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SUNSET BEACH

JANUARY 6,1997-DECEMBER 31,1999

SUNSET BEACH, CALIFORNIA

 

 

 

Dr. Richard Allen         Ivan Allen     1999

Nurse Kathy Baker   Lise Simms     1997-98

_____ Barnes        Lee DuBroux      1997

Thomas Belluche (hit man)   Scott Layne    1997

Barbara Birch       Marla Maples       1999

Ellen Blake    Nunei Harrington    1998

Billy Blanks      Billy Blanks      1999

Senator Bob Blythe     Brian Patrick Clarke    1998

Carolyn ____ Blythe      Jacqueline Schultz    1998

Michael Bourne, Lifeguard  Jason George   1997-99

Vanessa Hart Bourne     Sherri Saum    1997-99

Dr. Adam Brock      Gerard Christopher DiNome     1997-99

Kelly Brown    Brenda James     1999

Jake Canard (kidnapper)  George Palermo       1999 

(Agent) Jude Cavanaugh       Sean Kanan       1999

Mrs. Chang        Irene Yaah-Ling Sun     1997

Mr. Chang           George Kee Cheung      1997     

Officer Eddie Connors (turned PI)    Peter Barton   1997-98 ; 1999

Hank Cummings    John H. Martin     1997-99

Joan ___  Cummings    Carol Potter     1997-99

Sarah Cummings    Lauren Woodland     1998

                                  Shawn Batten     1998-99

Archbishop Damien      Michael Fairman    1999

Emily Davis         Christi Ellen Harris         1998-99

Harry Davis     James Bartz      1998

Claude Delaney   Mark Burnham    (Jade's partner) 1998

Armando Deschanel   (young)   Eddie Cibrian    1997

Armando Deschanel Junior (AJ)  Gordon Thomson    1998-99

Caitlin Richards Deschanel      Vanessa Dorman    1997-98

                                                      Kam Heskin      1998-99

Cole (St.John) Deschanel     Ashley Hamilton    1997

                                                   Eddie Cibrian    1997-99

Julianna _________ Deschanel  (Young)   Vanessa Dorman   1997

                                         Constance Towers  1997

Leo Deschanel     David Mattheison      1998-99

Trey Deschanel   (voice)     Joey Dedio    1998

                              Gabe and Charlie Ging     1998-99

                              Gillian and Brock Bozzani   1998-99

Del Douglas      John Reilley            1997-99  occasional

Vincent Duke    Aaron Spelling      1998

Jacques Dumont (aka Liam)    Jack P. Wagner    1997

Charles Dunwoody      John O'Leary      1997

Ross English       Kevin Otto      1999

Dr. Luisa Estrada     Ana Auther       1998-99

Ben Evans      Clive Robertson     1997-99

               (young)  Chris Smith   1998

Benjy Evans    Chase Parker      1999

Derek Evans        Clive Robertson     1998; 1999

               (young)  Chris Smith      1998

Maria Torres Evans (dream sequence, Meg) Kelli McCarty   1997

                         Christina Chambers     1998-99

Meg Cummings Evans    (temporary)   Sydney Penny    1999

                        Susan Ward           1997-99

Melinda Fall    Elizabeth Alley     1998

Mrs. Farmer   Anna Berger     1997

Jerry Feller     Jerry Springer      1999

Giselle Fernandez    Giselle Fernandez      1997-98

Officer Franklin    Vince Parenti     1997

Mrs. Frazier  (Hotel Owner)    Marianne Muellerleile    1997

Cynthia Garrett     Cynthia Garrett    1997

Leeza Gibbons    Leeza Gibbons     1997-98

Les Gordon, attorney    Christopher Darden     1999

Dr. Green        Jeff Davis     1999

Helena Greer     Finola Hughes     1997

Captain Grogan       Michael Melvin    1997-98

Chief Harris     Fran Bennett      1997

Jimmy Harrison   V.P. Olliver     1997

                                 Jeffrey Wood     1998-99

Virginia Harrison     Dominique Jennings   1997-99

Lena ___Hart     Lillian Lehman    1997-98

                             Mariann Aalda            1998-99

Monsignor Hobbes     Stephen Stapenhorst      1999

Sydney ____ Jacobs     BarBara Luna           1998

Sellita ______ Jones     Lynn Hamilton        1997-98

Julie Jordan      Carrie Barton     1998-99

Bette Douglas Duke Lakin Kennedy Davis Katzenkazrahi    Kathleen Noone    1997-99     

"Big" Al Kennedy         Don Amendolia     1997

Florence ____  Kennedy   Jean Carol      1999

Katherine    ____   Ketcham    Marilyn McIntyre    1999

Nurse Stacey Krakowski         Bonnie Hellman     1997-99

 Charles Lakin     James Storm     1997-98

Wayne Landry      Henry Gibson      1999

Dr. Maria Landverdes   Shelley Robertson   1998

Dr. Wayne Levinson         Frank C. Williams    1998-99

Mrs. Lopez     Irene DeBari        1998

Officer Lopez     Julian Cesario    1997-98

Dr. Alison MacRae       Katherine Daley      1997-98

Dr. Paul Manning     Mel Johnson, Jr.     1999

Tess Marin      Tracey Lindsay Melchior    1999

Paul Marks    Eric Gustavson    1999

Lorenzo Martinez   Never Seen (father Gabi)

