Paul Raven

Kathleen Widdoes, Virginia Dwyer, William Prince 1958

I never knew that John Larkin (Perry Mason on radio) appeared on TV's Perry Mason with Raymond Burr in 1962. Wonder if that was mentioned as a publicity angle? John played Mike Karr when Perry Mason was re-imagined as Edge of Night.

Found some photos from the first episode where Lisa boards the train to Chicago.

Add Robin Amos to the list. His/her name is on a July 1980 script. IMDB credits them with SFT and GL in the early 80's. Maybe Bill was trying out different writers for the expansion.

Thanks for that. I had completely forgotten about that thread. I knew writers had been discussed in some detail but thought it was buried deep pages back in this thread. Will add it over there.

General Hospital Dr Fields Rod Loomis 1977

Have we listed Robin Amos as writer during the Bill Bell era? I came across the name in a July 1980 script. He/she also wrote for SFT and GL in the 80's but that is all I could find.

Court Benson Young Widder Brown Haney Jackson 1946 Lora Lawton 1948 Front Page Farrell 1953 My True Story 1955 Toni Darnay Whispering Streets 1955 My True Story 1955 Grace Matthews Road of Life Beth Lambert 2 week replacement for Barbara Weeks 1950 Stella Dallas 1950 Mary Patton Caroline's Golden Store Jane Life of Mary Sothern Nurse Miller 1939 Front Page Farrell 1951 Road of Life Sylvia Bertram 1945 David Harum 1947 Helen's House proposed serial 1940 Life Can Be Beautiful Rose Brown 1948 Young Widder Brown 1953 Whispering Streets David Amity The O'Neills Modern Romances 1949 Joyce Jordan Joyce Jordan 2 week replacement for Betty Winkler May 1946

Nice to see that Patty Weaver is close to Wesley. Remember in an earlier interview he said Patty had cut him off when she married Jerry Birn. Glad they reconnected.

I wonder if Rosemary was ever asked to return in the 70's and early 80's? Would she have been willing to return when Grandpa Hughes passed away for example?

Days initial ratings were low so I guess they felt changes had to be made. The initial stories were centered on Marie and her triangle with father and son Craig and Tony. Julie was troubled and hooked up with David Martin. Tom was involved in a malpractice suit and then some stuff about poisoned water supply that pitched Mickey against Tom. Bill Bell brought in Laura to set up Laura/Bill/Mickey and the Susan/Julie/David triangle.

Thanks Daytime Fan for joining in and offering your expertise. Some comments on Deidre Hall (73) and Lauren Koslow (68) please. To my mind they both look amazing.

Ashley had her own bedroom! Nowadays that scene would take place in the living room...

Charles 'Chuck' Webster Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Willard Hughes 1945 Jane Webb Ann Thomas Career Girl Mary Thomas Daniel Sutter Kitty Keene Rand Merrill Louis Van Rooten Aunt Jenny 1956 Wheatena Playhouse 'My Man Godfrey' 1941 Against the Storm 1941 Stories America Loves 'So Big' Woman of America Emilio Prieto 1944 Just Plain Bill 1945 Second Husband 1945 Lorenzo Jones 1949/1950 Light of The World Hassan 1946

Isn't it the case that Richards had taped a weeks worth of episodes before all of this went down and therefore they are being shown in fairness to the contestants and the integrity of the game.

Simon and Simon - Pirate's Key Secrets of Midland Heights - Heartland High

Having read SSH's SOD interview about the Doug story I am more postive about the story. Doug/Bill is 96 years old FGS. I am sure he is finding it harder to act, especially on the fast paced way Days is taped. So they are setting it up that perhaps Doug is slowing down and needs care. That way he can be offscreen and viewers can be assured Doug/Bill is being well cared for. Some scenes for Julie that reflect how hard this is for a partner. Julie can keep appearing as Susan seems fighting fit. And I think it would be great for Susan to know she has a place to go to. I think this is better than seeing Bill ailing onscreen as we saw with Frances Reid, as that was quite distressing, or Doug suddenly passing away when Bill does (hopefully not for a while).

