He was the original "The Fly". He played Felix Leiter in two James Bond movies, opposite Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton. But, to many viewers of the Baby Boomer era, David Hedison will forever be Captain Lee Crane of the Seaview on Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea (1964-8) opposite Richard Basehart.
It has come across the wires that Hedison, 92, had passed away on Thursday. In his memory, we present a sample episode of Voyage, "No Escape From Death":
After Voyage ended its run, Hedison had relocated to England, and made a lot of guest appearances during the 70's & 80's, in addition to his movie work.
Rest in peace.
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Back from IMDb:
The imbedded Voyage episode is from the third season, airing February 19, 1967.
How you ended up with a black-&-white print of an episode that was produced in color - who knows?
The color changeover was still a work in progress, and remained so at least until the early '70s.
Also:
Apart from those James Bond movies he did, David Hedison's post-Voyage career was almost entirely in the USA, and on TV as opposed to movies, extending into this century.
Also also:
Hedison's daughter is married to Jodie Foster.
I'll fix the episode reference, Mike. The YouTube poster had only black & white prints of color episodes. I've seen that with other shows, as well.
David Hedison, as I said, did a lot of guest roles, but also did some stage work, too.
I know about Alexandra being married to Jodie Foster. Like, she had been with Ellen DeGeneres before that.
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