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* AdaptationNameChange: In the 1954 TV adaptation of ''Casino Royale'', 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.
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* 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 which has been replaced by an innocuous gas thanks to Bond's effort to rally Pussy Galore to their side.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 all the soldiers in the base of Fort Knox, he fakes death until Goldfinger and his goons are in the vaults, then the assault is launched.
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* 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 which has been replaced by an innocuous gas thanks to Bond's effort to rally Pussy Galore to their side.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 all the soldiers in the base of Fort Knox, he fakes death until Goldfinger and his goons are in the vaults, then the assault is launched.trapping them.
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* TheKindnapper: Leiter holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then he reveals to Bond that he's from the CIA, that he's been spying on him ever since his arrival to Jamaica, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him [Leiter].
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* TheKindnapper: Leiter holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then he reveals to Bond that he's from the CIA, that he's been spying on him ever since his arrival to in Jamaica, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him [Leiter].
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A UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent and James Bond's American friend and colleague.colleague ("Brother from Langley"). He's usually there to provide informations and various kinds of support to Bond whenever the CIA and MI6 are working against common enemies.
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* TheKindnapper: In Tangier, he has Bond kidnapped by his two sexy female underlings after the "death" of Pushkin, thinking Bond has gone crazy. Then Bond explains him he helped Pushkin [[FakingTheDead fake his death]] to prevent Whitaker from killing him.
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* TheKindnapper: In Tangier, he has Bond kidnapped at gunpoint by his two sexy female underlings after the "death" of Pushkin, thinking Bond has gone crazy. Then Bond explains him he helped Pushkin [[FakingTheDead fake his death]] to prevent Whitaker from killing him.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Notably averted. Since the producers didn't want him to become an EnsembleDarkhorse (for American audiences especially), they deliberately recast the role in every film he appeared in (except for ''Licence to Kill'', where a familiar Leiter was considered crucial for the story to work and ''Quantum of Solace'', as it was a direct followup to ''Casino Royale'').
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Notably averted. Since the producers didn't want him to become an EnsembleDarkhorse [[invoked]]EnsembleDarkhorse (for American audiences especially), they deliberately recast the role in every film he appeared in (except for ''Licence to Kill'', where a familiar Leiter was considered crucial for the story to work and ''Quantum of Solace'', as it was a direct followup to ''Casino Royale'').
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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: He helps Bond the best he can in his mission (and personal revenge) against Quantum leader Dominic Greene, that is , but otherwise has to sit back and not involve the CIA in any capacity against Greene, since the CIA made a shadowy deal with him about Bolivia's resources.
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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: He helps Bond the best he can in his mission (and personal revenge) against Quantum leader Dominic Greene, that is , but otherwise he has to sit back and not involve the CIA in any capacity against Greene, since the CIA made a shadowy deal with him about Bolivia's resources.
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* RaceLift: Beginning with ''Casino Royale'', Felix is black, whereas he was always portrayed by white actors before (although he had also been black in the non-EON canon ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'').
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* BadLiar: In ''Quantum of Solace'', when shown a picture of Bond on a phone by his colleague Gregg Beam onboard Dominic Green's plane, he pretends not to know him. Then Beam is quick to identify Bond, and has a veiled remark about what Leiter just did.
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* TheKindnapper: He holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then, upon rapidly finding out Bond is a MI6 agent, he reveals to him that he's from the CIA, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him.
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* TheKindnapper: He Leiter holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then, upon rapidly finding out Bond is a MI6 agent, Then he reveals to him Bond that he's from the CIA, that he's been spying on him ever since his arrival to Jamaica, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him.him [Leiter].
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* WidowedAtTheWedding: His wife Della is raped and killed on the night of their very wedding day.
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* TheKindnapper: He holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then, possibly upon rapidly finding out Bond is a MI6 agent, he reveals to him that he's from the CIA, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him.
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With two exceptions lasting more than one movie, [[TheOtherDarrin the role has been constantly recast]].
