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{{Short description|Canadian actor (1921–1992)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Cec Linder
| image        = Cec Linder.jpg
| imagesize    = 
| alt          = 
| caption      = Linder as paleontologist Doctor Matthew Roney in the [[BBC One|BBC Television]] serial ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' (1958–59)
| birth_name   = Cecil Yekuthial Linder
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1921|3|10}}
| birth_place  = [[Radziechowy]], [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]], Poland
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1992|4|10|1921|3|10}}
| death_place  = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| nationality  = Canadian
|alma_mater       = [[Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts]]
| other_names  = 
| known_for    = 
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1955–92
}}
'''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, [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent [[Felix Leiter]], in ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was ''[[Lolita (1962 film)|Lolita]]'' (1962), as Doctor Keegee.