+Raj Nirvan I agree. Personally, Brosnan was one of my favorites, but I'd say Craig and Dalton are tied as the brutal Bonds (in a good way). I prefer the debonaire vibe of Brosnan and Connery.

Ken Coleman people just weren’t ready for his Bond

So true, not appreciated like he should have been in his time. Wish he'd made more.

Raj Nirvan he should have done one more /:

Grigori Rasputin1990 He’s a better bond than sissy Moore ever was. Dalton is what Moore should’ve been.

says who?

@@khav11 says me you virgin troll fuckhead

Matthew Botterill he was

@@khav11 You're a fool so fuck off.

Carey Lowell was also a different kind of Bond Grrl. A character, not a caricature, like most Bond Grrls. I think she could've carried her own sequel, if Bond Grrls were ever allowed to do that...

Agreed. He's probably my fave (though I do think Daniel Craig is doing a pretty good job making Bond the slightly more ruthless character from the books as well). Shame there were only two with Dalton though. Really revitalized Bond as a bad ass as well as the suave ladies man, I think.

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have you even read the books? dalton had no charisma

@@khav11 mate youre russian, so you dont have a clue.

Grigori Rasputin1990 Bond was never meant to be a pun dripping playboy like Moore.

***** I think that's because Dalton is the only Shakespearean trained actor in the group of Bonds

I agree. Such a shame he only did 2 films. He should have done roger moores last 3 as well.

Best Bond is an understatement. I pretty much stopped watching James Bond films after Dalton left.

+Crab Bisk 100 % agreed, it's hard for any actor to have those qualities combined like you mentioned (edginess and smoothness, sophistication and seriousness) at the same time, but Dalton delivered. He doesn't throw smart-ass remarks every second, he only delivers them when it's necessary (or when it makes sense). Sean Connery and Daniel Craig have similar qualities in the latter part IMO, but even they can't compete with Mr. Dalton with the overall delivery.

+Crab Bisk Interesting opinion, I've never heard anyone name Dalton as their favourite before. I'm watching them all again in chronological order at the moment and now I'm looking forward to seeing what you ment. For me personally, I like Moore the best. I know he's considered a bit of a clown, but that's why I like him. I also don't like Craig at all. I'm sure he's an amazing action-hero actor, but not a Bond in my opinion.

I come with 🍺

I think he is a really nice person in real life.

That was the funny thing. Before they cast Connery they wanted Moore. Then before Moore accepted the role. they then wanted Dalton. but he turned it down because he felt he was to young for the role. So they cast Moore. Then before they cast Dalton. They wanted Brosnan, but he was contracted to do Remmington Steel. So they cast Dalton.

SlashMan.EXE He was in his 40's I believe when he made Living Daylights. As you probably know he flat out refused to be part of the series in his 20's citing that he was too young for the role. I think he did really well, and two films is not bad. Licence to Kill being the best in my opinion.

johnny prothero Before Daniel Craig they wanted Henry Cavill... eh... EH!

+Ayroxus94 I don't think they wanted Cavill, he is too young for the role

+SlashMan.EXE There's still time, dammit. Get him back in the role and let him keep his current hairstyle, it'll completely reinvent the franchise.

Yes I agree totally. The car and snow scenes in that movie were brilliant. Best James Bond in my self-centred opinion

+alucard624 Dalton's films are more appreciated due to youtube, Netflix, and social media Dalton has millions of fans worldwide

Daltons films are more appreciated now as we can see what the real bond was like,,craig is a good bond but his films are awful and casino royale is the only decent film.

I don’t think we get the Craig we know and love without Dalton. Craig took it maybe a notch down on seriousness…but they are similar in a lot of ways.

Very true! Both The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill are among my favorite films in the series. I even have an Airsoft Walther PPK/S with a mock suppressor and a similar shoulder holster to the one Tim Dalton sports in Licence To Kill(one of my James Bond 007 collecting Holy Grails, but that is another story for another time.)

***** Well when you look at it. Craig's version is more like Daltons than anyone else's. Which is more in line with the books. People sometimes forget that 00s are assassins first and foremost.

canuckle head Fully agree, I loved both The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence To Kill (1989). In fact I would say The Living Daylights is my second favorite James Bond movie(I think I must have watched it over 20 times by now, and I own quite a bit of the merchandise associated with it), and Licence To Kill is my fourth. Also many times when I read the James Bond novels written by Ian Fleming, it is Tim Dalton I see as James Bond in my imagination. The same goes for John Gardner's books as well. Part of me wishes that Tim Dalton had gotten a chance to lend both his 1980's likeness and his voice to James Bond in a Video Game adaptation of either of his movies or a new story when EA had the license from MGM and Eon Productions. A photo of Tim as 007 from Licence To Kill was however used as cover art for the 1993 Sega James Bond video game, The Duel however.

+bordertown That would have been sick!Even though I grew up with Brosnan there's no denying that Dalton Bonds would had rock the part In that movie.

Incredibly late reply but I agree. GoldenEye had several scenes requiring an intensity from Bond that Brosnan couldn't deliver (Which is why he's written softer in the following movies) that Dalton would have nailed.

@@SpacedCobraIII KZfaq some of the Deepfakes of Dalton as Bond in Brosnan's films. Even as Connery !! eg. Dalton in Never Say Never Again - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idmll8ajmc2wqY0.html

Yes, I think he could have done For your eyes only and View to a kill

he should of got goldeneye too.

vanillaorchid the living daylight is the best bond movie

@@firstflightmm1696 The Living Daylights IS the best Bond movie.

Just watched LIVING DAYLIGHTS today for the first time. Loved it...... But wouldn't consider it the best Bond film. Very good though.