Russ Meeks    Mark Davis     1999

Dr. Merk     Andrew Marks     1998

Alex _____ Mitchum    Barbara Mandrell    1997-98

Casey Mitchum, Lifeguard     Timothy Adams      1997-99

Tess Montgomery    Margaret Scarborough      1998

Mrs. Moreau      Joyce Guy    1998-99

Dr. Anthony Moulton      Kenneth Tigar    1997

Jaleen Muhammed    Ashlee Monique Clark   1997

JoJo Grimes Muhammed    Mushond Lee   1997

Lashawnda Muhammed   Monica Allison   1997

Ralph Myers     Ramsey Midwood      1997

Captain James Nelson    Bernie Kopell     1998

Brad Nichols   Michael Strickland    1998-99

Hillary ____ Nichols        Terry Davis    1998

Amy Nielsen      Krissy Carlson    1998-99

Bernie Nielsen       Mark Ritter      1998

Father O'Brien     Kevin Lowe     1998-99

Officer Parker     Dan Riley    1999

Dr. Peterson     Rudolph Willrich     1997

Will Platt   John Craig         1997

Tony Potts             Tony Potts      

Chief Price           Herbert Jefferson, Jr.    1999

Margaret ____  Raynor     Estelle Harris     1999

Annie Douglas Richards    Sarah Buxton     1997-99

Gregory Richards      Sam Behrens     1997-99

Olivia Blake Richards   Lesley-Anne Down     1997-99

Sean Richards       Randy Spelling    1997-99

Spike Richards (dog) (voice)   Jim Hanks   1998

"Uncle" Tobias Richards   Sam Behrens    1999

Rich Robbell    Kim Delgado     1998

Dr. Tyus Robinson     Russell Curry    1997-99

Alma Rodriguez    Molly Bennett   1997

                                 Kelli McCarty    1997

JoBeth Romano     Johanna Last (Cole's boss's daughter) 1998

Officer Oscar Ruiz   Andre Khabbazi   1997-99

Jake Russell         Ryan Christopher Keys       1997-99

Nurse Dolores Sanchez     Anna Apra   1998

Jade Sheridan    Sandra Ferguson     1997-98

Judge Aaron Silver   James R. Sweeney    1997

Joshua Sloan    Brett Stimely    1999

Officer Sam Spencer     David Andriole    1997-99

District Attorney Patricia Steele   Susan Seaforth Hayes     1999

Elaine   ____  Martinez Stevens     Leigh Taylor-Young        1997

Detective Paula Stevens         Laura Harring      1997

Nick Sutton, PI      Joe Sabatino      1997

District Attorney    Shelley Thomas      Anne Gillespie     1999

Tiffany Thorne       Adrienne Frantz        1997

                              Jennifer Banko Stewart   1997

Father Antonio Torres       Nick Kiriazis

Carmen ____ Torres      Margarita Cordova      1997-99

Gabriella "Gabi" Martinez Torres    Priscilla Garita    1997-99

Detective Ricardo Torres      Hank Cheyne      1997-99

Will Tour     Tony Boldi    1997

Tim Truman     Dax Griffin   1997-99

Fire Chief Tyler        Scott Lawrence     1999

Francesca  ___  Vargas         Lisa Guerrerro Coles   1998-99

Captain  Phillip Vargas     Michael Sabatino     1998

Pete Velarde    Thyme Lewis      1998

Elsa Von Schlagle    Renee Weldon    1997

Judge Joseph Wapner     Judge Joseph Wapner     1999

Officer Washington   Aaron D. Spears     1997

Mr. Williams    Thomas Spencer   

Dr. Willis    Tom Dugan               1998

Mark Wolper      Nick Stabile      1997-98

Diane Wood        Jessica Tuck       1998

Dr. Rae Chang Yung       Kelly Hu        1997

Dr. Wei Lee Yung        Stephen Vincent Leigh

 

 

 

 

 

