Editing David Soul

{{Short description|American-British actor (1943–2024)}}
{{About|the American actor and singer|the Scottish rugby union player|David Sole}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = David Soul
| image              = David Soul "Starsky & Hutch" (1975 ABC publicity photo).jpg
| caption            = Soul in 1975
| birth_name         = David Richard Solberg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1943|8|28}}
| birth_place        = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2024|01|04|1943|08|28}}
| death_place        = [[London]], England
| citizenship        = {{Ubl| United States | United Kingdom}}
| children           = 6, including [[China Soul]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|singer}}
| years_active       = 1961–2014
| known_for          = Joshua Bolt – ''[[Here Come the Brides]]''<br> Detective Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson – ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]''
| spouse             = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|Mirriam Russeth|1964|1965|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|[[Karen Carlson]]|1968|1977|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|Patti Carnel Sherman|1980|1986|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|[[Julia Nickson]] |1987|1993|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|Helen Snell|2010|}}
  }}
| website            = {{URL|davidsoul.com}}
}}

'''David Soul''' (born '''David Richard Solberg'''; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American-British actor and singer. With a career spanning five decades, he rose to prominence for portraying Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the American television series ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' from 1975 to 1979. His other notable roles included Joshua Bolt on ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'' from 1968 to 1970 and as the lead actor in the 1979 American TV movie ''[[Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)|Salem's Lot]].'' Soul also portrayed Officer John Davis in the 1973 movie ''[[Magnum Force]]''.

During his career, Soul also found success as a singer, achieving a number one single on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1977 with "[[Don't Give Up on Us (song)|Don't Give Up on Us]]", which also peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Canada. He achieved a further four top 10 entries and an additional number one single on the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "[[Silver Lady (song)|Silver Lady]]". In the 1990s, Soul moved to the UK and found renewed success on the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage. He also made cameo appearances in British TV shows, including ''[[Little Britain (TV series)|Little Britain]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', and ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Zoe |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul: the British-American star who made crime-fighting cool |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/05/david-soul-actor-dies-starsky-hutch-career |access-date=January 6, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=guardobit>{{Cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/05/david-soul-obituary |access-date=January 6, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Early life==
Soul was born on August 28, 1943, in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2328}}</ref> and was of Norwegian descent. His mother, June Joanne (Nelson), was a teacher, and his father, Dr. Richard W. Solberg, was a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] minister, professor of History and Political Science, and director of Higher Education for the [[Lutheran Church in America]] (now part of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America|ELCA]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.wfn.org/2006/11/msg00248.html|title= Lutheran Pastor, Advisor, Historian, Educator, Richard Solberg, Dies| website=Wfn.org }}</ref> Both of Soul's grandfathers were [[evangelism|evangelists]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084767,00.html|title=The Souls' Dark Night|website=People.com|access-date=October 11, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063337/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084767,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dr. Solberg was also senior representative for [[Lutheran World Relief]] during the reconstruction of Germany after [[World War II]] from 1953 until 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2006 |title=Lutheran Pastor, Advisor, Historian, Educator, Richard Solberg, Dies |url=https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/5825 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=www.elca.org}}</ref> Because of this, the family moved frequently during Soul's youth, later learning Spanish.<ref name="guardobit" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Sioux Falls native David Soul of 'Starsky and Hutch' fame has died |url=https://www.siouxfallslive.com/news/sioux-falls/sioux-falls-native-david-soul-of-starsky-and-hutch-fame-has-died |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=Sioux Falls Live}}</ref> David's brother Daniel became a Lutheran pastor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 22, 1985 |title=Lutheran Pastor--Brother of Actor David Soul--Jailed |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-22-mn-16729-story.html |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

