Question: Greetings! Pandy (from your Jan. 31 column) is just very confused. She's actually thinking of the show Cover Up, which initially starred Jon-Erik Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill as spies who masqueraded as a model and a photographer, respectively. The Terence Knox confusion is coming from Knox-like Anthony Hamilton, who took over the male lead after Hexum accidentally killed himself on set. The theme was indeed by Bonnie Tyler, but it was "Holding Out for a Hero," also on the Footloose soundtrack. Thanks.Answer: No, no — thank you, Troy, and all the others who wrote in to help clear up the confusion. As I
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Question: Terence Knox played in a series before Tour of Duty. What was that series? Its like a spy and rescue series. I think the female may been Susan St. James. The theme song was "Looking for a Hero," sung by Bonnie Tyler.Answer: I'm not able to make all the details match, Pandy (the timing, the costar, Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero," etc.), but it sounds like you may be talking about Rescue 77. And if you aren't, my crack readership will spank me and steer me in the right direction, and I'll update you in a later column.
Knox (St. Elsewhere) play Dr. Griffith in the contemporary version of the hit '70s series
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