David Soul

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: August 28, 1943

A tall, blond actor who has played heroes who are masculine yet soft and whose eyes express a pain yet uncovered, David Soul used ingenuity to break into show business, sending out glossy photos of himself with his head covered as the "mystery singer." Merv Griffin took the bite and put Soul on his syndicated talk show, thus breaking the ice. Soul then made his acting debut on an episode of "Star Trek" in 1967, and from 1968-70 played Joshua Bolt, the middle brother of three who bring 100 women to Seattle in "Here Come …more

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Credits

Actor

Salem's Lot
Ben Mears
Casablanca
Richard Rick Blaine
Ira Gershwin: A Centenary Celebration -- Who Could Ask For Anything More?
Rage
Cal Morrissey
World War III
Lieutenant Colonel Jake Caffey

Director

Starsky and Hutch
Director
In the Heat of the Night
Director

Producer

Swan Song
Producer

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Career Milestones

2000
Joined the cast of the BBC drama series "Holby City", playing a cardiologist
1999
Toured Great Britain playing a series of musical concerts
1997
Assumed role of the Narrator in the London production of "Blood Brothers"
1996
Toured Great Britain in the stage play "The Aspern Papers"
1994
Co-wrote screenplay for and starred in the feature "Tides of War"