Known for Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Albert David Hedison, Jr. (May 20, 1927-July 18, 2019, Providence, Rhode Island) was an Armenian-American film, television, and stage actor. He was billed as Al Hedison in his early film work. In 1959, when he was cast in the role of Victor Sebastian in the short-lived espionage television series Five Fingers, NBC insisted that he change his name. It was proposed that he use his middle name and was known as David Hedison ever after. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Hedison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born
May 20, 1927
Died
July 18, 2019 (age 92)
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Filmography
40 films, 50 shows


Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · 1h 58m
country: United States
A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them.
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
2019 · 12m
country: Unknown
Filmmakers and film historians discuss the original Fly trilogy.


The Green Girl
2014 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A feature-length documentary about Star Trek's iconic original Green Girl, Susan Oliver: Prolific actress of the '50s - '80s, original member of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, record-setting female aviator; Tragically taken by cancer in 1990. With over 120 major acting credits in film and television, Susan Oliver was literally a household name in the 1960's. She set a number of world records as a pilot and was one of the only women directing major TV shows in the 1980's. And yet many people don't even remember her name today. It's time to remember Susan Oliver...
Superman and the Secret Planet
Superman and the Secret Planet
2013 · 58m
country: Unknown
The TV cast in a production based on the 1957 script by David Chantler. From an orbiting asteroid, a tyrant plans to colonize Earth.


Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world government called the World Union. Megiddo is a supernatural ride into a world teetering on the edge of the Apocalypse. It follows the rise of a Machiavellian leader bent on amassing the armies of the world for the battle of Armageddon while calamities of Biblical proportions pummel the Earth.


Mach 2
2001 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde. Written by Leigh Roche


Inside 'Licence to Kill'
2000 · 31m
country: United States
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film 'Licence to Kill'.


Fugitive Mind
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A man finds out that he was brainwashed to kill an important government official.


Undeclared War
1990 · 1h 43m
country: Hong Kong
A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist.


Licence to Kill
1989 · 2h 13m
country: Mexico
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.


Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989 · 45m
country: Unknown
Over one hundred of Hollywood's glittering stars came together to record a musical tribute to the survivors of earthquake ravaged Armenia. Directed by world renowned Peter Bogdanovich, and beautifully photographed by Academy Award winning cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, this very special one hour show narrated by Robert Stack is not to be missed! Bogdanovich brings together footage and interviews from the recording session, footage of Armenia before and after the earthquake, information on Armenian history and culture, and a piece on the Armenian Genocide.


Smart Alec
1986 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A young filmmaker arrives in Hollywood and tries to get his first movie financed.


The Naked Face
1984 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. After repeated attempts to convince the cops of his innocence, Dr. Stevens is forced to go after the real villains himself.


The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983 · 3h 11m
country: United States
Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.


The Awakening of Cassie
1982 · 1h 37m
country: Unknown
Cassie is a young, pretty, free-spirited artist. She meets Mark, a handsome art gallery owner, and experiences in five days what few women do in a lifetime. Thrown into a whirlwind love affair, Cassie discovers both the pleasurable and painful realities of life. With fierce determination she rises to the level of supreme awareness, physically and mentally, and acknowledges the purpose of life and love!


North Sea Hijack
1980 · 1h 40m
country: Ireland
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.


The Power Within
1979 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A prospective about a daredevil flyer, barnstorming for county fairs, who becomes a human dynamo after being struck by lightning and is menaced by enemy agents determined to find out the secret of his incredible powers.


The Horror Show
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A history of horror movies.


Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
1979 · 49m
country: United States
A biblical drama about Daniel who gains his release by interpreting a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar.
Colorado C.I.
Colorado C.I.
1978 · 1h
country: United States
Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swindle.


The Art of Crime
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A Romani antique dealer, who is also a private detective, gets involved in a murder case when one of his colleagues is accused of committing the murder.


The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.


Adventures of the Queen
1975 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.


For the Use of the Hall
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A penniless heiress, a disillusioned nun, the suicidal playwright they both love, a hapless art forger and the playwright's wife converge on the empty Long Island home of an aging matriarch and squabble among themselves about their relative success or failure.


Murder Impossible
1974 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A scientist is murdered and his new invention is stolen and held for ransom.


The Cat Creature
1973 · 1h 12m
country: United States
When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police consult scholars from the local University to help with the investigation, which is taking a more serious turn as people connected with the case are killed by wounds that seem to be from a housecat.


Live and Let Die
1973 · 2h 1m
country: United Kingdom
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
The Man in the Wood
The Man in the Wood
1973 · 52m
country: United Kingdom
A man offers a lift to a young lady in distress. The car breaks down and they are forced to stay at a quaint inn in the woods where all i not as it seem


For Love Or Murder
1970 · 1h 30m
country: Germany
A wealthy, eccentric chemical company owner sends his woman to get an American writer to take a mind control drug, Kemek, to verify its potential. She accomplishes her mission, but falls totally in love with the writer. The chemical magnate, satisfied with the results of the test, rewards her with murder, just as she is about to flee to Naples with her new lover. Her ex-husband and a private detective track the killer behind it all to a remote hideaway to unravel the solution.


Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967 · 50m
country: United States
Documentary about novelist Jacqueline Susann and her novel "Valley of the Dolls."


The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · 3h 19m
country: United States
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
1961 · 1h
country: United States
An edited version of an episode of the television series, Five Fingers released in theaters.


Five Fingers: The Judas Goat
1961 · 1h
country: United States
In Hungary, Sebastian searches for a traitor who betrays his people after promising them freedom. An episode of the spy show Five Fingers edited for theaters. Released theatrically in the UK in October 1961 as supporting film to The Queen's Guards.


Marines, Let's Go
1961 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Following combat duty in Korea, a group of United States Marines (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and Tom Reese) are given a furlough in Japan.


Five Fingers : Dossier
1961 · 1h
country: United States
From the TV series Five Fingers. Released theatrically in the UK in August 1961 as supporting film to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
1961 · 1h
country: United States
Sebastian must either deliver a young Arab prince to Russia or get him back safely to his own country. The episode aired in the US in 1959, and in theaters in the UK in 1961 -- supporting the movie Wild in the Country with Elvis Prestley


The Lost World
1960 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.


The Son of Robin Hood
1958 · 1h 21m
country: United Kingdom
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.


The Fly
1958 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.


The Enemy Below
1957 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.