Ally, Ricardo's neighbor    Lucinda Lewis       1997

Nurse Angela       Brenda Hinerman    1997

Sister Beatrice     Denise Alexander     1997-98

Benson the construction worker  Sean Welch     1999

Bernie   the photographer     John Paschal

Sister Bertrille      Rebecca Brooks    98

                               Barbara Whinnery   98-99

Bret (+Annie)     David Chisum        1999

Bruce, Melinda's Cameraman     Rick Scarry      1998

Bruno                    Jonathon Aube     1999

Chucky          Brian Markinson            1998

Claudette the jewel thief    Renee Graham      1997

Clyde                 Jeremy Roberts   

Connie, Meg's maid of honor        Darla Haun    1997

Curt            Matt Westmore        1998

Dalia           Kelly Jean Cooper      1999

Officer Dante    Jasper Cole

David the bartender   Mark Collier     1998-99

David              Brett Baker     1999

Doreen                 Jan Hoag        1998

Doug                 Steve Nave      1998

Elizabeth     (Terror Island)   Samantha Esteban      1997-98

Elsie the maid     Kim Alexis      1999

Nurse Esperanza         Francine Serna         1997

Francois            Mark Edgar Stephens      1999

Gabe           Larry Sullivan    1997

George             Todd Stanton   1998

Gerard the shady guy      Christopher Halstead     1999

Glenn the helicopter pilot      Cris Borgnine      1998

God's Voice      Al Chaek            1999

Hal, Cole's co-worker     Michael H. Moss         1998

Harriet         Ellen Sweeney (Marano)       1998

Harrison        Brian Jacobs         1999

Harry                  Gregory Fawcett        1999

Harry the photo clerk      Burt Bulos       1998

Nurse Helen       Katherine D'Armond       1998

Jada           J. Karen Thomas        1998-99

Jake the stripper   Chris Olivero     1999

Jason       Robert F. Harrison       1999

Jerry the Paramedic         Timothy Starks      1998-99

Jessica   Christy Palmerat       1998

District Attorney Jill    ?????????   1998

Kenzie                Ali Landry       1997

Laila              Annie Briggs        1999

Lori         Katie O'Rourke        1997

Louie        Choppy Giulloti      1997

Lourdes         Theresa Velarde        1998

Lupe               Virginia Montero

Sister Mary Margaret    Jasmine Morales      1999

Nurse Michelle     Jody Lynn Thomas      1997

Molly the child with Gabi    Marissa Buell      1997

Nancy            Cindy Braun

Nick       David Kallaway            1998

Nora the boat passenger     ?????????    1998

Pete the host of Wheel of Misfortune    Jon O'Hurley      1999

Captain Quint       Keene Curtis       1997-98

Rachel the pregnant teen    Meredith Monroe      1998

Raymond       Saige Walker      1998

Reed            Marshall K. Hodges      

Roger the bartender      Victor Webster    1998-99

Head Nurse Ronnie     Cyndi Martino     1998
Rose, Ricardo's maid        Lucy Rodriguez   1997-99

Rufus               Lance Gutterman

Sammy the Morgue Attendant    E.E. Bell     1998

Nurse Trudy      Jodie Mann     1997

