David Hedison
Albert David Hedison, Jr. (born May 20, 1927) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He was billed as Al Hedison in his early film work. In 1959, when he was cast in the role of Victor Sebastian in the short-lived espionage television series Five Fingers, NBC insisted that he change his name. He proposed that he use his middle name and he has been known as David Hedison ever since. He is known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in Irwin Allen's TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and as CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, Live and Let Die and Licence To Kill.
Early life
Hedison decided he wanted to be an actor after he saw Tyrone Power in the film Blood and Sand. He began his acting career with the Sock and Buskin Players at Brown University before moving to New York to study with Sanford Meisner and Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse and with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Hedison enlisted in the United States Navy in 1945, but the war ended before he completed basic training. He served 18 months, then mustered out.
Podcasts:
David Hedison
ALBUMS
- The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen released: 1996
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
Released 1996- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Main Title (with voice & effects)
- Richard Basehart Interview (1966)
- David Hedison Interview (1966)
- David Hedison Interview (1995)
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Long End Credit (Seaview Theme)
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Lost in Space: Main Title: Season I
- Jonathon Harris Interview: His Character
- Jonathon Harris Interview: The Robot Alliteratives
- Lost in Space: Main Title: Season II
- Greensleeves
- Marta Kristen Interview
- Castles in Space: Sloop John B
- Angela Cartwright Interview
- Mark Goddard Interview
- Studs in Space #1 (radio spot)
- "Space-A-Delic"
- Studs in Space #2 (radio spot)
- Lost in Space: End Credits (alternate)
- The Time Tunnel (with tic toc effects)
- Robert Colbert Interview
- James Darren Interview
- Lee Meriwether Interview
- The Time Tunnel: End Credit
- Land of the Giants: Main Title #1
- Gary Conway Interview
- Deanna Lund Interview
- Land of the Giants: Main Title #2
- Don Marshall Interview
- Don Matheson Interview
- Land of the Giants: Main Title (alternate)
- "Warning, Warning"
- "My Sensors Indicate an Intruder Is Present"
- "Danger, Danger"
- "That Does Not Compute"
- "Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!"
- "My Power Cells Are Extremely Low"
- "It Is Dr. Smith Who Is a Bubble-Headed Booby"
- "Dr. Smith Is Incapable of Telling the Truth"
- "Sorry, I Was Just Cleaning My Tapes"
- "You and I Are Friends, Will Robinson"
- "I Am Lost in Space"
- Jupiter II Interior: Freezing Tubes Close, Glow Induced, Hatch Closes, Lift-Off
- Robot Activated
- Jupiter II in Flight
- Jupiter II Lands, Legs Extended
- Alpha Control Interior
- Jupiter II Crash-Lands
- Laser Pistol
- Jet Pack Lift-Off
- Cyclops Roars, Shot by Laser, Falls
- Debbie the Bloop
- Monster Spores
- Laser Drill
- Electronic Pop #1 (3)
- Electronic Pop #2 (3)
- Electronic Pop #3 (3)
- Electronic Pop #4 (3)
- Electronic Pop #5 (3)
- Alarm Beep
- Alien Viewing Screen
- Oscillator #1
- The Keeper's Staff #1
- The Keeper's Staff #2
- Oscillator #2
- Forcefield Projector
- Jupiter II Astrogator
- Meteor Pass-By
- Oscillator #3
- Siren #1
- Siren #2
- Alien Computer
- Spooky Winds
- Time Tunnel Viewscreen Activates
- Seaview Exterior
- Flying Sub Pass-By
- Seaview Bridge Interior
- Seaview Computer Click
- Sheila Mathews Interview
- Greensleeves '96
- Sloop John B '96
- Land of the Giants (Main Theme #2)
