Paul Raven

If onlt that decision had not been made. Then to resurrect that character and waste Gins Tognini. Then to bring Stafford back again... GH Dr Mark Dante. Gerald Gordon was no longer the audience draw that brought him to GH in the first place nor was Dr Dante a cherished character, so it was definitely a surprise when he re-appeared.

Fred J Scollay As The World Turns Emmett Harris (according to Soap Bubbles article in TD thread) 1976?

They got some things wrong there. Pamela Toll as Sandy Wilson? Tony Ferra? That's the first time I've ever seen in print that John Rice was Steve's cousin and that Toni and Billy are half siblings. Until the reruns were screened, those two connections were never known, unless you watched and remembered from original screenings.

Days Anna DiMera in 2007 after 21 years. That was a Hogan Sheffer move I believe. Somebody was really looking at history at that point.

Jim McMullen Pilots/Proposals Scruples Greg Dunne 1981 Roy Thinnes Pilots/Proposals Scruples Bennett Hall 1981 Jessica Walter Pilots/Proposals Scruples Maggie McGregor 1981 Kale Brown Pilots/Proposals Scruples Kenny Higgins 1981 Walter Brooke Pilots/Proposals Scruples Dr Rutgers 1981

That got me thinking about ATWT under Marland, and that he always made a thing of respecting history he never actually brought back characters from the past. Yes, Penny, Don and others made guest appearances but I think James and Susan Srewart were the only characters that came back for long term stints.

Casey Allen Another World TV announcer 1967

Requests Joseph Taylor Lisa D Brenner Chantal Contouri Donna Bacalla

The Nurses Toni Darnay ??? 1966

Jay Barney His ATWT role of Ed Lang (a detective) continued into 1961. He had 2 other roles that year Secret Storm Model agency manager Brighter Day Nightclub owner

Geraldine Court came on as Jennifer in late 1971. Irna Phillips official return was Jan 72 and a short while later Gillian Spencer became Jennifer. I wonder was this because Irna was not happy with Geraldine as Jennifer? Or had she in fact been working on ATWT before the official announcement and created the role of Jennifer? Many questions and unfortunately no concrete answers.

I don't recall Alex having anything to do with Marie or the Hortons at that time. Once Jessica left, that connection seems to have been forgotten. Alex never scored an ornament on the Horton tree?

Janice looks fine, but I'm not sure that dress is the best look for her. Thanks for that. The larger color pic looks much better. Tom left Y&R for primetime. He booked a pilot called Time Travellers with another ex soaper Sam Groom but it didn't sell. he was one of the original team on Entertainment Tonight but was dropped. He never landed a series so I guess the chance to return to daytime was tempting. Maxwell was going to be the next big villian, but it seems plans changed when Joe Mascolo agreed to return as Stefano and Tom was out of a job.

Something seems off about the 77 photo Vanessa and the back row seemed photoshopped.

Helen Kleeb Dr Kate Nurse Sarah Tuttle Pat Murphy Arnold Grimm's Daughter Painted Dreams Bill Riley Dan Harding's Wife Melvin Bird Bud Barton Enoch Sims Woman in White Jerry Craig

The EON couples in order Mike and Nancy Karr Kevin and Pheobe Jamison Raven Swift (?) and Eliot Dorn April and Draper Scott Steve Guthrie and Deborah Saxon Miles and Nicole Cavanaugh

Regarding preservation I wonder if 20th Century Fox may have Best of everything and Return to Peyton Place sitting around somewhere. Metromedia was involved with How To Survive a Marriage.That compnay was taken over, but again that show might be sitting in the vaults.

The mention of Hope reinforces how little Joshua had to offer. When Victor was given a new character to interact with, she got a major push, even becoming pregnant with Victor's child. Hope's prominence sits in stark contrast to Joshua Landers. Really a waste of a character.

Stacy Harris Young Widder Brown 1944 Just Plain Bill Sgt Micheal Kramer 1945 Front Page Farrell 1945 Stella Dallas 1946 Lora Lawton 1946 My True Story 1947 Mary Jane Higby Lifes and Loves of Dr Susan Ruthie Young Dr Malone Pilot Marriage for Two 1945

Thinking back to the character of Dr Joshua Landers, one time hubby to Nikki. In casting and writing that role, they seemed to go with the blandest actor and character possible. There was not much chemistry between Josh and Nikki and not much storyline, except for the crazy wife. Josh wasn't given any backstory or relatives. He was just there to be Nikki's husband and as source of conflict with Victor. Did Jack have much to do with Nikki and Josh? They didn't delve into Joshua's psyche and explore his attraction to her or his feelings about Victor. Why was Nikki attracted to Joshua? Did she deliberately choose someone the antithesis of Victor? Imagine if Joshua was a stronger character who went up against Victor or insisted Nikki have nothing to do with him. Maybe his medical background be brought in-a patient accuses him of inappropriate behaviour and Victor funds her legal action. There should have been years of story for this marriage. But it seems Joshua was a plot device and they didn't want an actor or character that might successfully overshadow Jack or especially Victor.

And Sunny joined that elite group of characters that never married. (Or did she wed Bela at series end?)

Sunny Search for Tomorrow. Not because of any fault with the character or actress. Just because that apart from Stu, Jo and Liza ,everyone else from when Sunny came on in 78 ,including her sister, dad and love interests were written off. And heaps of other characters along the way.

Wonder why Irene/Liz got a photo shoot? She was hardly on at that point.

So true. That kind of thinking pervaded through soaps and left most shows the worse for wear. Instead of Hulk Hogan , maybe Liza's brother Gary returned?

That's soap vet Stephen Joyce as Sam Hunter in that clip with Courtney.