One year later Nov 71 1. As The World Turns 10.6 2.General Hospital 10.5 3. Days of Our Lives 10.4 4.The Doctors 9.8 5. Another World 9.6 6. Edge of Night 9.4 7. Hollywood Squares 9.2 8. Family Affair 8.8 9.Search for Tomorrow 8.6 10.Let's Make A Deal 8.4 11. Newlywed Game 8.4 12.Jeopardy 8.2 13. Guiding Light 7.9 14. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 7.7 15, Dating Game 7.6 16. Password 7.6 17. Love of Life 7.3 18. Gomer Pyle 7.1 19.Love American Style 7.1 20. One Life to Live 7.1 Big jump for Days and corresponding drop for LIAMST. Both Days and GH would hit #1 around this time, marking first time that ATWT was not top weekly soap in over 10 years. CBS would bring Irna Phillips back to ATWT and move GL up against Days under pressure from P&G. ATWT did go back to being regular #1 as I never read that another soap deposed it in the weekly ratings until AMC in 74 I believe. SFT was always a self starter as Love of Life and then Where The Heart Is never provided a solid lead in. Interesting to see that OLTL was the first ABC soap to make an impression apart from GH. With its 3 soap block in the top 5, NBC couldn't get its 3.30 soap to hold viewers after AW. Bright Promise is nowhere to be seen and Return to Peyton Place would be introduced in 72 with hopes of changing that ,but no dice.

Harry Bellaver KNOTS LANDING Mr. Hank Murphy (Laura's father) 1980

Top 20 Nov 1970 1. As The World Turns 12.1 2. Edge of Night 9.5 3.Family Affair 9.2 4. General Hospital 9.2 5. Another World 9.1 6. Search for Tomorrow 9.0 7. The Doctors 8.9 8. The Guiding Light 8.9 9. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 8.9 10. Gomer Pyle 8.8 11. Days Of Our Lives 8.4 12. Hollywood Squares 8.3 13. Jeopardy 8.3 14. Love of Life 7.8 15. Newlywed Game 7.8 16. Beverly Hillbillies 7.5 17. Lets Make A Deal 7.3 18. Secret Storm 7.3 19 Concentration 7.1 20. Sale of The Century 7.1 ATWT still the clear leader even without Irna at the helm. Secret Storm and Love of Life suffering. This was after CBS took over production and started tinkering. No sign of any other ABC soaps (AMC,OLTL, DS, AWA) Days closing in on Splendored Thing.

Linda Grover had already written for The Doctors and failed to lift the ratings. Wonder how these writers get chosen? Doesn't seem from what happened onscreen that she had a bunch of story plans that dazzled the execs.

Keenan Wynn Light of the World

Robert Sampson Pilot/Proposal Royal Bay Joel Stafford 1964 Herb Butterfield Mary Marlin 'Russian antique dealer' Margot of Castlewood Joan Blaine Welcome Valley Delores Dumont

The Knots Landing Ladies Joan is 78, Donna is 80 and Michelle is 79. Donna and Michelle look nowhere near their ages but Joan's work has been a problem for years. Nonetheless its kind of spooky to realize they are that old and to think of 'ordinary' folk you know of that age. The hands are always a problem. People forget to apply sunscreen from an early age to their hands. i wonder how they would look in real life. I saw Joan Rivers once and she was had the face and big hair on this tiny skeletal body.

Such a waste . And like Tara, he just got dropped without any follow through. I am getting distracted by Eric Braeden obviously reading his lines via cue cards etc. When he was talking to Nick at Society he was doing his usual non eye contact thing and odd phrasing. When Victor left the table you could see writing on the menu that was placed on the table and I'm pretty sure it wasn't 'today' s specials'. If he can no longer remember his lines he should have the dignity to bow out, or take a more limited role. It must be frustrating for the other actors. Also, last week,Sally,Adam and Chloe had an encounter at the deserted Crimson Lights.Then later in the episode,Adam was in his office and I'm wondering why the scene wouldn't have been staged there? Were those CL scenes taped at a different time and all 3 actors not on set for an office scene? Puzzling. I was watching some 2017 episodes and the difference is obvious. Larger sets, more of them and extras...