The family was living in [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]], where Soul's father taught political science and history at [[Augustana University|Augustana College]], when Soul graduated from that city's [[Washington High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)|Washington High School]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Naquin |first1=Talia |last2=Bahe |first2= Cindy |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Former Augustana student David Soul and star of 'Starsky and Hutch' dies |url=https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/starsky-and-hutch-star-david-soul-dies/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=Keloland.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Soul attended Augustana College for two years before the family moved again, this time to [[Mexico City]], where he studied for one year at the [[Universidad de las Américas, A.C.|University of the Americas]].<ref name= ":4">{{Cite news|url=https://eu.argusleader.com/story/life/2018/01/10/looking-back-how-david-soul-made-sioux-falls-starsky-and-hutch/1021045001/|title=Looking Back: How David Soul made it from Sioux Falls to 'Starsky and Hutch'|last=Renshaw|first=Eric|date=January 10, 2018|newspaper=[[Argus Leader]]|access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> 

While in Mexico, inspired by students who taught him to play the guitar, Soul changed his direction and decided to follow his passion for music.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Starsky & Hutch actor David Soul dies aged 80 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/05/david-soul-starsky-hutch-actor-dies-aged-80 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Upon returning from Mexico, he was hired to sing in a club at the [[University of Minnesota]], The 10 O'Clock Scholar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul, 'Starsky & Hutch' star, dead at 80 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/entertainment/david-soul-death/index.html |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=CNN.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Soul began performing on stage as an actor in the mid-1960s, when he became a founding member of the [[Firehouse Theater]] in Minneapolis. He traveled with the company to New York City in 1965, appearing in [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Baal (play)|Baal]]'' and [[John Arden]]'s ''[[Serjeant Musgrave's Dance]]''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kNzggGMMtSIC&dq=%22David+Soul%22+%22firehouse+theater%22&pg=PA161 Adams, Jan Thatcher. ''Football Wife; Coming of age with the NFL as Mrs. Karl Kassulke'']. Franklin Green Publishing. (2011) {{ISBN|9781936470426}} P. 161</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/93350/david-soul-to-star-in-londons-jerry-springer/|title=David Soul to Star in London's Jerry Springer|website=Broadway.com|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> Soul first gained national attention as the "Covered Man," appearing on ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'' in 1966 and 1967, on which he sang while wearing a mask. He explained: "My name is David Soul, and I want to be known for my music."<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.davidsoul.com/themervgriffinshow.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20061027183305/http://www.davidsoul.com/themervgriffinshow.html|url-status=dead|title=The Merv Griffin Show|archive-date=October 27, 2006|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> The same year, he made his television debut in ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]].''<ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul, 'Starsky & Hutch' Star and 'Don't Give Up on Us' Singer Dies at 80 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/david-soul-dead-starsky-hutch-dies-obituary-1235576388/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1967, he signed a contract with [[Columbia Pictures]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sklar |first=Debbie L. |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul, 1970s 'Starsky & Hutch' Star, Dies at 80 |url=http://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2024/01/05/david-soul-1970s-starsky-hutch-star-dies-at-80/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[Times of San Diego]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and following a number of guest roles, he landed the role of Joshua Bolt on the television program ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'' with co-stars [[Robert Brown (American actor)|Robert Brown]], [[Bobby Sherman]], and [[Bridget Hanley]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul, 'Starsky and Hutch' Actor, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-soul-dead-starsky-and-hutch-actor-1235780159/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=December 17, 2021 |title=Bridget Hanley, Star of 'Here Come the Brides,' Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bridget-hanley-dead-here-come-the-brides-1235064483/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The series was telecast on the [[ABC (television network)|ABC television network]] from September 25, 1968, to September 18, 1970.<ref>Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Ballantine Books, 1979</ref> In 1972, he co-starred as Arthur Hill's law partner on ''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]].'' Following numerous guest-starring roles on TV, including ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]],'' he was cast with [[Clint Eastwood]] in the film ''[[Magnum Force]].''<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2008 |title=Magnum Force |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/magnum_force |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

