Paul Raven

October 1970 Once Despised Soap Opera Actors' Refuge By Harold Heffernan Hollywood (NANA)- Paul Lukather firmly believes that the day Is fast upon us when some of the biggest stars In motion pictures and television will be battling for roles in the once despised soap operas. "It certainly beats standing in line at the local unemployment office," the rugged-looking star of the NBC daytime serial "Bright Promise," said, "and that's where most actors seem to be these days, Including some very well known faces." A former high school teacher and economy major, Paul rat tles off statistics like a Gatling gun to prove that the acting "game" Isn't very funny these days. "There's about 70 per cent unemployment in movies and about 50 in television (he's actually low on both counts), Paul points out. : "Stars like Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore and Vince Edwards, who were first tops on TV and then tried films, are coming back to their old outlets. They're just not making that many movies and when they do, they usually do them somewhere else besides Hollywood." Another reason he thinks more stars will be attracted to the "soapers" is because many of the scripts and story lines are "a hell of a lot more interesting than most of the movies they are making today." Grunt And Look Beat "I'm not putting any special actors down," he states, "but it's fairly easy in this day and age to play a bearded, barefoot rebel with a cause and a marijuana joint in your hand. I don't see such roles as particularly challenging because they're so way out that they don't require any acting muscles. You just grunt a lot and look beat." Paul believes that his part In "Bright Promises," that of "Prof. Bill Ferguson," is much more demanding than playing an "Easy Rider" hippie or a "Hell's Angels" motorcycle tough. "They are too colorful, too easy to capture," he said. "I have to play a rather ordinary guy wearing a standard suit who gets emotionally involved with various people. It s tough to convey a character like that to an audience. You have to make him totally believable. Paul has had his ups and downs on the series. He got one of his students pregnant, his wife left him, he was charged with murder, he was physically assaulted, he went bankrupt, his friends deserted him and he was bitten by a mad dog. "And that was only for one week!" he grinned. "I don't know what's in store for me, one outing to the next, because sometimes we. only get the scripts three days before the episode is taped. "I remember that once I got my script the day before because of some crisis or another in the front office. I stayed up all night and read it. By some miracle, we got the segment in one shooting. Better Disciplined It Is incidents like that which strengthen his theory that actors in soap operas are often better and more disciplined than those in movies or on nighttime TV shows. He has played Shakespeare, Shaw and Ibsen in repertory, thinks Western roles are the easiest to play because the characters are usually one dimension. "You play In a Western serial for a while and you become the character In the eyes of the public," he explained. "People don't think of Lome Green, they think of 'Ben Cartwright,' they don't see Jim Arness. They see 'Matt Dillon.' And those two are mighty fine performers." At the moment Paul is taking singing lessons, even though he has starred in the California production of "Funny Girl" and "Your Own Thing." "The way things are going for 'Bill' on the show," he winked, "There might come a time when I'll really have to sing for my supper

Re Doris Rich A 1960 article mentions "She also had a long run in the daily video serialization of "The Secret Storm." So either the Judge Foster role was not 1966 or she had an earlier role on SS

A newspaper press release at the time mentions Dick Trask in the role of Jerry. It also mentions the show being titled 'Bright Star' which then changed to 'The Storm Within' and then shortly before airing to 'The Secret Storm" I think 'The Secret Storm' is the best of those three THE SECRET STORM, DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES DEBUTS FEB. 1 The Secret Storm, new daytime serial, makes its debut Monday, Feb. 1 (CBS Television, Mon.-thru-Fri., 3:15-3:30 p.m.) (It was previously announced under the title The Bright Star). The series dramatizes the problems of an average family. Peter Hobbs plays Peter Ames, father of three children who are portrayed by Jean Mowry, as 18-year-old Susan; Dick Trask, as 14-year-old Jerry, and Jada Rowland as Amy, 10. Haila Stoddard, noted television, stage and radio actress, plays Pauline Harris, Peters sister-in-law. Russell Hicks, now featured on Broadway In The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, and Marjorie Gateson, former lead on One Mans Family, portray Mr. and Mrs. Tyrell, Peters in-laws. The program is supervised by Roy Winsor and produced by Richard Dunn. Gloria Monty, of CBS Television will direct.

The covers would look much better if instead of the crappy photo shopping, they put individuals or couples in their own box

Wendy Drew Young Dr Malone 13 yr old daughter of Dr Malone (Jill?) 1954

Excellent idea. Given the fact that Knots was developed before Dallas, isn't it the case that Gary and Val were not apart of the original concept? Was it always 4 couples and one couple were rewritten to be Gary and Val? Could that need to accommodate the Ewings have been the cause of Ginger and Kenny being somewhat sidelined? They didn't even appear in a couple of early episodes which seems strange for a new show wanting to establish the characters.

