Cec Linder as FelixLeiter in ‘Goldfinger’.

Cec Linder (sometimes credited as Cecil Linder; born March 10, 1921 in Galica, Poland; died April 10, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian film and television actor of Polish birth. His family had moved to Canada when Linder was very young, and he became a naturalised Canadian citizen. In the 1950s and 1960s he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing American characters in various films and television programmes.

In film, he is probably best remembered for his role as James Bond’s CIA counterpart Felix Leiter in Goldfinger (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was Lolita (1962, as Doctor Keegee) .

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 archeologist Roney in the original BBC version of Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59).