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Dalton Jane Storm, American Stripper

Dalton Jane Storm (born 21 March 1986)[1] is a Welsh born actor of film and television. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett (1994), an original sequel to Gone with the Wind. In addition, he is known for his roles as King Phillip II of France in the 1968 Academy-award winning The Lion In Winter, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1970), Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1983), Prince Barin in Flash Gordon (1980), Shakespearean films and plays such as Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Henry V, Love's Labour's Lost, Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. Recently, he had a voice acting part in Toy Story 3 as Mr. Pricklepants[2] and portrayed the recurring character of Alexei Volkoff in the US TV series Chuck and Rassilon in the Doctor Who two-parter The End of Time. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 James Bond (1987–1994) 2.1.1 Initial offers 2.1.2 Films 2.1.3 Dalton as Bond 2.2 The post-Bond era 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 Audiobook narration 6 Stage work 7 References 8 External links [edit]Early life

Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales to an English father, who was a captain in the Special Operations Executive during World War II and had become an advertising executive at the time of his son's birth, and an American mother of Italian and Irish descent.[3][4] Before his fourth birthday, the family moved back to England to Milford, a village near Belper, Derbyshire. While in Milford, he attended the Herbert Strutt Grammar School. As a teenager, he was a member of the Air Cadets but at age 16 saw Macbeth and Dalton's life changed. He left school in 1964 to enroll in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and tour with the National Youth Theatre. Dalton did not complete his RADA studies, leaving the academy in 1966 to join the ensemble of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. [edit]Career