His breakthrough came when he portrayed Detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson on ''[[Starsky & Hutch]],'' a role he played from 1975 until 1979.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2024 |title='Starsky and Hutch' actor David Soul dies aged 80 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/starsky-and-hutch-actor-david-soul-dies-aged-80/a-67901790 |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[Dw.com]]}}</ref> Soul also directed three episodes of ''Starsky and Hutch.''<ref name=":9" /> During his career he made guest appearances on ''Star Trek'', ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[All in the Family]]'', and numerous TV movies and mini-series, including ''Homeward Bound (1980),'' ''[[World War III (miniseries)|World War III]]'', and ''Rage'' (1980).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=David Soul |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/david_soul |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> Soul also starred with [[James Mason]] in the [[Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)|1979 TV miniseries adaptation]] of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[['Salem's Lot]]'', which was edited and released as a theatrical feature film in some countries.<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Michael |date=May 7, 2021 |title=Salem's Lot: All 4 Cuts Of Stephen King's 1979 Miniseries Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/salems-lot-1979-miniseries-cuts-versions-explained/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>

During the mid-1970s, Soul returned to his singing roots. He scored one US hit with "[[Don't Give Up on Us (song)|Don't Give Up on Us]]" (1977) which reached No. 1 in the US and the UK.<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 335–6}}</ref> "[[Silver Lady (song)|Silver Lady]]" (1977) hit No. 1 in the UK.<ref name=":7" /> From 1976 to 1982, he toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America.<ref name="aged 80"/>

In the U.S., he continued to make guest appearances on various television series. He starred in the miniseries ''[[Manions of America|The Manions of America]]'' as Caleb Staunton in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Soul |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/181315%7C0/David-Soul/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref> He starred in the short-lived 1983 NBC series ''[[Casablanca (1983 TV series)|Casablanca]]'',<ref name=":5" /> playing nightclub owner Rick Blaine (the role that was made famous by [[Humphrey Bogart]] in the 1942 film ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''),<ref name=":6" /> and co-starred in the [[NBC]] series ''[[The Yellow Rose]]'' during the 1983–1984 season.<ref name="auto" /> He also starred in the television adaptation of [[Ken Follett]]'s wartime drama ''[[The Key to Rebecca]]'' (1985) directed by [[David Hemmings]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Key to Rebecca |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-key-to-rebecca/2030277578/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[TVGuide]]}}</ref> He later starred as the infamous Florida robber [[Michael Lee Platt]] in the TV movie ''[[In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders]]'' (1988),<ref>{{Cite web |title=In The Line Of Duty:The F.B.I. Murders |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20277/in-the-line-of-duty-the-fbi-murders/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref> which depicted the [[1986 FBI Miami shootout]], subsequently used as an FBI training film. Soul also directed the episode "No Exit" of the 1980s TV series ''[[Miami Vice]]''.<ref name="special">{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=August 2, 2012 |title=How Miami Vice launched the '80s on TV, then died with its decade {{!}} TV |url=https://www.avclub.com/how-miami-vice-launched-the-80s-on-tv-then-died-with-1798232906 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |publisher=[[The Onion]]}}</ref> In 1987, Soul was cast as Major Oldham in the movie ''[[The Hanoi Hilton (film)|The Hanoi Hilton]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=March 27, 1987 |title=Film: 'The Hanoi Hilton' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/movies/film-the-hanoi-hilton.html |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Soul moved to the United Kingdom, forging a new career on the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage, including the role of Chandler Tate in ''[[Comic Potential]]'' and The Narrator in ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Starsky & Hutch star David Soul has died aged 80 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0105/1424971-starsky-and-hutch-star-david-soul-has-died-aged-80/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[RTÉ News]]}}</ref> He also participated in the successful [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 election]] campaign of his friend [[Martin Bell]] who ran as an [[Member of parliament|MP]] for [[Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tatton]], as well as Bell's unsuccessful campaign in [[Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentwood]] in Essex in the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 General Election]].<ref name="ind">{{cite press release |title=How we Met: Martin Bell & David Soul |author= Nick Smurthwaite |publisher= independent.co.uk  |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-martin-bell-david-soul-1086682.html |date= April 10, 1999}}</ref>

In 2001 and 2002, he appeared in ''[[Holby City]]'' as Alan Fletcher.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1079289.stm|title=David Soul joins Holby City - BBC News p.20 December 2000|date=December 20, 2000 |access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref>

