taking with him four articulated tankers full of the cocaine and petrol mixture. Bond pursues them by plane, with Bouvier at the controls. During the course of a stunt-filled chase through the desert, three of the four tankers are destroyed and Bond kills many of Sanchez's men. Sanchez attacks Bond with a machete aboard the final remaining tanker, which loses control and crashes down a hill side. Soaked in petrol from the leaking tanker, Sanchez attempts to kill Bond with his machete. Bond then reveals his cigarette lighter – the Leiters' gift for being the best man at their wedding – and sets fire to Sanchez, taking revenge for Felix and Della. Sanchez stumbles into the wrecked tanker, blowing it up and killing himself. Bouvier, driving the tractor from one of the destroyed tankers, rescues Bond. Bond and Bouvier reconciling.

Later, a party is held at Sanchez's former residence. Bond speaks to Leiter on a telephone informing him of his now stable condition and telling him that he had heard from M, who is offering him his job at MI6 back. He then hangs up and is prompted by his hostess for a one on one chat where she kisses him. Seeing this, Pam runs off which Bond notices. He rejects Lupe's advances and sets her up with Hector Lopez , President of Isthmus. He opts to romance Pam instead, jumping off the balcony into the pool below, pulling her in aswell. On-Screen Kills Behind the scenes Timothy Dalton had been approached to play Bond several times before finally signing a three film contract on 30 July 1986 following Roger Moore 's retirement from the role. Dalton took the Bond character away from the light-hearted playboy of Moore, harking back to the gritty realism of Ian Fleming 's novels instead of fantasy plots and humour. Dalton stated in a 1989 interview: "I think Roger was fine as Bond, but the films had become too much techno-pop and had lost track of their sense of story.

I mean, every film seemed to have a villain who had to rule or destroy the world. If you want to believe in the fantasy on screen, then you have to believe in the characters and use them as a stepping-stone to lead you into this fantasy world. That's a demand I made, and Albert Broccoli agreed with me." Timothy Dalton - Biography - IMDb Timothy Dalton Biography Showing all 47 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (2) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (20) | Personal Quotes (13) | Salary (3) Overview (4) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (2) At a consistently lean 6' 2", green-eyed Timothy Dalton may very well be one of the last of the dying breed of swashbuckling, classically trained Shakespearean actors who have forged simultaneous successful careers in theater, television and film.

He has been comparison-shopped roundly for stepping into roles played by other actors, first following Sir Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (1970), then as "James Bond" in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), and even more brutally, recently, as "Rhett Butler" in Scarlett (1994). Undaunted and good-natured, he has always stated that he likes the risk of challenges. He was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the oldest of five children of Dorothy (Scholes) and Peter Dalton-Leggett. His father was stationed in Colwyn Bay during WWII, and moved the family to Manchester in the late 1940s, where he worked in advertising and raised the growing Dalton family, in an upper-class neighbourhood outside of Belper, Derbyshire. Timothy was enrolled in a school for bright children, where he excelled in sports and was interested in the sciences.

He was fascinated with acting from a young age, perhaps due to the fact that both his grandfathers were vaudevillians, but it was when he saw a performance of "Macbeth" at age 16 that his destiny was clinched. After leaving Herbert Strutt Grammar School at the age of sixteen, he toured as a leading member of Michael Croft 's National Youth Theater. Between 1964-66, he studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Just before completing his two years, he quit and joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, playing the lead in many productions under the direction of Peter Dews while at the same time turning professional. Dalton later said of RADA in an interview with "Seventeen" Magazine (December 1970), "It took a year to undo the psychological damage that was caused by the oppressive teachers". His talent and classic good looks immediately landed him professional work in television, guest-starring on an episode of the short-lived TV series, Judge Dee (1969), and as a regular on the 14-episode series Sat'day While Sunday (1967) with the young Malcolm McDowell .

In late 1967 Peter O'Toole recommended him for the role of the young "King Philip of France" in The Lion in Winter (1968) (coincidentally, this was also Anthony Hopkins ' big break). The following year, he starred in the Italian film The Voyeur (1970) with Marcello Mastroianni and Virna Lisi , although his voice was dubbed into Italian by another actor. Dalton also mixed in a healthy dose of BBC work during this time, including The Three Princes (1968), _BBC Play of the Month: Five Finger Exercise (1970) (TV)_and Candida (1973). Also during this time, he was approached and tested for the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) but turned it down, feeling he was too young for the part. His next film was another costume drama, Cromwell (1970), working with director Ken Hughes , with whom he later made his first American film, Sextette (1978).

