Nationality Canadian Name Cec Linder Years active 1955–92 | Occupation Actor Other names Cecil Linder Role Film actor | |
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Died April 10, 1992, Toronto, Canada Movies Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit, Deadly Eyes, A Touch of Class, An American Christma Similar People Austin Willis, Nadja Regin, Guy Hamilton, Massimo Dallamano, James B Harris | ||
Felix Leiter
Cec 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 Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes.
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In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the BBC serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as James Bond's friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, in Goldfinger (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was Lolita (1962), as Doctor Keegee.
Cec Linder grew up in Timmins, Ontario. His sister Anna Linder is still living.
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 CBS soap operas The Secret Storm and The Edge of Night and in the 1980s appeared in several of the Perry Mason revival TV films 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: The Forest Rangers, 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 (1991). He died the following year at home in Toronto, Ontario, of complications from emphysema.
Filmography
Actor
1988
Street Legal (TV Series) as
Gerald Rose / Judge Keil
- Children's Hour (1992) - Gerald Rose
- Suite Sixteen (1990) - Gerald Rose
- Elliot vs. McTavish (1988) - Judge Keil
1991
Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (TV Series)
- Over the Hill Gang (1991)
1991
Sweating Bullets (TV Series) as
Sid Grady
- Tara, Tara, Tara (1991) - Sid Grady
- For a Song (1991) - Sid Grady
1990
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (TV Movie)
1990
The Last Best Year (TV Movie) as
Dr. Siegel
1990
Hitler's Daughter (TV Movie) as
Trautman
1989
Danger Bay (TV Series) as
Dr. Andrew Reinhardt
- Emperors New Clothes (1989) - Dr. Andrew Reinhardt
1989
Bridge to Silence (TV Movie) as
Sam
1988
Betrayal of Silence (TV Movie) as
Judge Calvin
1988
Blades of Courage (TV Movie) as
Stuart Carmody
1987
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Dr. Hoffman / Older Doctor
- Animal Lovers (1988) - Dr. Hoffman
- When This Man Dies (1987) - Older Doctor
1987
George and Rosemary (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1985
Night Heat (TV Series) as
Harold McVitty / Judge Palmer / Ernest Lefcourt / ...
- These Happy Golden Years (1987) - Harold McVitty
- Wages of Sin (1986) - Judge Palmer
- Fire and Ice (1986) - Ernest Lefcourt
- Ancient Madness (1985) - Judge Norris
1987
Diamonds (TV Series)
- Domestic Spirits (1987)
1987
Fight for Life (TV Movie)
1981
Seeing Things (TV Series) as
Spenser / Spencer
- Another Point of View (1987) - Spenser
- I'm Dancing with Stars in My Eyes (1986) - Spenser
- The Eyes of Ra (1986) - Spenser
- Blind Alley (1985) - Spenser
- Seeing the Country (1985) - Spencer
- Second Sight (1984) - Spenser
- An Eye on the Future (1984) - Spenser
- Snow Blind (1984) - Spenser
- Someone Is Watching (1984) - Spencer
- Seeing R.E.D. (1984) - Spencer
- In the Eyes of the Law (1982) - Spencer
- Sight Unseen (1981) - Spencer
- I May Be Seeing Things, But I'm Not Crazy (1981) - Spencer
1987
Amerika (TV Mini Series) as
Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Part VI (1987) - Speaker of the House of Representatives (uncredited)
- Part V (1987) - Speaker of the House of Representatives (uncredited)
- Part II (1987) - Speaker of the House of Representatives (uncredited)
1986
All Sales Final (TV Movie) as
Archie
1986
Christmas Eve (TV Movie) as
Dr. Greenspan
1986
The High Price of Passion (TV Movie) as
Judge
1986
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (TV Movie) as
Sidney (McCay's Producer)
1986
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series) as
Benny Cyrano
- Guns at Cyrano's (1986) - Benny Cyrano
1986
A Deadly Business (TV Movie) as
Carmine Franco
1986
