Updated: February 20, 2025

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea David Hedison was born Albert David Hedison, Jr. in Providence, Rhode Island. He decided he wanted to be an actor after seeing the movie Chi to suna no ketto ( 1963 ). He started out in the theatre 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 films and starred in several movies before going on to TV's Five Fingers and a name change to David Hedison. He then appeared in the popular science fiction TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

After the show went off the air, he 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. More recently, he has starred in theatrical productions with veteran actors Juliet Mills and Lois Nettleton.