History Characters / JamesBondFelixLeiter

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[[header:'''Felix Leiter''']]

A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent and James Bond's American friend and counterpart. He's usually there to provide informations and various kinds of support to Bond whenever the CIA and [=MI6=] are cooperating against common enemies, or simply when Bond asks him for help.

Minus two exceptions lasting more than one film, [[TheOtherDarrin the role of Felix Leiter has been regularly recast]] between consecutive films in the series, reportedly because Creator/EonProductions heads (Creator/AlbertRBroccoli and Harry Saltzman) wanted to avoid him becoming too much of an EnsembleDarkhorse to American viewers (which was somehow seen as a possibility back in the day), although there were some contract disputes involved as well.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: So far, no movie version of Felix Leiter ever had a HookHand.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He's described as having straw-coloured hair in the novels. None of the actors who played him have been blonde.
* AdaptationNameChange: In ''Film/CasinoRoyale1954''[[note]]a television movie/episode of the anthology series ''[[Series/{{Climax}} Climax!]]''[[/note]], he is named "Clarence Leiter" (played by Michael Pate).
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the novels, he's a former U.S. Marine who worked with the Joint Intelligence Staff of NATO. This backstory is never brought up in the films.
* AdaptationalNationality: He was British in ''Film/CasinoRoyale1954'', whereas Bond was made an American and got renamed Jimmy.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Most of his film appearances have him as relatively handsome, on par with Bond. However, he is significantly less attractive in the Creator/GuyHamilton-directed films ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' (where he appears to be older than Bond, whereas every other Felix was of around the same age) and ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''.
* AdaptedOut: Felix appears in the novel version of ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', but doesn't in the film adaptation.
* DeadpanSnarker: He always has one or two snarky comments in store for Bond, specially about 007's methods of action.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In addition to being regularly subjected to [[invoked]][[TheOtherDarrin recasting]], the movies' Felixes have never really been written the same way between films before the Creator/DanielCraig continuity, apart from some similarities in the early ones. It was very possibly due to the different directors' taste.
** In the Creator/TerenceYoung films (''Dr. No'' and ''Thunderball''), he's portrayed as a cool, slick sunglasses-wearing American equivalent to Bond.
** In the first two Creator/GuyHamilton films (''Goldfinger'', ''Diamonds Are Forever''), Felix is more of a bureaucrat, as well as much less attractive and slightly more comical and exasperated.
** His characterization in Creator/TimothyDalton's two films as James Bond are night and day. In ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', he is relatively young and spends his entire screentime as a SpiesInAVan type, commanding opperations on a pleasure craft (though admittedly him being a NonActionGuy was the usual portrayal of him up to that point), and while his relationship with Bond is cordial, it's not different from that of any other contact Bond has. In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', not only is he portrayed as a seasoned veteran (to the point of bringing back the actor who played Leiter in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'') that commands an operation to arrest a drug lord in the field, but when the drug lord escapes and retaliates against Leiter, his friendship with Bond is deep enough that Bond becomes a RogueAgent hellbent on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* TheLancer: Acts as Bond's {{foil}} of the closely allied variety in the films and novels he appears in.
* MrExposition: He usually provides Bond with informations on his targets.
* NonActionGuy: ''Film/LicenceToKill'' is the only film in the series where Leiter is clearly seen in action (in the opening, leading the DEA team to arrest Franz Sanchez, with Bond accompanying them). Before that, whenever he didn't entirely leave it to Bond to defeat the bad guys, it was usually TheCavalryArrivesLate.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: A subversion for the most part, since his job is usually to provide CIA support for Bond while [=MI6=] handles the mission. It's played straight in the Daniel Craig films, however.
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[[folder:Literary]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: In ''Diamonds Are Forever'', he has a [[HookHand hook for his missing hand]] and a prosthetic leg after losing them in ''Live and Let Die''.
* {{BFG}}: In ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', when arriving to rescue Bond at the battle of Fort Knox, he wields a special [[CoolGuns/RocketsMissilesAndGrenadeLaunchers bazooka]] modified for his hook to hold.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: In the novel version of ''The Man with the Golden Gun'', he criticizes Bond's slight admiration for Scaramanga, saying that as far as he is concerned, an enemy is just an enemy.
* TheFriendlyTexan: In the original novels he's from Texas. (Where he is from in the movies is anyone's guess as he as been played by a multitude of actors with accents ranging from Massachusetts (David Hedison) to California (Rik Van Nutter)). On first meeting Leiter in in Casino Royale, this is Bond's reaction:
--> Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.
* HandicappedBadass: In the later novels, after being partially eaten by a shark in ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie.'' He acquires a {{hook hand}} as well as a [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic leg]].
* PrivateDetective: After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, he left the CIA and joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency. He's later called back to service every now and then.
* SemperFi: In the books, he served in the Marine Corps during World War II and eventually became Captain.
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'' compares him to Creator/FrankSinatra, mainly in how he wears his suit.
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[[folder:Jack Lord]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Felix Leiter, Central Intelligence Agency. You must be James Bond?"'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/JackLord
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DrNo''