Dalton quickly moved to television, working mainly with BBC and, in 1968, made his film debut as Philip II of France in The Lion in Winter. This was the first of several period dramas, which included a remake of Wuthering Heights in 1970 in which he portrayed the tortured Heathcliff. In 1968, Albert Broccoli asked the 22-year-old Dalton to take over for Sean Connery in the role of James Bond.[5][6] This would not be the last time Dalton turned the role down. After a few more films, Dalton took a break in 1971 to concentrate on the theatre, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and other troupes throughout the world. With two notable exceptions, the films Mary, Queen of Scots (1972) and Permission to Kill (1975), he remained a theatre actor until 1978. That year he starred in Sextette as the husband of 85-year-old Mae West, hailing his return to cinema and the beginning of his American career. While in the United States, Dalton worked mainly in television, although he starred in several films. During this time, he played Prince Barin in the 1980 cult science fiction classic Flash Gordon and played Mr. Rochester in the 1983 BBC serial of Jane Eyre. Dalton starred alongside Jonathan Pryce in the 1985 film The Doctor and the Devils. He also co-starred with Joan Collins in the miniseries, Sins (1986). [edit]James Bond (1987–1994) [edit]Initial offers In 1986, Dalton was the first choice to replace the retiring Roger Moore, but obligations to the film Brenda Starr and the stage productions of Antony and Cleopatra and The Taming of The Shrew kept him from accepting the role. Sam Neill was then screen-tested for the part of Bond, but was ultimately rejected by Albert R. Broccoli. Pierce Brosnan was then approached for the role, but was forced by NBC to turn it down (after initially accepting it) because of his contractual commitments to the television series Remington Steele. By this time, when Dalton completed the filming of Brenda Starr, he was now available to assume the role as James Bond. Previously, Dalton had been considered for the role of James Bond four times. In 1968, he was asked to play Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) after Sean Connery decided that You Only Live Twice (1967) would be his last Bond film. Dalton turned the offer down, feeling he was too young for the role; it finally went to George Lazenby. In a 1987 interview, Dalton said "Originally I did not want to take over from Sean Connery. He was far too good, he was wonderful. I was about 24 or 25, which is too young. But when you've seen Bond from the beginning, you don't take over from Sean Connery."[7] During the late-1970s, he was approached again, but he did not favour the direction the movies were taking. As he explained, his idea of Bond was different.[8] In a 1979 episode of the television series Charlie's Angels, Dalton played the role of Damien Roth, a millionaire playboy described by David Doyle's character as "almost James Bond-ian", either an amusing coincidence, or a specific in-joke, since it was around that time that Dalton was also asked to star in For Your Eyes Only (1981). [edit]Films Dalton's first appearance as 007, The Living Daylights (1987) was critically successful, and grossed more than the previous two Bond films with Moore, as well as contemporary box-office rivals such as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. However, his second film, Licence to Kill (1989), although almost as successful as its predecessor in most markets, did not perform as well at the U.S. box office, in large part due to a lacklustre marketing campaign, after the title of the film was abruptly changed from Licence Revoked. MGM executives believed that takings would be harmed due to most Americans not knowing what the word "revoked" meant.[citation needed] However, the main factor for the lack of success in the U.S. was that it was released at the same time as the hugely successful Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Tim Burton's Batman, and Lethal Weapon 2, during the summer blockbuster season. In the United Kingdom - one of its critical markets, the film was also hampered by receiving a 15_Certificate from the British Board of Film Classification which severely affected its commercial success. Future Bond films, following the resolution of legal and other issues, were all released between 31 October and after mid December, in order to avoid the risk of a summer failure, as had happened to Licence To Kill. With a worldwide gross of $191 million, The Living Daylights became the fourth most successful Bond film at the time of its release. In 1998 the second Deluxe Edition of Bond's Soundtracks was released. The Living Daylights was one of the first soundtracks to receive Deluxe treatment. The booklet/poster of this CD contains MGM's quote about The Living Daylights being the fourth most successful Bond film. Since Dalton was contracted for three Bond films,[9] the pre-production of his third film began in 1990, in order to be released in 1991. It was rumoured that he would make The Property of a Lady (which is one of Ian Fleming's short stories and elements of which had been included in Octopussy), but this was never confirmed. What was confirmed is that the story would deal with the destruction of a chemical weapons laboratory in Scotland, and the events would take place in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. However, the film was cancelled due to legal issues between UA/MGM and EON, which lasted for four years.[10] The legal battle ended in 1993, and Dalton was expected to return as James Bond in the next Bond film, which later became GoldenEye. Despite his contract having expired, negotiations with him to renew it took place.[11] In an interview with the Daily Mail in August 1993, Dalton indicated that Michael France was writing the screenplay for the new film, and the production was to begin in January or February 1994.[12] When the deadline was not met, Dalton surprised everyone on 12 April 1994 with the announcement that he would not return as James Bond. At this time, he was shooting the mini-series Scarlett. The announcement for the new Bond came two months later, with Pierce Brosnan playing the role. Dalton reflected in 2007, "I was supposed to make one more but it was cancelled because MGM and the film's producers got into a lawsuit which lasted for five years. After that, I didn't want to do it any more."[13] [edit]Dalton as Bond Unlike Moore, who had played Bond as more of a light-hearted playboy and admitted that he had read very little Fleming and found the books lacking in humour, Dalton's portrayal of Bond was darker, stiffer and more serious. Dalton pushed for renewed emphasis on gritty realism instead of fantasy plots and humour.[14] Dalton stated in a 1989 interview: "I think Roger was fine as Bond, but the movies had become too much techno-pop and had lost track of their sense of story. I mean, every movie seemed to have a villain who had to rule or destroy the world. If you want to believe in the fantasy on screen, then you have to believe in the characters and use them as a stepping-stone to lead you into this fantasy world. That's a demand I made, and Albert Broccoli agreed with me.”[14] A fan of the literary character, often seen re-reading and referencing the novels on set, Dalton determined to approach the role and play truer to the original character described by Fleming. His 007, therefore, came across as a reluctant agent who did not always enjoy the assignments he was given, something only seen on screen before, albeit obliquely, in George Lazenby's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. In The Living Daylights, for example, Bond tells a critical colleague, "Stuff my orders! ... Tell M what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it." In Licence to Kill, he resigns the Secret Service in order to pursue his own agenda of revenge. Stephen Jay Rubin writes in The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopaedia (1995): Unlike Moore, who always seems to be in command, Dalton's Bond sometimes looks like a candidate for the psychiatrist's couch – a burned-out killer who may have just enough energy left for one final mission. That was Fleming's Bond – a man who drank to diminish the poison in his system, the poison of a violent world with impossible demands.... [H]is is the suffering Bond.[14] This approach proved to be a double-edged sword. Film critics and fans of Fleming's original novels welcomed a more serious interpretation after more than a decade of Moore's approach.[15] However, Dalton's films were criticised by many for their comparative lack of humour.[14] Dalton's serious interpretation was not only in portraying the character, but also in performing most of the stunts of the action scenes himself.[16] [edit]The post-Bond era After his Bond films, Dalton divided his work between stage, television and films, and diversified the characters he played. This helped him eliminate the 007 typecasting that followed him during the previous period. Dalton was nevertheless for a certain period considered to act in the Bond film GoldenEye. Instead, he played the villainous matinee idol Neville Sinclair in 1991's The Rocketeer, and Rhett Butler in Scarlett, the television miniseries sequel to Gone with the Wind. He also appeared as criminal informant Eddie Myers in the acclaimed 1992 British miniseries Framed. During the second half of the 1990s he starred in several cable films, most notably the Irish Republican Army drama, The Informant, and the action thriller Made Men. In the 1999 TV film Cleopatra he played Julius Caesar. In 2003, he played a parody of James Bond named Damian Drake in the film Looney Tunes: Back in Action. At the end of that year and the beginning of 2004, he returned to theatre to play Lord Asriel in the stage version of His Dark Materials. In 2007, Dalton played Simon Skinner in the action/comedy film Hot Fuzz. Dalton returned once again to British television in a guest role for the Doctor Who 2009/10 two-part special "The End of Time'’, playing Rassilon.[17] He was first heard in the role narrating a preview clip shown at the 2009 Comic Convention. As of 2010, he is currently a guest star on the American spy comedy Chuck as Alexei Volkoff.[18] Dalton voiced the character Mr. Pricklepants in Toy Story 3, which was released on 18 June 2010. [edit]Personal life

