Members KateW Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 For two shows that air head-to-head, Y&R and Days have had alot of actors in common over the years. Maybe it's the Bell connection, or the Columbia/Sony connection. A little internet research uncovered nearly 50 actors that have appeared on both shows, ranging from brief roles to daytime superstars. I broke the list down by the year each actor first appeared on Y&R (temporary substitute recasts are not counted). 1973 Jaime Lyn Bauer - Lorie Brooks/Laura Horton Robert Clary - Pierre Roulland/Robert LeClair Deidre Hall - Barbara Anderson/Marlena Evans Tom Hallick - Brad Eliot/Maxwell Hathaway 1976 K.T. Stevens - Vanessa Prentiss/Helen Martin 1978 Roberta Leighton - Casey Reed/Ginger Dawson 1979 Darlene Conley - Rose DeVille/Edith Baker Quinn Redeker - Nick Reed, Rex Sterling/Alex Marshall 1980 Deborah Adair - Jill Foster Abbott/Kate Roberts Nick Benedict - Michael Scott/Curtis Reed 1982 Peter Brown - Robert Laurence/Greg Peters Eileen Davidson - Ashley Abbott/Kristen Blake Elizabeth Keifer - Angela Laurence/Amy Cooper Patty Weaver - Gina Roma/Trish Clayton 1983 Marla Adams - Dina Abbott Mergeron/Claire McIntyre Tracey Bregman - Lauren Fenmore/Donna Craig Joy Garrett - Boobsie Caswell/Joy Johnson Margaret Mason - Eve Howard/Linda Anderson Scott Palmer - Tim Sullivan/Joshua Fallon 1984 Susan Seaforth Hayes - JoAnna Manning/Julie Williams Lauren Koslow - Lindsay Wells/Kate Roberts 1985 Colby Chester - Michael Crawford/Kurt Randall Don Diamont - Brad Carlton/Carlo Forenza Robert Parucha - Matt Miller/Eddie Reed 1987 Rod Arrants - Dr. Steven Lassiter/Richard Cates Cindy Fisher - Dana/Diane Parker 1988 Barbara Crampton - Leanna Randolph/Trista Evans 1989 Mark Derwin - Adrian Hunter/Jeremiah Brown 1991 Scott Reeves - Ryan McNeil/Jake Hogansen 1993 J. Eddie Peck - Cole Howard/Hawk Hawkins Josh Taylor - Jed Sanders/Chris Kositchek, Roman Brady 1994 Vivica Fox - Dr. Stephanie Simmons/Carmen Silva Julianne Morris - Amy Wilson/Greta Von Amberg 1996 Patsy Pease - Patricia Fennell/Kimberly Brady 1997 Sarah Aldrich - Victoria Newman/Jill Stevens 1999 Vasili Bogazianos - Al Fenton/Ozzie Tamara Clatterbuck - Alice Johnson/Barb Reiber 2000 Rick Hearst - Matt Clark/Scotty Banning Alexis Thorpe - Rianna Miner/Cassie DiMera 2004 Judith Chapman - Gloria Fisher/Anjelica Deveraux Julie Pinson - Shiloh/Billie Reed Robert Torti - Salvatore Staley/Charlie Van Dieter Joan Van Ark - Gloria Fisher/Janine Whitney 2007 Billy Warlock - Ben Hollander/Frankie Brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 May I add Linden Ashby Cameron Kirsten/Paul Hollingsworth Roscoe Born Tom Fisher/Trent Becker John Martin Frederick Hodges/Robert Brennan Jay Bontatibus Tony Viscardi/Rob McCullogh Helen Funai Sumiko/Kim Douglas Jeanne Bates Edith Mills/Ann Peters William Bassett Pete Walker/Walter Griffin Mark Tapscott Earl Bancroft/Bob Anderson Rod Arrants Steven Lassiter/Richard Cates Ryan McDonald Robert Haskell/Scott Banning I'm sure there are more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 God, that's amazing, I had no idea except for Eilleen Davidson, Deirdre Hall and I think that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveFrame Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Also Suzanne Zenor. She was on Days as Margo Horton and then went to Y&R as Claire Laurence - the wife of the character Peter Brown played. Bell kept a fond affection for many of the Days actors he worked with. He created the role of Stephanie Forrester with Susan Seaforth Hayes in mind and wanted her for the role, but she was too busy at the time and couldn't take the role. It went to another of his former Days leading ladies Susan Flannery. Some of these actors though Bell would have never worked with at Days, so not sure how far that would have went. I know that H. Wesley Kenney hired many of these too from when he worked with them. He is the one who hired Edward Mallory as a director after he was fired from his role of Bill on Days. He also hired Suzanne Zenor, Peter Brown, and Margaret Mason. All of them had been fired either before he left Days or right after he left Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 It probably has more to do, now at least, with the fact the shows both shoot in California. DAYS and GH share numerous actors in common as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Do DAYS and Y&R really air head-to-head in most markets anymore? It seems Y&R is on at the 11am/noon slot and DAYS is at the 1pm/2pm slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveFrame Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Well the Days & GH thing has gone on for years. Days has had a grudge against GH since 1973 when they stole their biggest female star away from them. Denise Alexander was Days most popular star - even more popular than Susan Flannery and Susan Seaforth. ABC wanted her. She was fresh off 2 wins as Daytimes Favorite Actress in the DAytime TV reader's polls. After that it was common for DAys to try to lure GH talent or NBC to lure ABC talent esp. after ABC swooped in and hired up the most popular couple in daytime at the time George Reinholt & Jackie Courtney after Rauch & Lemay stupidly fired them. Both GH and OLTL gained a lot of momentum with the hirings of Alexander, Reinholt & Courtney and then of course ABC ontinued the onslaught by going after the talent behind The Doctors by stealing the Pollocks to write for GH. When that didn't work like they wanted they did the next best thing and stole Douglas Marland who was making his mark as a new writer at The Doctors. Along with him they stole two of The Doctors brightest stars Gerald Gordon and Anna Stuart casting them on GH. NBC tried to strike back first by hiring Lee Patterson who was very popular at OLTL and had just been fired by OLTL. Plus they struck back by hiring other popular OLTL actors like Katherine Glass who had just left OLTL and put her on The Doctors. They also hired noted OLTL producer Doris Quinlan as The Doctors new producer. They then tried to strike another blow and steal Susan Lucci. They offered her an unprecedented contract. She could look at any show on their daytime lineup and pick out any role and it was hers. Paul Denis reported that in Daytime TV. I nearly choked when I read it. I couldn't believe they offered her anything of that nature. Susan turned them down and stayed at AMC. Of course then the fight continued for years. Days snapped up Pat Falken Smith almost the minute she became free after walking off of GH (or was she fired - can't remember right now). then they really went after Genie Francis. I remember even Daytime TV hinted that one of the execs behind Days felt they had finally gotten even with GH for stealing Denise when they hired Genie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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