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[Righty007]

Joe Don Baker is Jack Wade. So recasting the role of Wade would be stupid. If they wanted to get a new CIA agent in the films, they might as well just create a new one or get a new Leiter because without Joe Don Baker you can't have Wade.

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Righty007
Joe Don Baker is Jack Wade. So recasting the role of Wade would be stupid. If they wanted to new CIA agent in the films, they might as well just make a create a new one or get a new Leiter because without Joe Don Baker you can't have Wade.

I agree with you Righty

[Blofeld's Cat]

Originally posted by Righty007 (edited)
In the official Bond movies 6 different actors have played CIA agent Felix Leiter. I want you to rank the 6 Leiter's from your favorite (1) to your least favorite (6).

• David Hedison (Live And Let Die)
• Jack Lord
• Rik Van Nutter
• David Hedison (Licence To Kill)
• Cec Linder / Norman Burton / John Terry (equal last, but if they want they can fight out who is 5, 6, and 7)

If I was allowd to include Bernie Casey, he would be #4 and eveyone below him would slip down one placing.

[DLibrasnow]

What the is the "official" series....Isn't that completely and totally arrogant of EON.......

[Rayliottaasbond]

Originally posted by homerjbond
Killmaster has a good point, we need to split David Hedison's Leiter character in the two movies, but I have to rank LTK lower than LALD, how can he NOT notice that his bride has the HOTS for Bond?!?

Hard to believe that ANYONE can have the hots for Dalton's Bond.

Anyway, my Felix list

1) Rik Van Nutter
2) Jack Lord
3) David Hedison
4) Cec Linder
5) John Terry
6) Norman Burton

[Bond_Bishop]

So who do you think it was. Here's a little ranking list:

1. David Hedison
He felt most Felix-esque. A more CIA like agent than the others. And he did two great performances in the Bond universe. Dave is the man!
2. Rik Van Nutter
His performance in Thunderball was great. Here he also felt more CIA-ish. That grayish tone of his hair wasn't good, but who cares. He can drive a helicopter.
3. Jack Lord
The first Felix is also great but he feels more mystical spy than a CIA agent. He looked great in glasses. A little more screentime would have been good
4. Norman Burton
Quite good but not as good as the first three.
5. John Terry
Not good. He looks more like a college student than a CIA agent. Bad bad.
6. Cec Linder
The worst. He looked more like Bond's nice good ole man than Felix Leiter. Too bad because Goldfinger is a quite good movie which has a bad Felix.

Your lists?

[BONDFINESSE 007]

for me there is one felix leiter.....



jack lord

[Qwerty]

1. Jack Lord 2. Rik Van Nutter 3. David Hedison 4. Cec Linder 5. Bernie Casey 6. Norman Burton 7. John Terry

[Agent 76]

A Poll in this thread would be a good idea!

but the best Felix was Jack Lord!

[Qwerty]

[Poll Added]

We had a thread like this, but fine to have a new one.

[Gabe Vieira]

Jack Lord, it's a no-brainer.

[MillesGloriosus]

I know Bernie Casey is black, but I like Bernie Casey.

[Qwerty]

I know Bernie Casey is black, but I like Bernie Casey.

Skin color doesn't make any difference really in this case. He's not my number one favorite, but he played the role excellently.

[Turn]

There's a lot of support for Jack Lord's Felix. He certainly looks the part and compliments Connery as Bond's CIA counterpart. But the thing that bothers me about him is he doesn't join Bond in going to Crab Key.

I know that's true to the book, but it would have been nice to have Leiter in the action. Kind of interesting the Leiters of TB and LALD didn't go directly into the action but played a kind of secondary role.

[Kristatos]

1. David Hedison and Jack Lord
3. Rick van Nutter
4. Norman Burton

5. Bernie Casey

6. John Terry
7. Cec Linder

[Qwerty]

There's a lot of support for Jack Lord's Felix. He certainly looks the part and compliments Connery as Bond's CIA counterpart. But the thing that bothers me about him is he doesn't join Bond in going to Crab Key.

I know that's true to the book, but it would have been nice to have Leiter in the action. Kind of interesting the Leiters of TB and LALD didn't go directly into the action but played a kind of secondary role.

I kind of wish that would have happened also. However that would mean it would be James Bond, Quarrel, Honey Ryder, and Felix Leiter all on the trek to find Dr. No's lair.

It seems like it may be a little too much.

[SPECTRE ASSASSIN]

1. Jack Lord
2. Rik Van Nutter
3. David Hedison
4. Bernie Casey
5. Cec Linder
6. John Terry
7. Norman Burton

[Clarence Leiter]

My fave Leiter is Clarence of course but if I have to choose a FELIX Leiter it would be Jack Lord.

[Righty007]

Rank the Felix Leiter's.

[Brian Flagg]

Jack Lord first, then everybody else. I could care less about the order, as IMO Jack Lord was the only Felix who could have gone hand to hand with Bond and he's also the only one I could envision going on truly dangerous missions with him, not just helping him put on scuba gear...

[Mr. Somerset]

I have to say I voted for Rik since he was about the closest we ever got to the Leiter of the books. I like Jack and David as well. Actually all three equally. Cec and Norman fall into the category of too old, but still likable. Bernie did alright, and had good chemistry with Sean. John Terry, not too fair to judge based on his very few seconds in the film. I just remember being glad they had brought Leiter back in TLD.

[Qwerty]

Jack Lord first, then everybody else.  I could care less about the order, as IMO Jack Lord was the only Felix who could have gone hand to hand with Bond and he's also the only one I could envision going on truly dangerous missions with him, not just helping him put on scuba gear...

Hey now, Rik Van Nutter is probably second best for missions of those kind right after Lord.

[Brian Flagg]

[quote name='Qwerty' date='9 March 2005 - 14:21'][quote name='Brian Flagg' date='9 March 2005 - 11:46']Jack Lord first, then everybody else.

Edited by Brian Flagg, 09 March 2005 - 07:44 PM.

[Qwerty]

it's just that Lord had a heck of a lot more screen presence than those other guys

Certainly fair enough. He's my number one choice as well.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

1. David Hedison
2. Jack Lord
3. Rik Van Nutter
4. Cec Linder
5. John Terry
6. Norman Burton

[HawkEye007]

In my opinion Jack Lord and Rik Van Nutter are tied for being the best Felix Leiter. I hope that if Felix is in CR that he is closer to Bond's age, essentially an American 007. If they are going with the restart route, they can't really do Felix with prosthetics.

[Janus Assassin]

1. Jack Lord
2. David Hedison
3. Rik Van Nutter
4. Cec Linder
5. Norman Burton
6. John Kerry (he was on the screen for a whole 2 minutes)

[Qwerty]

In my opinion Jack Lord and Rik Van Nutter are tied for being the best Felix Leiter.  I hope that if Felix is in CR that he is closer to Bond's age, essentially an American 007.  If they are going with the restart route, they can't really do Felix with prosthetics.

Indeed. The top two by far. They epitomize the idea of a cool fellow agent, one wonders how Dr. No would have been for instance if Lord had went with Connery's Bond on the island, as it has been asked before on here.

[SPECTRE ASSASSIN]

Jack Lord first, then everybody else.  I could care less about the order, as IMO Jack Lord was the only Felix who could have gone hand to hand with Bond and he's also the only one I could envision going on truly dangerous missions with him, not just helping him put on scuba gear...

Exactly, Lord oozed coolness. He's the only Felix Leiter to helm his own show.

[Blofeld's Cat]

The problem I found with John Terry's Felix was that he just looked too young in comparison to Bond.