Biography
Cecil Yekuthial Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. He was Jewish and managed to escape Poland before the Holocaust. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes.
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.
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Filmography
all 79
Movies 57
TV Shows 22
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Felix Leiter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Movie
Felix Leiter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
Movie
Trautman
Hitler's Daughter (1990)
Movie
Sam
Bridge to Silence (1989)
Movie
Judge Calvin
Betrayal of Silence (1988)
Movie
Narrator
George and Rosemary (1987)
Movie
Stuart Carmody
Blades of Courage (1987)
Movie
Sidney (McCay's Producer)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)
Movie
Judge
The High Price of Passion (1986)
Movie
Salesman
The Town Where No One Got Off (1986)
Movie
Jack Welles
Perry Mason Returns (1985)
Movie
Barnes
Honeymoon (1985)
Movie
Older Doctor / Dr. Hoffman
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
TV
6.33
Salesman
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
TV
6
Night Heat (1985)
TV
1
Dr. Korber
Heartsounds (1984)
Movie
Walter Matheson
Heavenly Bodies (1984)
Movie
Dr. Fischer
The Hitchhiker (1983)
TV
5
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
TV
Dr. Louis Spenser
Deadly Eyes (1982)
Movie
Seeing Things (1981)
TV
President of Hospital
Atlantic City (1980)
Movie
10
Doctor Latour
Virus (1980)
Movie
Samuel Rosenman
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Movie
Eddie
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980)
Movie
Auctioneer
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Movie
Mr. Sanders
Lost and Found (1979)
Movie
Councilman Paley
City on Fire (1979)
Movie
Something's Rotten (1979)
Movie
Chief Parker
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978)
Movie
Policeman
High-Ballin' (1978)
Movie
Milton
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
Movie
Henry The Chairman
Deadly Harvest (1977)
Movie
Dr. Paul Carstairs
Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
Movie
Dr Hogarth
Age of Innocence (1977)
Movie
Dr. Paul Carstairs
Mannikin (1977)
Movie
The New Avengers (1976)
TV
6
The Developer
The Clown Murders (1976)
Movie
Professor Johns
Point of No Return (1976)
Movie
Graham
Second Wind (1976)
Movie
S.W.A.T. (1975)
TV
6
Edgar Harrow
Nurse Will Make It Better (1975)
Movie
Maury Ackerman
Sunday in the Country (1974)
Movie
Carmichael
Why Rock the Boat? (1974)
Movie
Stephen Van Birchard
To Kill the King (1974)
Movie
Aaron Burkhart
The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973)
Movie
Wendell Thompson
A Touch of Class (1973)
Movie
Edgar Harrow
Thriller (1973)
TV
American Ambassador
Mafia Junction (1973)
Movie
Général McCready
The Adventurer (1972)
TV
Mankowitz
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
Movie
Roy Maxwell
The Sloane Affair (1972)
Movie
Larry
The Write-Off (1970)
Movie
White Haired Executive (uncredited)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Movie
6.75
Sen. Connell
Doomwatch (1970)
TV
Mr. Evans
Explosion (1969)
Movie
Dr. Grainger
Wojeck (1966)
TV
Gastel
The Hired Killer (1966)
Movie
O'Malley
The Scribe (1966)
Movie
Actor
Little White Crimes (1966)
Movie
Inspector Provost / Provost
Seaway (1965)
TV
Warren Windom
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Dean Hogarth
Moment of Truth (1965)
TV
Felix Leiter
Goldfinger (1964)
Movie
5.46
Joe Armstrong
The Verdict (1964)
Movie
Waldo Oddington
The Saint (1962)
TV
5
Physician
Lolita (1962)
Movie
5.38
Mr. Brill
Too Young to Love (1960)
Movie
Carson
Subway in the Sky (1959)
Movie
Willy
SOS Pacific (1959)
Movie
Col. Coe
Jet Storm (1959)
Movie
Captain Tully
Interpol Calling (1959)
TV
Dr. Matthew Roney
Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
TV
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1958)
Movie
Capt. Dan Carver
Flaming Frontier (1958)
Movie
Red Stick / Kinaani
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
TV
The Edge of Night (1956)
TV
(1953)
Space Command (1953)
TV
Walt Stewart
Studio One (1948)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.54
Based on 399 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1948
1966
1976
1970
2002
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1921-03-10
Deathday1992-04-10 (71 years old)
Birth NameCecil Yekuthial Linder
Birth PlaceRadziechowy, Poland
CitizenshipsCanada
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