Bill Spencer Sr on B & B was basically a Alan Spaulding type so Jim Storm could have worked as an Alan Spaulding type.
Ed Bauer in the 1970s and thereafter never seemed like he should have been played by someone with leading man looks. The reason Mart, and to a lesser extent Peter, worked as Ed was because they didn't have leading man looks and played up certain parts of Ed's personality that weren't perfect. The Mid 80s Ed (Chuck Tyler AMC) was all wrong for the part and seemed too much of a generic good guy instead of the more tortured Ed Bauer of the other Ed's.
When watching Peter Simon's Ed (the one I grew up with), I saw that his Ed was written a bit more balanced and with a bit of humor when Long was in charge. He had good chemistry with both Ellen Dolan and Ellen Parker as Maureen...and it helped make Ed and Mo a tentpole couple.. and I also admit he had decent chemistry with Hilard Edson as Eve as well. His chemistry with MG as Holly was more of a friendship chemistry than romantic. When Long and Curlee were head-writing, Ed/Mo were end game with even Holly telling Ed that he belonged to Mo and even telling Mo the same thing.
The scenes I've seen of Mart's Ed show that he had good chemistry with Lenore's Rita and MG's Holly. I know that Ed and Vanessa had a brief relationship post-Rita and pre-Maureen.. but was that when Mart was still playing Ed or was that when Peter Simon was playing Ed?
@DRW50 In regards to Peggy, I think had Fran Myers opted not to leave GL when she did.. that the whole Roger story would have been different since Peggy represented the good/light that Roger was striving to be like and be with. Once she had had enough and left him (due to the actress leaving the show), any hope of redemption in Roger was lost and it lead to the toxic/stormy marriage with Holly and the affair he had with a young Hilary Bauer and the flirtation he had with Diane.
When she came back in 1979, I'm sure the show had her at the nurses station and trying to figure out where to place her next.. but the writer change happened so she got lost in the shuffle.
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