Albert David Hedison, Jr (b. May 20, 1927, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American actor who has made more than 150 appearances in film, television, and theatre. From 1950-1959, he is credited as Al Hedison. When he was cast in the TV series Five Fingers, NBC insisted that he change his name, so he suggested using his middle name and has been David Hedison ever since.
Hedison decided he wanted to be an actor after he saw Tyrone Power in the film Blood and Sand. He began his acting career with the Sock and Buskin Players at Brown University before moving to New York to study with Sanford Meisner and Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse and with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio.
David Hedison was born Albert David Hedison, Jr. in Providence, RI. He decided he wanted to be an actor after seeing Blood and Sand (1941). He started out in the theater as Al Hedison, receiving a Theatre World Award for most promising newcomer after appearing in the play "Much Ado About Nothing". He soon signed on with Twentieth Century-Fox and starred in several movies before going on to TV's "Five Fingers" (1959) and a name change to David Hedison. He then appeared in the popular TV sci-fi series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964). After the show went off the air, Hedison continued acting in many made-for-TV films and guest shots on TV series, including two James Bond films. He also was a series regular on the soap opera "Another World" (1964). More recently, he starred in theatrical productions with veteran actors Juliet Mills and Lois Nettleton. Hedison can currently be seen on the TV soap "Young and the Restless, The" (1973).
