What Happened to TIMOTHY DALTON?

For over a decade, Roger Moore had the task of living up to everything that Sean Connery had put in place as 007. And while some will defend Moore forever, we can’t forget the clown costumes and slide whistles and gondola chases and so, so much more that pushed James Bond into an uncharted level of ridiculousness. Perhaps all of this could have been prevented had Timothy Dalton not been so green, turning down ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE because he was in his mid-20s. That’s all hypothetical, of course, but Timothy Dalton would go on to reinvent James Bond in a way that may not have sat with contemporary audiences but marked a true challenge for what it meant to carry the torch. Dalton played 007 just twice; and with that, we’d challenge you to name just as many worthwhile post-Bond movies from the under-appreciated actor.Let’s find out: WTF Happened to…TIMOTHY DALTON?
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[@renatolandyt]

In my opinion, Timothy Dalton was the best James Bond.

[@bmofano]

Yup, i think when you watch enough bond, it clicks

[@MK-un1lj]

Did you see him pop a wheelie in a semi in License to Kill? Bruh…

[@dionlax6652]

Licence to kill is one of my favourite Bond movies ! It's kind of dark and gritty... Amazing actor !

[@danielmankowski922]

License to Kill rocks! I loved James Bond and they combined it with a plot out of Miami Vice. Davi and Del Toro were a great Villain/Henchman duo and Soto/Lowell are underrated Bond girls. I can’t believe how it underperformed at box office but it was the summer of Batman!

[@kylelobb7736]

Here here

[@asifkhan4822]

Timothy Dalton was the very first actor to portray Bond as a serious, dark and gritty reinventing James Bond long before Daniel Craig. He may have only done 2 Bond Movies but at least he has had the honour of having the 2 best entries in the Series. Definitely my favourite Bond, as he stayed true to the original Fleming Books.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Imagine if they casted him instead of Roger Moore.

[@rosefarrell2440]

Right Bond wrong time. 20 years ahead of the game. Still n always my favourite 007. Love him in Hot Fuzz too hilarious 😂

[@SirTyJensen]

Angel!

[@MutantsInDisguise]

My favorite actor to portray Bond.

[@spaceodds1985]

No contest

[@aronbond]

Well said, both of you!!!!😊

[@adrianlujan4116]

He's debonair, he brings the gravitas. He was my first and favorite bond as well. I wish we got more from him as a bond. He's fun to watch in any role

[@lucas82]

He was Bond twice and they are both among the very best Bond films, so yeah he was great. Definitely the best actor who ever played Bond, but is he the best Bond? I still think Sir Sean is hard to beat. I'd put Dalton in a solid second place, with Brosnan third.

[@aryankamnetz9808]

For me he was peak bond

[@wstine79]

He was my favorite James Bond, Gallifreian Leader, and mayor of a sleepy English town.

[@user-vl5vy5cw2u]

Согласна с Вами! Обожаю его талант и внешность! И красивый, и талантливый, и смешной)❤

[@danielmankowski922]

The man deserved a 3rd Bond film. He brought the edge back to Bond and laid the groundwork for what we would see in the Craig movies!

[@riogrande5761]

I was disappointed Dalton only did 2

[@Locadel2003]

I always loved The Rocketeer, probably one of the most underrated fun action adventure movies of the 90s and he played a great bad guy

[@SirTyJensen]

The Rocketeer is good, I seen it thrice but I only seen it as an adult.

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Conleth hill was in china seas 1935 with Wallace beery Clark gable Lewis stone sir charles Audrey smith Dudley diggs Rossliand Russell jean Harlow ciaran hinds Edward brophy Edward Mcwade Ivan lebedeff Tom gubbins Chester gan Willie fang forrester Harvey Donald meek hattie McDaniel Beatrice Roberts Loretta Russell emily Fitzroy Charles Irwin James wang Malcolm mcgregor Ferdinand munier directed by tay garnett screenwriter by James Kevin Mcguinness

[@Grinnar]

I always enjoy when Dalton shows up in anything I'm watching. Dude is a legend.

[@MichaelLopresto]

Timothy Dalton is the most underrated actor of all time. The best James Bond.

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

Timothy Dalton is terrific, probably the last of a generation in the classically trained Shakespearean actors. I think after Bond he kinda had a Slump with filmmakers just using him because of his bond connection. However when 2007 rolled around Hot Fuzz really re-established him. We then got him in Chuck, Penny Dreadful, Doom Patrol, The Crown, and Yellowstone 1923. It’s a shame we never got his 3rd bond film.

