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name: "David Hedison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-hedison"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 May 1927"
died: "18 July 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T21:15:48.541785+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Hedison

Actor. Born 20 May 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Died 18 July 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 May 1927, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **Died:** 18 July 2019
- **Active:** 1973–1989
- **Also known as:** Albert David Hedison Jr., Al Hedison, Альберт Дэвид Хедисон-младший, Альберт Дэвид Хедисон
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 66 (1), 1980s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hedison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72262, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10226

## Biography

David Hedison was an American film, television and stage actor. Born Albert David Hedison Jr. in Providence, Rhode Island, he began his career billed as Al Hedison and later changed his professional name at the insistence of NBC for the 1959 series Five Fingers.

He trained at Brown University, the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio. Hedison appeared in The Fly (1958) and starred as Captain Lee Crane in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968). He played CIA agent Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989), becoming the first actor to reprise the role.

Hedison died in Los Angeles in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Fi1m 70, as Felix Leiter — [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Fi1m 66, as Felix Leiter — [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)

## Complete filmography (82)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Superman and the Secret Planet* (2013), as Jor El
- *Megiddo: The Omega Code 2* (2001), as Daniel Alexander
- *Mach 2* (2001), as Stuart Davis
- *Fugitive Mind* (1999), as Senator Davis
- *Undeclared War* (1990), as US Ambassador
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), as Felix Leiter — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *True Confessions* (1986), series, as David
- *Smart Alec* (1986), as Frank Wheeler
- *The Colbys* (1985), series, as Roger Langdon
- *A.D.* (1985), series, as Porcius Festus
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Ed Galvin
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Mitch Payne, Victor Caspar, Victor Casper
- *Partners in Crime* (1984), series, as Davidson
- *Finder of Lost Loves* (1984), series, as Neil Palmer
- *Who's the Boss?* (1984), series, as Jim Ratcliff
- *The Naked Face* (1984), as Dr. Peter Hadley
- *Double Trouble* (1984), series, as David Burke
- *The Gambler: The Adventure Continues* (1983), as Carson
- *The Gambler: The Adventure Continues* (1983), series, as Carson
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as David Vaughn
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Theodore Cooper
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Pierre Cerdan
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Jack Fitzpatrick, Dr. Howard Bentley
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Saxon
- *The Awakening of Cassie* (1982), as Mark
- *Nero Wolfe* (1981), series, as Phillip Corrigan
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, as Austin Tyler
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, as Jordan Stevens, Milo, Monte Sorrenson
- *Dynasty* (1981), series, as Sam Dexter
- *North Sea Hijack* (1980), as Robert King
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, as Miles Warner
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Miles Wiatt
- *The Power Within* (1979), as Danton
- *The Horror Show* (1979), as (archive footage)
- *Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar* (1979), as Ashpenaz
- *Flying High* (1978), series, as Glen Dodson
- *Colorado C.I.* (1978), as David Royce
- *Project U.F.O.* (1978), series, as Frederick Flanagan
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Carlyle Cranston
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Buddy Stanfield, Sherman, Bradford York, Allan Christensen, Cliff Jacobs
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Carter Gillis, John Thornwood
- *The Art of Crime* (1975), as Parker Sharon
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Evan Robley
- *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* (1975), as Dr. Wes Dolan
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Roger Woods
- *Bronk* (1975), series, as Lyle Brewster
- *Adventures of the Queen* (1975), as Dr. Peter Brooks
- *For the Use of the Hall* (1975), as Allen
- *The Manhunter* (1974), series, as Jeffrey Donnenfield
- *Murder Impossible* (1974), as Herbert Kasson
- *The Cat Creature* (1973), as Prof. Roger Edmonds
- *Live and Let Die* (1973), as Felix Leiter — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)
- *The Man in the Wood* (1973), as Edmund Hardy
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Paul Nugent
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Steve Darnell
- *Cannon* (1971), series, as Gordon Bell, John Sandler, David Farnum
- *For Love Or Murder* (1970), as Nick Burns
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Rob
- *Medical Center* (1969), series, as Dave
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Bill Kromin
- *Journey to the Unknown* (1968), series, as William Searle
- *Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls* (1967), Actor
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as John Buchanan
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Scott Jordan, Lou Forrester
- *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), as Philip
- *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), series, as Captain Crane
- *Another World* (1964), series, as Spencer Harrison
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Bill Harvey
- *Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll* (1961), as Victor Sebastian
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, as Max Hendricks
- *Five Fingers: The Judas Goat* (1961), as Victor Sebastian
- *Marines, Let's Go* (1961), as Pfc. Dave Chatfield
- *Five Fingers : Dossier* (1961), as Victor Sebastian
- *Five Fingers : Thin Ice* (1961), as Victor Sebastian
- *The Lost World* (1960), as Ed Malone
- *Hong Kong* (1960), series, as Roger Ames
- *Five Fingers* (1959), series, as Victor Sebastian
- *The Son of Robin Hood* (1958), as Jamie
- *The Fly* (1958), as Andre Delambre
- *The Enemy Below* (1957), as Lt. Ware
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Damion White
- *Danger* (1950), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Actor David Hedison at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. This photo may only be used if the photographer is properly credited.  (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-caef908bdb91.jpg) Actor David Hedison at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. This photo may only be used if the photographer is properly credited.  (2009) — Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/10.17.09DavidHedisonByLuigiNovi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Belair Drive-In theater advertisement for the science fiction horror film , The Fly. 23 July 1958.](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-b0b9cc6882d7.jpg) Belair Drive-In theater advertisement for the science fiction horror film , The Fly. 23 July 1958. — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Belair_Drive-in_Ad_-_23_July_1958%2C_Fontana%2C_CA.jpg/1280px-Belair_Drive-in_Ad_-_23_July_1958%2C_Fontana%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Black and white photograph print of Mary Frances Albert with David Hedison and a beauty queen.](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-140d1e0a7923.jpg) Black and white photograph print of Mary Frances Albert with David Hedison and a beauty queen. — CarlAlbertArchives, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/CAC_CC_001_18_6_0000_0528.jpg/1280px-CAC_CC_001_18_6_0000_0528.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of David Hedison from the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-fe22986afaab.jpg) Photo of David Hedison from the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. (1965) — ABC Television-photo by Leigh Wiener, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/David_Hedison_Voyage_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Sea_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Hedison](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-57bd331963cd.jpg) David Hedison — Image via TMDB
- ![David Hedison](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-ee4e6507524c.jpg) David Hedison — Image via TMDB
- ![David Hedison at WonderCon 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-3bd249abad57.jpg) David Hedison at WonderCon 2009. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/David_Hedison_at_WonderCon_2009_1.JPG/1280px-David_Hedison_at_WonderCon_2009_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Hedison at WonderCon 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/1026078/gallery-00d20dbf8133.jpg) David Hedison at WonderCon 2009. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/David_Hedison_at_WonderCon_2009_2.JPG/1280px-David_Hedison_at_WonderCon_2009_2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1956: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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