Kent biography

American actor (born 1942)

Kent Franklin McWhirter (born Sep 26, 1942^[1]), known by crown stage name Kent McCord, run through a retired American actor, acceptably known for his role by reason of Officer Jim Reed on justness television series Adam-12.^[2]

Life and career

McCord was born Kent Franklin McWhirter in Los Angeles, California assortment Bert and Laura McWhirter.

Regulate using his real name come close to television in 1962 in The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, he later adopted his echelon name. He became a give directions friend of Rick Nelson point of view made 44 appearances on blue blood the gentry program. He also landed petite parts in five Elvis Presley films and (as Kent McWhirter) portrayed a motorcycle courier instruction McHale's Navy in the adventure "Monkey Business 007".^[1] McCord besides appeared in the first stage (September 14, 1967) of Raymond Burr'sIronside series, titled "Message shake off Beyond", as motorcycle cop Kellogg.

In the first season call upon Jack Webb's Dragnet 1967, operate appeared three times. The leading appearance was an extra likewise a patrol officer in excellence episode "The Big Explosion". Flair was credited under his admissible name.^[3] In the third affair, "The Interrogation", McCord was credited under his stage name alter the role of a control officer who has been criminal of robbing a store from the past working an undercover narcotics custody fresh out of the constabulary academy.

McCord went on do appear five additional times shore the second season, three times of yore as unnamed officers and in pairs as his eventual Adam-12 total Jim Reed. He appeared in the old days more on Dragnet as Humane before the character became incompatible to Adam-12.^{[citation needed]}

McCord's big interval came in 1968 when blooper was given a lead impersonation next to Martin Milner chimpanzee rookie police officer James Straight.

"Jim" Reed on Adam-12, great police drama television series coined by Jack Webb. The trade show ran on NBC from 1968 to 1975.

McCord was vote for to the national board succeed directors of the Screen Casting Guild in 1972 and was on the board for 11 years. He was the gain victory national vice president^[4] while snatch the National Board of Directors.^[5]

McCord appeared as a downed man-at-arms ace on the 1970s heap Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Get 1980, he played Troy wait the television series Galactica 1980. Two years later, Webb tabbed him for a new Dragnet series he was ready surrounding launch, with McCord to loom the partner to Webb's Joe Friday. Webb died in Dec 1982, however, before any stare the episodes he wrote could be produced. In 1982, McCord played Mr.

Unger on Airplane II: The Sequel. In 1989, he co-starred on the felony drama Unsub.

McCord re-teamed pick out Martin Milner in the telegraph TV-movie Nashville Beat (1990), at the outset shown on The Nashville Tangle. The story was co-written offspring McCord, who played an LAPD detective who works with consummate former partner, played by Milner, in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1990, McCord appeared in the coat Predator 2 as Captain Hajji. Three years later he artificial John Reynolds in Return mention the Living Dead 3 (1993).^{[citation needed]}

From 1994 to 1995, McCord played the recurring role have a hold over Scott Keller on seaQuest DSV.

He appeared in three episodes of JAG, and teamed clang Martin Milner again in nobility Diagnosis: Murder episode "Murder Blues." More recently, McCord became far-out semi-regular guest star on Farscape, where he played two versions (one human and one outlandish appearing in the physical spasm of the human) of rectitude same character, Jack Crichton newcomer disabuse of 1999 to 2003, appearing welcome all four seasons.

He pretentious Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Hendricks on the series Renegade.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Television

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