He followed Cromwell (1970) with Wuthering Heights (1970) and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). He was already developing a pattern in his films that would follow him throughout his career: costume dramas where he played royalty, which he had done in three of his first four films (and ridden horses in three, and raised a sword in two). In 1972, he was contracted to play a part in Lady Caroline Lamb (1972). However, at the last moment he was replaced. Dalton sued the company and won, but the film went on without him. From the early to mid-1970s, he decided to further hone his skills by going back into the theater full time. He signed on with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the Prospect Theatre Company (PTC), and toured the world with both, playing the leads in "Romeo and Juliet", "King Lear", "Henry V", "Love's Labours Lost", and "Henry IV" - parts 1 and 2. In 1975, he returned to movies in the British/Austrian production of The Executioner (1975).

It was followed in 1976 by the Spanish religious historical film about the inquisition, The Man Who Knew Love (1978), which was never widely released. After this, he took another break from film, mixing in a healthy dose of theater, returning for his first American film, Sextette (1978), and the lengthy miniseries Centennial (1978), his first American television appearance, in which Lynn Redgrave played his wife. Because of his broad exposure to American audiences in this series, he began to get more frequent film and television work in the US, including the episode "Fallen Angel" of Charlie's Angels (1976) -- which, ironically, had several references to his character being like "James Bond" -- and the TV movie The Flame Is Love (1979). Although he did a few features, including playing Vanessa Redgrave 's husband in Agatha (1979), most of his work until 1985 consisted of TV movies and miniseries. He played royalty again in the very campy Flash Gordon (1980).

He followed this with a small film, Chanel Solitaire (1981) and, in 1981, also filmed a staged production of Antony and Cleopatra (1984) opposite Lynn Redgrave , with Anthony Geary , as well as Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig of the original TV series, Star Trek (1966). The years 1983-1987 have so far been the most prolific of his career. In 1983, he starred as "Rochester" in what he considers one of his best works, the BBC's very popular Jane Eyre (1983). Also, during this time, Roger Moore was considering leaving Bond, and Dalton was again approached, but due to his full schedule, he had to decline. In 1984, he did one of his many narrations in the Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) production of The Emperor's New Clothes (1987).

That same year also saw him in the Hallmark Hall of Fame piece The Master of Ballantrae (1984) opposite Michael York and Richard Thomas , and another miniseries, Mistral's Daughter (1984), opposite Stefanie Powers and Stacy Keach . The next year was also a very busy one. He starred in another miniseries, Sins (1986), playing the brother of Joan Collins , and also starred in and narrated the four-hour TV movie Florence Nightingale (1985), opposite Jaclyn Smith . He also starred in The Doctor and the Devils (1985) as "Dr. Thomas Rock", with Stephen Rea , Jonathan Pryce , and Patrick Stewart . In the mid-to-late 1980s, Dalton narrated many nature documentaries, most notably several episodes of the UK series Wildlife Chronicles (1987) (called "Wildlife Chronicles" in the US). In the spring of 1986, he teamed with Vanessa Redgrave for another revival of a Shakespeare production, The Taming of the Shrew (1988) and his interpretation of "Petrucchio" received uniformly high praise.

Simultaneously, the world was playing a guessing game as to who would succeed Roger Moore as "James Bond". Dalton was approached but was committed to the theater, and so Pierce Brosnan was offered the part. When Brosnan was unable to get out of his Remington Steele (1982) contract at the last minute, Dalton was again approached. Able now to work it into his tight schedule, he agreed. Although his first outing as Bond, The Living Daylights (1987), did reasonably well at the box-office, Licence to Kill (1989) suffered from a lack of marketing that appeared to harm its chances of big box-office success. However, Dalton's interpretation of "Bond" in this film received critical acclaim in some quarters as being the closest to author Ian Fleming 's literary "Bond". Back in the theater, he teamed again with Vanessa Redgrave for a revival of Eugene O'Neill 's seldom performed play, "A Touch of the Poet", which is considered by some to be his and Redgrave's finest professional collaboration. Although there were talks of bringing the play to Broadway, this never materialized.

Following Licence to Kill (1989), he immediately returned to one of his strengths, costume drama, in The King's Whore (1990). It was followed by his excellent performance in Disney's The Rocketeer (1991), where he played a swashbuckling, Errol Flynn type. In August 1991, he teamed with Whoopi Goldberg for the first bi-racial interpretation of "Love Letters" for the final sold-out performances of the play in Los Angeles. When he had signed on to do "Bond" it was for three pictures, but the rights to the "Bond" films became entangled in lengthy litigation, delaying production of the third. During this wait, he was set to star in the title role of another historical epic, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992). From the start, however, the film was doomed due to the competition with the Gérard Depardieu "Columbus" picture, which was racked with its own problems. When the director was replaced, Dalton backed out and was followed by his co-star, Isabella Rossellini .