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* JanitorimpersonationInfiltration: In order to allow Bond to transfer the body of Peter Franks (and a shipment of diamonds diamonds) safely into the USA, he disguises himself as a customs agent.
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* JanitorimpersonationInfiltration: JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: In order to allow Bond to transfer the body of Peter Franks (and a shipment of diamonds diamonds) safely into the USA, he disguises himself as a customs agent.
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* JanitorImpersonation: In order to allow Bond to transfer the body of Peter Franks (and a shipment of diamonds diamonds) safely into the USA, he disguises himself as a customs agent.
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* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale'' in 2006.
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* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale'' in 2006.
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* TheKindnapper: In Tangier, he has Bond kidnapped by his two sexy female underlings after the "death" of Pushkin, thinking Bond has gone crazy. Then Bond explains him he helped Pushkin [[FakingTheDead fake his death]].
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* TheKindnapper: In Tangier, he has Bond kidnapped by his two sexy female underlings after the "death" of Pushkin, thinking Bond has gone crazy. Then Bond explains him he helped Pushkin [[FakingTheDead fake his death]].death]] to prevent Whitaker from killing him.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/JeffreyWright
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The seventh film incarnation of Felix Leiter.
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* TheGhost: Leiter is mentioned, but not seen in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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* TheGhost: Leiter is mentioned, but not seen seen, in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
* RaceLift: Beginning with ''Casino Royale'', Felix is black, whereas he was always portrayed by white actors before (although he had also been black in the non-EON canon''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'').''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'').
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* FriendOnTheForce: Backs up Bond with CIA informations once he comes to America.
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* AnArmAndALeg: He gets his leg fed to a shark in ''Licence to Kill''. Perhaps as a result, he never appears again until the Creator/DanielCraig reboot and is substituted by another American agent, Jack Wade, in the Brosnan era.
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* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been active against Franz Sanchez before the beginning of ''Licence to Kill'', given how well he knows him.
* 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 he lives to tell his story.
* RoleReprisal: David Hedison played Leiter in ''Live and Let Die'' in 1973 and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' 16 years later. Apparently, it happened because it was thought a familiar face of Leiter was needed given his prominence in the plot.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale'' in 2006.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been active against Franz Sanchez before the beginning of ''Licence to Kill'', given how well he knows him.
* 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 he lives to tell his story.
* RoleReprisal: David Hedison played Leiter in ''Live and Let Die'' in 1973 and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' 16 years later. Apparently, it happened because it was thought a familiar face of Leiter was needed given his prominence in the plot.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale'' in 2006.
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!!! '''Played by:''' John
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The sixth film incarnation of Felix Leiter.
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* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* FriendOnTheForce: Backs up Bond with CIA informations in the American-set missions of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.
* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* FriendOnTheForce: Backs up Bond with CIA informations in the American-set missions of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.
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* AnArmAndALeg: He gets his leg fed to a shark CoolBoat: When in ''Licence to Kill''. Perhaps Tangier, he uses a spy boat full of electronic devices and camouflaged as a result, pleasure craft.
* TheKindnapper: In Tangier, henever appears again until the Creator/DanielCraig reboot and is substituted by another American agent, Jack Wade, in the Brosnan era.
* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* FriendOnTheForce: Backs uphas Bond with CIA informations in kidnapped by his two sexy female underlings after the American-set missions "death" of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.Pushkin, thinking Bond has gone crazy. Then Bond explains him he helped Pushkin [[FakingTheDead fake his death]].
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* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* FriendOnTheForce: Backs up
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Most notably in ''Diamonds Are Forever'' and ''Licence to Kill''.
* 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 he lives to tell his story.
* 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 he lives to tell his story.
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* RoleReprisal: David Hedison played Leiter in ''Live and Let Die'' in 1973 and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' 16 years later. Apparently, it happened because a familiar face of Leiter was needed given his prominence in the plot.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale''.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale''.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He always has one or two snarky comments for Bond.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Jack Lord (1962), Cec Linder (1964), Rik Van Nutter (1965), Norman Burton (1971), Creator/DavidHedison (1973; 1989), John Terry (1987), Creator/JeffreyWright (2006 – 2008)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DrNo'' | ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' | ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' | ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill'' | ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' | ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''
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The second film incarnation of Felix Leiter.
