Michael avoided violence whenever possible and generally refrained from using firearms (although in several episodes he is seen with a. Michael was selected for his high level of self-defense training, intelligence, law enforcement experience, and his ability and preference to work alone without assistance or back-up. He is given mission objectives by the new director of FLAG, Wilton's longtime friend and confidant, Devon Miles ( Edward Mulhare). Together with the high-tech automobile KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), Michael carries on Wilton's crusade of aiding the powerless. Michael is given a new face via facial reconstructive surgery, and is renamed Michael Knight ( David Hasselhoff). Wilton picks up Michael, passed out in front of his car, on a desert highway. Michael was not Wilton's first choice for the pilot program, but changed his mind and reopened the foundation due to Michael's arrival.
Michael was declared dead to the public, with his medical care taken over by FLAG (Foundation for Law And Government), a private crime-fighting arm of Knight Industries, an organization founded by Wilton Knight ( Richard Basehart), a dying billionaire philanthropist. In the pilot episode, Michael (played by Larry Anderson) is betrayed by an informant and shot in the head by industrial espionage expert Tanya Walker ( Phyllis Davis).His metal plate deflected the round, but Michael suffered serious facial damage.
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Michael resided at 1834 Shoreborne Avenue, Wilmington, California, in the zip code 90744. Michael was later discharged from the service, returning to Los Angeles in the 1970s, where he joined the LAPD, starting as a patrolman, eventually becoming a detective lieutenant with the LAPD's 11th precinct. Michael escaped but suffered a serious injury that required brain surgery, and a metal plate was inserted into his skull. In the 1960s, Michael joined the Army, spending three years in counter-intelligence work in Vietnam. Michael Arthur Long was born on January 9, 1949, outside Los Angeles, California, raised by a blue-collar working family.
His last appearance was a Knight Riders in 2008 Films. The character first appeared in the opening scenes as Michael Long, played by Larry Anderson in the beginning of the pilot.
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Michael Knight is a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1980s television series Knight Rider, played by David Hasselhoff. Stephanie March Mason (girlfriend/wife, deceased) Larry Anderson (Michael Long, pilot only)Īrmy Intelligence officer (1970s 1982–1990) Hasselhoff in costume as Michael Knight in 1986
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