See Last Living "Adam-12" Cast Member Kent McCord At 79 - Best Life

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These days there are plenty of police procedural shows on the air, including Law & Order, CSI, and Chicago P.D. But, back in the 1960s, the genre was still getting its start. Following the success of Dragnet, series creator Jack Webb created another police series, Adam-12, about a veteran cop and a rookie working in Los Angeles. That rookie on Adam-12 was played by Kent McCord, who is now the last surviving cast member of the series.

Adam-12 aired for seven seasons from 1968 to 1975, all of which featured McCord alongside actor Martin Milner, as Jim Reed and Pete Malloy, respectively. Milner died in 2015 at age 83. As for McCord, he is now 79 years old, and while he is no longer acting, he has spoken out about the classic show fairly recently. Read on to find out more about McCord’s life today.

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He kept acting after Adam-12.

Kent McCord on teh set of "Adam-12" in the early 1970s
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach

McCord was a vice president of the Screen Actors Guild. According to his website, “He chaired the Children’s Committee, which helped fashion protections for child performers throughout the world.” MeTV reports that McCord even ran to be president of the organization in the early 2000s, but lost to Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert.

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He was also a race car driver.

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