Jack Lord in "", which has run daily at Colonial Williamsburg since then. In 1958, Lord co-starred as Buck Walden in "God's Little Acre", the film adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel. Lord was the first actor to play the character Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, "Dr. No". According to screenwriter Richard Maibaum, Lord demanded co-star billing, a bigger role and more money to reprise the role in "Goldfinger", which resulted in director Guy Hamilton casting Cec Linder in the role. In 1962, Lord starred as series namesake "Stoney Burke", a rodeo cowboy
Max Linder "Max" films were unpopular both critically and financially. The first two, "Max Comes Across" and "Max Wants a Divorce" were complete failures, but the third film, "Max and his Taxi" was moderately successful. The financially troubled studio may have been counting on Linder to restore its flagging fortunes and cancelled production of the remaining films on Linder's contract. "Max and his Taxi" had been shot in Hollywood and while there Linder had developed a close friendship with Charlie Chaplin. They would often attend events such as boxing matches or car races together, and according to writer Jack Spears, "while working