You were the daring and doomed Dr. Andre Delambre in "The Fly '58", occupying both hybrid forms in the CinemaScope, science-fiction thriller, but you also made the rounds in other exciting ways, sometimes by your first name, Al, though more often by your middle, David.
You were the swashbuckling "Son of Robin Hood" and costarred in "The Enemy Below", "Marines, Let's Go", "Mach 2", "Megiddo: The Omega Code 2", "Spectres", "North Sea Hijack", "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and Irwin Allen's "The Lost World".
On a historic note, you were the only actor to play the suave Felix Leiter twice in the 007 series, in "Live and Let Die" and "License to Kill".
However, for a legion of '60s television fans, it's your portrayal of staunch Captain Lee Crane on Allen's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" that best defines you.
You were a handsome, class act, Mr. Hedison: a man of heroic depth and identifiable finesse, with a pop-cultural legacy that will continue to rouse, command and grow.
Been hearing/reading so many fine things from fans who had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hedison. He personified how a star should behave: holding his fans in the same respectful regard that they held him.
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