In 2003, he appeared (as himself) in the first series of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Little Britain (TV series)|Little Britain]]''.<ref name="aged 80"/> In 2004, he appeared in ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]] – [[Death on the Nile]]'' in the role of Andrew Pennington (he had also starred in the 1989 film adaptation of Christie's ''Appointment with Death'').<ref name="aged 80"/> Soul was a guest on the BBC's ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]''.<ref name="aged 80"/> He was one of the fastest drivers to have appeared on the show, finishing the lap in 1:54:00,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topgear.com/show/lap-times|title=Lap Times|work=Top Gear|access-date=September 3, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304113837/https://www.topgear.com/show/lap-times|url-status=dead}}</ref> but managed to break the car's [[gearbox]] (and subsequently a backup car's) very close to the finish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03rds56|title=David Soul Breaks Two Lianas December 2000|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:4.29.18DavidSoulByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|left|Soul at the 2018 [[East Coast Comicon]] in Secaucus, New Jersey]]
On July 12, 2004, he took over playing the role of [[Jerry Springer]] in ''[[Jerry Springer: The Opera]]'' at the [[Cambridge Theatre]] in London, televised by the BBC in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2016 |title=David Soul in "Jerry Springer the Opera" from 12 July 2004 |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/david-soul-in-jerry-springer-the-opera-from-12-july-2004 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=London Theatre}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2016 |title="Jerry Springer The Opera" to be broadcast by BBC 2 on Sat 8 Jan 2005 despite a record number of complaints. |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/jerry-springer-the-opera-to-be-broadcast-by-bbc-2-on-sat-8-jan-2005-despite-a |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=London Theatre}}</ref> He returned to the West End in 2006, playing Mack in a new production of [[Jerry Herman]]'s musical ''[[Mack and Mabel]]'' at the [[Criterion Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watermill - Mack and Mabel |url=https://www.newburytheatre.co.uk/archive/200505a.htm |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=www.newburytheatre.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2016 |title="Mack & Mabel" to close early 1 July 2006 |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/mack-mabel-to-close-early-1-july-2006 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=London Theatre}}</ref> The production co-starred [[Janie Dee]] and was directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]].<ref name=":2" /> He also appeared in the TV series ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel & Pascoe]]'' (Game of Soldiers). He had a brief cameo in the 2004 movie version of ''[[Starsky & Hutch (film)|Starsky & Hutch]],'' alongside original co-star [[Paul Michael Glaser]].<ref name="aged 80"/>

In August 2008, Soul appeared in the reality TV talent show-themed television series ''[[Maestro (British TV series)|Maestro]]'' on [[BBC Two]] mentored by [[Natalia Luis-Bassa]].<ref name="BBC080523">{{cite press release |title= Eight passionate amateurs bid to become BBC Two's Maestro |publisher= BBC |date= May 23, 2008 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/23/maestro.shtml |access-date= May 24, 2008}}</ref>

He appeared with [[Fred Ward]] and [[Willem Dafoe]] in the film ''[[Farewell (2009 film)|Farewell]]'' directed by Christian Carion, which received its U.S. release in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=John |date=July 9, 2010 |title=In the July Heat, a Cold-War Comeback |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/movies/11cold.html |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

In June 2012, Soul made a one-week appearance with [[Jerry Hall]] at the [[Gaiety Theatre, Dublin]], in a reprise of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by [[A. R. Gurney]], ''Love Letters''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/jerry-hall/pictures/3078592|title=Jerry Hall and David Soul launch 'Love Letters' at The Gaiety Theatre which opens tonight |date=June 18, 2012 |publisher=contactmusic.com |access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> On July 29, 2012, he appeared in an episode of the British television detective drama series ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'', playing a murder victim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shattuck |first=Kathryn |date=July 29, 2012 |title=What's On Sunday |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1DD1E31F93AA15754C0A9649D8B63 |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 2013, Soul appeared in the Scottish film ''[[Filth (film)|Filth]],'' singing "Silver Lady".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Plumb |first1=Ali |last2=De Semlyen |first2=Phil |date=August 12, 2013 |title=Empire's Music Playlist Of 2013 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/movie-playlist-2013/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> In 2014, Soul appeared in a British television commercial for [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] singing "Silver Lady" while driving a coach.<ref name="aged 80"/>