Kyle's outfit looks wrong to me. The bowtie is oversized and the black pants look cheap and ill fitting.

80's Days in full swing- murders, undercover amateurs, eccentric ladies with lions... I wonder what the few 70's actors remaining thought of this 'light hearted 'approach?

Jay Meredith Edge of Night ??? pre 1958

Dorothy Blackburn Young Dr Malone Nurse

November 1967 Jeffrey Lynn JoinThe Secret Storm Jeffrey Lynn, stage, screen and television actor, has joined the cast of "The Secret Storm," daytime drama series in color Monday through Friday at 2 p.m. on Channel 5. . Starting Thursday, Nov. 30, he will create the running role of Charles Clemens, a wealthy newspaper publisher, whose residence in' the fictional city of Woodbridge, N.Y., with his daughter and a mentally disturbed granddaughter. Lynn is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Bates College, Maine. - He began his showbusiness career at the famed Barter Theater in Virginia. Later he joined the legendary "stock company" at Warner ' Brothers Studio, where he made his mark in "Four Daughters," "The Fighting 69th;" "Yes, My Darling Daughter "Million - Dollar Baby" and many other films. ". During World .War II Lynn saw service with the Army Air Force in Africa, Italy and Austria. Honorably discharged with the rank of captain, he resumed his. film career, appearing in "A Letter to Three Wives," 'Up Front" and "Butterfield 8."" He has a leading role in the current "Tony Rome," starring Frank Sinatra. November 1969 Meet Jeffrey Lynn Soaps brought him back By STAN MAYS Becausee thlngs were a little slow at the time flt e stream, and because he had an urge at the time to jointhe mainstream, actor Jeffrey Lynn, while riding the subway, became interested in a book about the real estate business. Lynn has made his share of mistakes ("In the early '50s I moved east when TV was moving west. I had no income from IV work. ) But he was to prove something to himself; he could do something else. He took the real estate test and became an agent. Ironically, since returning to California with his wife and children, to work with a firm in the San Fernando Valley, his acting career has picked up again. He gives thanks that his former agent is now in an executive post at Universal, and that he has an indulgent boss at the real estate firm. Between selling homes Lynn has worked in "The Outsider," "Ironside" and next will be seen in "Crisis," a doctors segment of "The Bold Ones" for NBC-TV. He plays a heart patient who almost dies because of a revolutionary operation performed by a flamboyant doctor. "I have to. credit a soap opera for bringing me back to TV," confesses Lynn, who, after acting in TV during the early aays, spent most of his time touring in summer stock and road shows like "Mary, Mary" and "Two for the Seesaw." "It was a great training ground for a year playing a newspaper publisher in 'Secret Storm.' " The thought brought to mind the luxury of time afforded actors working in movies years ago as opposed to TV's hurry-up pace. ' "I remember when we were making 'The Fighting 69th,' " he said. "We were all in a huge bomb crater facing the Ger mans. I was playing a green soldier in a scene with Humphrey Bogart. (He laughed, recalling how Jimmy Cagney nudged him, saying 'You'e on your own with Bogey, kid'). "Well, I supposedly get a young enemy soldier in my sights. But I can't shoot him. 'He can't be more than 16,' I say. Whereupon Bogey shoots him and mutters something. It didn't sound right. They tried another line, and that was no good. We sat around that pit an hour something you'd never do in TV while they worked on one line. They finally came up with one of Bogey's most memorable lines: 'He'll never be 17.' " Now in his late 50s, Lynn is grateful his career took the course it did: "When I was a kid in Rhode Island starting out in summer stock I asked an actor what my chances were. 'You won't starve,' he told me. And that was the only assurance I got." With Joan Crawford during her Secret Storm guest stint

Re Edmon Ryan (Mossbarger) An obit (1984) states he spent a year on Search for Tomorrow in the mid 50's.

Jan 87 BURNELL SITTERLY, 44, actor who starred as Dr. Mike Powers on the soap opera The Doctors in the 1970s, killed himself in a friend's home, police said. The body of Sitterly was found Monday hanging off an interior balcony in the living room with the rope tied to an upstairs door knot). He was depressed about his acting career and had spent the past few weeks visiting friends in Cape Cod, New York and Chicago, said Gerald Mast, in whose home the actor's body was found. Sitterly was having difficulty finding serious roles and was searching for "people interested in the art of theater," Mast said. Sitterly apparently killed himself after an interview at the Northlight Repertory Theater In north suburban Evanston. Sitterly began his acting career in a Chicago hotel lounge in 1965 and later appeared in In Praise of Love on Broadway with Rex Harrison and Julie Harris. He appeared on The Doctors from 1970 to 1976.

Don't know how or why ended up working at Jabot. Seems an odd choice seeing as how that company has been devalued onscreen in favor of the media giants. We never see Mariah at work. Post wedding, I wonder what stories they will give the newlyweds? Some career stuff for Tessa? Baby issues? Whatever, it will be C level...