Vince the bartender   Michael DeVorzon      1999

Vincent the mute that found Caitlin    Steve Sax       1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcer     Howie Mandel              1999

Assistant Justice of the Peace           Keith Lorin

Bailiff      Frank C. Williams      1997

Bar Owner     Pete Blackwell

Bartender      Chris Villa 

                          Jason Teresi

Beautiful Girl      Sofia Karstens

Bellhop     Kurt Kaynor

Blonde    Neva Roberts

Boy in hospital         Devon Alan

Confessor       Sal Viscuso

                         Chris Kriesa       1998

Cop      John Beradino, Jr.

Customer        Amy Lyndon     1999

Customs Officer     Curt Truman     1999

Delivery Man        Richard Joel     1998

Dream Baby      Allison Berger      1999
Elevator Guy    James Smith     1999

EMT         Drew Butler           1998

Father       Ron Livingston     1998

Female Officer      Dena Lang      1997

Flight Attendant     Stacey Hayes      1999

Flight Passenger     Leo McHale       1999

Grenadine's Waitress       Tabatha Shelton   

Hunk        Brandon Molale      1999

Interpol Agent      Robert Joseph      1997

Man at Wedding Chapel     Byrne Offutt          1998

Masseur          Jason Melvey        1999

Monsignor       Gregory White        1999

Mother            Maggie Siff       1998

Mother         Andrea LeFlore      

Mugger       Tony Ayer           1999

Neighbor (Dr. Brock )   Nancy O'Dell     

Nun       Pamela Clay         1997

Nurses.....   Jill Stephens Connors     1997

                    Grace Shen      1997

                     Mary Morrissey    1999

                 Leticia Robles      1999

                   Tammy Perks

Officer     Michael Trucco      1997

Orderly        Carlos Bernard     1997

Paramedic     Stephen Koller      1999

                        Curt Truman     1999

Passenger on Plane       David Doyle     1997

Patron      Tony Culega     

Police Officer        Gary Weeks     1999

                                 Penny L. Moore

Pregnant Girl            Marissa Arena

                                  Dierdre O'Neil 98

Priest        John Bilello     1998

                       Charles C. Stevenson     1999

Reporter       Anthony "Tony" Jones      1999

                     Lindy S. Hudis

Rookie Cop        Chad Randau

Soap Announcer    Gary Owens

Stewardess      Margaret Easley         1997

Stripper Cop        Bruce Michael Hall    1997

Summons Server       Eddie Mekka     1998

                            Michael Gier      1999

Supervisor      Randy Thompson      1999

Surfer        Sean Gray       1999

                   David Morwick      1997

TV Producer       Pat Tanzillo        1998

Troubled Teen       Shaleen Burroughs

Waiter        Jonathon  Weiner

Waitress       Rachel Brindamour      1997

Woman at the Shockwave by the beach     Darlene Conte     1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also.......

.................Tony Adelman     1999  ?

.................  Vanessa Bednar

.................Elliott Grey      1997?

