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Frederick Allen Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), known professionally as Rik Van Nutter, was an American actor who appeared in many minor films and the James Bond picture Thunderball.
Rik Van Nutter was an American actor and writer who appeared in films such as Thunderball, The Revenge of Ivanhoe, and Seven Hours of Gunfire. He was born in 1929, died in 2005, and played Felix Leiter in the James Bond series.
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- Pomona, California, USA
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- West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Rik Van Nutter was an actor who played Felix Leiter in Thunderball. He started as a location manager and worked in various countries before becoming an actor.
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Felix Leiter: "Fine way to treat the CIA!"
James Bond: "Sorry about that, Felix, but you were just about to say '007'."
―Felix Leiter and James Bond
Felix Leiter is a character invented by Ian Fleming in the James Bond books, who also appears in the Bond movies. In the films, Leiter works for the CIA, and assists Bond in his various adventures. He was portrayed by Rik Van Nutter in the 1965 film Thunderball.
James Bond teams up with Felix Leiter to find a hijacked plane that was carrying two atomic bombs, which they eventually find along with the corpse of the phony NATO observer. He then watches over Domino while Bond is chased through town by Fiona Volpe and her SPECTRE agents. Bond is later rescued by Leiter from the underwater cave where bombs were...
The fourth film in the EON Productions series, Thunderball, was the third to portray Leiter and the producers chose a third actor to play the role, Rik Van Nutter. Van Nutter was married to Swedish actress Anita Ekberg at the time and the couple had dined with Cubby and Dana Broccoli after Ekberg had appeared in the Eon-produced Call Me Bwana. Van Nutter was subsequently offered the Leiter role without an audition, although he did have screen tests with some of the Bond girls.
According to Pfeiffer and Worrall, Leiter had a more proactive role in Thunderball and Van Nutter was "an inspired choice for the role". Smith and Lavington agree and consider that Van Nutter's "relaxed and charming performance works well." Benson also concurs, but complains that although Van Nutter is a piece of successful casting, "the script … does not give the character any real depth".
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Nov 12, 2017 · Rik Van Nutter was an American actor who played Felix Leiter in Thunderball (1965) and Diamonds are Forever (1971). Learn about his life, career, trivia and other notable roles in this web page.
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- 1930-November 12th, 2005
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- Florida, USA
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After 007 discovers the location of the bombs, it is Leiter who rescues Bond from a cave - just in time to organise a raid against Largo. Biography. Rik Van Nutter was born Frederick Allen Nutter on 1st May 1929 in California, USA.
Apr 29, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of Rik Van Nutter, an American actor who played Felix Leiter in Thunderball and other films. Find out his birth date, marriage, death date and more on Bond Scenes.