Jam, you are amazing! So finding out that Julie was a lawyer, it seems likely that she popped up again in 65 in that role.

Tessa is the only survivor of Sally Sussman's run- see Jordan, Juliet, Scott, Reed, Sorased Mattie/Charlie, Graham, Ravi etc Jack is there because??

Thanks for posting. They were pretty awful, but what got to air wasn't much better. They needed to incorporate the traditional cloud visuals. With imagination, they could have been updated. Any Search cast montage that doesn't build to Stu and Jo doesn't cut it for me.

Precisely. But things just get ignored if it doesn't suit the plot. Are those morgue people etc who accepted bribes still working?

Jean Carol The Young and the Restless Karen Grassle Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Guiding Light

Just caught a glimpse of Abby in a glitter skirt .Y&R loves some daytime glitter. Is that actually in fashion?

Week ## Date Top Program Network Week 01 Sep 17th, 1979 Eight is Enough ABC Week 02 Sep 24th, 1979 Three’s Company ABC Week 03 Oct 01st, 1979 Alice CBS Week 04 Oct 08th, 1979 SPORTS: World Series, Game 2 ABC Week 05 Oct 15th, 1979 SPORTS: World Series, Game 7 ABC Week 06 Oct 22nd, 1979 60 Minutes CBS Week 07 Oct 29th, 1979 MOVIE: Jaws ABC Week 08 Nov 05th, 1979 60 Minutes CBS Week 09 Nov 12th, 1979 60 Minutes CBS Week 10 Nov 19th, 1979 MOVIE: Smokey and the Bandit NBC Week 11 Nov 26th, 1979 Three’s Company ABC Week 12 Dec 03rd, 1979 Alice CBS Week 13 Dec 10th, 1979 60 Minutes CBS Week 14 Dec 17th, 1979 Three’s Company ABC Week 15 Dec 24th, 1979 60 Minutes CBS Week 16 Dec 31st, 1979 SPORTS: NFL Championship Post-Game CBS Week 17 Jan 07th, 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS Week 18 Jan 14th, 1980 SPORTS: Superbowl XIV CBS Week 19 Jan 21st, 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS Week 20 Jan 28th, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 21 Feb 04th, 1980 Dallas CBS Week 22 Feb 11th, 1980 Three’s Company ABC Week 23 Feb 18th, 1980 MOVIE: Harper Valley PTA NBC Week 24 Feb 25th, 1980 Alice CBS Week 25 Mar 03rd, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 26 Mar 10th, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 27 Mar 17th, 1980 Dallas CBS Week 28 Mar 24th, 1980 Flo and M*A*S*H (tie) CBS Week 29 Mar 31st, 1980 M*A*S*H CBS Week 30 Apr 07th, 1980 TELEFILM: Kenny Rogers as The Gambler CBS Week 31 Apr 14th, 1980 SPECIAL: The Academy Awards ABC *Regular Season Ends* Week 32 Apr 21st, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 33 Apr 28th, 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS Week 34 May 05th, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 35 May 12th, 1980 Miss USA Pageant CBS Week 36 May 19th, 1980 M*A*S*H CBS Week 37 May 26th, 1980 20/20 ABC Week 38 Jun 02nd, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 39 Jun 09th, 1980 The Jeffersons CBS Week 40 June 16th, 1980 The Jeffersons CBS Week 41 June 23rd, 1980 M*A*S*H CBS Week 42 June 30th, 1980 M*A*S*H and Three’s Company (tie) CBS/ABC Week 43 Jul 07th, 1980 All-Star Baseball Game ABC Week 44 Jul 14th, 1980 The Jeffersons CBS Week 45 Jul 21st, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 46 Jul 28th, 1980 The Jeffersons CBS Week 47 Aug 04th, 1980 Barbara Walters’ Summer Special ABC Week 48 Aug 11th, 1980 60 Minutes CBS Week 49 Aug 18th, 1980 Circus of the Stars CBS Week 50 Aug 25th, 1980 M*A*S*H and Dallas (tie) CBS Week 51 Sep 01st, 1980 Miss America Pageant NBC Week 52 Sep 08th, 1980 TELEFILM: The Women’s Room ABC

Tony Curtis went to TV in the 70's with 2 attempts-The Persuaders with Roger Moore and his own Mystery Movie 'McCoy'

Lynne Rogers According to Variety Ms rogers appeared on ATWT in Feb 65 (at least) . So either Julie Spencer returned or she appeared in another role.

Been a while since I made any requests... Carl T Evans Gladys Jiminez Karen Grassle Jean Carol Tom Flatley Reynolds

AW did the same thing with Rachel by introducing Iris and Y&R with Lauren by bringing on Sheila,