David Hedison is seen playing CIA agent Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die.

Albert David Hedison, Jr (b. May 20, 1927, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American actor who has made more than 150 appearances in film, television, and theatre. From 1950-1959, he is credited as Al Hedison. When he was cast in the TV series Five Fingers, NBC insisted that he change his name, so he suggested using his middle name and has been David Hedison ever since. Image File history File links David Hedison as Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links David Hedison as Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die This work is copyrighted. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Official website: http://www. ...

Hedison decided he wanted to be an actor after he saw Tyrone Power in the film Blood and Sand. He began his acting career with the Sock & Buskin Players at Brown University before moving to New York to study with Sanford Meisner and Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse and with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. ... Blood and Sand was a 1922 silent movie directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee and Nita Naldi. ... Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901–February 17, 1982) was an American director, actor, producer, and acting teacher. ...

Theatre

His work on the New York stage includes the off-Broadway production of A Month in the Country, directed by Sir Michael Redgrave and starring Uta Hagen. He won a Theater World Award for his performance in the play. He toured with Anita Gillette in Neil Simon's Chapter Two and appeared in the West Coast premiere of Forty Deuce. He toured with Elizabeth Ashley in Come into My Parlour and was in the world premiere run of Bernard Slade's Return Engagements. He also starred in the New York City premiere of First Love with Lois Nettleton. His most recent theatrical production was The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (March 20, 1908 - March 21, 1985) was an English actor. ... Uta Hagen Uta Thyra Hagen (June 12, 1919 - January 14, 2004) was a German-born American actress and acting teacher. ... Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is an American playwright and screenwriter. ...

Films

After his role in A Month in the Country, Hedison signed a film contract with 20th Century-Fox. His first movie with them was the classic war film The Enemy Below, which also starred Robert Mitchum. He followed that up with the 1958 horror classic The Fly. The film was selected as one of "The Sci-Fi 100" in Entertainment Weekly as being one of the all-time greatest works of science fiction. The Enemy Below is a 1957 film which tells the story of battle between the captain of an American destroyer escort and the commander of a German submarine during World War II. It stars Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison and Theodore Bikel. ... Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Promotional poster for The Fly The Fly is a 1958 American sci-fi / horror film, directed by Kurt Neumann. ...

His other films include The Son of Robin Hood; Marines, Let's Go!; The Lost World with producer Irwin Allen; The Greatest Story Ever Told; ffolkes, with Roger Moore; the mini-series A.D.; Megiddo: The Omega Code II; and Spectres. He is also notable as the only actor to have played James Bond's ally Felix Leiter in more than one film (Live and Let Die and Licence to Kill). The Lost World is a 1960 science fiction adventure film based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed The Master of Disaster for his work in the disaster film genre. ... The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 film about the life of Jesus, directed by George Stevens (some scenes by Jean Negulesco and David Lean). ... North Sea Hijack, also released under the alternate titles Ffolkes and Assault Force, is a 1980 action film starring Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins and Michael Parks. ... Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72). ... Look up AD in Wiktionary, the free dictionary AD or ad may stand for: ad or advertisement, see advertising ad- prefix Administrative domain Air Defence Andorra, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code Anno Domini (In the Year of [Our] Lord). This year is A.D. 2005. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ... Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series of novels and films. ... 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... Licence to Kill (released in the United States as License to Kill, but sold in the U.S. home video market with the British spelling) is the sixteenth film in the James Bond film series made by EON Productions. ...

Television

David as Evan Robley in the tv series Wonder Woman

Much of Hedison's acting career has been on television. He was cast as a counter espionage agent who traveled the world as a Hollywood talent agent in the TV series Five Fingers. The show ran for sixteen episodes. He followed that up with a starring role in the TV version of Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Richard Basehart. The show ran for four years. He also had a semi-regular role on The Colbys. Image File history File links DavidHedison. ... Image File history File links DavidHedison. ... Lynda Carter in costume as Wonder Woman. ... Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed The Master of Disaster for his work in the disaster film genre. ... Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a science-fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and released in 1961. ... Richard Basehart Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 - September 17, 1984) was an American actor. ... The Colbys (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) was a primetime television soap opera which aired from November 1985 to March 1987. ...

In 1990, he was the series host for Phenomenal World. His television guest appearances include The Saint with Roger Moore; The Love Boat; Fantasy Island; The Bob Newhart Show; Charlie's Angels; The A-Team; and Knight Rider; among many others. The Love Boat - Opening Title The Love Boat was a TV series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. ... Tattoo and Mr. ... The Bob Newhart Shows Complete Second Season DVD. Pictured (clockwise, bottom left): Newhart, Daily, Wallace, Bonerz, Pleshette The Bob Newhart Show is the name of two different television series. ... Charlies Angels was a television series broadcast from 1976 to 1981, about three women who work for a fictional private investigation agency, the Charles Townsend Agency. ... The A-Team was an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-US Army commandos who are on the run from the military while working as soldiers of fortune. ... Knight Rider was a popular United States television show that ran between September 26, 1982 and August 8, 1986. ...

He also starred as Spencer Harrison on the American soap opera Another World from 1991 to 1996. He followed that up in 2004 with a role on The Young and the Restless as Arthur Hendricks. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network (CTV in Canada) from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated to Y&R) is an American soap opera that takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin (named after a vacation spot that series creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell visited annually). ...

His most recent role is in the 2005 film The Reality Trap.

Family

He married his wife Bridget in London on June 29, 1968, and they have two adult children, Actress/Director/Photographer Alexandra Hedison and Serena. Like her father, Alexandra has done some acting, starring in the L.A. Firefighters and The L Word on Showtime. Alexandra Hedison Alexandra Mary Hedison (Born July 10, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Actress, playing in the series The L Word on Showtime. ... The L Word is a television drama series airing on Living TV in the United Kingdom, Showtime in the United States and Showcase Television in Canada. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ...

Trivia

Hedison was offered the role of Mike Brady in The Brady Bunch, but he turned it down. He was also offered a role on the TV series Twin Peaks but could not accept the role because he had already agreed to appear in a play in England. The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... This article is about the television show. ...

In Licence to Kill, an early scene involved Felix Leiter parachuting to a church. The parachute jump was filmed with a double, but Hedison was filmed landing by being attached to a crane and brought to the ground. Director John Glen asked the crane operator to speed the crane up to allow Hedison to land quicker, but it was done too quickly and as a result of this, Hedison had a limp for the rest of the film. Licence to Kill (released in the United States as License to Kill, but sold in the U.S. home video market with the British spelling) is the sixteenth film in the James Bond film series made by EON Productions. ... A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television (such as jumping out of a building, jumping from vehicle to vehicle, or other similar actions), and for other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes). ... John Glen is a noted film director, born May 15, 1932 in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. ...

External links

For more information on David Hedison's career, visit his official Web site at [1]