Background
He was born in Galicia, Poland.citation needed His family moved to Canada when Linder was very young, and he became a naturalised Canadian citizen.
He was born in Galicia, Poland.citation needed His family moved to Canada when Linder was very young, and he became a naturalised Canadian citizen.
In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Doctor Matthew Roney in the British Broadcasting Corporation serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958-1959). Another well-known film in which he appeared was, as Doctor Keegee.
Linder enjoyed an extensive and successful television career on both sides of the Atlantic.
In the United Kingdom, probably his most prominent role was as the palaeontologist Roney in the original British Broadcasting Corporation version of Quatermass and the Pit (1958-1959). In the United States, he was a regular in the Columbia Broadcasting System soap operas The Secret Storm and The Edge of Night and in the 1980s appeared in several of the Perry Mason revival television films as District Attorney Jack Welles.
Linder was also a regular on the popular 1980s Canadian crime series Seeing Things, playing Crown Attorney Spenser. During his career, he also had guest roles in episodes of a variety of other popular British, American and Canadian television programmes, including: Doomwatch, The Littlest Hobo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ironside, The Saint, Danger Bay and The New Avengers.
During his time in Canada, Linder worked as an announcer at CKGB in Timmins, Ontario.
Linder"s last work was as Syd Grady in two episodes of the television series Sweating Bullets (1991). He died the following year at home in Toronto, Ontario, of complications from emphysema.