Possessed of one of the most seductive speaking voices in acting history, the lovely Timothy Dalton is - gulp - 80 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 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...
Many happy returns, Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born 21st March 1946)!
Oh yes!!!!! He is beyond sexy. At one time I had a man sandwich made up of him, myself and David Gandy all in between sheets of Egyptian cotton!!!! Oh just the thought of that.........
ReplyDeleteWhat was I saying dear?
I would take "sloppy seconds" of that sandwich! Jx
DeleteThose beautiful eyes...
ReplyDeleteHe could just stare me into bed... Jx
DeleteSextette! I’ve never seen it. Poor guy. That scene is embarrassing!!!
ReplyDeleteStill, he’s dreamy.
I looked and looked for him among the faggots and then realized he must be doing the voice over. Correct?
Ha! For many years, the way he says "Brain's faggots" never failed to give me a tingle...
DeleteI've not seen Sextette either, and I'm in no particular hurry to do so, tbh. Jx
I remember he was very pouty in Lion In Winter. He was born with smoulder!
ReplyDelete"Smouldering" just about sums him up. Jx
DeleteLion in Winter is one of my all-time favourites.
ReplyDeleteIt's one of Madam Arcati's fave films, too! Jx
DeleteI had to find a recent photo of him and at 80 HE IS STILL FUCKING GORGEOUS! xoxo Thank you, sweetpea!
ReplyDeleteHe's not bad for an eighty-year-old, is he? Remarkable what great cheekbones can do... Jx
DeleteLicence to Kill was the first Bond film I saw at the cinema. And it was a "licence to thrill" as me and my friends were underage (by a year) at the time!
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