David Soul
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Born | David Richard Solberg August 28, 1943 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London, England |
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Occupation | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1961–2024 |
Known for | Joshua Bolt – Here Come the Brides Detective Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson – Starsky & Hutch |
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Children | 6, including China Soul |
Parent(s) | Dr Richard Solberg and June Solberg (née Nelson) |
Website | davidsoul |
David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American-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 American TV movie Salem's Lot, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name.
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Early life
Soul was born on August 28, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, United States,[1] and was of Norwegian descent. His mother, June Joanne (Nelson), was a teacher, and his father, Dr. Richard W. Solberg, was a Lutheran minister, professor of History and Political Science, and director of Higher Education for the Lutheran Church in America (now part of the ELCA).[2][3] Both of Soul's grandfathers were evangelists.[4] Dr. Solberg was also senior representative for Lutheran World Relief during the reconstruction of Germany after World War II from 1949 until 1956. Because of this, the family moved frequently during Soul's youth and he became fluent in both German and Spanish.[2] His brother Daniel became a Lutheran Pastor.[2]
The family was living in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where Soul's father taught political science and history at Augustana College, when Soul graduated from that city's Washington High School. Soul attended Augustana College for two years before the family moved again, this time to Mexico City, where he studied for one year at the University of the Americas.[5] While in Mexico, inspired by students who taught him to play the guitar, Soul changed his direction and decided to follow his passion for music. His first appearance upon returning from Mexico was in a club in Minneapolis, The 10 O'Clock Scholar.
Career
Soul began performing on stage as an actor in the mid-1960s, when he became a founding member of the Firehouse Theater in Minneapolis. He traveled with the company to New York City in 1965, appearing in Bertolt Brecht's Baal and John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance.[6][7] Soul first gained national attention as the "Covered Man" appearing on The Merv Griffin Show in 1966 and 1967, on which he sang while wearing a mask. He explained: "My name is David Soul, and I want to be known for my music."[8] The same year, he made his television debut in Flipper. [2]
In 1967, he signed a contract with Columbia Pictures and following a number of guest appearances, including the episode "The Apple" from the second season of Star Trek,[2] he landed the role of Joshua Bolt on the television program Here Come the Brides with co-stars Robert Brown, Bobby Sherman and Bridget Hanley. The series was telecast on the ABC network from September 25, 1968, to September 18, 1970.[9] In 1972, he co-starred as Arthur Hill's law partner on Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law. Following numerous guest-starring roles on TV, including The Streets of San Francisco, he was cast by Clint Eastwood in the film Magnum Force.[2]
His breakthrough came when he portrayed Detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson on Starsky & Hutch, a role he played from 1975 until 1979.[2] Soul also directed three episodes of Starsky and Hutch: "Huggy Can't Go Home" (1979), "Manchild on the Streets" (1977), and "Survival" (1977). During his career he made guest appearances on Star Trek,[2] I Dream of Jeannie,[2] McMillan & Wife,[2] Cannon,[2] Gunsmoke,[2] All in the Family, and numerous TV movies and mini-series, including Homeward Bound (1980), World War III,[2] and Rage (1980),[2] a TV movie commended on the floor of the U.S. Senate and for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Soul also starred with James Mason in the 1979 TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot, which was edited and released as a theatrical feature film in some countries.[2]
During the mid-1970s, Soul returned to his singing roots. He scored one US hit with "Don't Give Up on Us" (1977) which reached No. 1 in the US and the UK. "Silver Lady" (1977) hit No. 1 in the UK. From 1976 until 1978, he had five UK top 20 singles and two top 10 UK albums. From 1976 to 1982, he toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Far East, and South America.[10]