==Personal life==
[[File:DavidSoul 2013.jpg|thumb|Soul in 2013]]
Soul was married five times and had five sons and a daughter.<ref name=":10" />

In 1964, Soul married Miriam "Mim" Russeth. The couple had one child before divorcing in 1965.<ref name="guardobit" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul, actor and singer who shot to fame around the world in Starsky and Hutch – obituary |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-soul/bio/3000000446/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/01/05/david-soul-actor-singer-starsky-and-hutch-died-obituary/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |work=[[Telegraph.co.uk]] |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |title=David Soul, actor and singer who shot to fame around the world in Starsky and Hutch – obituary |date=January 5, 2024 |last1=Obituaries |first1=Telegraph }}</ref>

Soul's second marriage was to actress Karen Carlson. They married in 1968, after they met on the set of the television series ''Here Come the Brides'' in which Carlson had a role.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 5, 1978 |title=Karen survives Hollywood style |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/211245325/ |work=The Times |via=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> They had a son together, Jon-Kristjian, before the couple divorced in 1977.<ref name=":1" />

During the years he was filming ''Starsky & Hutch,'' Soul had an open relationship with actress [[Lynne Marta]], who died seven days after him.<ref name="People">{{cite web |last1=Darrach |first1=Brad |last2=Diliberto |first2=Gioia |date=April 18, 1983 |title=The Souls' Dark Night |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084767,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063337/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084767,00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=October 30, 2010 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

In 1980, three years after his second divorce, Soul married Patti Carnel-Sherman, ex-wife of [[Bobby Sherman]].<ref name="guardobit" /> Soul was ordered to attend therapy classes for alcoholism and anger management after attacking her when she was seven months pregnant with his child.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1419225/David-Soul-talks-of-guilt-after-beating-his-wife.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1419225/David-Soul-talks-of-guilt-after-beating-his-wife.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Soul talks of guilt after beating his wife|website=The Telegraph|first=Sarah|last=Womack|date=January 18, 2003|access-date=February 14, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="guardobit" /> Soul was step-father to Carnel-Sherman's children. The couple divorced in 1986.<ref name="guardobit" />

A year later In 1987, Soul married Singaporean-American actress [[Julia Nickson]].<ref name="aged 80"/> They had a daughter, [[China Soul]], who is a singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2010/09/10/fame-presents-china-soul/ |title=Fame Magazine September 2010 |publisher=Famemagazine.co.uk |date=September 10, 2010 |accessdate=October 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004155329/http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2010/09/10/fame-presents-china-soul/ |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nickson urged Soul to seek help for his excessive drinking, persuading him to enter a rehabilitation facility in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 1993 |title=Soul destroying for David as 'baby' gives up on him |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/21125/soul-destroying-david-baby-gives-him |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref>

Soul married his fifth wife, Helen Snell in 2010.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title='The day that changed my life' |url=https://www.davidsoul.com/the-day-that-changed-my-life/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=www.davidsoul.com |language=en-US}}</ref> They had started a relationship in 2002 while working on the British stage production of ''[[Deathtrap (play)|Deathtrap]]''.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Naomi |last2=McLaughlin |first2=Charlotte |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Ben Stiller leads tributes to Starsky & Hutch star David Soul after his death |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/ben-stiller-leads-tributes-starsky-174849303.html |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[Yahoo News]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/view/31427/Interview-David-and-China-Soul-/ |title=OK! Magazine: First For Celebrity News :: Lifestyle :: Interview: David and China Soul |publisher=Ok.co.uk |date=January 25, 2011 |access-date=January 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228194612/http://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/view/31427/Interview-David-and-China-Soul- |archive-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

In 2004, Soul obtained [[British citizenship]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090530145346/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/david-soul-my-home-is-where-my-art-is-535323.html David Soul: My home is where my art is]. ''[[The Independent]],'' October 20, 2004.</ref>

