{"id":123276,"date":"2024-01-05T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=123276"},"modified":"2024-01-05T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T18:12:25","slug":"actor-david-soul-dies-at-80-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=123276","title":{"rendered":"Actor David Soul Dies at 80 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=123276\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=123276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-123277 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/images-1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/images-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/images-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American-British actor David Soul, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth \u201cHutch\u201d Hutchinson on the 1970s series STARSKY &amp; HUTCH, passed away January 4, 2024, in London, England. No cause of death was provided however, his wife said in a statement that Soul died after a \u201cvaliant battle for life in the loving company of family.\u201d He was 80.<\/p>\n<p>Soul began performing on stage as an actor in the mid-1960s, when he was a founding member of the Firehouse Theatre in Minneapolis. He made his television debut in FLIPPER (1964-1967) and made guest appearances on series such as STAR TREK (1966-1969) and THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO. (1972-1977) Additionally, he landed the role of Joshua Bolt on the television series HERE COMES THE BRIDES (1968-1970) and was cast in the Clint Eastwood film MAGNUM FORCE (1973). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>His breakthrough came when he portrayed Detective Kenneth \u201cHutch\u201d Hutchinson on the action television series STARSKY &amp; HUTCH, a role he played from 1975-1979. His co-star was Paul Michael Glaser as Michael Starsky. Soul appeared in all 92 episodes and directed three. STARSKY &amp; HUTCH was a favorite to primetime viewers, and like many other popular classic TV series it was made into a feature film in 2004, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, with Wilson portraying Soul\u2019s character. Soul makes an appearance in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Soul\u2019s additional filmography includes I DREAM OF JEANNIE (1965-1970), THE YOUNG REBELS (1970-1971), ALL IN THE FAMILY (1971-1979), CANNON (1971-1976), GUNSMOKE (1955-1975), SALEM\u2019S LOT (1979), CRIME STORY (1986-1988), ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (1985-1989), THE HITCHHIKER (1983-1991), THE YOUNG RIDERS (1989), JAKE AND TE FATMAN (1987-1992), MURDER, SHE WROTE (1984-1996), DOCTOR WHO: THE ANIMATED SERIES (2001-), and INSPECTOR LEWIS (2006-2015).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to David Soul\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel American-British actor David Soul, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth \u201cHutch\u201d Hutchinson on the 1970s series STARSKY &amp; HUTCH, passed away January 4, 2024, in London, England. No cause of death was provided however, his wife said in a statement that Soul died after a \u201cvaliant battle for life in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[31728],"class_list":["post-123276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-actor-david-soul-dies-at-80-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123276"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/123277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}