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My Take
What strikes me about David Hedison is how he became a quiet fixture across three corners of pop culture without ever being the marquee name. He was the doomed scientist in the original The Fly, captained the sub on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and then earned a small piece of immortality as the only actor to play Felix Leiter twice in the Bond films. That kind of longevity, from a 1956 Theatre World Award to roles spanning the 1950s through the 1980s, tells me he was a reliable craftsman first. A Brown University man who simply kept working, and I respect that durability.
Overview
Albert David Hedison Jr. (May 20, 1927 – July 18, 2019) was an American film, television, and stage actor. He was known for his roles as the title character in The Fly (1958), Captain Lee Crane in the television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968), and CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Hedison
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ヘディソン
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・へでぃそん
- Born
- May 20, 1927 – July 18, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
- Origin
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 1956 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.