In 1992, he starred in the A&E production Framed (1992), which won a bronze medal in the 1993 New York Film Festival. The next year, he journeyed to northern Alaska and Minnesota to make a documentary on one of his favorite subjects, wolves. In the Company of Whales (1991) went on to win a silver medal in the 1994 New York Film Festival. He kept busy in television through 1993 and 1994. He made Red Eagle (1994), Scarlett (1994) and managed to squeeze in a guest appearance on Tales from the Crypt (1989) in the episode "Werewolf Concerto". In 1994, he took on the role of "Rhett Butler" in the eight-hour mini-series Scarlett (1994), produced by Robert Halmi Sr. for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. In April of that year, believing he needed to move on to fresh challenges, he officially resigned the role of "James Bond", a move which was much regretted by the producers, though they understood his reasons.

After two months of negotiations, the role went to Pierce Brosnan . In September 1994, Dalton was called upon for two readings of "Peter and the Wolf" at the Hollywood Bowl. He played to full-capacity crowds. In November, Scarlett (1994) premiered and, though given only a lukewarm response by critics, it was a ratings success not only in the US but all over the world, breaking records in many European countries. As always after a major work, Dalton again withdrew quietly and without fanfare to search for his next project, a small, personal film. In the summer of 1995, he journeyed to Canada to shoot Salt Water Moose (1996). The film was made by Canada's Norstar Entertainment and was sold to Halmi to be the first video release in his new line of Hallmark family films. It premiered on Showtime in June 1996. During the spring of 1996, he made the IRA drama The Informant (1997) in Ireland and, in May, he traveled to Prague to shoot Passion's Way (1999), opposite Sela Ward .

On February 7, 1997, the comedy The Beautician and the Beast (1997) co-starring Fran Drescher opened in the US. He also gleefully parodied his swashbuckling/James Bond image in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) as a spy playing an actor playing a spy. In 1995, Dalton began a relationship with Oksana Grigorieva which produced a child in 1997, Dalton's son Alexander. Over the following years, Dalton has been a caring and loving father of his son. Very much a private man, Dalton's pastimes include fishing, reading, jazz, opera, antique fairs and auctions and, of course, movies. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Dalton quickly moved to television, working mainly with the BBC, and in 1968 made his film debut as Philip II of France in The Lion in Winter. This was the first of several period dramas, which included a remake of Wuthering Heights in 1970 in which he portrayed Heathcliff.

After a few more films, Dalton took a break in 1971 to concentrate on the theatre, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and other troupes throughout the world. In 1975, Dalton and Vivien Merchant headed the cast of a revival of Noël Coward's The Vortex. With two notable exceptions, the films Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) and Permission to Kill (1975), he remained a theatre actor until 1978. That year he starred in Sextette as the husband of 85-year-old Mae West, hailing his return to cinema and the beginning of his American career. While in the United States, Dalton worked mainly in television, although he starred in several films. During this time, he played Prince Barin in the 1980 cult science fiction classic Flash Gordon and played Mr. Rochester in the 1983 BBC serial of Jane Eyre. Dalton starred alongside Jonathan Pryce in the 1985 film The Doctor and the Devils. Dalton co-starred with Joan Collins in the miniseries, Sins (1986).

He was also replaced in two films in which he'd been signed to appear. He was offered the role of real-life British Prime Minister William Lamb in the film Lady Caroline Lamb. The filmmakers replaced him with Jon Finch at the last moment; Dalton sued for breach of contract and won an out-of-court settlement. In 1985, Dalton was set to play Don Alfonso De La Torré in Roman Polanski's film Pirates. The two men did not get along, so Polanski replaced Dalton with Damien Thomas. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges Trade Mark (5) Frequently plays dark, brooding characters Deep authoritative voice Intense acting style Trivia (20) In the Charlie's Angels (1976) episode "Fallen Angel", Dalton's character, Damien Roth, is referred to as being like James Bond, which was 8 years before Dalton's first Bond outing. Loves fishing, especially in the Pacific Ocean. In 1986, he and Sylvester McCoy were performing together with Vanessa Redgrave in a season of Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Dalton and McCoy sympathized with each other about the difficulty in finding good long-term acting jobs.

A year later, McCoy was cast as the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) and Dalton was cast as James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987). He says that his favorite James Bond films are the first three Bond movies: Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963) and Goldfinger (1964). According to the James Bond film tailors in London, at 6' 2" he is the tallest of all the Bond actors. The tailors who have fitted and measured each of the 5 Bonds over the years claim the following heights for each of the other Bond actors: Sean Connery 6' 1 1/2" without shoes, George Lazenby 6' 1 1/2" without shoes, Roger Moore 6' 1" without shoes and Pierce Brosnan 6' 1" without shoes. His partner, Oksana Grigorieva , gave birth in London to a boy, Alexander, on 7 August 1997.

