David Soul Biography

Fast Facts

• Spent part of his childhood in post-war Berlin, where his minister father worked for Lutheran World Relief
• Was offered a contract by the Chicago White Sox to play professional baseball when he was 19
• First appeared on television on The Merv Griffin Show as "The Covered Man," singing while wearing a mask
• Had a No
• 1 hit single in the United Kingdom in 1976 with Don't Give Up on Us
• Released his fifth album of original songs, Leave a Light On, in 1997, 17 years after his previous release, 1980's The Best Days of My Life
• Became a British citizen in 2004