Soul was a three-pack-a-day cigarette smoker for 50 years.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=McBride |first=Jessica |date=January 5, 2024 |title='Starsky & Hutch' Actor Died After 'Valiant Battle for Life,' Lung Condition |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/david-soul-dead-cause-of-death/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[Heavy.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Although he had stopped smoking ten years prior to his death, he was seriously affected by [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|COPD]] and had also had a lung removed due to cancer.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Larkin |first=Lilly |date=January 6, 2024 |title=David Soul's demise stirs online world: death details emerge |url=https://thethaiger.com/world/news/589296/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[The Thaiger]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Soul died in London on January 4, 2024, at age 80.<ref name="aged 80">{{Cite web|first1=Charlotte|last1=Gallagher|first2=Mark|last2=Savage|title=David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80|date=January 5, 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|access-date=January 5, 2024|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! References
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Johnny Got His Gun (film)|Johnny Got His Gun]]'' || Swede || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/david-soul-actor-best-known-005029468.html|title=David Soul, actor best known for his role in the TV series 'Starsky & Hutch,' dies at 80|date=January 8, 2024|website=[[Yahoo News]]|last1=Siemaszko|first1=Corky|last2=Dasrath|first2=Diana}}</ref>
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Magnum Force]]'' || Officer John Davis || || rowspan="11" |<ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Dogpound Shuffle]]'' || Pritt || 
|-
| 1977 || ''[[The Stick Up]]'' || Duke Turnbeau || 
|-
|1979
|''[[Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)|Salem's Lot]]''
|Ben Mears
|
|-
| 1983 || ''Through Naked Eyes'' || William Parrish || 
|-
| 1985 || ''[[The Key to Rebecca]]'' || Alex Wolff || 
|-
| 1987 || ''[[The Hanoi Hilton (film)|The Hanoi Hilton]]'' || Maj Oldham || 
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Appointment with Death (film)|Appointment with Death]]'' || Jefferson Cope || 
|-
| 1989 || ''Prime Target'' || Peter Armetage || 
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive]]'' || Sam Haney || 
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Pentathlon (film)|Pentathlon]]'' || Mueller || 
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Starsky & Hutch (film)|Starsky & Hutch]]'' || The Original Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson || Cameo || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/entertainment/2024/01/05/actor-david-soul--one-half-of--starsky-and-hutch---dies-at-80|title=Actor David Soul, one-half of 'Starsky and Hutch,' dies at 80|website=spectrumnews1.com|date=January 5, 2024|access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Farewell (2009 film)|Farewell]]'' || Hutton, Ronald Reagan's adviser || || <ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/farewell|title=Farewell|date=July 23, 2010|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>
|- 
| 2013 || ''[[Filth (film)|Filth]]'' || Punter || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-soul-dead-starsky-and-hutch-actor-1235780159/|title=David Soul, 'Starsky and Hutch' Actor, Dies at 80|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=January 5, 2024|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|}

