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Elsewhere, requested not to be credited for his role as KITT's voice. Daniels, who simultaneously starred on St.

William Daniels as the voice of KITT, or Knight Industries Two Thousand, the autonomous, artificially intelligent car, with whom Michael Knight is partnered.

Hasselhoff also played Garthe Knight, Wilton Knight's estranged son and a criminal mastermind who drives Goliath, a Peterbilt 352 Pacemaker semi-truck armed with rockets, and protected by KITT's Molecular Bonded Shell. With his new identity, "Michael Knight", Long is provided with high tech crime-fighting equipment, most notably the car named KITT. Wilton Knight, creator of Knight Industries and founder of FLAG, directs his doctors to save Long's life and reconstruct his face.

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight (born Michael Arthur Long), an undercover detective of the Los Angeles Police Department who, while on a case in Las Vegas, is shot in the face and nearly killed.

Bonnie Barstow is the chief engineer in charge of KITT's care and a technical assistant to Devon (April Curtis fills this role in Season 2). Heading FLAG is Devon Miles, who provides Michael with directives and guidance.

Michael and KITT are brought in during situations where "direct action might provide the only feasible solution". The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a heavily modified, technologically advanced Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with numerous features, including a highly durable shell and frame, controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence. Wilton selects Michael to be the primary field agent in the pilot program of his public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). Self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near-fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity (by plastic surgery) and a new name: Michael Knight.

Night rider series#

This was the last series Larson devised at Universal Television before he moved to 20th Century Fox Television. The show stars David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a sleek and modern crime fighter assisted by KITT, an advanced, artificially intelligent, self-aware, and nearly indestructible car. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from September 26, 1982, to April 4, 1986. Without the efforts of Huth and Palmgren, who knows how much Knight Rider history would've been lost over the years.Knight Rider is an American action crime drama television series created and produced by Glen A. As such, out of approximately 20 screen-used cars, only five still exist. That's because most were destroyed after the series was canceled, per an agreement between the studio and General Motors.

Owning just one original KITT is something very special, never mind two. Photos courtesy of Joe Huth / Knight Rider Historians It's now the one residing at the Petersen Museum. The car was eventually sold, restored, and the Historians bought it from that person. The car was stolen and recovered, but then it was abandoned at a San Diego auction parking lot for seven years while the prince tried to sort out title issues.

"We’re interested in the show, but also the details behind it."Īmong those details is a wild story Huth shared about one of their two KITTs, which a Saudi prince actually bought in the early 1990s. "We built this reputation of being the guys really hardcore into Knight Rider," explained Huth.