David Soul, who starred as Detective Kenneth `Hutch` Hutchinson in the popular American TV series `Starsky & Hutch`, which ran from 1975 to 1979, died on Thursday, his wife Helen Snell informed BBC. He was 80, reports `Variety`. In addition to `Starsky & Hutch`, Soul starred in the Western series `Here Come the Brides` and movies such as `Magnum Force`, `Salem`s Lot` and more. Soul moved to the UK in the 1990s and obtained British citizenship in 2004.

In 1971, `Variety` notes, Soul made his film debut in `Johnny Got His Gun` and he appeared opposite Clint Eastwood in `Magnum Force` (1972), one of the seasoned actor`s Dirty Harry movies. Soul was also a singer and released several albums in the 1970s and `80s, including the No. 1 single `Don`t Give Up on Us`.