The first film incarnation of Felix Leiter. He investigates the activities of Dr. No's network in Jamaica with the help of Quarrel and Puss Feller, and Bond bumps into them.
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: He shows up on a patrol boat to pick up Bond and Honey Ryder after Bond destroyed Dr. No's facility on Crab Key all on his own.
* CoolShades: He wears sunglasses, which adds to the badass image.
* TheKindnapper: Leiter holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter has being threatened by Quarrel and Puss Feller and kicked their butts. Then he reveals to Bond that he's from the CIA, that he's been spying on him ever since his arrival in Jamaica, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him [Leiter].
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit as snappy as Bond's. He brings up the fact that his suit was made by "a guy in Washington" after Bond said that his was tailor-made in Savile Row, London.
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[[folder:Cec Linder]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I thought I'd find you in good hands."'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' Cec Linder
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''

The second film incarnation of Felix Leiter. He investigates the activities of Auric Goldfinger, which leads Bond to cooperate with him.
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* TheCavalry: He shows up alongside the US army at Fort Knox in the climax. They're right on time to trap and stop Goldfinger's army, but not on time for the atomic bomb, and it's up to Bond to defuse it.
* FakingTheDead: He's among the many "victims" of Goldfinger's DeadlyGas... which has been replaced by an innocuous gas thanks to Bond's effort to rally Pussy Galore to their side. Like the soldiers in the base of Fort Knox, Felix fakes death until Goldfinger and his goons are in the vaults, then moves to trap them.
* FriendOnTheForce: Provides Bond with some CIA informations about Goldfinger once he gets to the USA.
* NiceHat: Wears a nice Fedora.
* SorryToInterrupt: Shows up to Bond in Miami right as he was having a nice massage session by Dink (played by pin-up model Creator/MargaretNolan) by a swimming pool in a hotel resort.
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[[folder:Rik Van Nutter]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"That's a fine way to treat the CIA..."'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' Rik Van Nutter
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''

The third film incarnation of Felix Leiter. He helps Bond against Emilio Largo in the Bahamas, since the USA are also targeted by SPECTRE's nuclear blackmail.
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* BeQuietNudge: On the receiving end of it. Just as Bond is about to find Quist (one of Emilio Largo's mooks, who's waiting in the bathroom to ambush Bond), Felix knocks at the door. As Bond opens the door, Felix starts uttering Bond's codename, and Bond punches and shushes him before he's finished saying it, so Quist won't hear it.
-->'''Felix:''' That's a fine way to treat the CIA...
-->'''Bond:''' Sorry about that Felix, but you were just about to say "Double-O-Seven".
* CoolShades: Just like the ''Dr. No'' version (which was also directed by Terence Young), he wears sunglasses sometimes.
* SharpDressedMan: About as snappily dressed as the ''Dr. No'' version of Felix, per the director's taste.
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[[folder:Norman Burton]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Do you mind if we find Blofeld first?"'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' Norman Burton
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''

The fourth film incarnation of Felix Leiter. He helps Bond smuggle diamonds and the corpse of Peter Franks into the USA, and helps Bond in his efforts to stop Blofeld.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: For some reason, he's far more curt with Bond than other incarnations of the character, being constantly annoyed at Bond's light-hearted approach to the mission, whereas in other films Felix just rolled with it.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When Felix and his CIA team get to the house where Willard Whyte is detained, Bond has already defeated Bambi and Thumper, the two SheFu-practitioning ladies who were tasked to guard Whyte.
* FriendOnTheForce: Provides Bond with CIA informations once he comes to America.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: In order to allow Bond to transfer the body of Peter Franks (with a shipment of stolen diamonds hidden in the coffin) safely into the USA, Felix disguises himself as a customs agent at the airport.
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[[folder:David Hedison]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I knew you wouldn't pass up a chance to get away from where the 'real' action is."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hey, 'observer'! You're trying to get yourself killed?!"'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/DavidHedison
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill''

