1 hour ago, danfling said:

More on Jada Rowland:

Ms. Rowland was on The Secret Storm from its very beginning in 1954.  She left the show three different times and was on the show when it left the air in 1974.es

Ms.Rowland first left the show in the 1960s.  The role was recast twice.   Both June Carter (who, at one time, had played Cookie on The Edge of Night) and Beverly Lunsford (who later moved to California and became an actress on various primetime episodic television programs) played the role of Amy.

 

Ms. Rowland returned probably in 1961 or 1962.   The character of Amy was involved with her first husband Kip Rysdale and later with Professor Paul Britton.   After she and Paul were married, they were written off the show.   It was during that time that she played Dr, Susan Burke Stewart on As the World Turns.  Nicholas Coster (Paul) played John Eldridge on borh Our Private World and (after its cancellation) and As the World Turns.

 

Both Ms. Rowland and Mr. Coster were asked to return to The Secret Storm.   I know that they were back by 1967 (Thay is when I began watching the show.  Mr. Coster left the show, and his replacemetns were Conard Fowlkes and Linden Chiles before the character was again written off the show.

 

Around 1969, Ms. Rowland left the show on a leave to appear in the premiere cast of PBS's Sesame Street.  I think that her character was named "Jeanie."  At some time, she was also in on the stage as a puppeteer.

 

She then left the show in the show in around 1972.  Lynn Adams (Leslie #1 on The Guiding Light) assumed the role.

The role of Leslie was assumed by Katherine Hayes and then by Barbara Rodell (who had been a castmate of Ms. Rowland's when she played Jill Stevens Claiborne on The Secret Storm.)

 

I was told or read somethere that Ms. Rowland contacted the show and said that she was in the South and had run out of money.    She was returned to New York and the role of Amy.

 

She remained on the show until its cancellation and last episode.

 

She was later asked by actor David O'Brien (who had been one of the actors to play Kip) if she would like to come to The Doctors where they once again would play husband and wife.  They were both on The Doctors until the cancellation of that show.

 

After that, she was in several episodes of The Hamptions on ABC, which had been created and produced  by Gloria Monty, who had directed her for years on The Secret Storm.  Also on that show was Fran Carlon, who had played her mother on As the World Turns, and John Reilley, who had played her husband on As the World Turns.   (This, of course, was before Geoffrey Rowand, her brother, was playing Dan.)

 

She also, at one time, was a temporary substitute for Marie Masters as Dr. Susan Stewart.

 

She was offered a role in the movie of Tootsie (which was set on a soap opera set), but she told her second husband that she really did not want to continue her career as an actress.   Her husband replied that she should not go to the audition for Tootsie and should continue as she pleased.

 

Sometime, she had a son named Sparks, and the father of Sparks was murdered.   Now at this time, there is no mention of her son Sparks anywhere that I can find.    I saw the obituary for her second huband, and there was no mention of a stepson.

 

Does anyone know anything about what has happened to Sparks?

 

 

Dan, thanks for all this great information. Jada was one of my favorites. I began watching when Linden Chiles was playing Paul Britton.

47 minutes ago, Nicholas Blair said:

Dan, thanks for all this great information. Jada was one of my favorites. I began watching when Linden Chiles was playing Paul Britton.

Outside of a couple of fuzzy TSS episodes that are on YouTube, my viewing experiences of Jada have solely been from seeing her on TD on Retro TV. She took over a role from a talented actress who had played that role for nearly a decade. She made the role her own. Jada just had an Everywoman presence.

When Peter Hobbs departed the role of Peter Ames in Feb 62 after 8 years he took a full page ad in Variety with his name, a photo and the words 'At Liberty' and a phone number.

Guess he wanted anyone who might be interested to know he was again available for work. According to IMDB he only had a couple of gigs in the following years but we know that can be unreliable.

10 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

When Peter Hobbs departed the role of Peter Ames in Feb 62 after 8 years he took a full page ad in Variety with his name, a photo and the words 'At Liberty' and a phone number.

Guess he wanted anyone who might be interested to know he was again available for work. According to IMDB he only had a couple of gigs in the following years but we know that can be unreliable.

Paul, IIRC, Joseph Gallison did something similar. Would it have been after RTPP  was canceled? He was eventually cast on Days.

What was Bernard Barrow like on this show? I understand his character was quite unlike his signature role of Johnny Ryan.

Mr. Barrow played two roles on The Secret Storm.

I do not know the name of his first character, but he was a college president.   Later, he returned to the show to play a man who eventually became a candidate for Governor, Dan Kincaid.    Dan was the son of Kevin Kincaid.   He marreid Belle Clemons Britton.  Dan also had another son (race driver Robert Landers), and I am pretty sure that Dan had not known about Robert.     (Robert and Belle later had an affair, but Robert actually loved Joanna, the ward of Belle).

I (and probably many others) consider Dan the signature role of Bernard Barrow.    Dan was significantly different from Johnny on Ryan's Hope.

Mr. Barrow (in between these roles) played District Attorney Ira Gideon on The Edge of Night.   And that role too was significantly different from Johnny.   He also played roles on Where the Heart Is and I think Love of Life.    I also saw him on  The Doctors when the reruns first began.   (He was a television news reporter.)

 

Thank you. Of course, his last soap (Loving) was the one that earned him an Emmy. Too bad more of his soap work isn't available to see.

I agree with danfling that Dan Kincaid was really Bernard Barrow's signature role. Would you rather play opposite Marla Adams' Belle or Helen Gallagher's Maeve? Johnny Ryan didn't have many story lines of his own, and Maeve seemed to wear the pants in the Ryan family. As Dan Kincaid, Bernard Barrow was right at the center of the action.

On 10/19/2021 at 9:09 PM, Nicholas Blair said:

I agree with danfling that Dan Kincaid was really Bernard Barrow's signature role. Would you rather play opposite Marla Adams' Belle or Helen Gallagher's Maeve? Johnny Ryan didn't have many story lines of his own, and Maeve seemed to wear the pants in the Ryan family. As Dan Kincaid, Bernard Barrow was right at the center of the action.

Again, I wish his work on TSS was available!!!

2 weeks before the show was to premiere CBS was sending out publicity photos with the show still titled 'The Storm Within'.

Didn't realize the name changed happened so late.

Edited January 23, 20223 yr by Paul Raven

In general, shows were just put together more quickly so I'm not too surprised.

Actor Robert Morse, who originated the role of Jerry Ames on The Secret Storm in 1954, has passed away.    He was a wonderful performer, although I never saw any of his work on The Secret Storm.

7 hours ago, danfling said:

Actor Robert Morse, who originated the role of Jerry Ames on The Secret Storm in 1954, has passed away.    He was a wonderful performer, although I never saw any of his work on The Secret Storm.

Although it is commonly stated that Robert Morse originated the role of Jerry, the Variety review of the show has Dick Trask in the role of Jerry.

So it seems Trask was the first Jerry, although he may have only lasted a few episodes(or even just one) before Robert Morse took over.

Thank you for that information.   I was not aware of Dick Trask.

4 hours ago, danfling said:

Thank you for that information.   I was not aware of Dick Trask.

My other thought is that perhaps Dick Trask never made it to air.

He may have been cast and his name supplied as part of the original cast, but for whatever  reason when the time came to go out live he was not available and Robert Morse was the one to appear as Jerry.

A possibility I guess.