[@CinemaBear]

Dalton is one of our best yet underappreciated actors. It would have been really interesting to see him play Alfred in a Batman film.

[@crishl19]

Maybe when he was younger he could have played Bruce Wayne

[@CinemaBear]

@@crishl19 , absolutely 💯

[@doctorvanya]

He was reportedly under consideration for Batman V Superman. While I think he would have been good in the role I'm grateful that we got to see him as The Chief in Doom Patrol instead.

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Conleth hill was in gorilla at large 1954 with lee Marvin Cameron Mitchell lee j cobb Anne Bancroft raymond burr Peter Whitney Adrian Dunbar warren stevens

[@jamesmorant1406]

Before we got the dark gritty Bond by Daniel Craig, he did it first with License to Kill my favorite Bond movie

[@cst039]

Mine too

[@neilmatthews5590]

My favourite Bond film also is LTK

[@scottknode898]

Dalton could be dark in The Living Daylights as was more serious and brought back the edge that was missing in the Moore films including the scene when his friend Saunders was killed and even fellow M16 agents at the beginning of film could see the anger in his eyes and tone of voice. When he knocked out Puskins guard and hit Pushkin when tried to warn his guard and saying “That was damned stupid could tell Bond wasn’t messing around and could be more like Connery and the Daniel Craig of his time.

[@samfisher2306]

That was indeed the darkest Bond movie and true to the novels.

[@aronbond]

The man was 20, 30 yrs ahead of his time. Fantastic. Best Bond Ever

[@djassassinuk]

Licence to Kill is straight up my all time favourite Bond movie!

[@arturkarpinski164]

The most Ian Fleming James Bond 👤

[@roc5291]

My respect and love for Dalton’s portrayal as James Bond has only grown over the years. He was trying so hard to break Bond free from “the formula” and yet was unfortunately impossibly chained to it. It also didn’t help that he was following Roger Moore who, in the 7 films he had done, had ingrained his lighter, more funny, more relaxed Bond into the psyche of the film going public. What I absolutely love about Dalton’s Bond is that he had all these subtleties to his performance. He wasn’t trying to play Bond as a one liner superhero stereotype. He was a man. An imperfect man who at times, let his emotions show through when things got the better of him. For the first time in a LONG time, you FELT what it was like to be Bond and much of the time, it was NOT pleasant. Dalton made Bond once again a man you could genuinely believe was who he said he was. As far as I’m concerned, Dalton walked so Craig could run.

[@kali3665]

He became Rassillon, the Master of the Time Lords. And he looked a lot better in THIS incarnation than he did in the LAST incarnation (in The Five Doctors)....

[@DScott-nk1lo]

I really like "The Living Daylights"

[@rosefarrell2440]

Cubby Broccoli actually wanted Dalton to do Goldeneye and 3 more films so your wrong!!!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Yep, too bad he turned down those films.😢

[@ricardocantoral7672]

If I could go back and alter Bond history, Roger Moore would have left after Moonraker and Timothy Dalton would have done all five Bonds of the 80's!

[@stickmanbw]

Roger Moore was making the franchise too much money. If I had my way, Moore would have finished the 80's.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@stickmanbw I think keeping Moore so long ultimately hurt the series in the long run. Between '81 and '85, younger action heroes made the Bond series look rather antiquated. They should have wiped the slate clean at the beginning of decade and started with a new, harder edged Bond. Even Moore admitted that he was way too old when he did A View To a Kill.

[@doctorvanya]

The way I understand it Moore was ready to step down after Moonraker. However FYEO was John Glen's directorial debut (he previously handled second unit) and didn't want to start with an untested Bond. Then 1983 was the 'Battle of the Bonds' and Cubby Broccoli didn't want a new Bond going up against Connery in NSNA.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@doctorvanya Yes, those are fair reasons not to appoint a new Bond but 1985, there should have been a switch. Also, it would have been highly desirable to get a new director and writer.

[@jliller]

Timothy Dalton can be a good hero, but he plays great villains.

[@kemurajohn1249]

Ironically For Your Eyes Only was one of Roger Moore's more serious Bond films. It would have fitted Dalton perfectly. He could have carried Bond for the entire 80s like Connery did in the 60s, Moore in the 70s, Brosnan in the 90s and Craig in the 2000s

[@hussd21]

I actually liked his turn as Bond. I liked the gritty direction the franchise was trying out after all the camp of the Roger Moore era, but you're right audiences weren't ready for that style of Bond just yet. As for the rest of his filmography, The Rocketeer is one of my all time favorite movies, and he is perfect in Hot Fuzz

[@spirosgiannos394]

I absolutely fell in love with Timothy when his first Bond movie came out, was so sad when he didn't return. One of the best

[@wstine79]

"FOR THE GREATER GOOD!"

