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On October 14, 2000, Kent and Martin Milner received The Jack Webb Award given by the LA Police Historical Society for their support of the LAPD and the community it serves. | On October 14, 2000, Kent and Martin Milner received The Jack Webb Award given by the LA Police Historical Society for their support of the LAPD and the community it serves. | ||
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Kent McCord played the role of Troy on Galactica 1980
Biography
Kent Franklin McWhirter was born on September 26, 1942 at Los Angeles, California, and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley town of Baldwin Park, California.
He attended Citrus Junior College and then accepted a football scholarship to the University of Utah in 1962. While there, Kent began a friendship with the popular singer Ricky Nelson that quickly led to his first acting job on TV series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. At first a background player, Kent soon became a regular on the show.
On July 14, 1962 Kent married his high school sweetheart, Cynthia Lee Doty.
While working on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Kent was asked to screen test at Universal Studios for a long term contract. While waiting for the studio to sign him, he continued working on other shows including several of Elvis Presley’s films, Viva Las Vegas, Girl Happy, Kissin’ Cousins, and Roustabout.
In November of 1965, Universal put Kent under contract and immediately sent him to work. He appeared in shows such as McHale’s Navy and The Virginian.
During this time, Kent made several appearances on Jack Webb’s Dragnet. It was his appearances on Dragnet that led Bob Cinader and Jack Webb, the producers, to cast Kent as one the stars in their brand new series: Adam-12.
With partner Martin Milner, Kent helped propel Adam-12 to the top of the ratings and into television history. Adam-12 aired from 1968-1975, and produced 174 episodes that continue to air today.
After Adam-12, Kent starred with Barry Van Dyke in the ABC series Galactica 1980, and in the 1989 NBC series UNSUB. More recently he has appeared in recurring roles in the NBC series Seaquest DSV, and the USA Networks Renegade, Silk Stalkings, and Pacific Blue, as well asthe SCI-FI Channels Farscape and the hit CBS series Jag.
On October 14, 2000, Kent and Martin Milner received The Jack Webb Award given by the LA Police Historical Society for their support of the LAPD and the community it serves.
(Source: http://www.kentmccord.com)