The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) as
Salesman
- The Town Where No One Got Off (1986) - Salesman
1986
American Playhouse (TV Series) as
Joshua Grey
- Valentine's Revenge (1986) - Joshua Grey
1985
Jimmy Valentine (TV Movie) as
Joshua Grey
1985
Perry Mason Returns (TV Movie) as
Jack Welles
1985
Honeymoon as
Barnes
1985
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) as
Dr. Fischer
- Murderous Feelings (1985) - Dr. Fischer (as Cecil Linder)
1985
Seduced (TV Movie) as
Executive at Exchange
1984
Heavenly Bodies as
Walter Matheson
1984
The Edison Twins (TV Series) as
Cavanaugh / The Imposter
- Double Trouble (1984) - Cavanaugh / The Imposter
1984
Heartsounds (TV Movie) as
Dr. Korber
1982
Bizarre (TV Series) as
Various
- Two Years of Bizarre (1982) - Various
1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV Mini Series)
- Part II (1982)
- Part I (1982)
1982
Deadly Eyes as
Dr. Louis Spenser
1979
The Littlest Hobo (TV Series) as
Sal Patelli / Hoffner
- Rex Badger P.I. (1982) - Sal Patelli
- Stand In (1979) - Hoffner
1981
Chairman of the Board (TV Series) as
Paul Morel
1981
Standing Room Only (TV Series) as
Rich Man #1
- Red Skelton's Christmas Dinner (1981) - Rich Man #1
1980
Chairman of the Board (TV Movie)
1980
Atlantic City as
President of Hospital
1980
Virus: The End as
Dr. Latour (as Cecil Linder)
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year (TV Movie) as
Samuel Rosenman
1980
Matt and Jenny (TV Series) as
Wayland King
- Sport of Kings (1980) - Wayland King (as Cecil Linder)
1979
King of Kensington (TV Series) as
Alderman McCready
- Good News, Bad News (1980) - Alderman McCready
- Diabolical Plots (1979) - Alderman McCready
1980
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (TV Movie) as
Eddie
1979
An American Christmas Carol (TV Movie) as
Auctioneer
1979
Lost and Found as
Mr. Sanders (as Cecil Linder)
1979
City on Fire as
Councilman Paley
1979
Something's Rotten as
Alexis Alexander
1978
Drága kisfiam! as
Mr. George (as Cecil Linder)
1978
The Case for Barbara Parsons as
Loren Bowley
1978
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses as
Chief Parker
1978
High-Ballin' as
Policeman
1978
Tomorrow Never Comes as
Milton
1977
Three Dangerous Ladies as
Dr. Carstairs (segment "The Mannikin")
1977
The New Avengers (TV Series) as
Baker
- Complex (1977) - Baker
1977
Deadly Harvest as
Henry the Chairman
1977
Age of Innocence as
Dr. Hogarth
1977
Mannikin (Short) as
Dr. Paul Carstairs
1975
One Life to Live (TV Series) as
Dr. Dick Thornley / Dr. Thornley
- A day after the birth of Joe & Vikki's new baby (1976) - Dr. Thornley
- Episode #1.1926 (1976) - Dr. Dick Thornley (credit only)
- Episode #1.1728 (1975) - Dr. Dick Thornley
1976
The Clown Murders as
The Developer
1976
Point of No Return as
Professor Johns
1976
Second Wind as
Graham
1975
Death Among Friends (TV Movie)
1975
S.W.A.T. (TV Series) as
Blake
- The Steel-Plated Security Blanket (1975) - Blake
1975
Days of Our Lives (TV Series) as
Dr. Raymond Turner
- Episode #1.2371 (1975) - Dr. Raymond Turner
- Episode #1.2343 (1975) - Dr. Raymond Turner
1975
Thriller (TV Series) as
Edgar Harrow
- Nurse Will Make It Better (1975) - Edgar Harrow
1974
Sunday in the Country as
Ackerman
1974
Why Rock the Boat? as
Carmichael
1974
House of Pride (TV Series) as
Andrew Pride
1974
Only God Knows as
Mr. Klein
1974
To Kill the King as
Stephen Van Birchard (as Cecil Linder)
1974
The Play's the Thing (TV Series)
- The Bells of Hell (1974)
1974
The Beachcombers (TV Series)
- Cliff Hanger (1974)
1974
The Collaborators (TV Series) as
Adams
- Winner Lose All (1974) - Adams
- All My Love Jennie (1974) - Adams
1973
The Thanksgiving Treasure (TV Movie) as
Aaron Burkhart
1973
Police Surgeon (TV Series) as
George Bartlett / Boggs
- Body Count (1973) - George Bartlett
- Death Holds an Auction - Boggs
1973
A Touch of Class as
Wendell Thompson
1973
Mafia Junction as
American Ambassador
1972
The Sloane Affair as
Roy Maxwell
1972
The Adventurer (TV Series) as
General McCready
- Action! (1972) - General McCready
1972
Innocent Bystanders as
Mankowitz
1972
Doomwatch (TV Series) as
Sen. Connell