The fifth film incarnation of Felix Leiter. He was the first to appear in more than one film. In ''Live and Let Die'', he spies on the activities of Kananga in New York City. In ''Licence to Kill'', on the day of his wedding with Della Churchill, he arrests drug lord Franz Sanchez, who immediately escapes and bloodily retaliates on Felix and his wife, which in turn triggers Bond's quest for vengeance.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Mild example. The scene where he gets fed to a shark in ''Licence to Kill'' is lifted from the novel version of ''Live and Let Die'', where he loses both a leg and an arm after falling in the pool. Here, he only loses a leg, because he was lowered in the pool by his chained hands.
* AnArmAndALeg: He gets his leg fed to a shark in ''Licence to Kill''. Perhaps as a result, he never appears again until ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' (which is a reboot of the series) and is substituted by another American agent, Jack Wade, in the Brosnan era.
* AscendedExtra: He has a more important role in ''Licence to Kill'' than he had in ''Live and Let Die''. He is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding, and his role is crucial to the plot in that his maiming at the hands of Sanchez and the rape and murder of his wife on their very honeymoon is the catalyst for Bond's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* FedToTheBeast: Upon escaping custody, Sanchez kidnaps Felix and has him lowered into the hidden SharkPool of Milton Krest's marine facility, while [[KickTheDog Dario tells him]] about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what he did to his wife before killing her]]. Felix doesn't die of it however, the sharks only ate his left leg before Sanchez decided to lift him and bring him back at his home in a bag, where Bond finds him, with a message reading "He disagreed with something that ate him".
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He'd been investigating Franz Sanchez well before the beginning of ''Licence to Kill''.
* LongBusTrip: 16 years between his two appearances, with another incarnation popping up briefly in the interim.
* NotQuiteDead: Happens in ''Licence to Kill'' when Franz Sanchez feeds him to a shark, leaving him for dead in his home with the body of his wife. Bond assumes the worst when he sees his body bag and it's only because of Bond's timely arrival that Felix lives to tell his story.
* PunnyName: Phonetically punny, that is. Bond makes a joke about the [[ShoePhone microphone concealed as a car lighter]] in ''Live and Let Die''.
-->'''Bond:''' A genuine Felix Lighter, illuminating!
** It comes full circle in ''Licence to Kill'', where he and his newlywed wife gift bond with a lighter, which Bond later uses to kill Sanchez in revenge for having Della raped and murdered and leaving Felix for dead.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed.
* WidowedAtTheWedding: His wife Della is raped and killed on the very night of their wedding day, and himself barely escapes death on that same day.
* WorstWeddingEver: ''Licence to Kill'' opens on his wedding day, with Bond as his Best Man. He is informed that drug lord Franz Sanchez is in the Bahamas and steps in to arrest him. Which leads Sanchez to take revenge immediately, by having Felix's newlywed wife Della raped and killed and Felix himself fed to a shark, triggering Bond's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

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[[folder:John Terry]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"What the hell are you trying to do, Double-O-Seven?! Starting World War Three?!"'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' John Terry
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''

The sixth film incarnation of Felix Leiter. He spies on the network of arms dealer Brad Whitaker in Tangier, Morocco.
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* TheKindnapper: In Tangier, he has Bond kidnapped at gunpoint by his two sexy female underlings after the apparent assassination of Pushkin by Bond, thinking 007 has gone crazy. Then Bond explains him he helped Pushkin [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] to prevent Whitaker and Koskov from assassinating him.
* SpiesInAVan: More like "spies in a pleasure craft".
* SpyShip: When in Tangier, he uses a spy boat full of electronic devices and camouflaged as a pleasure craft.
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[[folder:Jeffrey Wright]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Harder to tell the good from the bad, the villains from the heroes these days."'']]
!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/JeffreyWright
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' | ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' | ''Film/NoTimeToDie''

->''"I should have introduced myself, seeing as we're related. Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."''

