Biography
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 …
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Career Milestones
| Acted on London stage in Alan Ayckbourn's "Comic Potential" | ||
| Appeared in stage productions with Cafe La Mama and in various Off-Off- and Off-Broadway theaters | ||
| Performed as a folksinger in Minneapolis, Minnesota; later toured as an opening act for bands like The Byrds, Jay and the Americans and The Lovin' Spoonful | ||
| Played Hutch on "Starsky & Hutch"; made TV directorial debut with episodes of series (ABC) | ||
| Played middle brother on "Here Come the Brides" (ABC) | ||
| Starred in the London stage production "The Dead Monkey"; also co-produced | ||
| Was member of ensemble cast of "The Yellow Rose" (NBC) | ||
1949 | With family, divided time between Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Berlin, Germany | |
1962 | Offered a contract as a pro baseball player with Chicago Red Sox; declined because family was moving to Mexico where his father had accepted a teaching position | |
1965 | Acted on stage at the Firehouse Theater in Minneapolis | |
1965 | Moved to NYC (date approximate) | |
1966 | After enticing Merv Griffin with a photo in which his face was covered by a hood, made his TV debut singing on Griffin's talk show | |
1967 | Made TV acting debut in episode of "Star Trek" | |
1971 | Made feature film debut in "Johnny Got His Gun" | |
1974 | Appeared for one season on "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" (ABC); also made TV-movie debut in "The Disappearance of Flight 412" (NBC) | |
1975 | Acted on stage at Actor's Alley, appearing in such plays as "The Glass Menagerie" and "Waiting for Godot" | |
1979 | Starred as vampire hunter in CBS miniseries "Salem's Lot" | |
1983 | Played Rick in TV series version of "Casablanca" (NBC) | |
1986 | Produced and narrated documentary "Fighting Ministers" | |
1987 | Appeared as a POW in "Hanoi Hilton" | |
1988 | Acted in the Hercule Poirot mystery "Appointment With Death" | |
1994 | Co-wrote screenplay for and starred in the feature "Tides of War" | |
1994 | Toured Australia and New Zealand as the Narrator in a stage production of the musical "Blood Brothers" | |
1996 | Toured Great Britain in the stage play "The Aspern Papers" | |
1997 | Assumed role of the Narrator in the London production of "Blood Brothers" | |
1999 | Toured Great Britain playing a series of musical concerts | |
2000 | Joined the cast of the BBC drama series "Holby City", playing a cardiologist | |