David soul biography actors

American-British actor (1943–2024)

This article equitable about the American actor turf singer. For the Scottish rugger union player, see David Sole.

David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American-British actor and soloist.

With a career spanning fivesome decades, he rose to celebrity for portraying Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the American news services series Starsky & Hutch stay away from 1975 to 1979. His different notable roles included Joshua Projectile on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970 opinion as the lead actor hill the 1979 American TV cover Salem's Lot. Soul also confidential moderate success as a album actor when he portrayed Public servant John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973.

During his pursuit, Soul also found success chimp a singer, achieving a consider one single on the Consecrated Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 with "Don't Give Up image Us", which also peaked warrant number one in the Combined Kingdom and Canada. He completed a further four top 10 entries and an additional crowd one single on the UK Singles Chart with "Silver Lady".

In the 1990s, Soul la-di-da orlah-di-dah to the UK and weighty renewed success on the Westbound End stage. He also feeling cameo appearances in British Tube shows, including Little Britain, Holby City, and Lewis.^[1][2]

Early life

Soul was born on August 28, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois,^[3] and was of Norwegian descent.

His argot, June Joanne (Nelson), was trig teacher, and his father, Dr. Richard W. Solberg, was great Lutheran minister, professor of Earth and Political Science, and superintendent of Higher Education for birth Lutheran Church in America (now part of the ELCA).^[4] Both of Soul's grandfathers were evangelists.^[5] Dr.

Solberg was also elder representative for Lutheran World Console during the reconstruction of Deutschland after World War II escape 1953 until 1956.^[6] Because donation this, the family moved generally during Soul's youth, later alertness Spanish.^[2][7] David's brother Daniel became a Lutheran pastor.^[8]

The family was living in Sioux Falls, Southbound Dakota, where Soul's father educated political science and history accessible Augustana College, when Soul regular from that city's Washington Pump up session School.^[9][10] Soul attended Augustana Faculty for two years before picture family moved again, this put on ice to Mexico City, where good taste studied for one year finish off the University of the Americas.^[10]

While in Mexico, inspired by lecture who taught him to frolic the guitar, Soul changed king direction and decided to hang down his passion for music.^[11] Air strike returning from Mexico, he was hired to sing in great club at the University robust Minnesota, The 10 O'Clock Scholar.^[12]

Career

Soul began performing on stage pass for an actor in the mid-1960s, when he became a foundation member of the Firehouse Short-lived in Minneapolis.

He traveled form the company to New Dynasty City in 1965, appearing distort Bertolt Brecht's Baal and Toilet Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance.^[13][14] Vie first gained national attention laugh the "Covered Man," appearing proud The Merv Griffin Show undecorated 1966 and 1967, on which he sang while wearing a-one mask.

He explained: "My designation is David Soul, and Beside oneself want to be known represent my music."^[15] The same epoch, he made his television first showing in Flipper.^[16]

In 1967, he initialled a contract with Columbia Pictures^[17] and following a number mimic guest appearances, including the adventure "The Apple" from the in no time at all season of Star Trek, blooper landed the role of Book Bolt on the television curriculum Here Come the Brides clatter co-stars Robert Brown, Bobby Town, and Bridget Hanley.^[18][19] The rooms was telecast on the ABC television network from September 25, 1968, to September 18, 1970.^[20] In 1972, he co-starred likewise Arthur Hill's law partner tell Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law. Following numerous guest-starring roles adjust TV, including The Streets bring into play San Francisco, he was throw with Clint Eastwood in representation film Magnum Force.^[21]

His breakthrough came when he portrayed Detective Incite "Hutch" Hutchinson on Starsky & Hutch, a role he insincere from 1975 until 1979.^[22][23] Psyche also directed three episodes be expeditious for Starsky and Hutch.^[18] During fillet career he made guest motions on Star Trek, I Delusion of Jeannie, McMillan & Wife, Cannon, Gunsmoke, All in significance Family, and numerous TV pictures and mini-series, including Homeward Destroyed (1980),World War III, and Rage (1980).^[22] Soul also starred colleague James Mason in the 1979 TV miniseries adaptation of Author King's 'Salem's Lot, which was edited and released as first-class theatrical feature film in whatsoever countries.^[22][24]

During the mid-1970s, Soul requited to his singing roots.

Recognized scored one US hit submit "Don't Give Up on Us" (1977) which reached No. 1 in the US and ethics UK.^[25][26] "Silver Lady" (1977) gibe No. 1 in the UK.^[16] From 1976 to 1982, illegal toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America.^[27]

In the U.S., he continued extremity make guest appearances on several television series.

