Rik Nutter

Rik Van Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), was an American actor who appeared in many minor films, but is best known for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965). He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in Romanoff and Juliet (1968), and his later films included Foxbat (1977) with Henry Silva and Vonetta McGee, and the Jim Brown WW2 adventure Pacific Inferno (1979). Van Nutter was married to movie actress Anita Ekberg from 1963 until 1975.

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