In the U.S., he continued to make guest appearances in various television series. He starred in the miniseries The Manions of America as Caleb Staunton in 1981. He starred in the short-lived 1983 NBC series Casablanca,[2] playing nightclub owner Rick Blaine (the role that was made famous by Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 film Casablanca), and co-starred in the NBC series The Yellow Rose during the 1983–1984 season. He also starred in the television adaptation of Ken Follett's wartime drama The Key to Rebecca (1985) directed by David Hemmings. He later starred as the infamous Florida robber Michael Platt in the TV movie In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988), which depicted the 1986 FBI Miami shootout, subsequently used as an FBI training film. Soul also directed the episode "No Exit" of the 1980s TV series Miami Vice. In 1987, Soul was cast as Major Oldham in the movie The Hanoi Hilton.[2]
In the mid-1990s, Soul moved to the United Kingdom, forging a new career on the West End stage, including the role of Chandler Tate in Comic Potential and The Narrator in Blood Brothers. He also participated in the successful 1997 election campaign of his friend Martin Bell who ran as an MP for Tatton, as well as Bell's unsuccessful campaign in Brentwood in Essex in the 2001 General Election.[citation needed]
In 2001 and 2002, he appeared in Holby City as Alan Fletcher.[11]
In 2003, he appeared (as himself) in the first series of the BBC's Little Britain.[10] In 2004, he appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot – Death on the Nile in the role of Andrew Pennington (he had also starred in the 1989 film adaptation of Christie's Appointment with Death).[10] Soul was a guest on the BBC's Top Gear.[10] He was one of the fastest drivers to have appeared on the show, finishing the lap in 1:54:00,[12] but managed to break the car's gearbox (and subsequently a backup car's) very close to the finish.[13]
On July 12, 2004, he took over playing the role of Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Cambridge Theatre in London, televised by the BBC in 2005. He returned to the West End in 2006, playing Mack in a new production of Jerry Herman's musical Mack and Mabel at the Criterion Theatre. The production co-starred Janie Dee and was directed by John Doyle. He also appeared in the TV series Dalziel & Pascoe (Game of Soldiers). He had a brief cameo in the 2004 movie version of Starsky & Hutch, alongside original co-star Paul Michael Glaser.[10]
In August 2008, Soul appeared in the reality TV talent show-themed television series Maestro on BBC Two mentored by Natalia Luis-Bassa.[14]
He appeared with Fred Ward and Willem Dafoe in the film Farewell directed by Christian Carion, which received its U.S. release in 2010.
In June 2012, Soul made a one-week appearance with Jerry Hall at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in a reprise of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by A. R. Gurney, Love Letters.[15] On July 29, 2012, Soul appeared in an episode of the British television detective drama series Lewis, playing a murder victim. He was also featured in the hit album by Fosseytango, singing on the track "Landlord". In 2013, Soul appeared in a cameo role in the Scottish film Filth lip-syncing his own recording of "Silver Lady". In 2014, Soul appeared in a British television commercial for National Express singing "Silver Lady" while driving a coach.[10]
Personal life
Soul was married five times and has five sons and a daughter.
He was 21 when he married the actress Mirriam "Mim" Solberg (née Russeth), in 1964. The couple had one child, a son. The marriage lasted a year, ending in divorce.[16]
Soul married actress Karen Carlson in 1968, after they met on the set of the television series Here Come the Brides. They had a son together, Kristjian Solberg, born April 3, 1971.The couple divorced in 1977.[16]
During the years he was filming Starsky & Hutch, Soul had an open relationship with actress Lynne Marta.[16]
In 1980, Soul married Patti Carnel Sherman, ex-wife of Bobby Sherman. Soul became stepfather to her two children. Soul was jailed and ordered to attend therapy classes for alcoholism after attacking her when she was seven months pregnant with his child.[17] They reunited temporarily, divorcing shortly after.
In 1987, Soul married actress Julia Nickson.[10] The couple had a daughter, China Soul, who is a singer/songwriter.[18] China holds dual citizenship in both the U.S. and the U.K., and is currently living in the U.K.
Nickson urged Soul to seek help for his excessive drinking, persuading him to enter a rehabilitation facility in 1989.
Soul married his fifth wife, Helen Snell, in June 2010. They had been in a relationship since 2002 after meeting when Soul was working in the British stage production of Deathtrap.[19] He referred to her as his soulmate.
In 2004, Soul obtained British citizenship.[20] He credits his relationship with Helen as his reason for obtaining citizenship, stating he knew he "wanted to spend the rest of his life there with Helen."
