Knight Rider (1982)


Knight Rider
Release Date26 September 1982
GenreAction, Crime, Sci-Fi
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBacklot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeSeries
Film ClassCrime Thriller, Action Thriller
MoodAdrenaline Rush
TonesFlashy, Stylized, Slick
TagsCar, Millionaire, Police Officer

Knight Rider is an American television series that originally ran from September 26, 1982, to August 8, 1986. The series was broadcast on NBC and starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a high-tech modern-day knight fighting crime with the help of an advanced, artificially intelligent and nearly-indestructible car.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Michael Knight

Devon Miles

K.I.T.T.

Narrator - Opening Titles 

Bonnie Barstow

April Curtis

Peter Parros
'RC3' Reginald Cornelius III

Harold 'Hal' Frizzell
Cab Driver 

Dugan 

Adrianne Margeaux

Stephanie 'Stevie' March

Jack Starrett
Hagen 

Alex Kubik
Luger 

Bruce Neckels
Federal Agent 

Michael Masters
Cabby 

Deborah Ludwig Davis
Singer

Ramon Bieri
'Acid' John Byrock 

Jennifer Shell 

Micki Bradburn 

John Considine
Boyd LaSalle 

Jeff Barnes 

General Duncton 

Joe La Due
Hannigan 

Christopher Stone 

Mac Thomas 

Gilbert Cole 

Riggins 

Cindy Mattheson 

Police Lt. Dickerson 

Edward Grant 

Allen Williams
Jack 

Liberty Cox 

George Murdock
Archibald 

Sam Vlahos
Alfredo Diaz 

Lenore Kasdorf
Karen Bennett 

Cameron Zachary 

Barnswell 

Connie Chasen 

Robert O'Reilly
Jake Simpson 

Dr. Klaus Bergstrom 

Officer Rex Saunders 

Edgar 

Nicholas Worth
Hower 

Victoria Bass
Christine Brooks 

Tim Rossovich
Bloodworth 

Kai Wulff
Helmut Gras 

Claudia Torrell 

Jason Keller 

Danton 

Michael Champion
Monk 

Car Buyer 

René Assa
Miller 

Cliff Carnell
Joey Rome 

Gary McMillan
Driver 

Bill Cross
Conrad Morris 

Fred Lerner
Ray 

Gino 

Erika 

Lon 

Shawn Southwick
Lonnie 

Ivan Naranjo
Chief Car Salesman 

Paul Tuerpe
Fletcher 

June Christopher
Kim, the Bartender 

Chuck Lindsley
Guard 

Jimmy Murphy
O'Malley 

Brian Cutler
Bar Manager 

Fitz Houston
Assembly Speaker 

Arell Blanton
D.D. 

Dominick Brascia
Harry 

Louie Elias
Chuck 

Tom Gilleran
Arthur Abrams 

Chauffeur 

Michael Horsley
Guard 

William Harlow
Man 

Luis Contreras
Coyote 

David S. Cass Sr.
Alex Webster 

Dick Durock
Brown 

Highway Patrolman 

Steven Ameche
Musician 

Director

Georg Fenady

Winrich Kolbe

Sidney Hayers

Bernard L. Kowalski

Harvey S. Laidman

Bernard McEveety

Bob Bralver

Charles Bail

Alan Myerson

Gil Bettman

Daniel Haller

Paul Stanley

Charles Watson Sanford

Writer

Glen A. Larson

Robert Foster

Janis Hendler

Rob Gilmer

Gregory S. Dinallo

Tom Greene

Richard C. Okie

William Schmidt

Gerald Sanford

Burton Armus

Deborah Dean Davis

David Braff

E. Nick Alexander

E. Paul Edwards

John Alan Schwartz

Jackson Gillis

Virginia Aldridge

Stephen Katz

William Elliott

Producer

Glen A. Larson
executive producer

Robert Foster
executive producer

Gino Grimaldi
producer / co-producer 

Robert Ewing
coordinating producer / associate producer

Tom Greene
producer / co-producer

Ronald Martinez
associate producer

Bernadette Joyce
associate producer

Bruce Golin
associate producer

Joel Rogosin
supervising producer

Burton Armus
supervising producer / producer

Rob Gilmer
co-producer

Gregory S. Dinallo
co-producer

Bruce Lansbury
supervising producer

Gilbert Bettman Jr.
associate producer

Gerald Sanford
producer

Robert A. Cinader
co-executive producer

Hannah Louise Shearer
producer

George E. Crosby
associate producer

Stephen Downing
co-producer

Mark Jones
co-producer

James M. Miller
producer

Original Music

Don Peake

William Broughton

Cinematographer

H. John Penner

Editor

Lawrence J. Gleason

Lawrence J. Vallario

Domenic Dimascio

Grant Hoag

Stanley Wohlberg

Beryl Gelfond

Edward Nassour

Howard B. Anderson

William Martin

Dayle Mustain

Edwin F. England

Ron Rutberg

Casting Director

April Webster

Joe Reich

Donna Dockstader

Ron Stephenson

Art Director

Russell J. Smith

Frank Grieco Jr.

