David Soul
David Soul (born 28 August 1943) is an American actor and singer, best known for his role as the California police Det. Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson in the television program Starsky and Hutch (1975-79). He became a British citizen in 2004.
Soul first gained attention as the mysterious “Covered Man” on several appearances on The Merv Griffin Show in 1967, in which he sang while wearing a ski mask and explained: “My name is David Soul, and I want to be known for my music.” The same year, he made his film debut in The Secret Sharer.
Soul then appeared as level-headed Joshua Bolt on the television program Here Come the Brides, and later, Arthur Hill’s law partner on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. Superstar status came when he portrayed Det. Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson on Starsky and Hutch, a role he played from 1975-79. He has also made guest appearances on shows such as I Dream of Jeannie, 
McMillan and Wife, Cannon, Gunsmoke, All in the Family, the TV miniseries World War III, Star Trek, and The Streets of San Francisco. Soul also appeared in the lead role in the TV mini-series Salem’s Lot, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King (1979). In films, Soul played in the 1971 film Johnny Got His Gun, but his best known film appearance was opposite Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force (1973).
After a briefly successful singing career, including hits such as “Don’t Give Up on Us” and “Silver Lady”, Soul fell into relative obscurity during the 1980s, during which time he fought a long battle with alcoholism. During this period, he was also arrested and jailed for assaulting his then-pregnant third wife, Patti Sherman, and was ordered to attend therapy. The couple divorced in 1986.
Soul continued to make guest appearances in various US television series, with the occasional small film role. He starred as the infamous Florida robber Michael Platt in the TV film In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders (1988), which depicted the 1986 FBI Miami shootout.
Soul has been married four times. He married his first wife, Mirriam Russeth, in 1964 but the marriage only lasted a year. They had one child together. He then married actress Karen Carlson in 1968, also producing one child, though they divorced in 1977.
Soul’s third wife was Patti Sherman (the ex-wife of fellow Here Come the Brides co-star and teen pop idol Bobby Sherman), whom he married in 1980. They had three children together, but the marriage disintegrated due to Soul’s alcoholism and violent temper. The couple divorced in 1986.
Soul then married again in 1987, to Julia Nickson with whom he also had a child, but the couple divorced in 1993.
Soul then moved to London in the mid-1990s with his partner, American actress Alexa Hamilton, though the couple are no longer together.
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