Cec Linder on AllMovie

Cec Linder was born in Poland, began his acting career in his adopted country of Canada, then established himself by playing American characters in British films. The actor's most famous movie role was James Bond's CIA counterpart Felix Leiter in 1965's Goldfinger. From 1960 through 1964, Linder portrayed Peter Ames on the CBS TV soap opera The Secret Storm, and later replaced William Prince in the role of Ben Travis on The Edge of Night. Shortly before his death at the age of 61, Cec Linder essaying the recurring part of a district attorney in several of the American made-for-TV Perry Mason feature films.