Louis Montejano

Seymour Klate

Set Decorator

Lynn Smart

Costume Designer

George Whittaker

Richard Hopper

Jean-Pierre Dorléac

Makeup Department

Allen Payne
hair stylist / makeup artist

Jeremy Swan
makeup artist

Production Manager

Ronald Martinez
unit production manager

Frank Crawford
unit production manager

Zane Radney
unit production manager

Edward D. Markley
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bruce Humphrey
second assistant director

Robert Villar
first assistant director

second unit director

Louis Race
first assistant director

Bob Bralver
second unit director

Don Wilkerson
second assistant director

Charles Watson Sanford Jr.
first assistant director

Richard Coad
second assistant director

Fred Miller
first assistant director

Phil Bowles
first assistant director

Ronald Martinez
first assistant director

Barry K. Thomas
dga trainee

Art Department

James Passanante
paint foreman

Glenn Forbes
assistant property master

Ed Keyes
property master: second unit

George Tuers
property master

Sound Department

John Shouse
sound editor / sound effects editor

Pat Somerset
sound

Walt Jenevein
sound effects editor

Stan Gordon
sound

John R. McDonald
sound

Sam Gemette
sound effects editor / sound recordist

Barney Cabral
adr editor

Special Effects

Scott Forbes
special effects technician

Wayne Rose
special effects

Larry Fioritto
special effects coordinator

George Zamora
pyrotechnician

Visual Effects

visual effects

Jim Michaels
visual effects producer

Stunts

stunt coordinator / co-stunt coordinator 

Andy Gill
stunts

Bob Bralver
stunt coordinator

Marian Green
stunts / stunt double

Charlie Picerni
stunts / stunt coordinator

Dean Raphael Ferrandini
stunts

Richard Epper
motorcycle stunts / stunts

stunt performer

Jerry Summers
stunt coordinator

Kenny Bates
stunts

Jean Coulter
stunts

Tom Elliott
stunts

Jon H. Epstein
stunts

Harold 'Hal' Frizzell
stunts

stunt driver

Terry James
stunt double: David Hasselhoff

Hubie Kerns Jr.
stunts

Lane Leavitt
stunts

Eric M. Miller
utility stunts

Sherry Peterson
stunts

Pat Romano
stunts

Michael M. Vendrell
stunts

James Winburn
stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

Calvin Maehl
gaffer

Owen Marsh
camera operator

Stan McClain
camera operator: aerial unit

Mike Chevalier
camera operator: second unit

Randall Robinson
first assistant camera: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Barry Downing
costume supervisor

Karen Braverman-Ohrberg
costume supervisor / costumer

Judie C. Champion
costume supervisor

Don Snyder
costume supervisor

Gilbert Loe
costume supervisor

Nancy McArdle
costume supervisor

Gregory B. Peña
co-costume supervisor / set costumer 

Editorial Department

Steve Johnson
colorist

Music Department

Glen A. Larson
composer: theme music / composer: main theme

composer: theme music / composer: main theme

Richard Lapham
music editor

Jerry Cohen
music editor

William Broughton
orchestrator

Bradley Carow
assistant music editor

Carl Cedar
orchestrator

Udi Harpaz
orchestrator

Ralph Kessler
orchestrator

Kim Richmond
orchestrator

Nathan Scott
orchestrator

Jack Smalley
orchestrator

Transportation Department

Alan Kaminsky
driver

Chris Haynes
production driver

Frank Khoury
driver

Other Crew

Winnie Rich
script supervisor

Joyce Heftel
script supervisor: second unit

Richard C. Okie
executive story consultant / story editor

Michael Eric Stein
story editor

Janis Hendler
executive script consultant

David Braff
story editor / executive script consultant

William Schmidt
story editor

Gregory S. Dinallo
executive script consultant

Larry Mollin
executive story consultant

Robert Sherman
executive story consultant

Tom Lazarus
story editor

David Carren
story editor

Gerald Sanford
executive story consultant

George Barris
car designer

Thanks

Robert A. Cinader
in loving memory

Marcel Rafael Marcelino
dedicated to the memory of

Production Company

Glen A. Larson Productions
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Universal TV
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Distributor

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Bravo Television

CIC Victor Video

Independent Television (ITV)
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MCA/Universal Pictures
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RTL

Studios USA Television
-

TV Asahi

Tros Televisie

Universal Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures Benelux
,

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

Universal Studios Home Video

Universal TV
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V8

Miscellaneous

Universal Title
optical effects






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