# Kent McCord

Kent Franklin McWhirter (born September 26, 1942), known by his stage name Kent McCord, is a retired American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the television series Adam-12.

## Life and career

McCord was born Kent Franklin McWhirter in Los Angeles, California to Bert and Laura McWhirter. First using his real name on television in 1962 in The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, he later adopted his stage name. He became a close friend of Rick Nelson and made 44 appearances on the program. He also landed small parts in five Elvis Presley films and (as Kent McWhirter) portrayed a motorcycle courier in McHale's Navy in the episode "Monkey Business 007". McCord also appeared in the first episode (September 14, 1967) of Raymond Burr's Ironside series, titled "Message from Beyond", as motorcycle cop Kellogg.
In the first season of Jack Webb's Dragnet 1967, he appeared three times. The first appearance was an extra as a patrol officer in the episode "The Big Explosion". He was credited under his legal name. In the third episode, "The Interrogation", McCord was credited under his stage name in the role of a police officer who has been accused of robbing a store while working an undercover narcotics detail fresh out of the police academy. McCord went on to appear five additional times in the second season, three times as unnamed officers and twice as his eventual Adam-12 character Jim Reed. He appeared once more on Dragnet as Reed before the character became exclusive to Adam-12.
McCord's big break came in 1968 when he was given a lead role next to Martin Milner as rookie police officer James A. "Jim" Reed on Adam-12, a police drama television series created by Jack Webb. The show ran on NBC from 1968 to 1975.
McCord was elected to the national board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild in 1972 and was on the board for 11 years. He was the first national vice president while on the National Board of Directors.
McCord appeared as a downed fighter ace on the 1970s series Baa Baa Black Sheep. In 1980, he played Troy on the television series Galactica 1980. Two years later, Webb tabbed him for a new Dragnet series he was ready to launch, with McCord to play the partner to Webb's Joe Friday. Webb died in December 1982, however, before any of the episodes he wrote could be produced. In 1982, McCord played Mr. Unger on Airplane II: The Sequel. In 1989, he co-starred on the crime drama Unsub.
McCord re-teamed with Martin Milner in the cable TV-movie Nashville Beat (1990), originally shown on The Nashville Network. The story was co-written by McCord, who played an LAPD detective who works with his former partner, played by Milner, in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1990, McCord appeared in the film Predator 2 as Captain Pilgrim. Three years later he played John Reynolds in Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993).
From 1994 to 1995, McCord played the recurring role of Scott Keller on seaQuest DSV. He appeared in three episodes of JAG, and teamed with Martin Milner again in the Diagnosis: Murder episode "Murder Blues." More recently, McCord became a semi-regular guest star on Farscape, where he played two versions (one human and one alien appearing in the physical form of the human) of the same character, Jack Crichton from 1999 to 2003, appearing in all four seasons. He played Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Hendricks on the series Renegade.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Presidential Aide | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Kissin' Cousins | Extra | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Viva Las Vegas | Casino Patron | Uncredited |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily | Soldier | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Roustabout | Carnival Worker | Uncredited |
| 1964 | The Disorderly Orderly | Hospital Intern in Pre-Credits Sequence | Uncredited |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Football Player | Uncredited |
| 1965 | Girl Happy | | Uncredited |
| 1965 | Billie | Student in Bleachers | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The War Lord | Extra | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Frankie and Johnny | Man in audience | Uncredited |
