People Magazine 1983 Article

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talking automobile certainly is nothing to strip one's gears about in a medium that already has witnessed twitching witches, favorite Martians and the likes of Mork from Ork. But NBC's Knight Rider, a sort of kindergarten crossbreed of My Mother the Car and Moonraker, may be the first TV show in which one-and-a-half-ton-steel-and-rubber prop has evinced more charisma than its flesh-and-blood star. Indeed, at the beginning of the action-escapist show, David Hasselhoff, 30, who plays the supercar's driver and resident Lone Ranger-in-Levi's, was pulling in less fan mail then his computerized, indistructible crime-fighting Pontiac-Trans Am(whose voice is provided by William Danies, of NBC's St. Elsewhere) Since then Hasselhoff's role has been souped up a bit, and the stone-faced star now outdraws his metallic steed in letters by three to one. Moreover, Hasselhoff recently won the People's Choice Award for favorite male performer in a new television program. Hasselhoff admits that playing second fiddle has its problems. "Once at an LA airport," he recalls "this women ran up to me and hugged me and turned to her husband and said, "I've been watching him on TV, isn't he gorgeous?" The husband snarled, "you're nothing without that car." I got angry and asked him, "Why don't you ask for the car's autograph?" I'm too sensitive---it's something I have to get over.</div> <div>                  David certainly never encountered such problems during his sex years as hearthrob "Snapper" Foster on the CBS Soap T<I>he Young and the Restless</I>. When he resigned from serial last year, he had "only" $30,000 in the bank and "didn't know where I was going, but I knew I had to leave." His worries were quickly allieviated by Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC Entertainment, who invited him to try out for Knight Rider(Hasselhoff's first prime time series, 1980's Semi-Tough, expired after four episodes).</div> <div>                 The screen test was a near disaster. Hasselhoff climbed into the Pontiac Trans Am and "couldn't remember one line. I asked for five minutes to get it together, went backstage and shouted at myself, 'You are the Knight Rider!' I walked back in and did the scened dead on." He won the part. "I was so excited I literally screamed for joy," recalls Hasselhoff who now rakes in more than $15,000 a week compared to $5,400 during his soap opera days. The new series has also paid off for Hasselhoff's new live in girlfriend. Catherine Hickland,  27, a 5ft 5 in green eyed blonde who played the young romantic Courtney Marshall in the 1980-1982 soap opera Texas. Hickland recently created a storyline in a Knight Rider episode called "Whitebird" and she and David became engaged the day the episode wrapped.(She now sports a diamond and a half carat engagement ring she calles "Gibraitor in a setting."</div> <div>                 Hasselhoff and Hickland met at the 1983 Daytime Emmy Awards in New York. "He begged me for a date and I said no. I am generally not attraced to 6ft 4in men who look like Ken dolls" sasses Catherine. "They're too much trouble with their egos." He went back to LA and called me every other night screaming, "I'm in love with you," but I kept saying, 'No No No.' Then in September I came to LA on a business trip. We went out together and we have been together ever since." A member of a non-denominational church called the hiding place(Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac recently married a church member). Catherine wears a small gold "Try God" pendent and carries her bible everywhere. "I don't think David's too crazy about it," she says though Hasslehoff, a lapsed Catholic, confides, "It doesn't faze me.</div> <div>                 Born in Baltimore, son of a brinks executive and a "housewife and stage mother," Hasselhoff started acting in school at age 7, had leading roles in High School productions, and worked Dinner theartes in Chicago before arriving in LA. He broke into soap operas after a top agent, the late Joyce Sezinak discovered him in 1975 when he was a waiter. </div> <div>                  His mere wealth has enabled Hasselhoff and Hickland to bid on a $450,000 four bedroom home on Mullholand Drive complete with requisite swimming pool, and a peromaic view of LA.  Until negotiations are complete, they will share David's messy one-bedroom home in the Hollywood hills with two cats and three parrots. </div> <div>                  Off the Knight Rider set, he spends his time making appearences for NBC and Pontiac and visiting terminally ill and handicapped children("because I am Michael Knight, I can make kids smile," he explains.") He is one of the founders and owners of the Self Toy Company which as marketed 500,000 "rag balls" at $3.95 each.(it acts like a hardball but does not hurt if it hits you). Hasselhoff admits to somewhat being hurt by jokes about his show and his acting ability(The Washington Post called him a "zero" in one review) but he knows its all part of the trade. "I think what Catherine likes best about me is my sense of humor," he says. If you lose that in this town, you might as well not go on.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="71cee8e0.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="398" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="71e7c8d0.jpg" border=0 width="380" height="397" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>David and Catherine on top of their his-and her 1983 Trans Am, which Pontiac gave him for making four personal appearence for their company. He also gave one Pontiac to his parents.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>