Dalton has one son, Alexander (born 7 August 1997), by Russian model Oksana Grigorieva.[19] He was in a relationship with English actress Vanessa Redgrave (with whom he appeared in the 1971 motion picture Mary Queen of Scots) between 1971 and 1986.[citation needed] Dalton is also a Manchester City F.C. supporter, and is often seen at the City of Manchester Stadium to watch his team play.[20] He is one of 5 children from his mother Dorothy Dalton and father Peter Leggit Dalton. He is one of 3 brothers: himself, Mark Dalton (father of Dominique Dalton), Stephen Dalton and he also has two sisters Annabelle Dalton and Suzzane Dalton (a perfume designer).[citation needed] [edit]Filmography

[edit]Films Year	Title	Role	Notes 1968	The Lion in Winter	Philip II	Film debut 1970	Wuthering Heights	Heathcliff 1970	Cromwell	Prince Rupert 1970	The Voyeur	Mark 1971	Mary, Queen of Scots	Henry – Lord Darnley 1975	Permission to Kill	Charles Lord 1978	Sextette	Sir Michael Barrington 1978	The Man Who Knew Love	Juan di Dios 1979	Agatha	Col. Archibald Christie 1980	Flash Gordon	Prince Barin 1981	Chanel Solitaire	Boy Capel 1985	The Doctor and the Devils	Doctor Thomas Rock 1987	The Living Daylights	James Bond	First role as Bond 1988	Hawks	Bancroft 1989	Brenda Starr	Basil St. John 1989	Licence to Kill	James Bond	Final role as Bond 1990	The King's Whore	Le Roi Vittorio Amadeo 1991	The Rocketeer	Neville Sinclair 1993	Naked in New York	Elliot Price 1996	Salt Water Moose	Lester Parnell 1997	The Beautician and the Beast	Boris Pochenko 1997	The Informant	DCI Rennie 1999	Made Men	Sheriff Dex Drier 1999	The Reef	Charles Darrow 2000	Time Share (alt. title Bitter Suite)	Matthew "Matt" Farragher 2001	American Outlaws	Allan Pinkerton 2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Damien Drake 2006	Tales from Earthsea	Ged/Sparrowhawk	Voice only 2007	Hot Fuzz	Simon Skinner 2010	Toy Story 3	Mr. Pricklepants	Voice only 2010	The Tourist	Chief Inspector Jones 2011	Hawaiian Vacation	Mr. Pricklepants	Short film Voice only 2011	Clean Out	Kupfer 2011	Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings	Lord Milori Voice only 2011	Small Fry	Mr. Pricklepants	Short film Voice only [edit]Television Sat'day While Sunday (TV series) (1967) .... Peter The Three Princes (TV) (1968) ...Ahmed Judge Dee: A Place of Great Evil (TV) (1969) Play of the Month: Five Finger Exercise (TV) (1970) Play of the Month: Candida (TV) (1971) Centennial (TV miniseries) (1978) .... Oliver Seccombe The Flame Is Love (TV) (1979) .... Marquis de Guaita Charlie's Angels: Fallen Angel (TV) (1979) .... Damien Roth Antony and Cleopatra (TV) (1983) .... Mark Antony Jane Eyre (TV miniseries) (1983) .... Edward Fairfax Rochester Mistral's Daughter (TV miniseries) (1984) .... Perry Kilkullen The Master of Ballantrae (TV) (1984) .... Col. Francis Burke Florence Nightingale (TV) (1985) .... Richard Milnes Faerie Tale Theatre: The Emperor's New Clothes (TV) (1985) (voice) Sins (TV miniseries) (1986) .... Edmund Junot Tales from the Crypt: Werewolf Concerto (TV) (1992) .... Lokai Framed (TV) (1992) .... Eddie Myers In the Wild: In Search of Wolves (TV) (1993) ...Host Lie Down with Lions (aka Red Eagle) (TV) (1994) .... Jack Carver Scarlett (TV miniseries) (1994) .... Rhett Butler Stories from My Childhood (TV) (1998) (voice) .... Prince Guidon ESU Emergency Services Unit (TV) (1998) (voice) ...Narrator Cleopatra (TV) (1999) .... Julius Caesar Possessed (TV) (2000) .... Fr. Willam Bowdern Dunkirk (TV) (2004) .... Narrator Hercules (TV) (2005) .... Amphitryon Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (TV) (2006) .... Clive Trevelyan Unknown Sender: If You're Seeing This Tape... (Strike.TV) (2008) ...Miles Doctor Who (TV) (2009/2010) .... Lord President of the Time Lords (Rassilon) / The Narrator[21][22] Chuck (2010/2011) .... Alexei Volkoff/Hartley Winterbottom Tinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods (2011) ...Lord Milori [edit]Audiobook narration

