March 21: Happy Birthday Timothy Dalton

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Timothy Dalton was born this day in either 1944 or 1946 so he’s celebrating either his 71st or 73rd birthday. He first became known to international audiences as Philip II of France in The Lion in Winter, but spent most of his first decade-plus working on the stage—he appeared in several of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s productions. In 1980 he played Prince Barin in Mike Hodges’s campy adaptation of Flash Gordon. But it was the film role that came his way in 1987 that made him famous:

Opinions, including those of this blog’s readers, have differed about Dalton’s performance as James Bond. However, it is no surprise that the role did not launch the actor into lasting stardom, as that has been the norm for Bond actors over the years. Dalton did appear in some interesting movies through the years, such as The Rocketeer, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and Hot Fuzz. On stage, he played the role of Lord Asriel in a Royal National Theatre adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (the same role was played by Daniel Craig in the film The Golden Compass).