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The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama centred on Henry II of England and his attempt to establish a line of succession during a family gathering at Christmas 1183. His efforts unleash both political and personal turmoil among his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their three surviving sons, the French king, and the king's half-sister Alais, who is Henry's mistress.
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett was born on 21 March 1946 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, to an English father, Peter Dalton Leggett, who was a captain in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War and was an advertising executive at the time of his son's birth; and an American mother, Dorothy Scholes, of Italian and Irish descent.
The Lion in Winter: Philip II: 1970 Wuthering Heights: Heathcliff: Cromwell: Prince Rupert of the Rhine: The Voyeur: Mark 1971 Mary, Queen of Scots: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley: 1975 Permission to Kill: Charles Lord: 1978 Sextette: Sir Michael Barrington: The Man Who Knew Love: Juan di Dios: 1979 Agatha: Col. Archibald Christie: 1980 Flash ...
Merrow starred in the British science fiction film Night of the Big Heat (1967) with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, prior to her most prominent role as Alais, the mistress of Henry II (played by Peter O'Toole) in The Lion in Winter (1968), for which she received a 1969 Golden Globe nomination in the category of actress in a supporting role ...
1968: The Lion in Winter, featuring Welsh actors Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton in their first feature films, was filmed on location in Wales but is set in France. 1969: Carry on up the Khyber is the sixteenth Carry On film, released in 1968.
The Year Without a Santa Claus, a Christmas special from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., turns 50 this December. The beloved special was adapted from the book of the same name by Phyllis ...
In addition to Excalibur, [7] he appeared in about 20 films, most notably The Lion in Winter in 1968 with Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole and Anthony Hopkins, and Derek Jarman's Caravaggio in 1986, where he played the title character. [8]
The following month the two leads were announced: Timothy Dalton, best known for The Lion in Winter, and Anna Calder-Marshall, best known for Female of the Species. Fuest said "We shall show Heathcliff as a man completely fascinated by Catherine's passion, sexuality, jealousy and cruelty.