Timothy Dalton

He also enduring the thankless assignment of playing Rhett Butler in a made-for-TV sequel to Gone with the Wind. Fairbanks has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard and one for television at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard. After his Bond films Dalton's career entered an uncertain period, success on stage and television was balanced by a number of indifferent film ventures. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, in the same crypt as his father. Critics generally liked the more serious Bond after more than a decade of Moore's lighthearted approach, but fan reaction was mixed, particularly from those unfamiliar with the original Bond novels. He died of a heart attack in New York. Dalton's portrayal of Bond was intentionally based more upon the literary version of the character, thereby creating a darker character. In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed him a special envoy to South America.

A third Bond was planned for release in 1991 (according to some sources it was to have been called The Property of a Lady), but it became lost in litigation over the rights between EON and Danjaq, and in 1994 Dalton officially dropped the role, leaving the door open for Brosnan to have a second chance at the part. support for Britain during World War II, and was created a KBE in 1949. The Living Daylights (1987) was the first and was a reasonable success, but the follow-up Licence to Kill (1989) was a commercial disappointment (though still a major hit in comparison to most other films), hurt by a lacklustre marketing campaign. He advocated U.S. Work commitments made him refuse the role once again in 1986, but when he was asked a second time he agreed to three Bond films. Three years later, on May 30, 1991 he married Vera Shelton. Dalton had previously been approached to play the role several times before -- as early as 1968 -- but had turned the role down each time feeling he was too young. Mary Lee Fairbanks died of cancer in 1988.

Following the final retirement of Roger Moore as James Bond in 1986, Dalton was approached to replace him after Pierce Brosnan had to back out due to television commitments. On April 22, 1939, he married Mary Lee Hartford (née Mary Lee Epling), a former wife of George Huntington Hartford, the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company heir: they had three daughters. The majority of his US work was on television but he made a number of European films and produced some notable performances for the BBC. was one of the naked men in the incriminating photos which were used as evidence in the divorce trial of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. After a brief return to film work he again concentrated on theatre until 1978 when he made is first film in the United States and made his first US television appearance. It has been claimed that Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. After a number of films he took a break from 1971 - 75 to concentrate on theatre, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and others across the world. He became active in both society and politics, but Joan Crawford did not enjoy these activities and they were divorced in May 1933.

He was quick to move into television work, mainly with the BBC, and in 1968 he appeared in his first film, The Lion in Winter, the first in a number of costume dramas. He went on a delayed honeymoon to England, where he was entertained by Noel Coward and George, Duke of Kent. He did not complete his studies at RADA, leaving in 1966 to work professionally at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Faribanks starred in several pictures with Loretta Young, and with Little Caesar, Outward Bound and The Dawn Patrol his movies began to have more success. Leaving school in 1964 he enrolled at RADA and toured with the National Youth Theatre in the summers. Malachy’s Church, New York, New York, they were married. Dalton became interested in acting at a young age. On June 3, 1929, in St.

The family moved to Belper, Derbyshire soon after his birth. He was also noticed by Joan Crawford, who began to date him. Born in Colwyn Bay, Dalton claims a mixed Italian-Irish and English ancestry. After making some undistinguished films, he took to the stage, where he impressed his father, his step-mother Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin, who encouraged him to continue with acting. Timothy Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is a Welsh-born English actor of stage and film most famous as the fourth James Bond in the official film series. Largely on the basis of his name, he was given a contract at age fourteen with Paramount Pictures. The Lion in Winter (1968). With his mother, he lived for a time in California, Paris, and London.

Cromwell (1970). and his first wife Anna Beth Sully. His parents divorced when he was ten years old. Flash Gordon (1980). He was born in New York, the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. The Doctor and the Devils (1985). Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (December 9, 1909 - May 7, 2000) was an American actor. The Living Daylights (1987). Ghost Story - 1981.

Hawks (1988). State Secret - 1950. Licence to Kill (1989). The Fighting O'Flynn - 1949. The King's Whore (1990). Sinbad the Sailor - 1947. The Rocketeer (1991). The Corsican Brothers - 1941.

Framed (1992). Angels Over Broadway - 1940. Last Action Hero, cameo role (1993). Gunga Din - 1939. Naked in New York (1994). The Prisoner of Zenda - 1937. Salt Water Moose (1996). Catherine the Great - 1934.

Beautician and the Beast (1997). Morning Glory - 1933. Stories of My Childhood (1998). Little Caesar - 1931. Made Men (1999). The Jazz Age - 1929. Cleopatra (movie) (1999). Our Modern Maidens - 1929 (with then wife Joan Crawford).

American Outlaws (2001). Stella Dallas - 1925. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). Dunkirk, to be released in May 2005.