- Deadly Dangerous Tomorrow (1972) - Sen. Connell
1971
Famous Jury Trials (TV Series)
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Larry
- The Write-Off (1970) - Larry
1970
Zabriskie Point as
White-faired executive (uncredited)
1969
Explosion as
Mr. Evans
1969
McQueen (TV Series)
- Brotherly Love (1969)
1969
The Thousand Plane Raid as
U.S. Officer at Briefing (uncredited)
1968
Festival (TV Series) as
Larry
- The Write-off (1968) - Larry
1968
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
The Official
- When Thieves Fall In (1968) - The Official
1968
Ironside (TV Series) as
Prof. Carl Anderson
- The Challenge (1968) - Prof. Carl Anderson
1968
Run for Your Life (TV Series) as
Warren Windom
- Saro-Jane, You Never Whispered Again (1968) - Warren Windom
1966
Wojeck (TV Series) as
Dr. Grainger
- Give Until It Hurts and Then Some (1968)
- Listen! An Old Man Is Speaking (1966) - Dr. Grainger
1967
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate (as Cecil Linder)
1967
Coronet Blue (TV Series) as
Vincent Schuster
- Faces (1967) - Vincent Schuster
1966
Little White Crimes (Short)
1966
The Shattered Silence (Short) as
Mo
1966
Quentin Durgens, M.P. (TV Series) as
Sherwin
1965
Seaway (TV Series) as
Inspector Provost / Provost
- Gunpowder and Paint: Part 2 (1966) - Inspector Provost
- Gunpowder and Paint: Part 1 (1966) - Inspector Provost
- Rx for Murder (1966) - Inspector Provost
- Bonhomme Richard (1965) - Inspector Provost
- 34th Man (1965) - Inspector Provost
- Shipment from Marseilles (1965) - Provost
1966
Court Martial (TV Series) as
Colonel Watson
- La Belle France (1966)
- All Roads Lead to Callaghan (1966) - Colonel Watson
1966
The Hired Killer as
Gastel
1966
12 O'Clock High (TV Series) as
Ken Shaw
- The Hollow Man (1966) - Ken Shaw
1966
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) as
Van Druten
- The Mechanical Man (1966) - Van Druten
1966
The Scribe (Short) as
O'Malley (uncredited)
1963
The Forest Rangers (TV Series) as
Morris / O'Brien / Harry Rogers
- The White Hunter (1965) - Morris
- The Proof (1963) - O'Brien
- The Loner (1963) - Harry Rogers
1965
The Saint (TV Series) as
Waldo Oddington
- The Persistent Parasites (1965) - Waldo Oddington
1965
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
Frederick Katzmann
- The Good Shoemaker and the Poor Fish Peddler (1965) - Frederick Katzmann
1965
The Serial (TV Series)
- The Reluctant Agent: Episode 5 (1965)
- The Reluctant Agent: Episode 4 (1965)
- The Reluctant Agent: Episode 3 (1965)
- The Reluctant Agent: Episode 2 (1965)
- The Reluctant Agent: Episode 1 (1965)
1964
The Verdict as
Joe Armstrong
1964
Moment of Truth (TV Series) as
Dean Hogarth
1964
Here's Harry (TV Series)
- Harry's American Cousin (1964)
1964
Swizzlewick (TV Series) as
Filch
- A Council of War (1964) - Filch
- The Best Method of Defence (1964) - Filch
- Blackmail (1964) - Filch
- Dead Reckoning (1964) - Filch
- A Threat from Outside (1964) - Filch
- Dog Lovers Unite! (1964) - Filch
1964
Goldfinger as
Felix Leiter
1964
Time of Your Life (TV Mini Series)
- The Kids and the Kidnapers (1964)
1964
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
Joe Armstrong
- The Verdict (1964) - Joe Armstrong
1964
The Defenders (TV Series) as
Dr. Bell
- The Secret (1964) - Dr. Bell
1964
The Secret Storm (TV Series) as
Peter Ames
- Episode dated 29 January 1964 (1964) - Peter Ames
- Episode dated 27 January 1964 (1964) - Peter Ames
1962
Quest (TV Series) as
Uncle Jerry
- Paul Loves Libby (1963) - Uncle Jerry
- The Morning After Mr. Roberts (1962)
1962
Lolita as
Physician
1961
Playdate (TV Series) as
Bill / Dunlop / Joe Shelley / ...
- One Man to Beat (1962) - Bill
- Nightmare (1962) - Dunlop
- Private Potter (1961)
- Heir for a Shoestring (1961) - Joe Shelley
- The Salt of the Earth (1961) - Jimmy
1961
John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea (Short) as
Toronto Globe Reporter (as Cecil Linder)
1961
Salt of the Earth (TV Movie)
1961
The Pursuers (TV Series) as
Wheeler
- Persuasion (1961) - Wheeler
1954
Encounter (TV Series) as
Bert Kendall / Steven / Shore / ...
