He started out on the David Hasselhoff series as a stuntman and technical adviser and stuck around for 10 seasons.
as one of action show’s most popular characters, has died after his long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 67.
As Newmie, he appeared on 109 episodes from 1989-2000 during the show’s first 10 seasons — the first one on NBC, the next nine in syndication — and only David Hasselhoff and Jeremy Jackson were on more.He then went back to being a full-time firefighter for L.A. County — during the run of the show, he never actually left his job.
He graduated from Palisades Charter High School, starred on the swim teams at Santa Monica City College and UC Santa Barbara and worked as a lifeguard for more than two decades beforeHometown Santa Monica He and Hasselhoff left the series after the 10th season that was set in Hawaii; the show lasted just one more season.
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