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Hedison was the only actor to play Leiter in multiple films until Jeffrey Wright appeared in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and No Time to Die [52] [53] Leiter, now working with the DEA, [54] is central to the plot of Licence to Kill. He and Bond work together to capture the drug lord Franz Sanchez on the way to Leiter's wedding, at which ...
Albert David Hedison Jr. (May 20, 1927 – July 18, 2019) was an American film, television, and stage actor. [1] He was known for his roles as the title character in The Fly (1958), Captain Lee Crane in the television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968), and CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989).
This makes him the first African-American man to play the character in an Eon-produced Bond film (Bernie Casey played Leiter in the non-Eon Never Say Never Again). He also reprised the role in Quantum of Solace, and like David Hedison before him appeared as Leiter more than once. [9] As Felix Leiter: Casino Royale (2006) Quantum of Solace (2008)
David Hedison, the actor who played James Bond's CIA counterpart Felix Leiter, has died at the age of 92.
Frederick Allen Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), known professionally as Rik Van Nutter and occasionally as Clyde Rogers, was an American actor who mostly appeared in Italian-produced films. He is also remembered for playing Felix Leiter in the James Bond picture Thunderball.
Lord was the first actor to play the character Felix Leiter [20] in the James Bond film series, introduced in 1962 in the first Bond film, Dr. No.
Hedison was born and raised in Los Angeles and is the daughter of well-known actor David Hedison. He famously played friend to James Bond, Felix Leiter, in Live and Let Die and License to Kill.
He’s played Bill Murray's neighbor, a Civil War-era former slave, James Bond's Felix Leiter, the nurse Belize in “Angels in America" and an android-human in “Westworld.” ... When he later ...