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In the Eon Productions series of films, Leiter has been portrayed by Jack Lord, Cec Linder, Rik Van Nutter, Norman Burton, David Hedison, John Terry, and Jeffrey Wright; in the independent production Never Say Never Again, the part was played by Bernie Casey. Leiter has also appeared in the video game 007 Legends.
- Jeffrey Wright – Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace & No Time To Die. Jeffrey Wright broke a Bond franchise record by playing Felix Leiter three times during the Daniel Craig James Bond run.
- John Terry – The Living Daylights. 15 years after the last Eon appearance of Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die, American actor John Terry played the role in Timothy Dalton’s The Living Daylights.
- Bernie Casey – Never Say Never Again. In 1983, Sean Connery returned to play James Bond in the non-Eon produced Never Say Never Again. The controversial film was recently voted the worst James Bond movie, but there are plenty of bright spots, including Bernie Casey’s Felix Leiter.
- David Hedison – Live And Let Die & Licence To Kill. David Hedison is one of the few actors to play Felix Leiter across multiple films, and the only one to play him against multiple Bonds.
Jul 22, 2019 · David Hedison, the US actor best known for playing Felix Leiter opposite two James Bonds, has died at the age of 92. He first played 007's CIA ally in 1973's Live and Let Die, the late Sir Roger ...
Just as James Bond has been portrayed by several actors so far (at least 12, 6 of which in one/more major motion pictures), so has the CIA operative and friend of James, Felix Leiter. The current count stands at no less than 8: Jack Lord, Cec Linder, Rik Van Nutter, Norman Burton, David Hedison, Bernie Casey, John Terry & Jeffrey Wright.
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At the Casino Royale in Montenegro Leiter plays in the high-stakes poker game against James Bond and Le Chiffre. Unable to beat Le Chiffre, Leiter backs Bond with a five million dollar buy in, after Bond misreads Le Chiffre's bluff, under the agreement that the CIA be the ones to arrest Le Chiffre after the game.
Later, Leiter and Gregg Beam worked with General Medrano's regime to ensure America got the oil rights in Bolivia when Medrano became president by force. Beam indeed negotiated a deal with Quantum operative, Dominic Greene, to ignore his orchestrated coup in Bolivia in exchange for the oil, which the section chief assumed Greene had discovered; incorrectly interpreting Greene's bulk purchase of water piping. He and Leiter travelled with the Quantum representatives to Austria and while discuss...
James Bond mentions Leiter briefly to Lucia Sciarraas a form of protection.
Casino Royale allowed Leiter to re-appear and he and Bond meet for the first time in the film. Early script drafts for Quantum of Solace gave Wright a larger role, but his screen time was restricted by on-set rewrites. Wright became the second actor to play the role of Leiter multiple times after David Hedison in 1973's Live and Let Die and 1989's ...
Oddly, in the 2012 game 007 Legends the Felix Leiter that appears in the Goldfinger and Licence to Kill sections of the game is played by and based on the likeness of Demetri Goritsas, as opposed t...
Felix Leiter is a character invented by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books, who also appears in the Bond movies. In the films, Leiter works for the CIA, and assists Bond in his various adventures. He was portrayed by the late David Hedison in the 1973 film Live and Let Die and the 1989 film Licence to Kill. Felix is in New York investigating dictator Mr. Big, James Bond's new target. The pair ...
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Felix Leiter is a American CIA intelligence operative. Based on the literary character created by Ian Fleming, Leiter appears for the first time in EON Productions' 1962 James Bond film Dr. No and was portrayed by the late American actor Jack Lord. He was the first of seven men to play the iconic role of Leiter officially on-screen. In the film, upon his arrival at Kingston Airport James Bond ...
