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I was watching my Adam 12 DVD's the other day and saw actress Catherine Burns in an episode. She did a lot of TV in the 70's after a Oscar nomination for the 1969 film "Last Summer". I know she played the first Cathy on OLTL. How long was she in the role ? She was in the 1969 episode that has surfaced on youtube. She later did some writing for Guiding Light in the late 80's. She passed away last year. Adam 12 was a great show. A lot of soap actors appeared on the series. Jed Allen played many times on there as various characters. He was friends with the leads Martin Milner and Kent McCord. They would guest on his show 'Celebrity Bowling". Susan Seaforth Hayes also appeared on Adam-12 (and Dragnet). She was a favorite of producer Jack Webb.

I wish some footage of Ron Becker would surface. He sounds creepy and sad at the same time. Dick DeCoit who played Ron still acts and looks pretty much like he did back then, only a bit older. I think Carolyn Conwell who played Mary Williams also played his mother. The scenes of Jill being propositioned by a handsome young man sound seedy. She even toys with idea of taking him up on his offer about the money and new dress. What if Jill had turned to prostitution after what Kay had done to her ? That would have been interesting. Jill was self destructive in may ways.

Elaine Heilveil looked like she could be the sister to Brianne Leary of CHIPS. Yes a lot of mid season replacement series started out with 5 or 6 shows their first season. Dallas started as 5 episodes in April 1978 before getting picked up for season 2 in the fall. A lot of series back then sometimes would start off as a TV movie like Charlie's Angel, Hart To Hart, Cagney & Lacey etc..before getting picked up. David Jacobs who created Dallas was a writer for Family. I had read that they wanted to do a reunion and that Baxter Birney was the one that killed it. Gary Frank never really got the popularity he had received on Family in his later career. Kristy left acting after leaving Empty Nest in 1992. Most Millennials have no idea who she is. Aaron Spelling considered Cheryl Ladd for Nancy but Baxter Birney won the role. The following year she replaced Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels.

I wish to see it as well, but it would only happen if they opened up their archives to stream online. A few years ago they showed Susan Hayes first appearance as Julie in 1968 and the footage looked well preserved.

Looking at Lupton's IMDB page he appeared in a lot of TV shows and films at Universal. I wonder of he had a studio contract with them ? Universal was one of the last studios that had the system of contract players till 1983. I read in the 80's he got into computers and worked for a tech company and would act occasionally.

He was on and off since 1970, so his other appearances must have been short. Here is a creepy 1967 photo of Tommy Horton (John Lupton) as a prisoner of war. He returns under the alias Dr. Mark Brooks (Bill Bell must have loved the Brooks surname as he would use it on Y&R).

Since we are discussing the 70's. What did Tommy Horton do after the late 60's ? I saw John Lupton in cast photos through out the decade, but what did his character do onscreen ? He last appeared in 1980.

You mean the one at the Bayou or Victor's ? 🤣

LOL @ Erica. What I have seen of her, she looks pretty rough. I have seen Patty Minter mention in synopsis, but what was that character all about ? I was watching an old Match Game episode where 70's/ 80's teen queen actress Dawn Jeffory was announced being on Y&R in the opening segment. Who did she play ? In 1979 she played one of Lucy's friends on Dallas that helped her score some drugs when she was squalling around over her break up with Kit. This would have been around the same time she was on Y&R.

Or trailer trash.....LOL She did give Paul VD. I can picture her wearing a tube top, satin short shorts while getting high with Paul out by the school dumpsters and then making it with him in the back of his Van and/or Trans-Am. Hauser was trashing his time on Y&R in the 90's and complained that he went shirtless on the show once, and then was never asked to do so again. He said they show probably did not like what they had seen.....LOL The late 70's and early 80's had some questionable casting choices on soaps. I guess that explains Anthony Geary.

LOL at Playdoh left behind. It was bad even for late 70's standards. It was straight out of Eight Is enough. That karate clip was a surprise. I wish we could have seen the entire segment. I wonder if Greg and Paul got into a confrontation over Nikki ? Wings Hauser was just seedy. They should have re-cast a better Greg than that, especially to pair with Melody's Nikki.

I never knew Kathy Bates was on The Doctors. She appears at the 6:24 mark

Erica Hope looked rough compared to Melody Thomas Scott.

Matthew Ashford commercial 1984.

Early TV commercial with Pamela Bellwood for Pepsodent.

Silent news coverage of Morgan Fairchild circa 1968. Starts at 4:17

1990 episode with the cast of Eight is Enough

In an interview with Kay Alden she talked about how thorough Bill Bell was in introducing characters and storylines. She said in the original Y&R bible, it clearly is written that Katherine Chancellor will make her first appearance in November 1973 and Lorie Brooks in December 1973.

I have seen a color copy of that same 1974 cast photo with Tom Hallick between Lee Crawford and Donnelly Rhodes. He must have shown later for that photo shoot and got his pic taken.

Rare original Dallas Bumpers from September 23, 1978. Bad Quality

It has a Dynasty rip off thing going on. Even Craig Sheffer looks like a rip off Al Corley.

Does anyone remember this short lived series by Gloria Monty ? I don't remember it.

Robert Parucha (Matt) always reminded me a bit of John Beck who played Mark Graison on Dallas.

I think Peggy asked Nikki to stay at the Brooks home in 1981 when she and Greg split and she started at the Bayou. Nikki wanted to reconcile with Greg at this point. Didn't Greg get beat up at the Bayou trying to cover Nikki up with his coat ?

I gather since Chris Brooks Foster was going to be her sister in law, she helped Nikki with the wedding. She also loaned her wedding dress to Nikki to wear.