- Power by Proxy (1961) - Bert Kendall
- Return from Darkness (1958) - Steven
- The Radioactive Man (1958) - Shore
- Course For Collision (1957) - Major Hale (as Cecil Linder)
- Whiteoaks (1957) - Uncle Nicholas Whiteoak
- Homecoming (1956)
- Double Hazard (1956)
- The Long Doorway (1956) - Crawford
- Flight Into Danger (1956) - Capt. Martin Treleaven (as Cecil Linder)
- Hospital (1956) - Dr. Clayborn
- The Incredible Sinner (1956)
- Ashes in the Wind (1955)
- The Big Leap (1954)
1961
Drama 61-67 (TV Series) as
Phil Kadsoe
- Drama '61: Edge of Truth (1961) - Phil Kadsoe
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
Joe Hunter / Samuel Plagett
- Off Centre (1961) - Joe Hunter
- Twentieth Century Theatre: Musical Chairs (1960) - Samuel Plagett
1960
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Harry
- Mr. Krane (1960) - Harry
1960
Theatre 70 (TV Series) as
Nicky
- Boy Makes Good (1960) - Nicky
1960
Surprise Package as
Legal Adviser (uncredited)
1960
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Richard Maslyn / District Attorney Flint
- Sparrow, Sparrow (1960) - Richard Maslyn
- Night of January 16th (1960) - District Attorney Flint
1960
Crack in the Mirror as
Murzeau
1960
Too Young to Love as
Mr. Brill
1960
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Sloane
- Come in Razor Red (1960) - Sloane
1959
R.C.M.P. (TV Series) as
Dr. Wright
- The Accused (1959) - Dr. Wright
1959
The Four Just Men (TV Series) as
Bannon
- The Beatniques (1959) - Bannon
1959
Interpol Calling (TV Series) as
Captain Tully
- You Can't Die Twice (1959) - Captain Tully
1959
SOS Pacific as
Willy
1959
Jet Storm as
Colonel Coe
1959
Subway in the Sky as
Carson
1958
Quatermass and the Pit (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Matthew Roney
- Hob (1959) - Dr. Matthew Roney
- The Wild Hunt (1959) - Dr. Matthew Roney
- The Enchanted (1959) - Dr. Matthew Roney
- Imps and Demons (1959) - Dr. Matthew Roney
- The Ghosts (1958) - Dr. Matthew Roney
- The Halfmen (1958) - Dr. Matthew Roney
1958
The Man on the Assembly Line (Short)
1958
Television Playwright (TV Series) as
Jeffrey Lynton
- The Commentator (1958) - Jeffrey Lynton
1958
Flaming Frontier as
Capt. Dan Carver
1958
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Lt.-Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg / Frank Taylor
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1958) - Lt.-Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg
- The Land of Promise (1958) - Frank Taylor (as Cecil Linder)
1955
Folio (TV Series)
- Dark of the Moon (1958)
- A Soviet Portrait (1955)
1958
Suspicion (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Green
- Someone Is After Me (1958) - Lieutenant Green
1957
Double Verdict (Short)
1957
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV Series) as
Kinaani / Red Stick
- The Promised Valley (1957) - Kinaani (as Cecil Linder)
- The Search (1957) - Red Stick (as Cecil Linder)
1955
On Camera (TV Series) as
Mr. Todd / Indian / Sheriff
- Black Cats Are Good Cats (1957) - Mr. Todd (as Cecil Linder)
- Michael's Mountain (1957)
- Blackfoot Country (1956) - Indian
- The Guests (1956) - Sheriff
- Man in 308 (1955)
1957
Studio One (TV Series) as
Walt Stewart
- A Matter of Guilt (1957) - Walt Stewart
1957
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as
Russian Soldier
- The Hunted (1957) - Russian Soldier
1957
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Cannavan
- Article 94 - Homicide (1957) - Lieutenant Cannavan
1956
Is It a Woman's World? (Short)
1956
Strike in Town: Revised (Short)
1956
It's the Law (TV Series)
- Episode #1.1 (1956)
1956
The Edge of Night (TV Series) as
Senator Benjamin 'Ben' Travis #2 (1974)
1955
Strike in Town (Short)
1955
Scope (TV Series)
- Oh, Canada! (1955)
1954
Playbill (TV Series)
- Sweet Larceny (1954)
- Turn of the Road (1954)
1953
Space Command (TV Series)(1953)
Self
1979
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1964
A Questionable Course (Documentary short)
Archive Footage
2015
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (TV Special documentary) as
Felix Leiter
2002
Best Ever Bond (TV Movie documentary) as
Felix Leiter (uncredited)
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever (TV Movie documentary) as
Felix Leiter (uncredited)
References
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