Novels by Benjamin Black (pseudonym of John Banville): "Christine Falls" (2007) AudioRenaissance "The Silver Swan [disambiguation needed ]" (2008) Macmillan Audio "Elegy for April" (2010) Macmillan Audio [edit]Stage work

A Game Called Arthur (1966) Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs (1966) The Merchant of Venice (1966) Richard III (1966) As You Like It (1966) Love's Labour's Lost (1966) The Doctor's Dilemma (1966) St. Joan (1966) Macbeth (1971) King Lear (1972) Love's Labour's Lost (1972) Henry V (1972) Romeo and Juliet (1972–1973) Henry IV, Part 1 (1974) Henry IV, Part 2 (1974) The Samaritan (1975) Black Comedy (1975) White Lies (1975) The Vortex (1976) The Lunatic, the Lover and Poet (1977) The Romans (1977) Antony and Cleopatra (1981) Henry IV, Part 1 (1982) Henry IV, Part 2 (1982) Antony and Cleopatra (1986) The Taming of the Shrew (1986) A Touch of the Poet (1988) Love Letters (1991) Star Crossed Lovers (1998) His Dark Materials (2003–2004) ... Lord Asriel [edit]References

^ Some sources gives his year of birth as 1944. His official sites[citation needed] and the official James Bond sites[citation needed] indicate his year of birth as 1946. ^ Mr. Pricklepants (Character) ^ Timothy Dalton Film Reference bio ^ Muir, Frank (1 October 1998). A Kentish Lad. Corgi. pp. 113–114. ISBN 0552141372. ^ MI6 – The Home Of James Bond 007 ^ Multimedia Timothy Dalton (James Bond) images ^ Good Morning America – interview with Timothy Dalton – 1987!. ^ Lee Pfeiffer and Philip Lisa (1992). The Incredible World of 007: An Authorised Celebration of James Bond. Boxtree. ISBN 1-85283-141-3. ^ "60 Seconds: Timothy Dalton". An interview in Metro Newspaper by Andrew Williams. 15 February 2007. ^ The third outing of Timothy Dalton as James Bond ^ Goldeneye – The Road to production ^ "Interview with Dalton". The Daily Mail (UK). 6 August 1993. ^ "Timothy Dalton Reflects On 007". MI6 – The Home of James Bond. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2007. ^ a b c d Rubin, Stephen Jay (1995). The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia (Revised ed.). McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books. ISBN 0809232685. ^ "The Bond of Colwyn Bay by Peredur Glyn". How is Timothy Dalton considered the best actor who portrayed Bond as it appeared in Ian Fleming's novels?. Retrieved 25 March 2011. ^ "Several Interviews with Timothy Dalton on his 007 portrayal". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. ^ BBC – Doctor Who – New Years Day ^ Abrams, Natalie (26 August 2010). "Timothy Dalton to Bond with Chuck". TV Guide. Retrieved 26 August 2010. ^ "James Bond's Russian bride". Pravda. 8 December 2003.. WebCitation archive. ^ "Former James Bond Actor Timothy Dalton – Photo". http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com.+26 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2011. ^ BBC – Doctor Who – New Years Day ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (15 June 2009), Your First Look At Doctor Who's Next Big Guest Stars, io9, archived from the original on 20 June 2009, retrieved 16 June 2009 Preceded by Roger Moore 1973–1985	Official James Bond Actor 1987–1994	Succeeded by Pierce Brosnan 1995–2004