Cec Linder year at home in Toronto, Ontario, of complications from emphysema. Cec Linder Cec Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the BBC serial "Quatermass and the Pit" (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as James Bond's friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, in "Goldfinger" (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared
David Hedison the most promising theatre personalities of the 1955-56 season. Hedison also appeared on TV in "Kraft Theatre" and "Star Tonight". After his role in "A Month in the Country", Hedison signed a film contract with 20th Century-Fox in May 1957. His first movie with them was the classic war film "The Enemy Below" (1957), which also starred Robert Mitchum. He followed that up with the lead role in the horror classic "The Fly" (1958), after Rick Jason turned it down. This was very successful at the box office. Hedison went to England to play the lead role in "Son of