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Undercover Roles and Mixups

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I’m Hutch. He’s Starsky.

(Pilot)

Also see Miscellaneous Names and Aliases, Words and Letters


Number of Times Starsky and Hutch Are Undercover

(as opposed to Huggy who says he’s undercover all the time)

  • Season One: one time
  • Season Two: eight times
  • Season Three: eight times
  • Season Four: nine times

Starsky
  • flashy pimp = O’Brien (The Bait)
  • high rolling gambler = unnamed (The Las Vegas Strangler, The Action)
  • entertainment director = Zack Shecky (Murder at Sea)
  • dance instructor = Ramon (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
  • dancer, unnamed (Discomania)
  • hairdresser = Marlene, Tyrone (Huggy Bear and the Turkey, Dandruff)
  • trucker = Puce Goose (The Set-Up)
  • laundry owner = Mrs. Irving Caplan (Huggy Bear and the Turkey)
  • stunt man = Meatball (Murder on Stage 17)
  • garbage man = Fred Night (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
  • Rosey Malone’s suitor = (I Love You, Rosey Malone)
  • mental patient = Rudy Skyler (Murder Ward)
  • dock worker = unnamed (The Heavyweight)
  • cab driver = unnamed (Quadromania)
  • photographer = Dave, Renaldo (Blindfold, The Groupie)
  • wrestler = Golden Angel (The Golden Angel)
  • dancer, unnamed (Starsky vs. Hutch)
  • good old boy and agent = Johnny Stovall (Moonshine)

Hutch
  • flashy pimp = Rafferty (The Bait)
  • dancer, unnamed = (Discomania)
  • high rolling gambler = unnamed (The Las Vegas Strangler, The Action)
  • entertainment director = Hank Tuppleworth (Murder at Sea)
  • rich dance student = Charlie McCabe (Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Heart)
  • hairdresser = Tyrone, Marlene (Huggy Bear and the Turkey, Dandruff)
  • laundry owner = Irving Caplan (Huggy Bear and the Turkey)
  • trucker = Blond Blintz (The Set-Up)
  • stolen car dealer = Ray Scanlon (Survival)
  • stunt man = Spaghetti (Murder on Stage 17)
  • garbage man = Ed Day (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
  • nurse = Larson (Murder Ward)
  • dock worker = unnamed (The Heavyweight)
  • college student = Hutchinson, Ken (Class in Crime)
  • paramedic = Hutch (Deckwatch)
  • good old boy and musician = C.W. Jackson (Moonshine)
  • swimsuit buyer = Jack Ives (The Groupie)
  • referee = Louie “the Nose” Dicario (The Golden Angel)
  • Marianne’s suitor = Ken (Ballad for a Blue Lady)
  • hit man = Carlyle (Ninety Pounds of Trouble)
  • dancer, unamed (Starsky vs. Hutch)
  • a tent, Starsky says Hutch’s “impersonating a tent.” (Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road)

Huggy

Included here are where he goes under to help Starsky and Hutch.

Also see Huggy’s Schemes

  • a taxi driver (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
  • Starsky’s coach (The Golden Angel)
  • Hutch’s date (Death in a Different Place)
  • a mortgage salesman, Lawrence Taylor (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
  • a West African potentate (Dandruff)

Dobey
  • a plumber (The Specialist)

People Get Starsky and Hutch Mixed Up
  • Ace gets Starsky and Hutch mixed up. He also calls Starsky “Henderson,” getting Hutch’s name wrong as well. (The Las Vegas Strangler)
  • Al Grossman thinks he is talking to Hutch on the phone when it is Starsky. (Gillian)
  • Amboy gets them mixed up. (Bust Amboy)
  • Billy Harkness gets Rafferty and O’Brien mixed up. (The Bait)
  • Nurse Bonnie gets them mixed up. And she administers medication?! (Partners)
  • Connie gets Rafferty and O’Brien mixed up. (The Bait)
  • The arresting cop gets Rafferty and O’Brien mixed up. (The Bait)
  • Dobey doesn’t know which one is Rafferty and which one is O’Brien. (The Bait)
  • C.J. Woodfield gets them mixed up. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
  • Eddie Hoyle gets Starsky and Hutch, as well as their names, mixed up. (The Bounty Hunter)
  • Henderson and Steele taps Hutch’s shoulder, thinking he is referring to Starsky. (Pilot)
  • Hutch tries to fool Forest’s goons by saying he is Starsky. (The Fix)
  • Inspector Godfrey gets them mixed up as Night and Day. (Starsky and Hutch on Voodoo Island)
  • Jane and Bobette get them confused. (The Vampire)
  • Lisa Kendrick gets Hutch kidnapped when she meant it to be Starsky. (Foxy Lady)
  • Lisa gets them mixed up in the note she leaves at Starsky’s place. (Foxy Lady)
  • Molly pretends to get Starsky and Hutch mixed up to trick Starsky into drinking the shake. (Pariah)
  • Mr. Gore at the employment agency gets them mixed up. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 2)
  • Mrs. Carston gets them mixed up. (Ninety Pounds of Trouble)
  • Officer O’Reilly, when she is issuing them gun permits, gets them mixed up. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
  • Prince Nairobi gets Marlene and Tyrone mixed up. (Dandruff)
  • Terry Evers gives the money and tickets to the wrong guy. (Death Ride)
  • The mayor gets Starsky and Hutch mixed up at ceremony. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
  • The mayor ends up giving the wrong badges to them. (Targets Without a Badge: Part 3)
  • The uniformed cops that stop Starsky and Hutch for running a red light get them confused. (Pilot)