@@randallrutherford1384 I would . :;)

What ?? gorgeous ?? he wasn't even handsome in my opinion !

On the other hand, his good films to all films ratio is 100 %. Not even Connery or Craig have that.

***** Excuse me, could you repeat that in english?

me too

He should have come in earlier

+Hank J Wimbleton I've read somewhere he didn't want to, said he wasn't ready.

He was great in the1992 mini series, Framed. Outstanding.

I love his portrayal of Heathcliff in Weathering Heights as well. Even though I'm not much of a Doctor Who fan anymore, I do love him playing a timelord villain.

True, he needs a haircut

toby smith he is 72 years old now and will be 73 in March of 2019

Who cares what he looks like, he is a one off, underrated & fuck aesthetics!

He looks much better with facial hair

He looks good clean shaven or with an Errol Flynn tache as he sport in The Rocketeer and Flash Gordon.

spot on :-)

Gawd I used to be in love with this guy..well still do.

sarika Fauzi:D I am afraid he is married, sarika!

rollercoaster478 he is in a long term relationship, but never got married.

Erika Fiore really? ok... did NOT know that detail :D

rollercoaster478 at least is what wikipedia says, LOL =P

+Neil Parga 1968 he would have been what 24? way too young.

yes..but he was offered the role...Dalton should have done at least six 007 films..he also turned down GoldenEye due to the long lawsuit

Neil Parga Moore would have been fantastic in the 60s, but he was still affiliated with the saints.

nope..Moore did not play 007 seriously..bad actor and he will be dead soon

Neil Parga Flip-flop, you said the other day you loved his charisma, class etc now you crucify him? You're an imbecile, Dalton was terrible nobody liked him back in the days.

+JReed1985 not blasphemy...there are many fans of Dalton..youtube attracts the skinny jean wearing fuckheads who think anything present is better than the past with everything so they like ugly ass Daniel Criag

+Neil Parga Truer words have never been spoken. I thought id be the only one who thinks that. The "present is best hype". #Craigisnotbond #Daltonbestbond

I'm one of those Bond fans that just doesn't get why so many think Brosnan is so perfect. Brosnan fans are usually those who haven't read the books. I was encouraged to read the books by my university tutor and that's how i begun to appreciate Dalton more, and how he become my third favourite Bond.

+PheboisPictures yup...just like in sports...fucking morons today ( kids) compare Lebron/ rapist Kobe to Michael Jordan, who is the greatest

+Neil Parga Sean Connery and Roger Moore are the only 2 great james bond....nobody else comes close and ever will.

just about every bond was supposed to be casted earlier.

Yeah.. he looked so very handsome in both his Bond Movies.. he was also pretty good in the Movie "Hawks".

It would be even sadder to see them remain the same age.

I thought Dalton was superb as Heathcliff, been a fan ever since. Loved him as James Bond too. Wish he had continued making those films.

MrEvaris 100% agree. Dalton was the best to me because he felt like a real spy - brooding and calculated. You always took him seriously and he rarely joked around which is what discredited the others in my opinion. The others always felt like actors but I believed that Dalton was a spy.

Good top of list! 1. Dalton 2. Connery 3. Craig 4. Lazenby 5. Brosnan 6. Moore 7. Moore's eyebrows.

@@bigulf6712 I like this list even better

MrEvaris Mine is.... Dalton Connery Craig Brosnan Moore Lazenby

Brosnan looked in good shape to me.

@@gandhibhagat285 Good perspective!

+Dwayne Overton That would be so cool!I think his Bond need to be immortalised In a video game too.It would be like giving him and the fan the third movie he should of had (Y)!

Yes would love a game where you can switch between pierce, Timothy and roger. Timothy the most underrated bond ever.

For sure

He is one of those actors that raises the quality of any of the movies he is in ( Dr Who, Flash Gordon), as for On Her Majesty's Secret Service , its just a shame Lazenby pulled the pin and didn't make at least one more, to see Bond go apeshit on Kojak for killing Ms Peel, would have made for a brilliant movie, instead its just a back ground story.

0:28 lmao

That's not actually a very big elephant. It's more like 1.5 Americans.

He was supposed to be in Goldeneye but the role went to Brosnan

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+Nicholas S. You wont regret It, just beware of the great tone shift from living daylight to licence to kill.They're like nights and days but he's good In both of them :)!

+nobodyinterestingyou Cool, thanks :)

Nicholas S. any luck yet?

Personally I'd watch License to Kill first... and if you like it, then you get to see him do a proper old school Bond film in TLD...

They're both good.

Before my time on Earth is over, I plan on watching all of my favorite James BOnd movies on the Big Screen at least once(or more as my time and money allows of course). Tim Daltons two films are the two most highest after the first six movies from the 1960's and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

Lets face it. Every actor who has played the role has had some fans in an uproar saying they weren't the right choice for the role. Even Connery. Dalton was a great Bond. Their is only one I never liked. LAZENBY.

+greenrefrigerator You're wrong/misinterpreted very strongly here... if Dalton didn't want to be Bond, he wouldn't take the part. He didn't agree to do only two movies, stuff happened which made it take 5 years to talk about a new film, and by then he didn't want to do it anymore. There's a difference.

Giradox

Giradox is correct. Dalton was supposed to star in more Bond films. He had already agreed to it the only thing holding up more films from being made was legal shit between 2 studios. By the time it was settled, which was many many years later Dalton had moved onto other things. Pierce Brosnan only got the role because Dalton didn't want to do it. (Although Brosnan did turn down the role before in the past just like Dalton did even earlier).