His colder, grittier portrayal of James Bond is considered by many fans of the franchise to be the closest to the characterization of Bond from the original novels by Ian Fleming , but was greeted with a mixed reaction from the general public following twelve years of Roger Moore's much more lighthearted portrayal. Dalton's Bond was the last to smoke cigarettes. (1980-1994) Companion of Vanessa Redgrave . Desmond Llewelyn claimed in an interview of Dalton that his portrayal of James Bond was closer to Ian Fleming 's original novel version of the character than any other Bond actor. Has played Lord Asrail in a London stage adaptation of the His Dark Materials trilogy. In the film The Golden Compass (2007), this role is played by Daniel Craig , who also succeeded him in the role of James Bond. Publicly announced he would not be returning as James Bond in GoldenEye (1995) on 12 April 1994. Two months later, Pierce Brosnan was revealed as his successor.

Initially agreed to play James Bond for a third time in GoldenEye (1995), but after a lengthy series of lawsuits between the studio and producers concerning the ownership of the character James Bond, and further script delays, he resigned from the role, believing that too much time had passed since Licence to Kill (1989). Had been approached for the role of James Bond in 1968 when Sean Connery had left the franchise but turned it down as he felt he was too young. He was approached again in 1980 but refused because he did not like the lighthearted direction the film had been going in. Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) but dropped out before he completed his studies. He was born in Wales, to English parents, Dorothy (Scholes) and Peter Dalton-Leggett. Lives in London, England and Los Angeles, California. He appears in Penny Dreadful (2014) with Eva Green . Green had previously appeared in Casino Royale (2006) and The Golden Compass (2007) with Daniel Craig , both times as a character previously played by Dalton.

Was originally cast as Benedict in Last Action Hero (1993), but was replaced by Charles Dance . This would have been the second of two times that he would have been in a film with Frank McRae . The first (as it turns out, the only) film was Licence to Kill (1989). His father is English and his mother is American. Personal Quotes (13) On playing a character: "You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle. Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it." (source: "The Making of LICENCE TO KILL" by Sally Hibbin. Eon Productions Ltd. and Glidrose Publications Ltd., 1989.) "I don't think I've drunk one since I've left the Bond movies.

Every bar you go in, there's always some wisecrack, 'Oh, yours will be a Martini, shaken, not stirred!' You get sick and tired of that." - talking about all of the vodka martinis he would get whenever he walked into a bar, while he was playing Bond. "I felt as free as a bird" - describing driving down Sunset Boulevard and seeing a billboard that had Sean Connery , Roger Moore , and Pierce Brosnan on it, but no Timothy Dalton . "It's very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another question." (on his approach to the role of James Bond) "When I saw those posters of Pierce standing there, I suddenly thought to myself, Jesus, I don't have to stand there with a gun to the side of my head anymore! I suddenly found the most tremendous sense of liberation, and I started to feel more like myself than I'd felt in years!

I suddenly felt free!" (describing his feelings on whether or not in retrospect he made the right decision not to make the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995)) I don't think that Bond is a role model or that he should be a role model. He's only part of a particular kind of story. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to be a secret agent. Roger Moore was brilliant but the movies had gone a long way from their roots; they had drifted in a way that was chalk and cheese to Sean. And I think Daniel Craig will work well. I think he's going to be terrific, he's got danger and vulnerability. I think most people thought it was a pity I wasn't allowed to grapple so much with the ladies. And he wasn't allowed to smoke; I think I managed to get a few puffs in, which they then cut out. He's terrific. I think Casino Royale (2006) is a huge step forward - a leap forward. It's great and Daniel's great. He got a lot of stick when he was doing it. There was a lot of negative press.

He was criticized by people who didn't have a clue what was in the script or what he was going to look like in the film, which was deeply unfair. I said how wrong everyone was at the time because he's a very gifted actor. I'm pleased that the movie turned out as well as it did. That's something I think about constantly because it has to be for a purpose, it's not just self-indulgence. People often say, "Well, it's just the way I express myself." That's no good, that's narcissistic, juvenile. You work to express the piece because you believe the piece has value and that can be communicated to other people who will see something new of life because of it. You must believe that it will in some small or big way make a difference to their lives. There was a time when Sean Connery gave up the role. I guess I, alongside quite a few other actors, was approached about the possibility of playing the part. That was for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). I was very flattered, but I think anybody would have been off their head to have taken over from Connery. I was also too young.

Bond should be a man in his mid-thirties, at least - a mature adult who has been around. I was not approached for Live and Let Die (1973), but there was a time in the late 1970s, when Roger may not have done another one, for whatever reason. They were looking around then, and I went to see Mr. Broccoli in Los Angeles. At that time, they didn't have a script finished and also, the way the Bond movies had gone - although they were fun and entertaining - weren't my idea of Bond movies. They had become a completely different entity. I know Roger, and think he does a fantastic job, but they were different kinds of movies. Roger is one of the only people in the world who can be fun in the midst of all that gadgetry. But in truth my favorite Bond movies were always Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), and Goldfinger (1964). [on GoldenEye (1995)] I was supposed to make one more but it was cancelled because MGM and the film's producers got into a lawsuit which lasted for five years.

