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He lived a very successful, long life. We all should be so lucky. RIP to a real legend.

Admittedly, I haven't watched regularly since the bizarre Melaswen storyline, but I decided to check the last few episodes out because of the Victor stuff. Oof. Bad writing. Like, shockingly bad. And most of the actors just seem to be going through the motions.

Days had some comedic elements back around 1984-85, with Eugene, Calliope, Alex Marshall, Anna DiMera, and Howie Hofstedder.

DOOL's Alex Marshall was morally unscrupulous, but his relationship with Marie Horton and their daughter Jessica Blake definitely highlighted his soft side.

A gifted writer and actor, for sure. Alex Marshall is one of the most memorable characters in DOOL history, mainly due to Quinn's portrayal of him as the morally questionable con man with a sarcastic wit that rarely missed. RIP

Probably the smart move. Broadcast television is dying.

I wouldn't mind a reunion of Alex Marshall, Marie Horton and Jessica Fallon on Days. That whole storyline was fascinating. Maybe even let Alex interact with his old frenemy Anna "Saddle Shoes" DiMera.

Alex was a scoundrel, but he really seemed to genuinely care about Jessica and Marie. I think that's one of the reasons he was such a fascinating character.

DOOL's Alex Marshall writing a screenplay after the whole Stefano/slasher/concert chaos, in 1984. Quinn Redeker, the actor who played Alex, was actually an Oscar nominated screenwriter for co-writing The Deer Hunter.

You're right! I'd forgotten that they had actually tied the knot. My bad.

All of my classic DOOL knowledge comes from either YouTube or boards like these, but from what I can remember, Kellam Chandler's mansion was purchased by Stefano and Tony, when they came to Salem. Liz lived there with them since she was married to Tony at the time. When Stefano "died" in jail, Renee inherited the place. When Renee was murdered, Alex somehow inherited the house, even though he and Renee weren't married. (maybe there was a pre-nup? lol) When Stefano came back in 1984 he was the mastermind of a plot, which included blowing up the Salem Concert Hall during a hospital benefit. The bomb was defused by Eugene Bradford, and Stefano and his henchman Petrov tried to escape. Unbeknownst to them, a drunk Alex had stumbled into the back seat of their car, and caused them to plunge over a bridge into the river. Alex was saved by Abe and the Salem cops, but it was revealed that the Dimera mansion still technically belonged to Stefano since he never died. Alex was basically broke because Stefano had drained him of his inherited millions, so he sold the house to Neil Curtis and Liz Chandler. So it sort of came full circle with Liz owning her father's old place.

If this means a guest starring role for Quinn Redeker as Alex Marshall, it'll make this absurd storyline worth it. Lol.

Alex was great from around late 83 to 85 or so, especially when he was written almost totally as a bumbling, comical con man. By the time he unceremoniously left in 87, they'd written all of the charm out the character. For my money, Quinn Redeker was one of the best actors on the show during his seven year run.

I don't know that the Horton connection was dropped, necessarily, but once Jessica and then Marie left the show, Alex's ties to the family became less apparent.

Going way back, I think there was enough of a resemblance between Quinn Redeker (Alex Marshall) and Jean Bruce Scott (Jessica ) to make them a convincing father and daughter on Days.