Michael Cole (actor)

Michael Cole, American actor (died 2024)

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Born: July 3, 1940
Died: December 10, 2024
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1940

About Michael Cole (actor)

Michael Cole was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968–1973). Michael Cole (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968–1973). In a Sept 10, 2018 video interview, Michael said he slept under a freeway bridge when he first arrived in Hollywood. Cole is also known for an incident in 1973 which was broadcast live on Australian television during the annual TV Week Logie Awards. Also in 2006, Cole played opposite Clarence Williams III in Mystery Woman: At First Sight, an episode of the Mystery Woman film series that aired on the Hallmark Channel.

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Michael Cole (actor) timeline

1940Michael Cole (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968–1973).
1973Cole is also known for an incident in 1973 which was broadcast live on Australian television during the annual TV Week Logie Awards.
2006Also in 2006, Cole played opposite Clarence Williams III in Mystery Woman: At First Sight, an episode of the Mystery Woman film series that aired on the Hallmark Channel.
2018In a Sept 10, 2018 video interview, Michael said he slept under a freeway bridge when he first arrived in Hollywood.

The world when Michael Cole (actor) was born

Michael Cole (actor) was born in 1940. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1940

#1 song"In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
Top movieRebecca
Best-selling bookFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst televised college basketball game
Top headlineWinston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
Technology milestoneFirst McDonald's restaurant opens
Defining fadSwing music hits its peak
Notable inventionJeep (military vehicle)
World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championCincinnati Reds (World Series)
U.S. population132.2M

1940 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Michael Cole (actor)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1940	2026
Gas	$0.18	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,300	$435,000
Average income	$3,100	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.30	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	132.2M	341 million

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