He also landed small parts in five Elvis Presley films and (as Kent McWhirter) portrayed a motorcycle courier in McHale's Navy in the episode "Monkey Business 007".

[1] McCord also appeared in the first episode (September 14, 1967) of Raymond Burr's Ironside series, titled "Message from Beyond", as motorcycle cop Kellogg.

[citation needed] McCord's big break came in 1968 when he was given a lead role next to Martin Milner as rookie police officer James A.

"Jim" Reed on Adam-12, a police drama television series created by Jack Webb.

[citation needed] From 1994 to 1995, McCord played the recurring role of Scott Keller on seaQuest DSV.

More recently, McCord became a semi-regular guest star on Farscape, where he played two versions (one human and one alien appearing in the physical form of the human) of the same character, Jack Crichton from 1999 to 2003, appearing in all four seasons.