Soap Opera Cast Lists and Character Guides- Cancelled and Current

[Paul Raven]

Where The Heart Is

Judge...Nov 1971-72...William Prince... 

Liz Rainey(Harris)  Hathaway...Tracey Brooks Swopes Nov  1971-73 

[slick jones]

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

Peter   Allen         Peter Allen   July 1982 performed at Llanview West

Dr. Bart/ Bard   ??????        with Vicky    1985'

 

Judge __ __ Brimsmaid   

            Frances Sternhagen    1984-85

Dr. Paula Brooks 

     Marie Marshall        1990

Don Cranston       1990
              David K. Varnay   

Brent Cameron

        Peter Boynton      October 1985

Joanne  ??????     Vicky's assistant    April 1, 1985

Elvis--Joey 

              Lee Elvis     1990

Ernie    Tina's attorney before

       Pete O'Neill

????????      7/1985

Dr. Ivan Kipling  

aka      "Gaspard LeFevre" 

           another identity used in 1985 when he met Mimi in a restaurant. 

Mrs. Lile    

             Anita Bayless    1990

[slick jones]

Added

 

[slick jones]

GENERAL HOSPITAL ADDITIONS

 

Dr. Portia Robinson Taggert Ashford       Brooke Kerr      2020- Present    Former wife of Marcus Taggert; had an affair with Curtis 20 years ago--which resulted in Trina; reunited with Curtis and married him in 2023

Chuck Baldwin     ??????     1965      Son of Lee Baldwin; died

 

Lee Baldwin, attorney at law,[former mayor]

                                    ...Ross Elliott   Late 63- October 1965

.                               ......Peter Hansen 1963; November 1965-76; 1977-86; 1990; 1992-2004 Was Mayor of Unnamed hospital town in 1963; Deputy Mayor November -December 1983; Mayor December 1983-December 1985. Hansen created the role in 1963. When the decision to bring Lee back was made, Hansen was unavailable. He then took over when Ross Elliott left the show.

 

 

Nurse Meg Scott Bentley Baldwin     Former flame of Steve; Widow of Lloyd Bentley

                                                 ...Patricia Breslin July 1965-69

                                              ...(Temp)   Jan Shepard 67

                                          .......Elizabeth MacRae 69-70, 72-73

 

Dr. Tom Baldwin...           Paul Savior December 12, 1966-72

                                  .... Kieran Matthews   73   (temp)

                                      ...Don Chastain 76-77

 

Mrs. Josephine  ___ Barnes      Pearl Shear        1965      Landlady, Eddie and Angie in Chicago

 

Bob Chandler...Ben Andrews   December 1966-67     art student +Polly Prentice

John Harmon...Dominick Hoffman 92-93     lawyer Sean/Tiffany, custody trial

 

Carol _______ Lindsay     ..Nancy Jeris    September  9 - December 9 1966    Peter's wife wants a divorce; suicidal?

Dr. Peter Lindsay...  Joseph Partridge   June 28 - Dec 9, 1966        predecessor,   Dr.Tom Baldwin  attracted to Meg

Kathy       Lorna Scott               93       Felicia's friend in the institution

Jimmy Montgomery...Woody Brown  1993       Rapist Orderly

 

Dr. David  "Dave" Murray     Never Seen      Brother of Jessie Brewer; father of Kent and Carolyn; died in 1972

 

Dr. Henry Pinkham                   Shy and quirky doctor that pursued bubbly nurse Sharon McGillis; married her and fathered Pamela Jane; eventually split when Sharon left town to care for her mother and fell for a country club guy; interested in Mai Lin after attending her performance with the easy Augusta McLeod; had a drug problem after taking too many shifts and was blackmailed by his pusher; fell for Jane Dawson after Howie left; got a job with her at Mercy hospital in Port Charles

                                                  Peter Kilman December 19, 1966-75          

Ezekiel "Zeke" Robinson    Gavin Alexander Houston 2/7/2023-     Portia's brother;  showed up for wedding.'

Mrs. ___ ____ Robinson      Never Seen      Portia's mother, to ill to attend wedding; stayed with a caretaker provided by Curtis so her husband and son could attend the wedding; sent her grandmother's brooch for Portia to wear at the wedding.

