Rik Van Nutter

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{{Short description|American actor (1929–2005)}}

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| name = Rik Van Nutter

| image = Rik Van Nutter.jpg

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| caption = Autographed photo

| birth_name = Frederick Allen Nutter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|5|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Pomona, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|10|15|1929|5|1|mf=y}}

| death_place = West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

| othername =

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = {{marriage|Anita Ekberg|1963|1975|end=divorced}}

| yearsactive = 1959–1979

| website =

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Frederick Allen Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), known professionally as Rik Van Nutter and occasionally as Clyde Rogers, was an American actor who mostly appeared in Italian-produced films. He is also remembered for playing Felix Leiter in the James Bond picture Thunderball.

Biography

Van Nutter is best known for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965). He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in Romanoff and Juliet (1961), and his later films included Foxbat (1977) with Henry Silva and Vonetta McGee and the Jim Brown World War II adventure Pacific Inferno (1979).

Van Nutter was married to film actress Anita Ekberg from 1963 until 1975. They lived in Spain and Switzerland and started a shipping business together.{{cite web|title=Anita Ekberg – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11338898/Anita-Ekberg-obituary.html|website=telegraph.co.uk|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}

Van Nutter died on October 15, 2005, at the age of 76.

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1959Guardatele ma non toccateleCharlie
1959Uncle Was a VampireVictorUncredited
1960Space-MenRay Peterson (IZ41)
1960The Passionate Thief
1960Some Like It ColdGerman Officer
1961Romanoff and JulietFreddie
1962Tharus Son of AttilaOto
1965The Revenge of IvanhoeIvanhoeCredited as Clyde Rogers
1965Seven Hours of GunfireBuffalo Bill CodyCredited as Clyde Rogers
1965ThunderballFelix Leiter
1966A Stroke of 1000 MillionsFraser
1967Dynamite JoeAgent Joe Ford
1977FoxbatCrays
1979Pacific InfernoDennis(final film role)

References

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