After that, I didn't want to do it anymore. Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes - on screen and off! Salary (3) 50 Years of James Bond: Timothy Dalton Gets His ‘License to Kill’ | Anglophenia | BBC America 50 Years of James Bond: Timothy Dalton Gets His ‘License to Kill’ By Leah Rozen | 4 years ago Timothy Dalton as James Bond (Danjaq S.A./United Artists Pictures) When Timothy Dalton first identified himself as “Bond. James Bond” in The Living Daylights (1987), he tossed the signature line off casually while on the phone, as if he could just as easily have called himself “Blow. Joe Blow.” After only one more outing as Agent 007, in License to Kill (1989), he threw off the iconic role as well, announcing that he was no longer interested in playing the world’s most famous spy. “I don’t think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is and how much your life changes,” Dalton said in an interview in Metro in 2007.

“I have no regrets about doing it at all. You also have to deal with the press and people’s expectations of what James Bond represents – you end up living in a world which is rather separate. It’s a unique role.” The Welsh-born Dalton, now 68, was the fourth actor to play England’s most famous fictional secret agent in the movie series. He inherited 007’s martini glass from Roger Moore , who in turn had succeeded Sean Connery and George Lazenby . When Dalton departed, Pierce Brosnan took over. The current occupant, Daniel Craig, stars in Skyfall, which opens in the U.S. on November 9. It is Craig’s third turn as Bond and the 23rd film in the series. Dalton first had discussions with the Bond producers about taking over the marquee role after Connery had quit and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) was next on the slate. He begged off, saying he felt he was too young – he was still in his twenties – for the part. (It went to Lazenby, an Aussie model with no prior acting credits.) He spent the next decade and a half building up his resume on stage, screen and television.

Most impressively, he laid down a heavy foundation of Shakespeare and had outings as both Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights in BBC productions. (He also had a longtime romance with Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he often co-starred on stage.) <noscript><iframe width="500" height="375" src="" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></noscript> When age caught up with Roger Moore and he retired as Agent 007 after A View to a Kill (1985), the producers originally tried to get Irishman Brosnan, who had recently become a star on the American TV show, Remington Steele (1982-87). Due to contractual obligations to the TV series, Brosnan was unavailable and the Bond producers once again sought out Dalton. This time he said yes. He made two Bond films, both noteworthy more for his darker, brooding take on the role than for the films themselves. Dalton sought to get away from Moore’s jokey boulevardier and instead played Bond as a man with an edge, an interpretation he felt was closer to how author Ian Fleming had depicted the character in the books.

Indeed, Dalton was often spotted on the sets of his 007 films paging through the original Fleming novels as a reference aid. Trivia fans will want to note that Dalton’s Bond was the last to smoke cigarettes on screen. Additionally, at 6 feet 2 inches, he was the tallest actor ever cast in the role. The first of his Bond films, The Living Daylights, scored at the box office, grossing $51 million in the U.S. and at least twice that internationally. Dalton’s future as Bond appeared bright. The second, however, failed to perform, especially in the U.S., where it grossed only $34.7 million (but raked in another $121.5 globally). License lost out badly to competing summer blockbusters such as Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Lethal Weapon 2 and, since then, all Bond films have opened in the fall rather than the summer. Dalton was signed for three Bond films but found himself, after License, twiddling his thumbs for five long years as the producers and MGM engaged in a prolonged legal battle over rights to the franchise.

When the dust cleared and the producers were ready to begin production on GoldenEye, his contract had run out and Dalton had decided it was time to go. He gave his notice and left 007 behind. (Brosnan was now available and stepped into the role.) In his post-Bond years, he has notably portrayed Rhett Butler in Scarlett, a 1994 TV miniseries that was a sequel to Gone with the Wind, spoofed the Bond role in the 2003 movie, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and played a grocery store manager in the 2007 British comedy, Hot Fuzz. More recently, he played villain Alexei Volkoff on the TV series Chuck and provided the voice for Mr. Pricklepants in Toy Story 3. He has also continued periodically to return to England for stage roles, including an adaptation at the National Theatre in 2003 of the popular trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials.