Soul was a three-pack-a-day smoker for fifty years. Although he had stopped smoking ten years prior to his death, he was seriously affected by COPD and had also had a lung removed due to cancer. Soul died in a London hospital, surrounded by his family, on January 4, 2024, at the age of 80.[10]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Johnny Got His Gun | Swede | |
1973 | Magnum Force | Officer John Davis | |
1975 | Dogpound Shuffle | Pritt | |
1977 | The Stick Up | Duke Turnbeau | |
1979 | Salem's Lot | Ben Mears | |
1983 | Through Naked Eyes | William Parrish | |
1985 | The Key to Rebecca | Alex Wolff | |
1987 | The Hanoi Hilton | Maj Oldham | |
1988 | Appointment with Death | Jefferson Cope | |
1989 | Prime Target | Peter Armetage | |
1992 | Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive | Sam Haney | |
1994 | Pentathlon | Mueller | |
2004 | Starsky and Hutch | The Original Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson | Cameo |
2009 | Farewell | Hutton, Ronald Reagan's adviser | |
2013 | Filth | Punter |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | I Dream of Jeannie | Gerhard - the Orderly | 1 episode:
"My Master, the Weakling" |
1967 | Flipper | Ranger Dennis Blake | 1 episode |
1967 | Star Trek | Makora | Episode: "The Apple" |
1968–1970 | Here Come the Brides | Joshua Bolt | 52 episodes |
1971 | All in the Family | Szabo Daborda | 1 episode |
1972 | The F.B.I. | Clifford Wade | 1 episode: "The Runner" |
1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Jim Martin | 1 episode: "Hall of Mirrors" |
1973 | Cannon | Sean Cadden, Udo Giesen | 2 episodes |
1973 | Circle of Fear | James Barlow | 1 episode: "The Phantom of Herald Square" |
1974 | The Disappearance of Flight 412 | Captain Roy Bishop | Television film |
1975–1979 | Starsky & Hutch | Detective Sergeant Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson | 92 episodes |
1977 | Little Ladies of the Night | Lyle York | Television film |
1979 | Salem's Lot | Ben Mears | Miniseries |
1980 | Rage! | Cal Morrisey | Television film |
1982 | World War III | Colonel Jake Caffey | Miniseries |
1983 | Casablanca | Rick Blaine | 5 episodes |
1983–1984 | The Yellow Rose | Roy Champion | 22 episodes |
1985 | The Key to Rebecca | Alex Wolff | Television film |
1986 | The Fifth Missile | Capt. Kevin Harris | Television film |
1988 | The Secret of the Sahara | Lieutenant Riker | 4 episodes |
1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Mike Lee Platt | Television film |
1989 | Unsub | John Westley "Westy" Grayson | 8 episodes |
1989 | Prime Target | Peter Armetage | Television film |
1990 | The Young Riders | Jeremy Styles | "Gathering Clouds", 2 episodes |
1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Casino Owner Wes McSorely | 1 episode |
1991 | Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Terry Anderson | Television film |
2001 | Holby City | Professor Alan Fletcher | 1 episode |
2003 | Little Britain | Himself | 1 episode |
2004 | Poirot | Andrew Pennington | 1 episode |
2004 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Gus D'Amato | 1 episode: "A Game of Soldiers" |
2012 | Lewis | Paul Yelland | 1 episode |
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Title | Details | AUS[21] | NL[22] | NZ[23] | UK[24] | US[25] |
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1976 | David Soul |
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8 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 40 |
1977 | Playing to an Audience of One |
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30 | - | 9 | 8 | 86 |
1979 | Band of Friends |
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1982 | The Best Days of My Life[26] |
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1997 | Leave a Light On...[27] |
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Compilation albums
Year | Title | Details | UK[24] |
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1979 | Moods |
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1990 | The Best Of... |
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1993 | The Magic Collection |
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1994 | The Best Of |
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2008 | Looking Back – The Very Best Of |
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2010 | Don't Give Up on Us – The Very Best of David Soul |
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2020 | Gold |
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Singles
Year | Single | Chart Positions | |||||||||||
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AUS[21] | BE (FLA)[28] | BE (WA)[29] | CAN | CAN AC | IRE[30] | NL 40[31] | NL 100[32] | NZ[33] | UK[24] | US[34] | US AC[35] | ||
1966 | "The Covered Man" (promo; US-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
"Before" (US-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1967 | "No One's Gonna Cry (For You Baby)" (promo; US-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1970 | "The Train" (US-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1976 | "Don't Give Up on Us" | 1 | 4 | 40 | 1[36] | 1[37] | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1977 | "Going in with My Eyes Open" | 10 | 12 | 49 | 58[38] | 14[39] | 7 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 14 |
"Silver Lady" | 5 | 12 | 39 | 70[40] | 36[41] | 1 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 23 | |
"Let's Have a Quiet Night In" | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | |
1978 | "It Sure Brings Out the Love in Your Eyes" | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - |
1980 | "Surrender to Me" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1981 | "Fool for Love" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
"Dreamers" (Netherlands-only release) | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | - | |
"I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" (Netherlands-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1982 | "How Can You Tell You Got It (If You Don't Ever Give It Away)" (UK-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1985 | "Amoureus Sans Bagages" (with Claire Séverac; France and Italy-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1988 | "Dream with Me" (with Claire Séverac; France and Italy-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1995 | "Smoke with No Fire" (with Claire Séverac; France-only release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bibliography
- Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 by Joel Whitburn – 2003
- The Life, The Legend by David Tailford – 1987
See also
References
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