[@joncurtis199]

The greater good

[@bpe-music]

"How can this be for the greater good?!?"

[@joncurtis199]

@@bpe-music the greater good.

[@farfaraway4285]

@@joncurtis199SHUT IT!

[@bpe-music]

@@joncurtis199 "Shut it!"

[@jarmelo2006]

"And that's for Sharky"!!!💥💥💥

[@robvegas9354]

"turn the bloody machine off!!!!"

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

Loved Mr. Dalton as James Bond as well as his guest appearance on "Chuck".

[@dtuk22]

Why Dalton hasn't been signed up to narrate the Ian Fleming James Bond books and the various continuation novels in their Audio form is beyond me!!

[@Lbarrow22]

Thanks for this video. I have loved Timothy Dalton since I saw him in the 80’s in Flash Gordon. I have followed his career since then . He has had an amazing career. Penny Dreadful was one of his best performances. That’s such an underrated series.❤❤ thanks Joe Blo.

[@eS._Te]

Timothy Dalton in Chuck was so wholesome to me, along with Linda 🥰

[@johnmunro4952]

He was also brilliant as Prince Rupert in Cromwell

[@jerogomezrobledo]

“Do feel free to spool through.” -Hot Fuzz

[@CHEERSMEOW]

The best bond song and bond beginning to a bond film is The Living Daylights. The best Bond is Sean Connery. The Best R-Rated Bond movie is Licence To Kill and yes since 2006 the digital version of Licence To Kill is the R-Rated version. It's way different than the vhs dvd laser disc pg-13 version up to that point. You can even see a youtube video about the differences. Some people who worked on the film snuck in the R-rated on digital in 2006 and it makes the movie even more awesome. I even have the pg-13 and r-rated versions. I just thought it was great that it got the release that it deseed. 007

[@Welsh_Dragon756]

Probably my favourite Bond. He was almost exactly like the books in looks and character. And from literally the next town over from mine Colwyn bay.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Yes, he looks like James on the cover of the pan paperback covers of the Fleming books!

[@thebutterstick8659]

Cubby Broccoli wanted Dalton to come back as Bond for Goldeneye. Dalton stated he would’ve been happy to do one more film, maybe two tops, but they wanted him to do like three to five and Dalton didn’t want that.

[@Bluboy30]

He's my favorite Bond actor, it's just too bad that the audience at the time didn't want a more serious Bond. He's great in Doom Patrol, I stopped watching that show when his character is no longer in it.

[@spaceodds1985]

Pal. Say what you want about Moore, but his Bond is the comfortable Bond, the one you wanna watch on a Sunday afternoon with the family. On top of that he is the Bond that finally showed that the role didn’t solely belong to Connery. My second favourite Bond… after Dalton😉

[@adamroche1409]

Timothy Dalton has always been my favourite Bond he's a great actor and Flash Gordon is just awesome

[@countgeekula9143]

Daltz! Loved him. Damn shame he didn't get more Bond films. And both The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill made a lot of money worldwide especially Daylights which outgrossed many of Roger's movies. Unfortunately Licence to Kill got lost in the 1989 summer crush in the US but it did well elsewhere still making money for MGM/UA. He would have got a third film if not for the MGM legal issues which halted Bond films for the next six years.

[@flyguy7825]

Timothy Dalton is a very underrated performer and actor everything that I’ve seen him in. He stands out to a degree with that being said I think plain James Bond helped, but it also hurt his career his movies within the James Bond or some of the best movies within the series that’s his Claris day, but I think this is a classic example of someone doing a part so well to the point where they’ve been typecast as that person.

[@farfaraway4285]

Loved him in Hot Fuzz

[@lindapgolan7070]

His Heathcliff - Wuthering Heights, no one can touch!!!

[@thesam19841]

So Timothy Dalton is one of the few Hollywood actors I've met in person... (I live in the midwest)... My father is a well known antique dealer, and has sold many items to him over the years... Dalton has a love for antiques and history as well, and that's probably why he's in so many period pieces... it was the mid 90s and I was probably 10 or 11 and was at an antique show with my dad and after he went by, he told me who it was and he was a james bond... I remember telling my friends who were too young to know that there was another bond besides Roger Moore or Sean Connery... I myself was puzzled until years later when I saw the movies

[@DavidSampson-pc7ht]

Mr. Dalton is an excellent actor, and the best Bond, James Bond.

