Raised in San Diego, California, Daughton entered the acting profession through a series of early television appearances that gave him practical experience on set. By the early 1970s he was featured in episodes of Marcus Welby, MD, Room 222, Chopper One (and as Phil Collins in “Strain of Innocence”), Planet of the Apes (as Mikal in “The Tyrant”), Happy Days (where he challenged Fonzie to a water-s…
