By Brenda June Temple

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American-British actor and singer. He was known for his role as Detective Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson in the television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970; and Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973. As a singer, he scored one US hit and five UK hits with songs such as “Don’t Give Up on Us” (No. 1 in US, Canada, and UK) in 1976 and “Silver Lady” (No. 1 in UK) in 1977. He also starred in the popular 1979 American TV movie Salem’s Lot, based on Stephen King‘s novel of the same name.