[@RC19786]

one of the better vids from JBlo....Dalton for many who appreciate fine performances has been something of a mystery on why his career never took off the way it should have, he starred in one of the best 007 movies - Living Daylights which certainly set the stage for Craig's super-serious Bond movies....and he lights up every movie or TV series he's in .. whether that b Jane Eyre or the excellent Penny Dreadful which has the distinction of being one of the few TV projects to utilize great performers like him, Eva Green and even Josh Hartnett to perfection. I think someone like Nolan should cast him in his next movie since we have clearly seen what gr8 performances he can squeeze from his actors like in Oppenheimer, a movie that was recognized mostly for its great performances...Nolan and Dalton is a no-brainer.

[@Locadel2003]

He was really funny in Hot Fuzz in a very dark way, especially the scene with that mini church was so gross but hilarious

[@stephpyrzynski]

You forgot the movie he did with Brooke Shields called "Brenda Starr, Reporter" (1986)-he went straight to filming "The Living Daylights" (1987). The Starr movie didn't come out until 1992 due to a lot of issues with the producers, studios, film rights, etc. Sad because it would've benefited coming out when Batman, Dick Tracy, and the other comic book character movies were relevant.

[@Terry.W]

Roger Moore was an excellent Bond and all his movies are endlessly rewatchable ...They tried something different with TD more violence and more gritty ..and he did deserve a third film..

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Can you do one on Jeff Bridges, such a great career that is never spoken of.

[@cgmad2998]

A great actor for a great Bond. Shame he couldn't have do another third film. That would have been fantastic.

[@Viglin123]

Such a great actor, l remember freaking out when he showed up in Dr Who and Hot Fuzz!

[@aluinie]

He was my favorite Bond just wish he got to do more. Penny Dreadfull i also thought he was great but think i enjoyed him most in Hot Fuzz.

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

Love Timothy Dalton's costume dramas! But as a '90s kid, my favorite of his films is THE ROCKETEER.

[@happiaxxident]

Loved Timothy in Doom Patrol. Cast Mr. Dalton as Killian in Edgar Wright’s, Running Man!

[@deni4l164]

Phenomal actor. The best character in the Chuck Tv series by far.

[@garyoflynn2688]

I don't know how anyone can take a Bond Film seriously and say Dalton was a gritty Bond, his car could shoot a laser and he escaped on a Cello case in his first film. In his second film, he managed to put a truck on two wheels. Please grow up people.

[@filmfreak21]

He is so great. Always a delight to see him. He is so good in hot fuzz. Steals every scene he is in

[@migovas1483]

he stole the show in Toy story 3.

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

Licence To Kill is still my favorite Bond movie.

[@EGRAVEN-ge4nj]

His role in Hot Fuzz was his best role to date.

[@robvegas9354]

An absolute legend of the screen! Licence to Kill is so hardcore and amazing. what a movie!! He was fantastic in the rocketeer and flash gordon, doctor who, etc. Wonderful actor!! Great video Joblo well done!!!

[@kwisat2007]

I've been enjoying and analyzing the James Bond saga for over 40 years, in fact, I graduated with a thesis on From Russia with Love, and I'm fascinated by Timothy Dalton's characterization as 007, with that Hamlet-like dilemma regarding his license to kill. By the way, I also enjoy his other acting work, from Prince Barin in Flash Gordon to Sir Malcolm Murray in Penny Dreadful, an unjustly underrated cult series.

[@marcusmiller5443]

Timothy Dalton in Scarlett would have made Clark Gable proud.

[@nashf5925]

Hihgly recommend an old Charlie's Angels episode where he plays a cat burglar as a curio.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Neville Sinclair is my second favourite role of his after James Bond.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

You take that back! Minus some low budget CGI (& Leelee Sobieski in gold body paint), that Hercules mini-series was not bad at all- it had Mr Dalton *&* Paul Telfer...

[@christophersandidge8257]

I'm jealous of people that lost their cool. At least they have the dignity of once being cool. I can't honestly say that. Great video. Thanks.

[@brorjordas1979]

Timothy Dalton without a doubt is one helluvan actor. Easily of the best to portray Bond (Sorry. Connery #1 for me.). Was awesome in Hot Fuzz... Aw hell! He been awesome in most of what I've seen him in!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@davidmylchreest3306]

I would have loved to have seen Dalton get a longer run as Bond. I would place him higher than either Moore or Brosnan.

