Kent McCord

Infobox actor
name = Kent McCord

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Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the the television series, Adam-12.

Biography

McCord was born Kent Franklin McWhirter in Los Angeles, California. Using the stage name Kent McCord, he first appeared on television in 1962 as a guest on "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet". He became a close friend of Ricky Nelson and made several more appearances on the show over the next few years, as well as landing small parts in three Elvis Presley films. After working in a variety of secondary roles, he got his big break in 1968 when he was given a lead role next to Martin Milner as rookie LAPD police officer James A. "Jim" Reed on "Adam-12", a police drama television series created by Jack Webb. The popular show ran on NBC from 1968 to 1975 and made McCord a household name. In Jack Webb's show "Dragnet 1967" "he made guest appearances being billed under the name "Kent McWhirter" as well as "Kent McCord".

In 1972, McCord was elected to the National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild and served on the Board for eleven years. He is currently 1st National Vice President [ [http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/application;JSESSIONID_sagWebApp=F7bdKCwzprH7mFsJdgdvQj47Nq4nhVrBP1D3gXgrJLQ4BwrQh0RD!-221297128!NONE?origin=inside_sag.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=Inside+SAG&contentTitle=National+Vice+Presidents&contentUrl=/Content/Public/InsideSAG_sagvps.htm&idx=1/ Screen Actors Guild National Vice Presidents] ] and serves on the National Board of Directors [ [http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/application?origin=inside_sag.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=Inside+SAG&contentTitle=National+Board+of+Directors&contentUrl=/Content/Public/InsideSAG_NationalBoardofDirectors.htm&idx=0/ Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors] ] as well.

In 1980, McCord played the lead character Troy on the short-lived series "Galactica 1980". He was then pegged to play Jack Webb's partner in another revival of "Dragnet", but the project ended with Webb's death in 1982. In 1983, McCord had a role as Dave Unger, a navigator on the "Lunar Shuttle" in that year's big summer comedy , McCord's only known comedy role. McCord re-teamed with Martin Milner, his co-star in "Adam-12", in the cable tv-movie, Nashville Beat (1990), originally shown on the now defunct The Nashville Network. In this story that Kent McCord partially wrote, McCord played an LAPD detective who teams up with his old partner, Martin Milner, in Nashville. From 1994 through 1995, McCord played the recurring role of Scott Keller on "seaQuest DSV", and in 1999 he was introduced to a new generation of fans as a semi-regular guest star on the science fiction television cult hit, "Farscape". He played two versions (one human and one alien appearing in the physical form of the human) of the same character, Jack Crichton.

In 2003, he ran for President of the Screen Actors Guild but lost to Melissa Gilbert by a margin of 42% to her 50%.

References

External links

* [http://kentmccord.com McCord's Official Web Site]
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Persondata
NAME= McCord, Kent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= McWhirter, Kent Franklin
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= September 26, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH= Los Angeles, California
DATE OF DEATH=
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