Dr. Sterling Robinson    Ricco Ross   2/7/2023-  Portia's father;  showed up for the wedding; wife is too ill to travel

Nurse Gail Williams...  Sheila Leighton...    December 1966  (Audrey tried to set up w/ Phil Brewer) 

Nurse Chanel Williams       Chauntal Lewis      2020-23 (previously played nurses named Stephanie and Tara)  4/4-4/8/22;  5/31/22    DNA test     ;  12/5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9/2022; 1/18 & 27/2023

Pierre       Gavin Haag       1/27/2023   Victor's man in France, fills him in on the flooded catacombs

Ramona        Noelle Messier         1/23/2023    Scary chick in Looney bin; tried to intimidate Esme-- chased away by Heather

 

Mira Tabori    Margarita Cordova       May 1984     Fortune Teller with Tania Raskov.

Many more GH additions coming up, this is just a head start.

Edited February 17, 2023 by slick jones

[Paul Raven]

As The World Turns

Lisa Miller Hughes Eldredge Shea Colman McCall Mitchell Grimaldi (Chedwyn)        Eileen Fulton   May  60-64, 65,Jan  67-83, July 84-10

  Betsy Von Fursteberg    1980 temp replacement when Eileen Fulton had hepatitis  June 83-84  

 

District Attorney  Dick Martin     dated Claire and Lisa

                                         Joe Maross   1966     

                                        Ed Kemmer   May 1966-70; Feb 1975-78

Dr. Susan Burke Stewart Baxter McDermott Decker   

    alcoholic ex-wife of Dan, Bruce, Larry and serial killer Rick                                 Decker. Mother of Emily and Alison

                                  Connie Scott        1966-67 actress was 16/17 at the time

                                  Diana Walker       1967 actress was 24

                                  Jada Rowland   Nov 1967-68 returned to Secret Storm in May 68

                                  Leslie Perkins        1968

                                  Marie Masters       1968-79; 1986-2010   

                                  Judith Barcroft      August-September 1978   (Temporary) 

Edited February 17, 2023 by Paul Raven

[slick jones]

THE EGG AND I

SEPTEMBER 3, 1951- AUGUST 1, 1952 CBS

UPSTATE NEW YORK---Allegan County

 

Betty MacDonald Blake       Married couple of city slickers that sell their Manhattan home torun a farm.     Betty does the planting.

                   .Betty Lynn   1951- March 1952

                  ...Pat Kirkland     1952

Jim Blake     ..John Craven         Married couple of city slickers that sell their Manhattan home torun a farm.  Jim does the chores with Jed.

Paula French...Karen Hale

Joe Kettle      Richard Carlyle       One of the many Kettle children.

Ma ___ _____Kettle...Doris Rich          Blake's neighbors   Practical

Pa ____  Kettle...Frank Tweddell          Blake's neighbors   Shiftless

Penny Kettle--       Kettle family Pig

Bob MacDonald...    Bob Craven

Mrs. ___ ___ MacDonald      Nancy Carroll       Betty's Mother

Ed Peabody   William "Billy" Lee   1/1952   "The Purloined Jacket"     Ran the General Store

Lisa Schumacher...Ingeborg Theek

Jed Simmons...Grady Sutton      Handyman

 

 

Child    Jada Rowland

Gammy    Mary Perry

 

 

 

?????...Paul Ford     

??????    Tom Flatley Reynolds

??????      Ann Thomas

 

Announcer        Allyn Edwards

Actress Karen Hale was the sister of Alan Hale, Jr, The Skipper "Jonas Grumby" on Gilligan's Island.

 

Based on the book by Betty MacDonald, the series was the highest-rated afternoon serial for CBS – with 15-minute episodes broadcast live five days a week at noon – garnering much higher ratings than Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life.

The sponsor on Monday, Wednesday and Friday was Colgate, and on Tuesday and Thursday, it was Procter and Gamble. The inability of CBS to secure a five-day sponsor doomed the show to cancellation.

[DRW50]

The AW thread is still locked, for [!@#$%^&*] all reason, so I can only ask here. I was watching an Ed O'Neill interview and he mentioned his time on AW. He also mentioned turning down the role of Steven Keaton, and he said that he recommended Michael Gross as they worked together on AW. I don't remember Gross ever being on there. Was he? I could look through AWHP but I have a headache and don't feel like trawling through the minor character list.

[slick jones]

I checked. Apparently he played Randy in 1981...

Now I have to add him to Hoppers.   Coming soon to Hoppers... 

Please register in order to view this content

  Ed O'Neill is on page 100 in hoppers, though he probably needs updating, too.

[DRW50]

Thanks for taking the time to check. Surprised that clip never went around any "before they were stars" pages. 

[slick jones]

No problem.  Now that it's mentioned here, it will probably be on youtube next week.