<noscript><iframe width="500" height="281" src="" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></noscript> Dalton also showed up in the tabloids two years ago when his name popped up tangentially in the scandal involving Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of Gibson’s then infant daughter. Before Gibson, Grigorieva had been involved with Dalton; they are parents to a now adolescent son. Of greatest interest to Anglophenia readers, however, is the fact that Dalton appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who, in 2009 and 2010. “I’ve been watching Doctor Who since I was a kid — not all the time, not every week, but yes, I watched Doctor Who!,” Dalton told USA Weekend in 2010. “So when someone comes along and says, ‘Will you play a Time Lord in the final episode of this particular Doctor Who series?’ of course you come and play a Time Lord. Who wouldn’t?” <noscript><iframe width="500" height="281" src="" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></noscript> ————————————– Is Timothy Dalton your favorite Bond?

————————————– Timothy Dalton | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia "First and foremost, I wanted to make him human. He's not a "Superman"; you can't identify with a "Superman"" ― Timothy Dalton Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1944 or 1946) is a British actor of stage and screen, famous for being chosen as the fourth official James Bond . Contents Biography Youth and early career Timothy Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay , Wales , UK , he is of mixed English and Italian-Irish ancestry. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Belper , Derbyshire , England , UK. He became interested in acting in his teenage years, and left school in 1962 to enrol in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and tour with the National Youth Theatre in the summer. He did not complete his RADA studies, leaving the academy in 1966 to join the ensemble of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre . He quickly moved to television, working mainly with BBC , and in 1968 made his film debut in The Lion in Winter , the first of several period dramas.

After a few more films, Dalton took a break in 1971 to concentrate on the theatre, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and other troupes throughout the world. With the exception of the 1975 film Permission to Kill , he remained a theatre actor until 1978. That year he starred in Sextette , hailing his return to cinema and the beginning of his American career. While in the United States, Dalton worked mainly in television, although he starred in several European films and gave notable performances for the BBC. James Bond Dalton's gunbarrel. In 1986, after Roger Moore 's retirement from the James Bond role, Dalton was approached to replace him but obligations to the film Brenda Starr kept him from accepting the role. Sam Neill was then screentested for the part of Bond but was ultimately rejected by "Cubby" Broccoli . Pierce Brosnan was then approached for the role, but rescinded because of his commitment to the television revival of Remington Steele . In the ensuing time, Dalton had completed the filming of Brenda Starr and was now able to accept the role of Bond.

Previously, Dalton had been offered the role in 1969 to replace Sean Connery after You Only Live Twice , but turned it down feeling he was too young for the role and because of what he felt was an imposing legacy left behind by Connery. He was approached again following Connery's second departure after Diamonds Are Forever but again declined, citing the same reasons. He was offered the part a third time in 1981 when Roger Moore decided to retire from the character prior to For Your Eyes Only ; Dalton was apparently all but signed to the role when Moore decided to continue at the last moment. Work commitments made him again refuse the role in 1986, but when asked again, he finally agreed to appear in three James Bond films. The first, The Living Daylights (1987) was successful and grossed more than the previous two Roger Moore Bond films as well as contemporary box office rivals such as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon . The second film, Licence to Kill (1989) did not perform as well at the U.S.

box office, partly due to a lacklustre marketing campaign, after the title of the film was abruptly changed from Licence Revoked, and partly because it was released in competition with other action blockbusters Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, Ghost Busters II, Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Back to the Future Part II over the summer of 1989. As a direct result of the latter, no Bond movie since has been released over the summer months. However, MGM reported a net profit of $28.2 million for the film. Dalton's third Bond film (rumoured title: The Property of A Lady ) was due for a 1991 release but its production was scuttled by internecine corporate litigation between Danjaq, LLC, the copyright holder of James Bond on screen and MGM / United Artists (Giancarlo Parretti), the financier and distributor of the series. In 1994, tired of waiting for a film that seemed as though it would never happen, Dalton officially dropped the James Bond role, re-opening the door for Pierce Brosnan.

Dalton's portrayal of Bond - darker, more grittily realistic and truer to the original character as portrayed in Fleming's novels - was something of a double-edged sword. Critics welcomed a more serious interpretation after more than a decade of Roger Moore's lighthearted approach but the reaction of Moore aficionados and those who had grown up with Moore as their Bond during his 15 year tenure and were generally unfamiliar with Ian Fleming 's original novels was mixed. Despite the contemporary criticism, rumours persist to this day that Dalton had always been high on "Cubby" Broccoli's list of ideal Bond actors. More recent evaluation has warmed somewhat to Dalton's brief tenure, with some critics noting the similarities between his gritty performance and that of Daniel Craig . After his Bond films, Dalton's career entered an uncertain period. Successes on stage and television were balanced by indifferent films. He also endured the unenviable assignment of playing Rhett Butler in Scarlett ; the television mini-series sequel to Gone with the Wind . In 2003, he played a parody of James Bond named Damian Drake in the film Looney Tunes: Back in Action .

