David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American and 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. Soul also had moderate success as a film actor when he portrayed Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973.
During his career he also found success as a singer, achieving a number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Don't Give Up on Us," which also peaked at number one in the UK and Canada. Soul achieved a further four top 10 entries and an additional number one single on the UK Singles Chart with "Silver Lady." In the 1990s he moved to the United Kingdom and found renewed success on the West End stage. He also made cameo appearances in British TV shows, including Little Britain, Holby City, and Lewis.
Soul was a three-pack-a-day cigarette smoker for fifty years. Although he had stopped smoking ten years prior to his death, he was seriously affected by COPD and had also had a lung removed due to cancer. Soul died in a London hospital, surrounded by his family, on January 4, 2024, at the age of 80.
Glynis Margaret Payne Johns
(October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024) was a British actress. In a career
spanning seven decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60
films and 30 plays. She received various accolades throughout her career,
including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for an
Academy Award (The Sundowners), a Golden Globe Award (The Chapman Report), and
a Laurence Olivier Award. She was one of the last surviving major stars from
the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema.
Johns was born in Pretoria, South Africa, the daughter of Welsh actor Mervyn
Johns. She appeared on stage from a young age and was typecast as a stage
dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in
South Riding (1938). She rose to prominence
in the 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film 49th Parallel
(1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting,
and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and Third Time Lucky (1949). Following No
Highway in the Sky (1951), a joint British-American production, Johns took on
increasingly more roles in the United States and elsewhere. She made her
television and Broadway debuts in 1952 and took on starring roles in such
films as The Sword and the Rose (1953), The Weak and the Wicked (1954), Mad
About Men (1954), The Court Jester (1955), The Sundowners (1960), The Cabinet
of Caligari (1962), The Chapman Report (1962), and Under Milk Wood (1972). On
television, she starred in her own sitcom Glynis (1963).
Renowned for the breathy quality of her husky voice, Johns sang songs
written specifically for her both on screen and stage, most notably
"Sister Suffragette," written by the Sherman Brothers for
Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), in which
she played Winifred Banks and for which she received a Laurel Award, and
"Send In the Clowns," composed by Stephen Sondheim for Broadway's A Little
Night Music (1973), in which she originated the role of Desiree Armfeldt
and for which she received a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
Johns was predeceased by all four of her husbands. The first to die was
her third husband, Cecil Henderson, in 1978, followed by her fourth
husband, Elliott Arnold, in 1980, her first husband, Anthony Forwood, in
1988, and her second husband, David Foster, in 2010. Her son, Gareth
Forwood, died in 2007 from a heart attack during cancer treatment.
With the death of Olivia de Havilland in 2020, Johns became the oldest
living Academy Award nominee in any acting category. In 2021, with the
death of Betty White, she became the oldest living Disney Legend.
Johns retired to the US, where she later resided at the Belmont Village
Hollywood Heights, a senior living community, located near the Hollywood
Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
Johns died in Los Angeles at an assisted living home, on January 4, 2024,
at age 100 from natural causes.
Glynis Margaret Payne Johns
(October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024) was a British actress. In a career
spanning seven decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60
films and 30 plays. She received various accolades throughout her career,
including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for an
Academy Award (The Sundowners), a Golden Globe Award (The Chapman Report), and
a Laurence Olivier Award. She was one of the last surviving major stars from
the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema.
Johns was born in Pretoria, South Africa, the daughter of Welsh actor Mervyn
Johns. She appeared on stage from a young age and was typecast as a stage
dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in
South Riding (1938). She rose to prominence
in the 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film 49th Parallel
(1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting,
and starring roles in Miranda (1948) and Third Time Lucky (1949). Following No
Highway in the Sky (1951), a joint British-American production, Johns took on
increasingly more roles in the United States and elsewhere. She made her
television and Broadway debuts in 1952 and took on starring roles in such
films as The Sword and the Rose (1953), The Weak and the Wicked (1954), Mad
About Men (1954), The Court Jester (1955), The Sundowners (1960), The Cabinet
of Caligari (1962), The Chapman Report (1962), and Under Milk Wood (1972). On
television, she starred in her own sitcom Glynis (1963).
Renowned for the breathy quality of her husky voice, Johns sang songs
written specifically for her both on screen and stage, most notably
"Sister Suffragette," written by the Sherman Brothers for
Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), in which
she played Winifred Banks and for which she received a Laurel Award, and
"Send In the Clowns," composed by Stephen Sondheim for Broadway's A Little
Night Music (1973), in which she originated the role of Desiree Armfeldt
and for which she received a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
Johns was predeceased by all four of her husbands. The first to die was
her third husband, Cecil Henderson, in 1978, followed by her fourth
husband, Elliott Arnold, in 1980, her first husband, Anthony Forwood, in
1988, and her second husband, David Foster, in 2010. Her son, Gareth
Forwood, died in 2007 from a heart attack during cancer treatment.
With the death of Olivia de Havilland in 2020, Johns became the oldest
living Academy Award nominee in any acting category. In 2021, with the
death of Betty White, she became the oldest living Disney Legend.
Johns retired to the US, where she later resided at the Belmont Village
Hollywood Heights, a senior living community, located near the Hollywood
Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
Johns died in Los Angeles at an assisted living home, on January 4, 2024,
at age 100 from natural causes.
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