Saturday 21 March 2009

Licenced to thrill



Possessed of one of the most seductive speaking voices in acting history, the lovely Timothy Dalton is - unbelievably! - 65 years old today!

In his long and enviable career, Mr Dalton has played alongside most of the greats of theatre and movies - Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins in The Lion in Winter, Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Charles Gray, Dorothy Tutin, Hugh Griffiths, Harry Andrews, Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson amongst them.

Another in a long line of Welsh acting maestros, with his piercing green eyes and 6ft 2" frame Timothy Dalton has always been a commanding (and extremely sexy) figure on screen. I have had a major crush on him for years...

Just check out his debut screen performance:


Of course, the most lucrative role in his four-decade career, and the one for which he is likely to be most remembered worldwide, is his stint as James Bond in the 80s. Licence to Kill was one of the best of the series, as a result:


Inevitably, there are always some less salubrious points in any actor's career. Here are a couple of them...



All jokes about the similarity between these two unappealing meat products, on a postcard to the usual address please...

Timothy Dalton's long career outlined on IMDB

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