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Timothy Dalton

Timothy Dalton

6 films · 454 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19802010

Born 21 March 1946 · Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett 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.

How their films are shot

Measured across 454 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Timothy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 6 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 45% natural — the look of the work Timothy takes.

Time of day

Night44%
Day39%
Interior13%

Lighting

Natural45%
Low key37%
High key15%

Shot size

Medium45%
Closeup22%
Wide22%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle9%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense21%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 454 frames from Timothy Dalton's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.