The seventh film incarnation of Felix Leiter. In ''Casino Royale'', he takes part to the Casino Royale Texas hold'em tournament in order to arrest Le Chiffre. In ''Quantum of Solace'', he's part of a shadowy deal between the CIA and Dominic Greene, who Bond works to expose. In ''No Time to Die'', he recruits a retired Bond for a secret mission in Cuba.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: He's the only incarnation to have a beard and by ''No Time to Die'', he's bald.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: After a two-film absence, he is killed by a traitorous Logan Ash in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.]]
* BadLiar: In ''Quantum of Solace'', when shown a picture of Bond on a phone by his colleague Gregg Beam onboard Dominic Green's plane, Leiter pretends not to know him. Then Beam is quick to identify Bond, and lets a veiled remark out about Leiter's obvious lie.
* BestFriend: Pretty much the only person outside of his [=MI6=] colleages that Bond considers a friend. James said it best [[spoiler:after Leiter's death in ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' before killing Logan Ash.]]
--> [[spoiler:"I had a brother. His name was Felix Leiter."]]
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: He takes exception to the CIA [[DealWithTheDevil working with Dominic Greene]] in ''Quantum of Solace'' as long as he thinks the deal can benefit his country. Kind of subverted since as soon as he sees that Bond is working to expose Greene, he begins to realize the deal is fishy and doesn't do anything to stop Bond, unlike his corrupt colleague Gregg Beam.
* TheBusCameBack: He comes back in ''No Time To Die'', returning thirteen years after ''Quantum of Solace''. (He was absent from both ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', though he did get a mention in the latter.)
* TheCynic: Subverted in ''Quantum of Solace.'' He puts on the façade trying to justify his superior's corrupt deal with Dominic Greene, but Bond sees right through it, saying that Felix is not as cynical he appears to be.
--> '''James Bond:''': ''[sarcastic]'' That's what I like about US intelligence. You'll lie down with anybody.\\
'''Felix:''': Including you, brother. Including you.
* TheGhost: Leiter doesn't appear in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', but he is mentioned. Bond tells Lucia Sciarra to contact Leiter so she can get to the American embassy and demand protection, as she's now on Spectre's hit list.
* GutturalGrowler: Wright gives Felix a notablly raspy voice.
* PutOnABus: He did not appear in either ''Skyfall'' or ''Spectre'', and was barely mentioned in the latter. He eventually [[TheBusCameBack returned]] in ''No Time To Die''. In ''Skyfall'', this is justified, since the plot involves an internal attack on [=MI6=], and thus there would be no reason for the CIA to be involved.
* RaceLift: Beginning with ''Casino Royale'', Felix is African-American, whereas he was always portrayed by white actors in the film series before. Jeffrey Wright is not the first African-American to portray Leiter however, that distinction goes to the non-Creator/EonProductions film ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', in which Felix was played by Creator/BernieCasey.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He goes against the CIA's shadowy deal with Dominic Greene by [[BetrayalByInaction doing nothing to stop Bond]] and informing him about the place where Greene has a meeting with General Medrano, fully trusting Bond about Greene's true intentions.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: He helps Bond the best he can in his mission (and [[ItsPersonal personal revenge]]) against Quantum leader Dominic Greene, but otherwise he has to sit back and not involve the CIA in any capacity against Greene, since the CIA (mostly his colleague Gregg Beam) made a shadowy deal with Greene about Bolivia's resources.
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* BaldOfAwesome: Felix is entirely bald when he meets Bond again in ''No Time To Die''.

* TheBusCameBack: He comes back in ''No Time To Die'', returning thirteen years after ''Quantum of Solace'' (he was absent from both ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}''. He did get a mention in the latter.
* TheCynic: Subverted in ''Quantum of Solace.'' He puts on the facade trying to justify his superior's corrupt deal with Dominic Greene, but Bond sees right through it, saying that Felix is not as cynical he appears to be.
--> '''James Bond:''': ''[sarcastic]'' That's what I like about US intelligence. You'll lie down with anybody.
--> '''Felix:''': Including you, brother. Including you.

* FedToTheBeast: Upon escaping custody, Sanchez kidnaps Felix and has him lowered into the hidden SharkPool of Milton Krest's marine facility, while [[KickTheDog Dario tells him]] about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what he did to his wife before killing her]]. Felix doesn't die of it however, the sharks only ate his left leg before Sanchez decided to lift him and [[StuffedIntoTheFridge bring him back at his home in a bag, where Bond finds him]], with a message reading "He disagreed with something that ate him".

