70s police drama star who also worked with Elvis and Bob Denver is unrecognizable... can you guess who he is?

Fans of the iconic aboriginal ’70s constabulary play Adam-12 were precocious treated to a nostalgic sighting of 1 of the show’s main stars successful Los Angeles. 

At 80, the histrion was seen moving errands astatine a Staples store.

The day errand was a acold outcry from the days of filming scenes patrolling the streets of the metropolis alongside Martin Milner’s Officer Pete Malloy. 

Dressed casually successful a achromatic coverall and handkerchief, his laid-back look was worlds distant from the iconic constabulary azygous helium wore for 7 seasons, connected a bid hailed for its realistic portrayal of constabulary work.  

It was besides a stark opposition to his earlier relation connected The Ozzie And Harriet Show, wherever helium played the fraternity member of Ricky Nelson’s character, portion being adjacent friends with Ricky successful existent life. 

Can you conjecture who this histrion is? 

If you guessed Kent McCord, you're spot on!

McCord’s Hollywood communicative began unexpectedly successful 1961, during a casual assemblage interaction shot crippled wherever helium was invited to play alongside 2 iconic figures: Ricky Nelson and Elvis Presley, per The Albany Herald.

This impromptu lucifer led to a relationship with Nelson that became the catalyst for McCord’s enduring vocation successful movie and TV.

'I got a five-year relation playing Rick’s fraternity member successful Ozzie and Harriet,' McCord recalled to the outlet. 

Soon, helium landed the relation that would alteration his life. 

'The charm of Adam-12 was its simplicity,' McCord explained to the outlet.

'Just 2 cops successful a black-and-white patrolling the streets of Los Angeles. The motivation of the stories was simply — transgression doesn’t pay.' 

The show left a lasting impact, adjacent inspiring real-life instrumentality enforcement.

'To this day, I get constabulary officers telling maine they became cops due to the fact that of Adam-12,' McCord said. 

'Others retrieve however kids approached them otherwise earlier and aft the amusement aired. Its affirmative interaction meant a batch to Marty and me.'

In summation to his acting career, McCord was actively progressive with the Screen Actors Guild.

He served connected the National Board of Directors for 11 years and becoming its archetypal nationalist vice president. 

His post-Adam-12 vocation saw him successful roles connected Baa Baa Black Sheep (1970s) and Galactica 1980 (1980), arsenic good arsenic a failed Dragnet reboot aft Jack Webb’s death. 

He besides appeared successful Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Unsub (1989).

McCord continued to enactment good into the '90s, reuniting with Martin Milner for Nashville Beat (1990), and appearing successful Predator 2 (1990) and Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993). 

His divers vocation besides included recurring roles connected seaQuest DSV, JAG, Diagnosis: Murder, Farscape, and Renegade. 

Married to histrion Cynthia Doty, helium remains progressive successful the manufacture today.