[Paul Raven]

Hidden Faces

Martha Logan Ensley ...Louise Shaffer  

[Paul Raven]

Guiding Light

Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer   

                            Lynne Adams    1966-71; 1973-76

                           Kathryn Hays   1971

                              Barbara Rodell May 1971-73

[danfling]

I was just watching an old episode of One Life to Live on this site, and the episode contained credits of both the performers and the names of the people who worked on the show.

There was a character listed with the other contract performers named Dr. Alan Bennett played by Roger Rathburn.

I cannot remember this character.   Could someone please tell me who Dr. Bennett was in the storyline?

 

I also did see actor Jay Gregory as Douglas Kern (a decorator) listed.   Mr. Gregory had played rather major roles on Somerset and The Edge of Night.

 

Edited February 21, 2023 by danfling

[Paul Raven]

Search for Tomorrow

Dr Kelson ???  suspended Dr Gary Walton after learning he administered drugs to Laine Adamson w/o following procedures. Nov 78

[slick jones]

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL Additions

 

Carrie ____ Billings     ?????    3/9/1966-3/17/1966     Steve's elderly patient; dreads being a burden and doesn't wan to go home; has become a semi-invalid; introduced to Mister Neil by Audrey   3/17/1966

Marian ___ Billings       ?????    3/15/1966      Carrie's daughter-in-law that worries about Carrie coming home

Pamela ___ Carter       ?????    7/5/1966- 7/14/1966;   Divorced patient that is attracted to Phil Brewer; rebuffed by Phil; learns from Audrey that pregnant Jessie is Phil's former wife;    9/23/1966-10/13/1966   Returns with an embolus;  Phil consults Steve about if he didn't pay enough attention because of her advances; files complaint about Phil;  Phil   takes responsibility  and they make peace.

Julie Hastings   ????     3/29/1966   patient of Dr. Ken Martin; Meg can't help her with her misery   

Jean Logan      ?????       4/7-11/1966  scheduled for minor surgery, Steve finds his patent dressed and ready to flee;  her test results reveal cancer

William "Bill" Longworth   Barry Kelley     1963-64   father, Priscilla...     hospital board member; 1966   Hospital Administrator   May-June 1966  Dealt with the Eddie/ Mr. Reed drinking in the hospital situation;    October 1966  brings news of a complaint filed by Pamela Carter.

Richard McKee       ?????       4/27-29/1966     Patient that relies on Jessie Brewer; Phil requests Jessie work with him and Mr. McKee despite their issues; Lee Baldwin enters the room to see Jessie and McKee has a heart attack; pregnant Jessie stays through the crisis, going into labor in the room.

Mr. Neil        ??????     3/17/1966    Patient introduced to Carrie Billings by Audrey

B. E. Norgaard        ???????       10/28/1966-?          Carol Lindsay's divorce attorney

Mr.   ____   Reed      ?????     5/23/1966-6/9/1966      Patient that offered Eddie Whiskey in his hospital room; Eddie passes out drunk; Reed admits Eddie drank in the room; Steve tries to move Reed to another hospital;  Reed called his buddy, Bill Longworth the administrator and told his story; Longworth realized Reed was lying and made peace with Steve.

Guard  _____ Williams    ?????     2/15 & 16/2023     killed by Ryan, caught Ryan, Heather and Escarole escaping

Warden ____ Brewster    Maurice G. Smith     12/17/2023      Spring Ridge Warden

Amelia Grace Corinthos        Owen and Nathan Ford     2023    Willow and Michael's baby

Maggie Fitzgerald      Heather Olt     2/14/2023-      former  Nanny, Escarole;  now running a pub in Devon, England;  2/15/2023  plans to flee;  2/16/2023   Maggie learns about Esme's problems;  12/17/2023   Maggie reveals Ryan is Esme's father ;  

Cyril    ????   2/15/2023     man at Pub with Maggie--goes home  Devon, England

Miss ___  Blatchley      Helene  McCardle     2/15/2023   runs lodge, identifies Maggie as former Nanny   Devon, England

 

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

 

Dr. ____ Kelson ???     Nov 78   suspended Dr Gary Walton after learning he administered drugs to Laine Adamson w/o following procedures. 

 

THE GUIDING LIGHT  
 

Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer   

                            Lynne Adams    1966-71; 1973-76

                           Kathryn Hays   1971

                              Barbara Rodell May 1971-73

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Alan Bennett   helped Cathy Craig

   deal with baby loss; +Karen Wolek

         Roger Rathburn   1977

Here you go @danfling

Edited February 24, 2023 by slick jones