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Cecil Yekuthial Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. He was Jewish and managed to escape Poland before the

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. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the

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serial '' Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as

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's friend,

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, in '' Goldfinger'' (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was ''

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'' (1962), as Doctor Keegee.

Career

He was raised in

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where his father was a

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to the

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community. During his early years of his professional career, Linder worked as an announcer at CKGB in Timmins. 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 palaeontologist Roney in the original BBC version of '' Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958–59). In the United States, he was a regular in the CBS soap operas ''

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'' and ''

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'' and in the 1980s appeared in several of the ''

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'' revival TV films as District Attorney Jack Welles. Linder was also a regular on the popular 1980s Canadian crime series '' Seeing Things'', playing Crown Attorney Spenser. During his career, he also had guest roles in episodes of a variety of other popular British, American and Canadian television programmes, including: '' The Forest Rangers'', ''

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'', '' The New Avengers'', ''

'' (as Peter Ames), and ''

'' as Senator Ben Travis #2. Linder appeared as Inspector Cramer in the CBC 1982 radio dramatizations of

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short stories. Linder's last work was as Syd Grady in two episodes of the television series '' Sweating Bullets'' (1991). He died the following year at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto of complications from

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. He accumulated over 225 credits in film and television productions in a long performing career.

Selected filmography

*'' Flaming Frontier'' (1958) as Capt. Dan Carver *''

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'' (1959) as Carson *''

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'' (1959) as Colonel Coe *'' SOS Pacific'' (1959) as Willy *''

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'' (1959) as Mr. Bill *''

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'' (1960) as Murzeau *''

'' (1962) as Dr. Keegee *'' Goldfinger'' (1964) as

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)(1964) as Joe Armstrong *''Tecnica di un omicidio'' (1966) as Gastel *''

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'' (1967) *''Explosion'' (1969) as Mr. Evans *'' Innocent Bystanders'' (1972) as Mankowitz *''

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'' (1973) as Roy Maxwell *'' Super Bitch'' (1973) as American Ambassador *'' A Touch of Class'' (1973) as Wendell Thompson *''To Kill the King'' (1974) as Stephen Van Birchard *''Old God Knows'' (1974) as Mr. Klein *''

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'' (1974) as Carmichael *''Sunday in the Country'' (1974) as Ackerman *'' Second Wind'' (1976) as Graham *''Point of No Return'' (1976) as Professor Johns *''

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'' (1976) as The Developer *'' Age of Innocence'' (1977) as Dr. Hogarth *''Deadly Harvest'' (1977) as Henry the Chairman *''

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'' (1977) as Dr. Carstairs (segment: "The Mannikin") *''The Case of Barbara Pasons'' (1978) as Loren Bowley *''Drága kisfiam'' (1978) as Mr. George *''

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'' (1978) as Milton *''

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'' (1978) as Policeman *''

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'' (1978) as Chief Parker *'' Something's Rotten'' (1979) as Alexis Alexander *'' City on Fire'' (1979) as Councilman Paley *''

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'' (1979) as Mr. Sanders *''

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'' (1979) as Auctioneer *''

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'' (1980) as Dr. Latour *''

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'' (1980) as President of Hospital *'' Deadly Eyes'' (1982) as Dr. Louis Spenser *'' Heavenly Bodies'' (1985) as Walter Matheson *''

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'' (1985) as Barnes

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Linder, Cec 1921 births 1992 deaths Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian male soap opera actors Polish emigrants to Canada Deaths from emphysema Male actors from Toronto People from Timmins 20th-century Canadian male actors