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Timothy Dalton

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Timothy Dalton is a British actor, born Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett on 21 March 1946 in Colwyn Bay, Wales. He began on the stage, left the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art without finishing, and made his film debut as Philip II of France in The Lion in Winter in 1968. He became widely known as the fourth actor to play the secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions series, in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill. Beyond Bond, his screen work includes period dramas such as Wuthering Heights and Cromwell, Flash Gordon, The Rocketeer and Hot Fuzz, and television parts including Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre, Rhett Butler in the miniseries Scarlett, and roles in Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful, Doom Patrol and 1923. He also voices Mr. Pricklepants in the Toy Story films.

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Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor.
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    Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor.
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    He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series
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    Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor.
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    Dalton also appeared in the films Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The Tourist (2010).
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    He later played Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre (1983), Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries Scarlett (1994)
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