Colleen Zenk goodbye to Anthony Herrera

http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/colleen-zenk-issues-heartfelt-statement-on-the-passing-of-atwts-anthony-herrera/2011/06/30/

Great actor, he was. I of course, remember him as Jack Curtis. What a prick Jack Curtis was, and it was great role and interesting character. I wish there was some footage of him playing Jack on youtube... but alas, only his "drawing" in an ending credit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HC5qWx68s0

As Jack on Y&R with Kay Heberle (Joann)

There's a Soaps and Serials article on that Y&R story here:

I haven't posted here since ATWT ended (I still lurk a lot though), but this news is so sad to me.

AH was one of my favorites. Like juniorz1, he and MZ were right up there for me. No matter how stupid the storyline, I was always happy to see James return.

This might be a stupid question, but what was the controversy about his 1997 return? I remember watching it with my grandma and loving the show, but I was only 10 at the time.

RIP

The controversy was based on Marland trying his best to make James officially dead - to the point of showing his corpse left on the ground for some time, telling us there was an autopsy, etc. This was undone. Then the return story was weak, involving a big history rewrite (James and Lucinda had a 35+ year old son when they had never met until 1986), and poison gas canisters, and whatever else.

The controversy was based on Marland trying his best to make James officially dead - to the point of showing his corpse left on the ground for some time, telling us there was an autopsy, etc. This was undone. Then the return story was weak, involving a big history rewrite (James and Lucinda had a 35+ year old son when they had never met until 1986), and poison gas canisters, and whatever else.

ohhhhh... that's what I figured because I knew they had brought him back from the dead.

Thanks!

The controversy was based on Marland trying his best to make James officially dead - to the point of showing his corpse left on the ground for some time, telling us there was an autopsy, etc. This was undone. Then the return story was weak, involving a big history rewrite (James and Lucinda had a 35+ year old son when they had never met until 1986), and poison gas canisters, and whatever else.

I wouldn't have mind his return but the story was just awful. Even Elizabeth Hubbard commented on how bad the storyline was.

What a wonderful tribute from CZ. Anthony was an amazing actor and I always loved to watch his portrayal of James through the years. It's a sad sad loss for the daytime community.

I haven't posted here since ATWT ended (I still lurk a lot though), but this news is so sad to me.

AH was one of my favorites. Like juniorz1, he and MZ were right up there for me. No matter how stupid the storyline, I was always happy to see James return.

This might be a stupid question, but what was the controversy about his 1997 return? I remember watching it with my grandma and loving the show, but I was only 10 at the time.

RIP

ohhhhh... that's what I figured because I knew they had brought him back from the dead.

Thanks!

kelseycoolbean, is that YOU?

I wouldn't have mind his return but the story was just awful. Even Elizabeth Hubbard commented on how bad the storyline was.

It was the story that contributed to her leaving the show for a time in '99. She really detested it.

Anyway, sad news, Anthony was a great actor, though I was over the James Stenbeck character years ago. I always thought the character should have stayed dead, as Marland intended.

I wouldn't have mind his return but the story was just awful. Even Elizabeth Hubbard commented on how bad the storyline was.

It's funny how the years that were among ATWT's worst were the ones that I absolutely loved. But I used to watch a lot of garbage as a kid, now that I think about it. I used to think ATWT and GL were amazing at that time. If I were to watch it all now, I'd probably think it was bad.

This is the first time since the final episode that I actually miss ATWT, because 1. the summertime always reminds me of watching soaps as a kid during vacation and 2. I'm on vacation from work right now, and it's weird to be watching TV at 2PM and not seeing ATWT on.

kelseycoolbean, is that YOU?

no.

I used to comment a lot here, but only about ATWT. But then I got busy with school and whatnot. Also, it didn't help that the show became pretty unwatchable those last few years.

Edited July 2, 201114 yr by Anastasia Beaverhausen

The Lucinda Walsh/James Stenbeck storyline reminded me of the whole Weston/Conboy era on GL. The whole story was a complete rewrite of history. It made no sense and made long time viewers shaking their heads.

Edited July 3, 201114 yr by Soapsuds

The controversy was based on Marland trying his best to make James officially dead - to the point of showing his corpse left on the ground for some time, telling us there was an autopsy, etc. This was undone. Then the return story was weak, involving a big history rewrite (James and Lucinda had a 35+ year old son when they had never met until 1986), and poison gas canisters, and whatever else.

Though, I cannot remember for the life of me who their son was. It wasn't Andy right? Cause isn't he John and Lucinda's? I watched ATWT around that time and I still thought James only had 2 sons. Paul and Henry (worst rewrite ever. He got married to his brother from another mother's mother. )