David Hedison Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, "Live and Let Die" and "Licence to Kill". Hedison decided he wanted to be an actor after he saw Tyrone Power in the film "Blood and Sand". Hedison enlisted in the United States Navy in 1945, but the war ended before he completed basic training. He served 18 months, then mustered out. He began his acting career with the Sock and Buskin Players at Brown University before moving to New York to study with Sanford Meisner and Martha Graham at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and with Lee Strasberg at the
David H. Linder Gilson Farlow. 1921-1922: Master of Arts, Harvard University Linder began his graduate studies in Mycology and graduated a year later. Upon receiving his M.A., Linder was awarded the Sheldon Travelling Fellowship that allowed him to explore British and Dutch Guiana, and parts of the British West Indies. This trip resulted in Linder’s strong passions for the tropics. 1922-1926: Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University Linder continued his mycological studies under the supervision of two prominent mycologists, Dr. Roland Thaxter and Dr. Wm. H. Weston Jr. Upon graduation, Linder went to Libertia on the Harvard African Expedition. Linder became quite ill afterwards