David
Hasselhoff
Started
on the daytime soap
"The Young and the
Restless" for 7
years and became a
hearthrob before landing
his role of Michael
Knight on "Knight
Rider" as well as
appearing in in some TV
shows and films but it
was "Knight
Rider" that made him
a nationwide TV star and
won a People's Choice
Award for most popular
actor.
He
also enjoyed being a
singer and had a chance
to sing in an episode
called "Let it Be
Me" and after the
series came to an end in
1986 he had a successful
recording career in
Germany and had a hit
single there called
"Looking for
Freedom" as well as
appearing in many movies
of the week.
He
also became a successful
TV star in the series
"Baywatch"
playing Mitch Buchannon
which he also produced
the series.
He
also won a role in a
musical Broadway
production of
"Jekyll and
Hyde" back in 1997.
He
works for a charity show
for the teriminally ill
and handicapped children
in America called
"Race for Life"
His
wife Pamela Bach guested
in a "Knight
Rider" episode
called "Knight
Racer" in 1985 as
well as numerous guest
roles in his other show
"Baywatch"
Edward
Mulhare
Was a
native from Ireland but
started his acting career
in London doing stage
shows and moving up to
Broadway including a
musical he replaced Rex
Harrison in called
"My Fair Lady"
before his fame as Devon
Miles in "Knight
Rider" plus he also
guested in a show by the
same makers called
"Battlestar
Galactica"
Also
before "Knight
Rider" he was a
regular in the series
"The Ghost and Mrs.
Muir" with Hope
Lange.
He worked
with David Hasselhoff
again by guesting in his
series "Baywatch
Nights" in the
episode "Frozen Out
of Time" in 1997.
Peter
Parros
Guested
in TV shows and
commercials before his
role as RC3
-
Reginald Cornelius III in
the last season of
"Knight Rider".
He
works from time to time
as a writer and producer.
After
"Knight Rider"
he appeared in two
short-lived TV shows
"Adam-12" and
"The Family
Man" as well as
having roles in daytime
soaps like "One Life
to Live" and
"As the World
Turns"
Patricia
McPherson
Started out
as a successful model as
well as a magazine
graphic artist before
landing her role as
Bonnie in Knight
Rider.
She's
married to a writer named
James Garrett.
Today she is
leading the
fight to help preserve
the Ballona Wetlands in
Southern California,
which are subject to
project development.
Rebecca
Holden
Was
also a talented singer
and piano player apart
from being an actress
singing country and
western music as of today
that is her main focus.
Her
first major acting gig
was a guest role playing
Twinkie in the sitcom
"Three's
Company"which
she was well noticed in
the episode.
She
also appeared in many
magazine covers during
the start of her career
as well as in TV
commercials.
She
also toured
internationally, and
worked tireless for
charitable causes such as
"Toys for
Tots" and
"Feed the
Children"
and the Special
Olympics.
She
was in only one season of
"Knight
Rider"
during 1984-85 when
Patricia was absent but
she received alot of
exposure for her
character April Curtis.
William
Daniels
Not only
did the voice for
K.I.T.T. but he was also
a character actor in many
TV and film work long
before that like in
"Ladybug
Ladybug", "A
Thousand Clowns",
"Two for the
Road",
"Marlowe",
"Oh God!",
"The Blue
Lagoon" as well as
in the TV series
"St.
Elsewhere"(Which he
was doing Knight Rider at
that same time).
He
received a Tony
nomination for his for
his role as John Addams
in the musical Broadway
production of
"1776" back in
1969 which he played that
same role in the motion
picture in 1972.
Elected
president of Screen
Actors Guild upsetting
incumbent Richard Masur,
as well as a candidate
who conjoined her two
names to call herself
"Angeltompins"
so she could be listed
first on the ballot(!)
The SAG president serves
a 2-year term. [November
1999]
As a child
he was part of "The
Daniels Family" song
and dance troupe that
traveled in and around
the state of New York.
His entire family
appeared on one of the
fist experimental TV
broadcasts in 1941.
He is
married to actress Bonnie
Bartlett which she
co-starred with him in
the series "St.
Elsewhere" with 2
adopted sons.
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