Cec Linder

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Cec Linder
Born	Cecil Linder (1921-03-10)March 10, 1921 Galicia, Poland
Died	April 10, 1992(1992-04-10) (aged 71) Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1955-1992

Cec Linder as paleontologist Doctor Matthew Roney in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59)

Cec Linder (sometimes credited as Cecil 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 American characters in various films and television programmes.

In film, he is probably best remembered for his role as James Bond's CIA counterpart Felix Leiter in Goldfinger (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was Lolita (1962), as Doctor Keegee.

Early life

He was born in Galicia, Poland.^{citiation needed} His family moved to Canada when Linder was very young, and he became a naturalised Canadian citizen.

Career

Linder enjoyed an extensive and successful television career on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, probably his most prominent role was as the palaeontologist Roney in the original BBC version of Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59). In the United States, he was a regular in the soap opera The Secret Storm on the CBS network from 1960 to 1964, playing Peter Ames. In 1974 he replaced William Prince as the character of Ben Travis in another CBS (later ABC) soap opera, The Edge of Night, and in the 1980s appeared in several of the Perry Mason revival TV movies as District Attorney Jack Welles. Linder was also a regular on the popular 1980s Canadian crime series Seeing Things, playing Crown Attorney Spenser.

During his career he also had guest roles in episodes of a variety of other popular British, American, and Canadian television programmes, including: Doomwatch, The Littlest Hobo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ironside, The Saint, Danger Bay, and The New Avengers.

During his time in Canada, Linder worked as an announcer at CKGB in Timmins, Ontario.

Linder's last work was as Syd Grady in two episodes of the television series Sweating Bullets in 1991. He died the following year at home in Toronto, Ontario, of complications from emphysema.

External links

Cec Linder at the Internet Movie Database
Cec Linder at FelixLeiter.com

Preceded by Jack Lord	Felix Leiter actor 1964	Succeeded by Rik Van Nutter

v t e Quatermass

Character	Bernard Quatermass

Television	The Quatermass Experiment (1953) Quatermass II Quatermass and the Pit Quatermass The Quatermass Experiment (2005)

Film	The Quatermass Xperiment Quatermass 2 Quatermass and the Pit

Radio	The Quatermass Memoirs

Writers & directors	Nigel Kneale Rudolph Cartier Val Guest

Lead actors	Reginald Tate John Robinson André Morell John Mills Brian Donlevy Andrew Keir Jason Flemyng

Supporting actors noted for the role	Duncan Lamont Cec Linder

Authority control	VIAF: 24806856 BNF: cb14071256k

Persondata
Name	Linder, Cec
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian actor
Date of birth	March 10, 1921
Place of birth	Galicia, Poland
Date of death	April 10, 1992
Place of death	Ontario, Canada

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