---> '''James Bond:''': ''[sarcastic]'' That's what I like about US intelligence. You'll lie down with anybody.
---> '''Felix:''': Including you, brother. Including you.

* BestFriend: Pretty much the only person outside of his [=MI6=] colleages that Bond considers a friend. James said it best [[spoiler:after Leiter's death in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.]]

* TheBusCameBack: He comes back in ''No Time To Die'', returning thirteen years after ''Quantum of Solace'' (he was absent from both ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', though he does get a mention in the latter).

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: After a two-film absence, he is killed by one of Safin's henchmen in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.]]

The seventh film incarnation of Felix Leiter. In ''Casino Royale'', he takes part to the Casino Royale Texas hold'em tournament in order to arrest Le Chiffre. In ''Quantum of Solace'', he's part of a shadowy deal between the CIA and Dominic Greene, who Bond works to expose.

---> '''James Bond''': [sarcastic] "That's what I like about US intelligence. You'll lie down with anybody."
---> '''Felix Leiter''': "Including you, brother. Including you."
* TheGhost: Leiter doesn't appear in ''Spectre'', but he is mentioned. Bond tells Lucia Sciarra to contact Leiter so she can get to the American embassy and demand protection, as she's now on Spectre's hit list.

* RaceLift: Beginning with ''Casino Royale'', Felix is African-American, whereas he was always portrayed by white actors in the film series before. Jeffrey Wright is not the first African-American to portray Leiter however, that distinction goes to the non-Creator/EonProductions film ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', in which Felix was played by Bernie Casey.

* TheCynic: Subverted in ''Quantum of Solace.'' He puts on the facade trying to justify his superior's corrupt deal with Dominic Greene, saying "there's no such thing as a free lunch," but Bond sees right through it, saying that Felix is not as cynical he appears to be.

A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent and James Bond's American friend and counterpart. He's usually there to provide informations and various kinds of support to Bond whenever the CIA and [=MI6=] are cooperating against common enemies.

* bestFriend: Pretty much the only person outside of his [=MI6=] colleages that Bond considers a friend. James said it best [[spoiler:after Leiter's death in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.]]

* OnlyFriend: Pretty much the only person outside of his [=MI6=] colleages that Bond considers a friend. James said it best [[spoiler:after Leiter's death in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.]]
--> [[spoiler:"I had a brother. His name was Felix Leiter."]]

* BlackBestFriend: James said it best [[spoiler:after Leiter's death in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.]]
--> [[spoiler:"I had a brother. His name was Felix Leiter."]]

* PutOnABus: He did not appear in either ''Skyfall'' or ''Spectre'', and was barely mentioned in the latter. He eventually [[TheBusCameBack returned]] in ''No Time To Die''.
** In ''Skyfall'', this is justified, since the plot involves an internal attack on [=MI6=], and thus there would be no reason for the CIA to be involved.

* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: He's the only incarnation to have a beard and by ''No Time to Die'', he's bald.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: He's the only incarnation to have a beard and by ''No Time to Die'', he's bald.

** In the first two Creator/GuyHamilton films (''Goldfinger'', ''Diamonds are Forever''), Felix is more of a bureaucrat, as well as much less attractive and slightly more comical and exasperated.

* AdaptationNameChange: In ''Film/CasinoRoyale1954''[[note]]The first screen adaptation of any Franchise/JamesBond novel, released in 1954 as a television movie/episode of the anthology series ''[[Series/{{Climax}} Climax!]]''.[[/note]], he is named "Clarence Leiter" (played by Michael Pate).
* AdaptationalNationality: He was British in the 1954 TV adaptation of ''Casino Royale'', whereas Bond was made an American and got renamed Jimmy.
* AdaptationalUgliness: He is significantly less attractive in the Guy Hamilton-directed films ''Goldfinger'' and ''Diamonds are Forever''.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: He takes exception to the CIA [[DealWithTheDevil working with Dominic Greene]] in ''Quantum of Solace'' as long as he thinks the deal can benefit his country. Kind of subverted since as soon as he sees that Bond is working to expose Greene, he start smelling that the deal is fishy and doesn't do anything to stop Bond, unlike his corrupt colleague Gregg Beam.