Starsky & Hutch film and a video game. The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser), the dark-haired, Brooklyn transplant and U.S. Army veteran, with a street-wise manner and intense, sometimes childlike moodiness; and Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson (David Soul), the divorced, blond, Duluth, Minnesota, native with a more reserved and intellectual approach. Under the radio call sign "Zebra Three", they were known for usually tearing around the streets of fictional Bay City, California. The vehicle of choice was Starsky's two-door Ford Gran Torino, which was bright red, with a large white vector stripe on both
Raymond Allen (television actor) Raymond Allen (television actor) Raymond Gilmore Allen (born March 5, 1929) is an American actor. He is best known for his appearances on television during the 1970s. He had recurring roles as Ned the Wino on "Good Times", as Aunt Esther's husband, Woodrow "Woody" Anderson on the NBC sitcom series "Sanford and Son", and as mechanic Merle the Earl on "Starsky and Hutch". He reprised his role as Uncle Woody Anderson in the "Sanford and Son" spin-off, "The Sanford Arms". Allen also made guest appearances on "The Jeffersons", "What's Happening!!", "The Love Boat" and the film "Wattstax". Allen has not