[@neiltaylor6645]

He was a head of his time it’s a shame he did not do a 3rd film been interesting to see what kind of bond film it would have been

[@theresawatkins-lj8pw]

Glad he is doing just fine, because that man is very fine !!! Love me some Dalton!

[@johnhansen1501]

It makes no sense to equate the clown scene with the gondola and the other stuff. The clown scene is a masterpiece. It is the perfect blend of of sureralistic humour and tense storytelling.

[@dawnofapril3055]

I always considered him to be the best Bond. He may have only had two movies, but they were great and Licence To Kill is one of the best in the entire series.

[@marpsr]

License to Kill is one of the best Bond flicks.

[@Mandrake42]

I quite liked his Bond. The Bond films really had been getting more silly and his couple felt more grounded than some of the previous stuff we had had. In a way I think his more serious take helped pave the way for the Casino Royale reboot later.

[@frydaynightlive]

dalton is clearly an underdog bond, but the living daylights is a horrible good bond story

[@DoctorDoom69]

him as Sir Malcom in penny dreadul was the Best!

[@qwertyqaz1qaz]

Where’s the cigarette?

[@zanemurcha9742]

I think the reason Licence to Kill didn't really work at the time was because audiences were too used Roger Moore's more lighthearted Bond that such a hard (yet sort of predicted with TLD) turn left cinema goers a bit too frazzled. It would be a bit like making a gritty hardcore version of Batman in the early 70s just after the Adam West show finished. But The Dark Knight Returns showed that people could and did get used to a more gritty Batman which paved the way for Tim Burton's Batman. Edit: From what I have seen I think the James Bond series was going to go back to lighthearted stuff with Dalton's unmade third film. The script was a lot more lighthearted even featuring Bond fighting an Android as a villain. When it exploded he'd be standing miles away and the head of the android would land his feet making a stupid face

[@thecedex]

The Crown season 5 brought me back here and a lot of Bond related videos lol

[@RalphBarbagallo]

The best Bond IMHO

[@danlove12k]

All I know him is for James Bond and bad guy in rocketter 😅

[@user-vl5vy5cw2u]

Тимоти Далтон-величайший актёр современности!

[@apothecarysteed1566]

What happened to Michael T. Weiss!

[@MrBoyYankee]

The Pretender.

[@morrisetteironic]

Young Timothy would have been a perfect Superman. He would have brought darkness, down to earth charm and most importantly believable story telling to the screen.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

LOL, nah. However, it's cool to see him as a more wreckless and sinister Zod.

[@Everything_Comes_And_Goes]

Been ages since I watched any JoBlo vids, and it's so refreshing and awesome as always, not like the boring drone of a vid I watched earlier from another channel about movies. Regarding this video itself, you Tarantinoed the crap out of it? How many jumps from pre-Bond to post-Bond were there? Let's count... let's not. Hmm which one am I going to watch next and write a stupid comment on?

[@Jester365]

He’s my favorite Bond!

[@lacollaros3641]

He also played Rhett Butler in Scarlett. The sequel to Gone With the Wind. He was good in that movie.

[@thirushangovender5423]

Yoh young Dalton could have been a Heartthrob in this day and age

[@user-lm6kf9co7w]

Hell yeah

[@55tranquility]

I always forget about Timothy Dalton as Bond, Roger Moore and his eyebrow was great but it did super campy towards the end not to mention Moore was 57.

[@jimkirk989]

Wasn't Timothy Dalton on one episode of original Charlie's Angels?

[@user-yv4lb8kt7m]

Before Daniel Craig's Bond, Dalton did the dark Bond first. And seeing that he like the franchise before he became James Bond is quite lovely. In my opinion, he's basically the Andrew Garfield of James Bond. Both were underrated compared to the new actor that took their respective roles.

[@ps2fatboyAUS]

Very underated bond living daylights id still in my top 5 best bond films

[@yui4779]

He also played Rasilon in Doctor Who

[@JutiMayranen]

Timothy Dalton is possibly the most talented actor to play James Bond.

[@krisstopher8259]

1: sean connery (obviously) 2: pierce brosnan 3: timothy dalton 4: roger moore 5: daniel craig 6: george lazenby the list is laminated

[@spookrockcity]

He's my favorite bond with Brosnan right behind.

[@js2031]

He is an exceptional actor.

[@MrBoyYankee]

Flash AHHHHHHHH!!!! BOM BOM.

[@abn3r507]

Saviour of the universe!

[@MrBoyYankee]

@@abn3r507 Brian May riff. 🎸🎶🎼🎶🎼🎶🎵🎼

[@NH1973]

We need him to play Emperor Barin in the long overdue Flash Gordon sequel.