| 1967 | The Young Warriors | Lieutenant | |
| 1967 | The Outsider | Officer Dutton | |
| 1968 | Jigsaw | | |
| 1968 | Shadow Over Elveron | Jessie's Boyfriend (as Kent McWhirter) | |
| 1968 | Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? | | |
| 1969 | Dragnet 1966 | Brewster – Desk Clerk (uncredited) | |
| 1970 | Breakout | Hunter | |
| 1973 | Beg, Borrow ... or Steal | Lester Yates | |
| 1977 | Telethon | Tom Galvin | |
| 1977 | Pine Canyon Is Burning | Capt. William Stone, patrol 99 | |
| 1979 | Heaven Only Knows | | |
| 1980 | Conquest of the Earth | Capt. Troy (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Unger | |
| 1989 | Nashville Beat | Lieutenant Mike Delaney | |
| 1990 | Predator 2 | Captain Brent Pilgrim | |
| 1991 | Out for Justice | Jack | |
| 1992 | Illicit Behavior | Dr. Halperin | |
| 1993 | Return of the Living Dead Part III | Colonel John Reynolds | |
| 1994 | Accidental Meeting | Jack Parris | |
| 1995 | With Criminal Intent | | |
| 1997 | Doomsday Rock | | |
| 2000 | Woman's Story | Buckley Warner | |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | | |
| 2002 | Run Ronnie Run! | Rescue Show Announcer | |
| 2005 | Tides of War | Vice Admiral Sommerville | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1961–1965 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Kent | |
| 1966 | McHale's Navy | The Courier (as Kent McWhirter) | Episode: Secret Chimp 007 |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Cousin Fred (as Kent McWhirter) | Episode: Bitter Blossom O'Brian |
| 1966 | The Virginian (TV series) | Hotel Clerk (as Kent McWhirter) | Episode: A Bald-Faced Boy |
| 1966–1967 | Run for Your Life | Mike Ramsey | 2 episodes |
| 1967 | Ironside (1967 TV series) | Patrolman Kellogg | Episode: Message from Beyond |
| 1967 | Dragnet (1967 TV series) | Officer (as Kent McWhirter) | 3 episodes |
| 1968 | The Outsider (TV Series) | Bill Elison | Episode: The Land of the Fox |
| 1968–1975 | Adam-12 | Officer James A. "Jim" Reed | 174 episodes |
| 1970 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | self | Episode: September 28, 1970 |
| 1970 | The Merv Griffin Show | self | Episode: December 23, 1970 |
| 1971 | The D.A. (1971 TV series) | Officer James A. "Jim" Reed | Episode: The People vs. Saydo |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Officer James A. "Jim" Reed | Episode: The Wedsworth-Townsend Act |
| 1972 | The Merv Griffin Show | self | Episode: October 18, 1972 |
| 1972–1973 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | | 3 episodes |
| 1976 | Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series) | Captain Charles W. Dobson | Episode: Presumed Dead |
| 1980 | Galactica 1980 | Captain Troy | 10 episodes |
| 1980 | The Love Boat | Howard Samuels | Episode: The Captain's Ne'er-Do-Well Brother/The Perfect Match/The Remake |
| 1981 | An Ozzie and Harriet Christmas | Self | TV special on KTLA in Los Angeles |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | Martin | Episode: Incident at Sam September |
| 1988 | The Highwayman (TV series) | | Episode: Road Lord |
| 1988 | 21 Jump Street | Tom Hanson Sr. | Episode: Chapel of Love |
| 1989 | Monsters (American TV series) | Tom Solo | Episode: Rain Dance |
| 1989 | UNSUB (TV series) | Alan McWhirter | 8 episodes |
| 1990 | MacGyver (1985 TV series) | Novis Riley | Episode: Squeeze Play |
| 1991 | Murder, She Wrote | George Harris | Episode: The Taxman Cometh |
| 1992–1997 | Renegade (TV series) | Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Hendricks | |
| 1993–1996 | SeaQuest DSV | Commander Scott Keller | 4 episodes |
| 1996–1998 | Silk Stalkings | D.A. Craig Alexander | 5 episodes |
| 1997 | Diagnosis: Murder | Detective Tony Stang | Episode: "Murder Blues" |
| 1997 | Dark Skies | Dick Loengard | Episode: The Enemy Within |
| 1997 | Pacific Blue (TV series) | Brolin Jorgenson | Episode: Ties That Bind |
| 1997 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Anthony Ropa (uncredited) | Episode: A Penny Saved |
| 1998 | JAG (TV series) | Rear Admiral Paul Whelan | Episode: With Intent to Die |
| 1999–2003 | Farscape | IASA Colonel John Robert "Jack" Crichton - "Jack" the Ancient | 7 episodes – 4 episodes |
| 2000 | JAG (TV series) | Capt. Henry Delario | Episode: Drop Zone |
| 2000 | Hollywood Squares | self | Episode: February 25, 2004 |