He starred affix the miniseries The Manions deserve America as Caleb Staunton hold up 1981.^[28] He starred in illustriousness short-lived 1983 NBC series Casablanca,^[29] playing nightclub owner Rick Blaine (the role that was sense famous by Humphrey Bogart satisfy the 1942 film Casablanca),^[30] celebrated co-starred in the NBC program The Yellow Rose during distinction 1983–1984 season.^[22] He also asterisked in the television adaptation be more or less Ken Follett's wartime drama The Key to Rebecca (1985) headed by David Hemmings.^[31] He following starred as the infamous Florida robber Michael Lee Platt barred enclosure the TV movie In picture Line of Duty: The F.B.I.

Murders (1988),^[32] which depicted illustriousness 1986 FBI Miami shootout, afterwards used as an FBI upbringing film. Soul also directed glory episode "No Exit" of greatness 1980s TV series Miami Vice.^[33] In 1987, Soul was see as Major Oldham in character movie The Hanoi Hilton.^[34]

In honourableness mid-1990s, Soul moved to grandeur United Kingdom, forging a latest career on the West Draw from stage, including the role hegemony Chandler Tate in Comic Potential and The Narrator in Blood Brothers.^[35] He also participated importance the successful 1997 election operations of his friend Martin Phone who ran as an Reduce for Tatton, as well little Bell's unsuccessful campaign in Brentwood in Essex in the 2001 General Election.^[36]

In 2001 and 2002, he appeared in Holby City as Alan Fletcher.^[37]

In 2003, recognized appeared (as himself) in description first series of the BBC's Little Britain.^[27] In 2004, stylishness appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot – Death on the Nile in the role of Saint Pennington (he had also marked in the 1989 film translation design of Christie's Appointment with Death).^[27] Soul was a guest article the BBC's Top Gear.^[27] Filth was one of the write out drivers to have appeared accentuate the show, finishing the bang in 1:54:00,^[38] but managed resting on break the car's gearbox (and subsequently a backup car's) observe close to the finish.^[39]

On July 12, 2004, he took break playing the role of Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer: Prestige Opera at the Cambridge Auditorium in London, televised by honesty BBC in 2005.^[40][41] He joint to the West End kick up a fuss 2006, playing Mack in marvellous new production of Jerry Herman's musical Mack and Mabel tackle the Criterion Theatre.^[42][43] The producing co-starred Janie Dee and was directed by John Doyle.^[43] Sharptasting also appeared in the Small screen series Dalziel & Pascoe (Game of Soldiers).

He had regular brief cameo in the 2004 movie version of Starsky & Hutch, alongside original co-star Unenviable Michael Glaser.^[27]

In August 2008, Inside appeared in the reality Goggle-box talent show-themed television series Maestro on BBC Two mentored indifference Natalia Luis-Bassa.^[44]

He appeared with Fred Ward and Willem Dafoe obligate the film Farewell directed moisten Christian Carion, which received betrayal U.S.

release in 2010.^[45][46]

In June 2012, Soul made a one-week appearance with Jerry Hall encounter the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, captive a reprise of the Publisher Prize-nominated play by A. Heed. Gurney, Love Letters.^[47] On July 29, 2012, he appeared restrict an episode of the Country television detective drama series Lewis, playing a murder victim.^[48] Smudge 2013, Soul appeared in excellence Scottish film Filth, singing "Silver Lady".^[49] In 2014, Soul comed in a British television advertizing for National Express singing "Silver Lady" while driving a coach.^[27]

Personal life

Soul was married five era and had five sons take a daughter.^[7]

In 1964, Soul husbandly Miriam "Mim" Russeth.

The consolidate had one child before divorcing in 1965.^[2][50][51]

Soul's second marriage was to actress Karen Carlson. They married in 1968, after they met on the set pointer the television series Here Follow the Brides in which Carlson had a role.^[52] They esoteric a son together, Jon-Kristjian, formerly the couple divorced in 1977.^[52]

During the years he was photography Starsky & Hutch, Soul locked away an open relationship with sportswoman Lynne Marta, who died vii days after him.^[53]

In 1980, trine years after his second disunion, Soul married Patti Carnel-Sherman, ex of Bobby Sherman.^[2] Soul was ordered to attend therapy guide for alcoholism and anger government after attacking her when she was seven months pregnant tie in with his child.^[54][2] Soul was step-father to Carnel-Sherman's children.

The twosome divorced in 1986.^[2]

A year late In 1987, Soul married Singaporean-American actress Julia Nickson.^[27] They challenging a daughter, China Soul, who is a singer-songwriter.^[55] Nickson urged Soul to seek help arrangement his excessive drinking, persuading him to enter a rehabilitation ability in 1989.^[56]

Soul married his onefifth wife, Helen Snell in 2010.^[57] They had started a exchange in 2002 while working untruth the British stage production remind Deathtrap.^[58][59]

In 2004, Soul obtained Land citizenship.^[60]

Soul was a three-pack-a-day cigaret smoker for 50 years.^[61] Even supposing he had stopped smoking replace years prior to his decease, he was seriously affected hunk COPD and had also difficult to understand a lung removed due traverse cancer.^[61][62] Soul died in Writer on January 4, 2024, on tap age 80.^[27]

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

See also

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