===Television===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! References
|-
| 1966 || ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' ||Gerhard - the Orderly || 1 episode: "My Master, the Weakling" || <ref name="auto"/>
|- 
| rowspan="2" | 1967 || ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' ||Ranger Dennis Blake || 1 episode || <ref name=":7"/>
|-
| ''[[Star Trek]]'' || Makora || Episode: "[[The Apple (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Apple]]" || rowspan="3" | <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 1968–1970 || ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'' || Joshua Bolt || 52 episodes 
|-
| 1971 || ''[[All in the Family]]'' || Szabo Daborda || 1 episode 
|-
| 1971–1974 || ''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]]'' || Pete, Doug, Ted Warrick || 7 episodes ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972 || ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' || Clifford Wade || 1 episode: "The Runner" || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/405070676/?terms=Clifford%20Wade%20David%20Soul&match=1|title=Today's TV Previews|newspaper=[[Dayton Daily News]]|date=September 17, 1972|access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' || Jim Martin || 1 episode: "Hall of Mirrors" || rowspan="2" | <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1973 || ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' || Sean Cadden, Udo Giesen || 2 episodes 
|-
| ''[[Ghost Story (TV series)|Circle of Fear]]'' || James Barlow || 1 episode: "The Phantom of Herald Square" || <ref>{{cite magazine|first=Will|last=Harris|title=The 21 best horror anthology series ever|date=October 19, 2023|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/tv/best-horror-anthology-series/|access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1974 || ''[[The Disappearance of Flight 412]]'' || Captain Roy Bishop || Television film || rowspan="6" | <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 1975–1979 || ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' || Detective Sergeant Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson || 92 episodes 
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Little Ladies of the Night]]'' || Lyle York || Television film 
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)|Salem's Lot]]'' || Ben Mears || Miniseries 
|-
| 1980 || ''Rage!'' || Cal Morrisey || Television film 
|-
| 1982 || ''[[World War III (miniseries)|World War III]]'' || Colonel Jake Caffey || Miniseries 
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Casablanca (1983 TV series)|Casablanca]]'' || Rick Blaine || 5 episodes || <ref name=":6">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zUl8DAAAQBAJ&dq=Casablanca+David+Soul&pg=PT134 | isbn=978-0-393-24313-0 | title=We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie | date=February 14, 2017 | publisher=W. W. Norton & Company }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/05/david-soul-starsky-hutch-dead/|title=David Soul, half of crime-fighting duo 'Starsky & Hutch,' dies at 80|date=January 5, 2024|access-date=January 11, 2024|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|last=Smith|first=Harrison}}</ref>
|-
| 1983–1984 || ''[[The Yellow Rose]]'' || Roy Champion || 22 episodes || rowspan="3" | <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 1985 || '' [[The Key to Rebecca#Film adaptation|The Key to Rebecca]]'' || Alex Wolff || rowspan="2" | Television film 
|-
| 1986 || ''[[The Fifth Missile]]'' || Capt. Kevin Harris 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988 || '' [[The Secret of the Sahara]]'' || Lieutenant Riker || 4 episodes || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_secret_of_the_sahara_2015|title=The Secret of the Sahara - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
|-
| '' [[In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders]]''|| Mike Lee Platt || Television film || <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989 || '' [[Unsub (TV series)|Unsub]]'' ||John Westley "Westy" Grayson || 8 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |title=Unsub (1989) |url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/unsub-1989 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''Prime Target'' || Peter Armetage || Television film || <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 1990 || ''[[The Young Riders]]'' || Jeremy Styles || "Gathering Clouds", 2 episodes || <ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-soul/credits/3000000446/|title=David Soul|website=[[TVGuide]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1991-1993 || ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' || Wes McCorley/Jordan Bartlett || 2 episodes || <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 2001-2002 || '' [[Holby City]]''|| Professor Alan Fletcher || 2 episodes || <ref name="auto" />
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Little Britain (TV series)|Little Britain]]''|| Himself 
|1 episode|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/david_soul/|title=David Soul|website=[[British Comedy Guide]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]]''|| Andrew Pennington || Episode "Death on the Nile" || rowspan="4" |<ref name="auto1" />
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]''|| Gus D'Amato || Episode: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#ep29|A Game of Soldiers]]" 
|-
|2005
|[[Jerry Springer: The Opera|''Jerry Springer: The Opera'']]
|[[Jerry Springer]]
|
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''|| Paul Yelland || 1 episode 
|}

==Discography==
===Albums===

==== Studio albums ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Details
![[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=280}}</ref>
![[Dutch Album Top 100|NL]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dutch Charts |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=david%20soul&cat=a|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>
![[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand charts portal|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=david+soul&cat=a|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Charts.nz}}</ref>
![[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=DAVID SOUL {{!}} full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15962/david-soul/|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>
![[Billboard 200|US]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=David Soul|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-soul/chart-history/tlp/|access-date=August 7, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
|-
|1976
|''[[David Soul (album)|David Soul]]''
|
* Released: November 1976
* Label: [[Private Stock Records|Private Stock]]
|8
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
|-
|1977
|''Playing to an Audience of One''
|
* Released: 1977
* Label: Private Stock
|30
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 86
|-
|1979
|''Band of Friends''
|
* Released: 1979
* Label: Energy
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" | 94
| style="text-align:center;" | 163
|-
|1982
|''The Best Days of My Life<ref>The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music - Page 879
 0306806401
Phil Hardy - 1995 In the eighties he recorded only intermittently (The Best Days of My Life, Energy, 1982) before giving up music to concentrate on his acting career.  ...</ref>''
|
* Released: 1982
* Label: Energy
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1997
|''Leave a Light On...''<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 515}}</ref>
|
* Released: 1997
* Label: Self-released
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|}

