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To Slick: I saw David Purdham on an episode of The Doctors. I think that he played Phillip Townsend.

Wasn' Mr. Purdham later on All My Children in a recurring role?

Also, I have been wanting to ask you this for several months. There was an actor on All My Children named David Hayward (not to be confused with the character of Dr. David Hayward.) The character that he played was a contract role and was a friend of Jeremy Hunter. What was the name of this character?

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Larry Barnes was the character played by actor David Hayward on AMC. He was Jeremy's former partner.

Ralph Purdum was the actor playing Philip Townsend. Actor David Purdham appeared on AMC as Travis Montgomery's assistant, Mort; OLTL as Agent Fred Porter;RH as Father Emmerich; Y&R as Dr. Campbell and Mr. Tipton; GH as Agent Bates. He has appeared on others, but I don't have my notes with me.

THE DOCTORS

Mr. Robles...????...4/2/69...patient , Althea

Jake Hendricks...Never Seen...4/2/69...sent Nancy Bennett flowers

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Oh, I am sorry for confusing the names of Ralph Purdum and David Purdham.

Upon further investigation, I learned that Ralph Purhum was married, at one time, to actress-turned businesswoman Melisande Congdon-Boyle. They later divorced. She was a stage actress (My Fair Lady) who did not appear in movies or television as far as I can tell.

Her brother, though, was James Congdon (Another World, Somerset, Ryan's Hope), and he was married and divorced from Mary Fickett (The Nurses, The Edge of Night, All My Children).

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That's really interesting. I read his wife's name was Melissande(like his daughter on the show), but I didn't know the six degrees to Mary Fickett/ James Congdon.

No worries on the mix up, I do the same thing with similar names.

Thanks for all the input.

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Slick, have you come across any information about Ralph Ellis that would prove or disprove that the Ralph Ellis who was an actor on Our Five Daughters is the same Ralph Ellis who wrote soap operas?

If not, would you be looking for such information as you investigate and do all of the things that you do?

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THE DOCTORS

Mr. Alexei...???...4/18/69...clinic patient

Mrs. Bradley...????...4/18/69...clinic patient

Mr. Newton...???...4/18/69...physical therapy patient

 

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SO HERE ARE A COUPLE SMALL ONES

 

HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN

AUGUST 19, 1957-APRIL 11, 1958 CBS

NEW YORK CITY

 

 

 

House Detective...Henderson Forsythe ATWT,EON,FTR,OPW

 

Narrator...Donald K. Woods PFL(IF)

...original...Chester Morris...never aired

?????

...Walter Brooke... 3STH, TBD,BP,PB, OMF

...John Holmes

.....Lois Holmes       1957

...Wesley Lau

...James Pritchett TD, ATWT,OLTL,GL   

...Tom Shirley LOL,SFT

...Diana Smith

...Dinnie Smith

.... Mary K. Wells        1957

 

 

HIDDEN FACES

DECEMBER 30, 1968-JUNE 27, 1969 NBC

WOODSTOCK

 

 

 

Arthur Adams...Conard Fowkes ATWT,EON,DS,SS,SFT,TD,FITW(ATFU),LOL,KF

Jimmy Dow...Loyd Holar OLTL

Grace _____ Ensley...Ludi Claire EON

Wilbur Ensley...John Towey PC

Earl Harriman...Nat Polen ATWT,OLTL,EON,TN,FHY

Allyn Jaffe...Linda Blair The Exorcist

Eleanor (Mimi) _____Jaffe...Rita Gam EON, LOL,RT

Senator Robert Douglas Jaffe...Joseph Daley

Dr. Katherine Logan...Gretchen Walther AMC,ATWT,SS,SFT,LOL,EON,TD

Martha Logan...Louise Schaffer AMC, AW,GL,EON,WTHI,RH,SFT,All That Glitters

Sue McWhorter...Laurinda Barrett ATWT,EON,etc...

Sharkey Primrose...John Karlen AW,DS,FTR,LIAMST

Everett Simmons...Leon B. Stevens LOL,TD,RH,EON,OLTL, etc...

Kelly Simmons...Charlotte Glenn

Jeannette Sloane...Betsy Durkin DS

Nick "Cappello" Turner...Tony LoBianco LOL

Mark Utley...Stephen Joyce AMC,AW,ATWT,GL,SFT,TX,FRFP,L&F,OLTL,WTHI,LIAMST

 

"Petroff" Robin Braxton Y&R

??????

....Mark Curran

.....Rochelle Parker Haas

...Betty Henritze GL,AW,OLTL,TD,LOL,EON,etc...

...Roy Scheider SS,SFT,WTHI,EON,LOL

...Albert Stratton AMC, TD,LIAMST,ATWT

...Noah Keen GL,LOV,DOOL

.....Mary Bracken Phillips

ANNOUNCER:

Wayne Morse

 

 

 

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PORTIA FACES LIFE/THE INNER FLAME

APRIL 5,1954-JULY 1, 1955 CBS

PARKERSTOWN

Bill Baker...Richard Kendrick

Kathy Baker...Elizabeth York

Dickie Blake...Charles Taylor TBD, EON

Rolland "Rollie" Tennyck Blake...William Redfield ATWT,KF,DWL

Ruth Byfield...Mary Fickett AMC,EON,TN, YDM

Flo Dolan...?????

Morgan Elliott...Byron Sanders OLTL,SFT,SS,LOL,EON,FTR,CMM,TD,etc...

Phoebe ____Faraday...Sally Gracie AMC,OLTL,TD. TN

Tony Faraday...Mark Miller GH,DOOL,BP

Harriet Gower...??????

Mrs. Ingram...?????

Dorie Blake Lawlor...Jean Gillespie

Ralph Lawlor...?????

Karl Manning...Patrick O'Neal EP,NAS

Portia Blake Manning...Fran Carlon ATWT, The Hamptons

...Frances Reid DOOL, ATWT, EON

Shirley Manning...Renne (Gail) Jarrett LOL,EON,SOM

...Ginger McManus 3STH

Walter Manning...Karl Swenson LHOTP

...Donald Woods HC

Murray Slater ...????????? tried to help Walter

Lt. Mitchell Stanley...??????

Adele...Eda Heineman

Amelia...?????? money loan

Bea...Joan Chambers

Marie...????????

??????????????????

....Michael Dreyfuss Nov. 54

...Melissande Gorman

...Bernard Grant GL,OLTL, EON, SOM,etc...

...Don Hastings ATWT,EON,OPW

...Teri Keane AMC, ATWT, RH,OLTL,SFT,EON,ROL,KF,GL,LOV,etc...

...Helen Mack

...Jack Ragotzy ...May 54

...Gene Sultan ...Sept. 54

...Frankie Thomas Tom Corbett, WTR,OMF,EON,etc...

...Mellibrand Warner

Announcer:Bill Shipley

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