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David Hedison, a native of Providence, Rhode Island, began his acting career with the Sock & 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. From there, he moved to off Broadway productions and a film contract with 20th Century-Fox.

His work on the New York Stage includes Turgenev's A Month in the Country, directed by Sir Michael Redgrave and starring Uta Hagen, for which he won a Theater World Award, Christopher Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent and Clifford Odets' Clash by Night. He toured with Anita Gillette in the National Company of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and appeared in Los Angeles in the West Coast premiere of Alan Bowen's Forty Deuce, and in the Allan Miller production of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? in the role of Larry Parks. He also toured with Elizabeth Ashley in the Joseph Hayes' new play, Come into My Parlour, and was in the world premiere run of Bernard Slade's Return Engagements. In addition to appearing in A. R. Gurney's Love Letters with Anita Gillette in 1998, David has also appeared in Alone Together, First Love and most recently (2002) as the long-suffering husband in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA.

While at Fox, Hedison made two television series: Five Fingers and the long-running Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Captain Crane. He has also appeared in a great variety of roles, from the PBS Television Theatre's production of Oliver Hailey's For the Use of the Hall, directed by Lee Grant, and the NBC mini-series A.D., directed by Stuart Cooper, to ABC's Dynasty II: The Colbys. For five years, he played Spencer Harrison in the NBC daytime series Another World. He has worked extensively on British television, including the BBC presentation of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in the role of John Buchanan opposite Lee Remick and performed in a West End production of James Leo Herlihy's Bad Bad Jo Jo.

Between the stage and television work, he has maintained a steady career in feature films, from his first film under contract to Fox, The Enemy Below (1957), with Robert Mitchum, to the popular Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2002) with Michael York and Michael Biehn. He played Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, Live and Let Die and Licence to Kill. Film buffs will also remember him in the title role in the original version of The Fly. The film was selected as one of the "Sci-Fi 100" in Entertainment Weekly as being one of the all-time greatest works of science fiction.

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Thanks for your birthday greetings

I would like to thank all my fans who took the time to wish me a Happy 82nd birthday.Your greetings were greatly appreciated.David
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Diane has new autographed pictures up on our web site

 I signed them for her in San Francisco and I am pleased to make them available for purchase by everyone on our website.She also has copies of The Fly at Fifty book that both I and the two authors (Di...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:15:00 GMT

Wondercon video interview now on line

Reality Check TV interviewed me on Wondercon on Friday and they have now posted their interview.There is a link to it on my website.Got to http://www.davidhedison.net/hedison/galleries/appearances/20 0...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:08:00 GMT

My daughter Alexandra's Exhibit Ithaka in Santa Monica, CA

My daughters traveling Photography exhibit:  Ithaka: A Journey has been chosen to be the site of the opening reception for the April MOPLA event in Los Angeles.The reception will be held Saturday, Ap...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:19:00 GMT

Thanks for everyone who came to see me at Wondercon

We had a great show and it was wonderful to meet all of you.Pictures of our table (David Hedison/Diane Kachmar) can be found at:http://www.davidhedison.net/hedison/galleries/appearances /2000/SanFran09...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:02:00 GMT

More about Wondercon in San Francisco Feb. 27-Mar. 1

Wondercon put out a press release this week about all the activities there will be at the con.The release is at: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/020917-WC-Hollywood.htmlI will be there signing autogra...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:04:00 GMT

Come see me in San Francisco Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2009

Wondercon has posted a new web page with pictures of all the celebrity guests who will be signing in the Exhibit Hall Autograph Area.  http://www.comic-con.org/wc/wc_autographs.shtml#indI will be...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:54:00 GMT

Happy New Year to all my friends and fans

  May 2009 bring you good fortune in all your endeavors. I'll be blogging with more news when I have it. David    
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:07:00 GMT

The Fly at Fifty makes Famous Monsters Top Ten list

I was pleased to be told my book, The Fly at Fifty, was on a year end top ten list. So you can either go to my web site www.davidhedison.com to link to that top ten list or to the Famous Mon...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:31:00 GMT

I'll be signing in San Francisco in February

I have been invited to sign autographs and my new book, The Fly at Fifty in San Francisco at Wondercon, February 27-March 1, 2009.Advance tickets for the event and on-line booking of the con hotel are...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:50:00 GMT