He recently appeared in Doctor Who as the character Rassilon, and returned to feature films as the villain in Hot Fuzz. Trivia Timothy Dalton was approached in 1969 to replace Sean Connery in On Her Majesty's Secret Service , but turned it down because he felt he was too young to play Bond at the time. He was offered the role again for 1973's Live and Let Die , but the role was given to Roger Moore. Dalton was suggested again for the role in Octopussy , but due to the possible box-office threat of the non-Eon film, Never Say Never Again , Moore remained Bond until Dalton's first outing as Bond in The Living Daylights . Timothy Dalton - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack At a consistently lean 6' 2", green-eyed Timothy Dalton may very well be one of the last of the dying breed of swashbuckling, classically trained Shakespearean actors who have forged simultaneous successful careers in theater, television and film. He has been comparison-shopped roundly for stepping into roles played by other actors, first following...

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(performer: "Danny Boy") 1978 Sextette (performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together") Hide 2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2010 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2010 Doctor Who Confidential (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 HypaSpace (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2007 This Morning (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1987-2007 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself 2006 Bond '89 (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Timothy Dalton: On Acting (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2002 Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1999 Great Performances (TV Series) Himself - Host 1999 Hooked on Fishing (TV Series documentary) Host 1997-1998 The Daily Show (TV

 Series) Himself - Guest 1993 In the Wild (TV Series documentary) Host 1992 30 Years of James Bond (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1991 Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air (TV Special documentary) Himself 1989 The London Programme (TV Series documentary) Himself 1989 Kenworth Truck Stunt Featurette (Video documentary short) Himself 1987 Evening Magazine (TV Series) Himself 1987 James Bond: Licence to Thrill (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1987 Wildlife Chronicles (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself - Host 1976 Revista de cine (TV Series) Himself 1966 National Youth Theatre (Documentary short) Himself 2015 Timeshift (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (Video documentary short) Himself 2002 Best Ever Bond (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2000 Inside 'The Living Daylights' (Video documentary short) Himself 2000 Omnibus (TV Series documentary) Himself 2000 Inside 'Licence to Kill' (Video documentary

 short) Himself 1999 And the Word Was Bond (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1995 The World of James Bond (TV Movie documentary) Himself Personal Details Other Works: Theatre: played "Lord Asriel" in "His Dark Materials", at the National Theatre (Olivier), London, UK.

December 2003 - March 2004. Adapted by Nicholas Wright from the novels by Philip Pullman . Directed by Nicholas Hytner . See more » Publicity Listings: 4 Interviews | 4 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 14 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: On playing a character: "You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle. Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it." (source: "The Making of LICENCE TO KILL" by Sally Hibbin. Eon Productions Ltd. and Glidrose ... See more » Trivia: According to the James Bond film tailors in London, at 6' 2" he is the tallest of all the Bond actors.

The tailors who have fitted and measured each of the 5 Bonds over the years claim the following heights for each of the other Bond actors: Sean Connery 6' 1 1/2" without shoes, George Lazenby 6' 1 1/2" without shoes, Roger Moore 6' 1" without shoes and Pierce Brosnan 6' 1" without shoes. See more » Trademark: Intense acting style See more » Nickname: James Bond (Timothy Dalton) | Heroes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia James Bond (Timothy Dalton) 00-suffix of MI6, international spy and assassin Powers / Skills Skilled fighter, marksman, highly intelligent Hobbies Sleeping with women, counter acting terrorism Goals Tackle terrorism and succeed any assignment given to him Family Type of Hero Big Good Commander James Bond is the main protagonist of 007 series. He is a Senior Operational Officer of the 'Double-O' ('00') Branch, an ultra-covert Black Ops unit within the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). As an agent of MI6, Bond holds code number "007".

The 'double-O' prefix indicates his discretionary licence to kill in the performance of his duties. Welsh actor Timothy Dalton took over the role from Roger Moore in 1987. He appeared in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Legal issues between the Bond producers and the studio over distribution rights resulted in the cancellation of a proposed third Dalton film scheduled for release in 1991 and put the series on a hiatus for several years until 1995. In 1994, Dalton announced that he would not return in the upcoming Bond film, Goldeneye before the role was given to Pierce Brosnan. Film biography Shared background Although very little of Bond's past is directly addressed in Timothy Dalton's films, it is assumed that his Bond continues to share the common background laid out by the Ian Fleming novels and preceding Bond films. In the novels, James' parents (Andrew Bond of Scotland and Monique Delacroix-Bond of Switzerland) were tragically killed during a climbing accident in the French Alps when he was eleven. He had acquired a first-class command of the French and German languages during his early education, which he received entirely abroad.