==== Compilation albums ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Details
![[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1979
|''Moods''
|
* Released: 1979
* Label: [[K-tel]]
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1990
|''The Best Of...''
|
* Released: 1990
* Label: Connoisseur Collection
* Europe release
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1993
|''The Magic Collection''
|
* Released: 1993
* Label: ARC
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1994
|''The Best Of''
|
* Released: March 1994
* Label: [[Demon Music Group|Music Club]]
* UK release of 1990 compilation
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|2008
|''Looking Back – The Very Best Of''
|
* Released: October 2008
* Label: Vibrant
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|2010
|''Don't Give Up on Us – The Very Best of David Soul''
|
* Released: November 29, 2010
* Label: [[Demon Music Group|Music Club Deluxe]]
| -
|-
|2020
|''Gold''
|
* Released: March 6, 2020
* Label: [[Demon Music Group|Crimson]]
|28
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Single
! colspan="12" |Chart Positions
|-
!<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><ref name=aus/>
!<small>[[Ultratop|BE (FLA)]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=david%20soul&cat=s|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=ultratop.be}}</ref>
!<small>[[Ultratop|BE (WA)]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=ULTRATOP BELGIAN (Wallonia) CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=david%20soul&cat=s|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=ultratop.be}}</ref>
!<small>[[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]</small>
!<small>[[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN AC]]</small>
!<small>[[Irish Charts|IRE]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Irishcharts.ie}}</ref>
!<small>[[Dutch Top 40|NL 40]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|last=Top 40|first=Stichting Nederlandse|title=David Soul|url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/david-soul|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Top40.nl|language=nl}}</ref>
!<small>[[Dutch Single Top 100|NL 100]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dutch Charts |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&cat2=s&search=david+soul|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>
!<small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand charts portal|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=david+soul&cat=s|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Charts.nz}}</ref>
!<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><ref name=":0" />
!<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=David Soul|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/david-soul/chart-history|access-date=August 7, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
!<small>[[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]</small><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=David Soul|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-soul/chart-history/asi/|access-date=August 7, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1966
|"The Covered Man" (promo; US-only release)
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|"Before" (US-only release)
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1967
|"No One's Gonna Cry (For You Baby)" (promo; US-only release)
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1970
|"The Train" (US-only release)
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1970
|"The Road Is Long" 
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
| style="text-align:center;" |  -
|-
|1976
|"[[Don't Give Up on Us (song)|Don't Give Up on Us]]"
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | 1<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=April 23, 1977|title=Image : RPM Weekly April 23, 1977|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5264a&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.5264a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5264a|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=April 30, 1977|title=Image : RPM Weekly April 30, 1977|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4362&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.4362.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4362|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
| rowspan="3" |1977
|"Going in with My Eyes Open"
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
| style="text-align:center;" | 58<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=June 25, 1977|title=Image : RPM Weekly June 25, 1977|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5254b&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.5254b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5254b|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 14<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=July 9, 1977|title=Image : RPM Weekly July 9, 1977|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5236&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.5236.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5236|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 70<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=November 19, 1977|title=Image : RPM Weekly November 19, 1977|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5435b&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.5435b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5435b|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 36<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=November 26, 1977|title=Image : RPM Weekly November 26, 1977|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5444&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.5444.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5444|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
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|"It Sure Brings Out the Love in Your Eyes"
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|"Fool for Love"
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|"I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" (U.K.and Netherlands-only release)
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|1982
|"How Can You Tell You Got It (If You Don't Ever Give It Away)" (UK-only release)
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|1985
|"Amoureus Sans Bagages" (with Claire Séverac; France and Italy-only release)
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|1988
|"Dream with Me" (with Claire Séverac; France and Italy-only release)
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|1995
|"Smoke with No Fire" (with Claire Séverac; France-only release) 
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==See also==
*[[List of one-hit wonders in the United States#1970s|List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0815800|name=David Soul}}
* {{discogs artist|David Soul}}

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