* TheCavalry: He shows up alongside the US army at Fort Knox
* 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 all the soldiers in the base of Fort Knox, he fakes death until Goldfinger and his goons are in the vaults, then the assault is launched.
* FriendOnTheForce: Provides Bond with some CIA informations about Goldfinger once he gets to the USA.
* NiceHat: Wears a nice Fedora.
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!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''
The third film incarnation of Felix Leiter.
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* 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 all the soldiers in the base of Fort Knox, he fakes death until Goldfinger and his goons are in the vaults, then the assault is launched.
* FriendOnTheForce: Provides Bond with some CIA informations about Goldfinger once he gets to the USA.
* NiceHat: Wears a nice Fedora.
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The third film incarnation of Felix Leiter.
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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 runs into them.
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* CoolShades: He wears sunglasses, which adds to the badass image.
* TheKindnapper: He holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then, possibly upon finding out Bond is a MI6 agent, he reveals to him that he's from the CIA, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit as nice as Bond's. His is from "a guy in Washington" while Bond's was tailor-made in Savile Row, London.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Jack Lord (1962), Cec Linder (1964), Rik Van Nutter (1965), Norman Burton (1971), Creator/DavidHedison (1973; 1989), John Terry (1987), Creator/JeffreyWright (2006 – 2008)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DrNo'' | ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' | ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' | ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill'' | ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' | ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''
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* TheKindnapper: He holds Bond at gunpoint after the latter was being kidnapped by Quarrel and Puss Feller. Then, possibly upon finding out Bond is a MI6 agent, he reveals to him that he's from the CIA, and that Quarrel and Feller work with him.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit as nice as Bond's. His is from "a guy in Washington" while Bond's was tailor-made in Savile Row, London.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Jack Lord (1962), Cec Linder (1964), Rik Van Nutter (1965), Norman Burton (1971), Creator/DavidHedison (1973; 1989), John Terry (1987), Creator/JeffreyWright (2006 – 2008)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DrNo'' | ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' | ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' | ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill'' | ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' | ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''
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[[header:'''Felix Leiter''']]
James Bond's American friend and colleague from the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}.
With two exceptions lasting more than one movie, [[TheOtherDarrin the role has been constantly recast]].
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[[folder:The Character in General]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: He's described as having straw-coloured hair in the novels. None of the actors to play him have been blonde.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the Terence Young films (''Dr. No'' and ''Thunderball''), he's portrayed as a cool, slick sunglasses-wearing American equivalent to Bond. In the Guy Hamilton films (''Diamonds are Forever'', ''Live and Let Die''), he's a slightly more comical and exasperated bureaucrat.
* 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.
* 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 ''Licence to Kill'' and the Daniel Craig films, however.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Notably averted. Since the producers didn't want him to become an EnsembleDarkhorse (for American audiences especially), they deliberately recast the role in every film he appeared in (except for ''Licence to Kill'', where a familiar Leiter was considered crucial for the story to work and ''Quantum of Solace'', as it was a direct followup to ''Casino Royale'').
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[[folder:The Literary Character]]
* {{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 book of ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' he criticizes Bond's slight admiration for Scaramanga, saying that as far as he is concerned, an enemy is just an enemy. He also takes exception to the CIA [[DealWithTheDevil working with Greene]] in ''Quantum of Solace''.
* 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]].
* SemperFi: In the books, he served as a U.S Marine in World War II and eventually became Captain.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Jack Lord (1962), Cec Linder (1964), Rik Van Nutter (1965), Norman Burton (1971), Creator/DavidHedison (1973; 1989), John Terry (1987), Creator/JeffreyWright (2006 – 2008)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DrNo'' | ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' | ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' | ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill'' | ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' | ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''
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* AnArmAndALeg: He gets his leg fed to a shark in ''Licence to Kill''. Perhaps as a result, he never appears again until the Creator/DanielCraig reboot and is substituted by another American agent, Jack Wade, in the Brosnan era.
* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* CoolShades: Jack Lord wears sunglasses in ''Dr. No''.
* DeadpanSnarker: David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright.
* FriendOnTheForce: Backs up Bond with CIA informations in the American-set missions of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.
* TheGhost: Leiter is mentioned, but not seen in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Most notably in ''Diamonds Are Forever'' and ''Licence to Kill''.
* 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 he lives to tell his story.
* RaceLift: Beginning with ''Casino Royale'', Felix is black, whereas he was white before (although he had also been black in the non-EON canon ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'').
* RoleReprisal: David Hedison played Leiter in ''Live and Let Die'' in 1973 and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' 16 years later. Apparently, it happened because a familiar face of Leiter was needed given his prominence in the plot.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale''.
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[[header:'''Felix Leiter''']]
James Bond's American friend and colleague from the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}.
With two exceptions lasting more than one movie, [[TheOtherDarrin the role has been constantly recast]].
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Character in General]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: He's described as having straw-coloured hair in the novels. None of the actors to play him have been blonde.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the Terence Young films (''Dr. No'' and ''Thunderball''), he's portrayed as a cool, slick sunglasses-wearing American equivalent to Bond. In the Guy Hamilton films (''Diamonds are Forever'', ''Live and Let Die''), he's a slightly more comical and exasperated bureaucrat.
* 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.
* 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 ''Licence to Kill'' and the Daniel Craig films, however.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Notably averted. Since the producers didn't want him to become an EnsembleDarkhorse (for American audiences especially), they deliberately recast the role in every film he appeared in (except for ''Licence to Kill'', where a familiar Leiter was considered crucial for the story to work and ''Quantum of Solace'', as it was a direct followup to ''Casino Royale'').
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Literary Character]]
* {{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 book of ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' he criticizes Bond's slight admiration for Scaramanga, saying that as far as he is concerned, an enemy is just an enemy. He also takes exception to the CIA [[DealWithTheDevil working with Greene]] in ''Quantum of Solace''.
* 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]].
* SemperFi: In the books, he served as a U.S Marine in World War II and eventually became Captain.
[[/folder]]
!!! '''Played by:''' Jack Lord (1962), Cec Linder (1964), Rik Van Nutter (1965), Norman Burton (1971), Creator/DavidHedison (1973; 1989), John Terry (1987), Creator/JeffreyWright (2006 – 2008)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/DrNo'' | ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' | ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' | ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' | ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' | ''Film/LicenceToKill'' | ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' | ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''
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* AnArmAndALeg: He gets his leg fed to a shark in ''Licence to Kill''. Perhaps as a result, he never appears again until the Creator/DanielCraig reboot and is substituted by another American agent, Jack Wade, in the Brosnan era.
* AscendedExtra: In ''Licence to Kill'', he is shown to be a very close friend to Bond, up to making him his Best Man at his wedding. Leiter's 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.
* CoolShades: Jack Lord wears sunglasses in ''Dr. No''.
* DeadpanSnarker: David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright.
* FriendOnTheForce: Backs up Bond with CIA informations in the American-set missions of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.
* TheGhost: Leiter is mentioned, but not seen in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Most notably in ''Diamonds Are Forever'' and ''Licence to Kill''.
* 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 he lives to tell his story.
* RaceLift: Beginning with ''Casino Royale'', Felix is black, whereas he was white before (although he had also been black in the non-EON canon ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'').
* RoleReprisal: David Hedison played Leiter in ''Live and Let Die'' in 1973 and reprised the role for ''Licence to Kill'' 16 years later. Apparently, it happened because a familiar face of Leiter was needed given his prominence in the plot.
* TraumaCongaLine: In ''Licence to Kill'', Felix not only loses one of his legs, but his new wife is raped and killed. Needless to say, this is Felix's last appearance in the 007 franchise until it was rebooted with ''Casino Royale''.
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