.................Bart Johnson       1997

..................Peter Lavin

..................Nicholas Read

.................Deborah Rennard

................Deborah Zoe

.................Tamara Zook

 

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Hi everyone,

 

Since CBS acquired the rights to the show and decided to delete all the eps from youtube, many of us fans have been trying to find the eps again.

 

I've just created a facebook group called Back to Sunset Beach where I'll be posting all the eps that were originally on Tainted Beach's youtube channel.

 

If you'd like to join, you're more than welcome and please let any of your friends know who might want to relive the show! :)

 

facebook(.)com/groups/578179155994318

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Actually, Gabi’s father was seen, briefly in her hallucination on Terror Island. He was clutching her doll and being creepy. So, you have an actor to find!

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The characters played by Kelly Hu, Leigh Taylor Young, Laura Harring, and Adrienne Frantz didn’t test well with focus groups, which is why their characters were let go. Tiffany was recast with Jennifer Blanco simply to play out the storyline - she appeared in a recurring capacity with a limited number of episodes. 

 

Adrienne Frantz was happy to leave as she said at the time she was forced to cut her hair short which she found traumatic. 

 

Mark was a popular character, but I think they knew they were bringing in Antonio (a move to be more traditional by having families) and he kind of took Mark’s place in the Surf Central family and as Gabi’s love interest. It also gave Derek’s killing spree some gravitas by killing off a major character instead of a load of nobodies.

 

Cole was recast because Ashley Hamilton wasn’t working in the role and not clicking with the audience. Best decision they made signing up Eddie Cibrian. 

 

Caitlin remains a mystery. Some say Vanessa Dorman was demanding more money; some say she was difficult to work with; some say she wasn’t “hot” enough. Kam Heskin came in and Caitlin’s IQ dropped significantly...

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I miss Sunset Beach. I know that it was not the critical favorite and it had a horrible impregnation story, but I think the Antonio/Ricardo/Gabi storyline was great. I don't know why Nick Kiriazis never did much after that. It's a shame. I did think killing off Francesca was a mistake. 

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I may be conflating the dates a bit, but it always seemed to me that Sunset Beach was a victim of poor casting circumstances. 

 

First, a couple of characters had to be recast within the early episodes of the show.  Then, once the popular supercouples were established, Susan Ward and Eddie Cibrian left for other projects.  The story seemed to stagnant while the production resolved the casting issues.  Secondary characters, like Meg's sister, were not given "A" story material. As a result, the original conflicts of both Ben's first wife Maria and Cole's baby switch were unsuccessfully resolved because of the missing actors.

 

I still don't know what Tess planned to do with Benjy as he grew up?  Was she never planning on raising her own son?  

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I always enjoyed the show in a guilty pleasure sort of way. It was a fun show. I hated them killing Francesca off. Lisa now does reporting on Inside Edition (I believe ... I get my newsmagazine shows mixed up ..)

 

I really liked a lot of the actors and they often shined above the mediocre material. Jason George and Sherri Saum have had great post-SB careers. Apart from playing temp Theresa, Priscilla Garita should have had another soap role. Hank Cheyne just disappeared. I loved Nick Kiriazis. Nick Stabile

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Always loved Sarah Buxton. Kathleen Noone  Lesley Anne Down  Shawn Batten  Dominique Jennings  but for all of those there were the Christina Chambers and Tracy Melchoir (sp) ... 

 

Kam Heskin was passable in the role but I always preferred Dorman and was disappointed she left. (But yeah, wow did her IQ drop ... I really never cared for the character after the recast)

 

Loved Mark. It did add a lot to the killing spree. He seemed the most "expendable" so to speak even though I loved him and the audience seemed to as well. 

 

I liked the diversity the show had. I was also disappointed Kelly Hu's character was swiftly written out. 

 

Also felt there was more potential with Leigh Taylor Young's Elaine.

 

But I can also why they axed them all and why maybe they didn't connect with focus groups (still not sure focus groups should be deciding soaps ... lol)

 

Meant to add in my other post but poor Russell Curry never got much at all to do.

