David Soul (1943-2024)
British/American actor David Soul passed away on 4th January 2024. He was 80. He was best known as Detective Hutch in the popular 70s television series "Starsky & Hutch."
Starting his career on stage in the 1960s, Soul broke into television, appearing in shows such as "Star Trek," "All in the Family," and "Here Come the Brides," before landing a film role opposite Clint Eastwood in the movie "Magnum Force."
It led to his career-defining role in "Starsky & Hutch" alongside co-star Paul Michael Glaser. He also appeared in "Salem's Lot."
Soul also had a singing career, achieving #1 in 1977 with "Don't Give Up on Us." Throughout the 1980s, he continued to work in American television before moving to London in the 1990s, where he obtained British citizenship and enjoyed a successful stage and screen career. In 2004, he and Glaser made a cameo in the remake "Starsky & Hutch," starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
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