TIMOTHY DALTON
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Timothy Dalton - Movie Shift: 1987- 1989 - Bond Movies: The Living Daylights (1987), Licence To Kill (1989).
Born in Wales on March 21, 1946, Timothy Dalton brought his classical style to the Bond series in The Living Daylights and License to Kill. When Roger Moore retired from the role after A View To A Kill, it looked like Pierce Brosnan would become the fourth Bond, but when a contract dispute arose Dalton was picked for the job. With his hard-nosed approach to the James Bond character, Dalton radically reversed the on-screen image of Bond and returned to the 007 Ian Fleming wrote about. This came as a shock to Roger Moore fans who were quite at ease with Moore's laid-back approach to the character. Out of all five Bonds, Dalton could have been a secret agent in real life. In 1987's The Living Daylights Bond was on duty in the streets of Moscow to the deserts of Asia. The movie also brought a truly romantic element back to the series that was last seen in On Her Majesty's Secret Service with the appearance of Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo). In License to Kill, Dalton's final mission as Bond, the series took a dramatic turn by changing the mission from saving the world to avenging Felix's attacker. The movie was the first Bond film to receive an R rating because of the violent shark attacks and a few other scenes. Unfortunately, Dalton never gained wide appeal as Bond and the movies never achieved the economic success that previous films enjoyed.
