Editing Cec Linder

{{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.

==Career==
He was raised in [[Timmins|Timmins, Ontario]] where his father was a [[rabbi]] to the [[Jewish]] community. During his early years of his professional career, Linder worked as an announcer at [[CKGB-FM|CKGB]] in Timmins.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news/local-news/tales-from-the-porcupine-told-first-hand|title=Tales from the Porcupine told first-hand|newspaper=[[Timmins Daily Press]]|last=Bachmann|first=Karen|date=10 January 2020|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>

Linder enjoyed an extensive and successful television career on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, probably his most prominent role was as the palaeontologist Roney in the original BBC version of ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' (1958–59).

In the United States, he was a regular in the CBS soap operas ''[[The Secret Storm]]'' and  ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' and in the 1980s appeared in several of the ''[[Perry Mason (TV film series)|Perry Mason]]'' revival TV films as District Attorney Jack Welles.

Linder was also a regular on the popular 1980s Canadian crime series ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'', playing Crown Attorney Spenser.

During his career, he also had guest roles in episodes of a variety of other popular British, American and Canadian television programmes, including: ''[[The Forest Rangers (TV series)|The Forest Rangers]]'', ''[[Doomwatch]]'', ''[[The Littlest Hobo]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]'', ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[Danger Bay]]'', ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]'', ''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (as Peter Ames), and ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' as Senator Ben Travis #2.

Linder appeared as Inspector Cramer in the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] 1982 radio dramatizations of [[Nero Wolfe]] short stories.

Linder's last work was as Syd Grady in two episodes of the television series ''[[Tropical Heat|Sweating Bullets]]'' (1991).

He died the following year at [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in Toronto of complications from [[emphysema]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://search.ontariojewisharchives.org/Permalink/descriptions21234|title=Cec Linder died|newspaper=[[Canadian Jewish News]]|last=Morris|first=Gerry|date=23 April 1992|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>

He accumulated over 225 credits in film and television productions in a long performing career.

==Selected filmography==
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*''[[Flaming Frontier]]'' (1958) as Capt. Dan Carver
*''[[Subway in the Sky]]'' (1959) as Carson
*''[[Jet Storm]]'' (1959) as Colonel Coe
*''[[SOS Pacific]]'' (1959) as Willy
*''[[Too Young to Love (film)|Too Young to Love]]'' (1959) as Mr. Bill
*''[[Crack in the Mirror]]'' (1960) as Murzeau
*''[[Lolita (1962 film)|Lolita]]'' (1962) as Dr. Keegee
*''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964) as [[Felix Leiter]]
* ''[[The Verdict (1964 film)|The Verdict]]'' ([[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]) (1964) as Joe Armstrong
*''Tecnica di un omicidio'' (1966) as Gastel
*''[[Quentin Durgens, M.P.]]'' (1966) as Sherwin
*''[[Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate]]'' (1967)
*''Explosion'' (1969) as Mr. Evans
*''[[Innocent Bystanders (film)|Innocent Bystanders]]'' (1972) as Mankowitz
*''[[The Sloane Affair]]'' (1973) as Roy Maxwell
*''[[Super Bitch]]'' (1973) as American Ambassador
*''[[A Touch of Class (film)|A Touch of Class]]'' (1973) as Wendell Thompson
*''To Kill the King'' (1974) as Stephen Van Birchard
*''Old God Knows'' (1974) as Mr. Klein
*''[[Why Rock the Boat?]]'' (1974) as Carmichael
*''[[Sunday in the Country]]'' (1974) as Ackerman
*''[[Second Wind (1976 film)|Second Wind]]'' (1976) as Graham
*''Point of No Return'' (1976) as Professor Johns
*''[[The Clown Murders]]'' (1976) as The Developer
*''[[Age of Innocence (1977 film)|Age of Innocence]]'' (1977) as Dr. Hogarth
*''[[Deadly Harvest (1977 film)|Deadly Harvest]]'' (1977) as Henry the Chairman
*''[[Three Dangerous Ladies]]'' (1977) as Dr. Carstairs (segment: "The Mannikin")
*''The Case of Barbara Pasons'' (1978) as Loren Bowley
*''Drága kisfiam'' (1978) as Mr. George
*''[[Tomorrow Never Comes (film)|Tomorrow Never Comes]]'' (1978) as Milton
*''[[High-Ballin']]'' (1978) as Policeman
*''[[I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses]]'' (1978) as Chief Parker
*''[[Something's Rotten]]'' (1979) as Alexis Alexander
*''[[City on Fire (1979 film)|City on Fire]]'' (1979) as Councilman Paley
*''[[Lost and Found (1979 film)|Lost and Found]]'' (1979) as Mr. Sanders
*''[[An American Christmas Carol]]'' (1979) as Auctioneer
*''[[Virus (1980 film)|Virus]]'' (1980) as Dr. Latour
*''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' (1980) as President of Hospital
*''[[Deadly Eyes]]'' (1982) as Dr. Louis Spenser
*''[[Heavenly Bodies (film)|Heavenly Bodies]]'' (1985) as Walter Matheson
*''[[Honeymoon (1985 film)|Honeymoon]]'' (1985) as Barnes
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