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I think you are conflating dates. Susan Ward took a break during the later half of 1999, when Sydney Penny was brought in as temp Meg. It was during the point in the story where Derek returned and he and Tess were half plotting. I think it worked fine, as Susan came back for the denouement, so we got to see original Meg work out that Derek was back. I liked Sydney in the role; I thought she brought some much needed energy to the character that was lacking.

 

Eddie Cibrian left around about the same time, which was after Trey’s real paternity had been revealed. So we did get a resolution of that story. However, Cole was written out in a very jarring way. Gregory was masquerading as Tobias and he had engineered for Cole to flee underground to avoid being caught by Interpol. It was clunky on screen. I thought Caitlin being down and anxious afterwards and being drawn to Jude platonically felt believable. I definitely felt Jude was a Cole replacement. But then the show got cancelled and Caitlin, Sean, and Trey were packed off to London only to return for the final episode along with Cole.

 

 

I got the impression the plan was for Derek to kill Maria and Ben and claim all of  his money, leaving Tess to raise their son together. Derek didn’t seem the settling down type.

 

 

I felt the same way about Francesca. She was a fun, energetic character who had chemistry with everyone. She was so good at mixing it up. It was a mistake killing her off and writing Gregory into a corner. Two great characters reduced to nothing. It was worse because they started pushing Amy/Brad, who I didn’t care for and who were weak characters in a repetitive story.

 

 

The diversity was great. I can see why they let go of those characters, although I think Rae had some mileage and untapped potential. 

 

Elaine was wasted. It always felt like she didn’t really do much, and then she left town after discovering her son was alive, which never made sense.

 

Russell Curry was thrown material his way, but it never amounted to anything substantial. There was his guilt about Jackson Harrison’s death that went nowhere. There was his unrequited love for Vanessa that rendered him inactive. They probably could have pushed more of a connection between Tyus and Vanessa due to the baby and have him step up more in opposition to Michael. The story had a lot of depth that wasn’t really mined, and you could see that in how they handled the aftermath of Virginia being sectioned with Michael and Vanessa being  put on the backburner and the focus being on her lying. There was a lot of blame that could have been proportioned out to Michael as well that was avoided.

 

One thing I have wondered is if introducing Mrs Moreau and making voodoo quite a prominent plot device throughout 98-99 might have turned away viewers given how Christian and conservative America can be?

 

 

I don’t think adding traditional family units took anything away from the show, but I don’t think they did it in the right way. They always had the complicated Richards family which tied in nicely with the Deschanels. I’m not too sure Gordon Thompson was the right choice to play AJ, but he was a natural fit in expanding the family (I think Leo was a good choice, too, who had potential).

 

The Torres family was a great addition and they really felt like a family unit. Antonio, Carmen, and Maria was excellent in giving Ricardo some much needed depth, and they felt like natural additions.

 

We still had the Surf Central family which was there throughout the show’s run. I think where they went wrong was introducing Meg’s family. I liked Sara, but I don’t think Hank and Joan were needed as regulars, who felt very out of place most of the time. They were also bland and didn’t interact with anyone. They should have only ever have popped up for events. Instead, I think they missed a trick not introducing Emily’s father when they decided Bette needed some family. He could have bought the Waffle Shop instead of Hank & Joan. 

 

All in all, I don’t think the show was conceived with having multiple traditional family units in mind, and that showed with how many characters they had where you couldn’t imagine bringing in parents as regulars because what would you do with them? It was a young show trying to appeal to the traditional US soap audience. 

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He did have post-SUN acting roles on shows like Sons of Anarchy and Longmire, and has an active Twitter account.

 

Susan Ward took time off to film a movie called The In Crowd (which wasn't very good). Sydney Penny was an interesting choice for a temp - her acting was fine, but looked too exotic to play farm girl Meg.

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