After the death of his parents, Bond goes to live with his aunt, Miss Charmian Bond, where he completes his early education. Later, he briefly attends Eton College at "12 or thereabouts", but is removed after two halves because of girl trouble with a maid. After being sent down from Eton, Bond was sent to Fettes College in Scotland, his father's school. The 007 Film That Never Was: Dalton’s Third Bond – The James Bond International Fan Club Previous Next The 007 Film That Never Was: Dalton’s Third Bond With a new book now on the market about Timothy Dalton’s first James Bond movie, it seems a good moment for the JBIFC to look back at the screen treatment for the film that was never made: a third Dalton 007 adventure. Charles Helfenstein, the author of the superb book The Making of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (2009), recently published a second book entitled The Making of The Living Daylights, which went on sale in October.

As with his first book, it is another very high quality exploration of how a James Bond movie is planned, made and marketed, with some fascinating insights, rare anecdotes, excellent glimpses of storyboards, and containing all the detail that made his first volume worth its weight in gold. At one point in his new book, Helfenstein touches upon the film that came close to being made but never was: a third Timothy Dalton 007 adventure. The JBIFC has trawled its archives once again to bring you some details about the ‘Bond 17’ outline that was actually put together during the planning stages for the proposed movie. Dalton’s Third 007 Adventure. Yes, it nearly did happen. As we know, Timothy Dalton made two Bond movies and was all set for a third, but then complex legal wrangles halted pre-production on Bond 17. After waiting patiently for five years for MGM/UA to sort out the various legal battles, in the spring of 1994 Dalton announced he was leaving the role of 007. “Bond removes his parachute harness and turns to find the decidedly unpleasant barrel of a pistol thrust against his temple.

Mi Wai tells him to keep his hands in sight as she speaks rapidly into a small hand held radio. In a few moments Bond hears the distinctive beat of a helicopter… Mi Wai prods Bond forward… he sees the insignia of the Chinese Red Army on the side of the helicopter”. The above extract, at first glance, looks like something out of Colonel Sun but comes from the screen treatment that nearly became the basis for the third Tim Dalton Bond movie in 1990/91 – had it gone ahead. In fact, not many fans realize how advanced the plans were for Bond 17 in 1989-90. Moreover, all the evidence suggests that Dalton’s third Bond movie would have placed Fleming’s ‘blunt instrument’ (as grittily played by Dalton) in a much more ambitious and visionary story which had an element of sci-fi at its heart. An outline treatment by Michael G. Wilson and Alfonse Ruggiero was completed in May, 1990, and, although it was not a full script, it contained a detailed outline story, with descriptions of locations, key characters and major plot concepts.

As envisaged in 1990, Dalton’s third would-be Bond movie would have entailed the Bond series continuing to move in the notably realistic direction set out in Licence to Kill, but also brimming with ambitious hi-tech concepts. Wilson and Ruggiero penned an outline which used robotic designs, microchips and advanced electronic apparatus to provide the film with a markedly scientific backdrop. At the beginning of the treatment there was an intriguing preface saying that the ‘robotic devices’ referred to in the outline were ‘complex and exotic machines designed for specific tasks’ and they would be designed ‘especially for the film for maximum and dramatic and visual impact’. The opening sequence was set in a chemical weapons laboratory in Scotland, and involved technicians performing tests with robotic devices. Suddenly, one of the robotic machines would run amok and the building would explode. After a ‘bitter debate’ in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister would be seen being questioned by MPs about the explosion, and he would assure the House that the ‘full resources’ of the government were being used to investigate the incident. Enter 007, who, in the treatment, is summoned to MI6’s HQ and to M’s office for the traditional briefing about his mission.

There followed a storyline which took Bond to Hong Kong, Japan and mainland China, with the main villain being Sir Henry Lee Ching, described in the treatment as ‘a brilliant and handsome thirty year old British-Chinese entrepreneur’ who, in the traditional Bond sense, is a dab hand at science and electronic circuits, and is also nicely demented. Sir Henry has a habit of arranging ‘accidents’ at nuclear plants, and demonstrates this by having a robotic device run amok at a Chinese atomic plant in Nanking. The main point to Wilson and Ruggiero’s treatment for Bond 17 was that Sir Henry wanted Britain to withdraw from Hong Kong (remember, this was 1990, some years before the UK actually did hand over the colony). With his expertise in electronics, Sir Henry threatened to unleash a computer virus that would paralyse every military and commercial unit in the world. The climax of the treatment involved James Bond being led to Sir Henry’s base of operations through the sewer system under Hong Kong, with 007 gaining access to the building via a waste-pipe. There followed a classic confrontation between Bond and Sir Henry, with the latter eventually killed when 007 turns a welding torch in his face!

Whether this treatment for Dalton’s third Bond movie sowed some of the seeds for later ideas for the Pierce Brosnan films is difficult to say, but the 1990/91 Bond 17 treatment gives us an intriguing glimpse of the film that might have been.

Question: What is the title of Timothy Dalton’s first James Bond film?
Answer: The Living Daylights