After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
The character is an operative for the CIA and Bond's friend. Michael Pate (as 'Clarence Leiter') (1954)ĭella Leiter (née Churchill) (wife, deceased)įelix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books, films and other media. From top-left: Jack Lord, Cec Linder, Rik Van Nutter, Norman Burtonįrom bottom-left: David Hedison (1973), John Terry, David Hedison (1989), Jeffrey Wright.