Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born March 21, 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter. He took roles in the period films Wuthering Heights (1970), Cromwell (1970), and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). 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). On television, Dalton played Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre (1983), Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries Scarlett (1994), Rassilon in the BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who (2009–2010), Sir Malcolm Murray on the Showtime horror drama Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), and the Chief on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Doom Patrol (2019–2021). He portrayed Peter Townsend in the fifth season of The Crown.

Filmography

• 1923 — Donald Whitfield
• Doom Patrol — Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief
• 2019Toy Story 4 — Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure — Demanitus (voice)
• The Crown — Peter Townsend
• Penny Dreadful — Sir Malcolm Murray
• 2014Toy Story That Time Forgot — Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
• 2013Toy Story of Terror! — Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
• 2012Partysaurus Rex — Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
• 2012Secret of the Wings — Lord Milori (voice)
• 2011Hawaiian Vacation — Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
• 2011Small Fry — Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
• 2010Doctor Who: The End of Time — Lord President/Narrator
• 2010The Tourist — Chief Inspector Jones
• 2010Toy Story 3 — Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
• Unknown Sender — Miles
• Chuck — Alexei Volkoff
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Simon Skinner
• 2006Timothy Dalton: On Acting
• Hercules — Amphitryon
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Clive Trevelyan
• Dunkirk — Narrator
• 2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action — Damien Drake
• 2001American Outlaws — Allan Pinkerton
• 2000Possessed — Fr. Willam Bowden
• 2000Time Share — Matt Farragher
• 2000Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn — James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Cleopatra — Julius Caesar
• 1999Made Men — Sheriff Dex Drier
• 1999Passion's Way — Charles Darrow
• 1997The Beautician and the Beast — Boris Pochenko
• 1997The Informant — DCI Rennie
• 1996Salt Water Moose — Lester Parnell
• 1994Lie Down with Lions — Jack Carver
• Scarlett — Rhett Butler
• 1993Naked in New York — Elliot Price
• Framed — Eddie Myers / Phillip von Joel
• 1991The Rocketeer — Neville Sinclair
• 1990The King's Whore — King Vittorio Amadeo
• 1989Brenda Starr — Basil St. John
• 1989Licence to Kill — James Bond
• Tales from the Crypt — Lokai
• 1988Hawks — Bancroft
• 1987The Living Daylights — James Bond
• Sins — Edmund Junot
• 1985Florence Nightingale — Richard Milnes
• 1985The Doctor and the Devils — Doctor Thomas Rock
• 1985The Emperor's New Clothes — Narrator (voice)
• Mistral's Daughter — Perry Kilkullen
• 1984The Master of Ballantrae — Col Francis Burke
• 1983Antony and Cleopatra — Antony
• Jane Eyre — Edward Fairfax Rochester
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Narrator (voice)
• Nature — Host
• 1981Chanel Solitaire — Boy Capel
• 1980Flash Gordon — Prince Barin
• 1979Agatha — Archie Christie
• 1979The Flame Is Love — Marquis de Guaita
• Centennial — Oliver Seccombe
• 1978Sextette — Sir Michael Barrington
• Charlie's Angels — Damien Roth
• 1976El hombre que supo amar — Juan de Dios
• 1975Permission to Kill — Charles Lord
• 1971Mary, Queen of Scots — Henry, Lord Darnley
• 1970Cromwell — Prince Rupert
• 1970The Voyeur — Mark
• 1970Wuthering Heights — Heathcliff
• Judge Dee — Actor
• 1968The Lion in Winter — Philip II
• Sat'day While Sunday — Peter
• BBC Play of the Month — Clive Harrington, Marchbanks
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Colonel Francis Burke

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Everything or Nothing — Self
• 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars — Self
• 2007Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz — Self
• 2000Inside 'Licence to Kill' — Self
• 2000Inside The Living Daylights — Self
• 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross — Self / James Bond
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 199230 Years of James Bond — Self
• 1991Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air — Self
• 1987Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond — Self
• Na siehste! — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• Great Performances — Self