David Hedison Biography

Fast Facts

• Quote: "When I get a part I like, a part I can work on, that satisfies me․ I feel good about myself․ Most of the time I don't even watch what I do on TV․ I go in, get the job done, and just know it's nothing․ It's a job․ Sometimes, I try something different, and I'll watch out of curiosity․ Generally, I don't watch too much of what I do․ Movies are basically the same, except it's more money spent on sets"
• Quote: "When I go back to theater, I feel good about myself․ When I do films or TV, it's to make a little bread to pay my mortgage or whatever, and when I've made the money, I do theater again․"
• Has worked on a number of audio books including "McKnight's Memory" and "The King, McQueen and the Love Machine․"
• Made appearances in a variety of roles, from the PBS Television Theatre' production of "For the Use of the Hall" to the NBC mini-series "A․D․" to the role of Spencer Harrison in the NBC daytime soap "Another World․"
• First actor to portray James Bond's friend and C․I․A․ agent Felix Leiter twice, once in "Live and Let Die" and the other in "Licence to Kill․"
• Began acting career with the Sock & Buskin Players at Brown University before moving to New York to study the Meisner technique at the Neighborhood Playhouse, shortly moving to Broadway productions and a contract with 20th Century Fox
• Known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea․"
• In 2009 and 2010, worked on the committee that nominated the five foreign films for Oscar consideration