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
Quatermass and the Pit first actor offered the part of Quatermass, for the original serial "The Quatermass Experiment" in 1953; he turned the part down. Morell's portrayal of Quatermass has been described as the definitive interpretation of the character. Colonel Breen was played by Anthony Bushell, who was known for various similar military roles – including another bomb disposal officer in "The Small Back Room" (1949) – and preferred to be addressed as "Major Bushell", the rank he held during the Second World War. Roney was played by Canadian actor Cec Linder, John Stratton played Captain Potter, and Christine Finn played the other main