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Soap Opera Cast Lists and Character Guides- Cancelled and Current

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Re Paradise Bay

Mala Powers appeared for 2 weeks beginning March 3 1966 as an author planning to write a book about the town.

Robert Sampson played her literary agent.

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THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS

SEPTEMBER 4, 1950-JUNE 27, 1952 CBS

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Mr. Avery  ????????  missing man     1951

_____   Beatty   ?????    Wilson's man

Scott Blair...Philip Bourneuf     handsome neighbor   1950-51

Mildred Cartwright   ????    Chris' old flame   1951

Mr. Cartwright ?????       1951     Mildred's father; Chris tried to sell the Cartwright's insurance

____ Crane   ?????     1951      murder victim

Mortimer Drake    Kermit Murdock

George Graham     Robert Donley   51-52     man at the VA  suspect in Crane's murder

Mary Jane Graham    ?????   1951-52 George's daughter

Angela _    Graham   ?????  1951-52 Mary Jane's stepmother     seeing Johnny on the side

Claire  ___ Martin...Nana Bryant 1950-52

Margy Martin..    sister, Connie

             .Mary Linn Beller 1950-51

              ...Nancy Malone      1951-52

Walt Martin.. Bill Harrigan  6/1951 (temporary)

                         Robert Armstrong 1950-52 

Johnny Peters the Gangster      Larry Haines     1951-52  suspect in Crane's murder

Chris Thayer...Jimmy Lydon 1950-52

Connie Martin Thayer...Ann Sargeant   1951-52

...Olive Stacey      1950-51

Frank  Thayer...Don Tobin 1950-52

Mary _____   Thayer...Valerie Cossart 1950-52

Robert Wilson     ??????     crooked politician   1951-52

 

District Attorney...Vinton Hayworth     1951-52

Fire Commissioner     ????    1951    arson at the old Kling house

 

 

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

Casey Allen

Charles Baxter 

Sarah Burton

Eric Dressler

Peggy Ann Ellis

Paul Ford

Rusty Lane 

Ketherine Meskill 

Nat Polen

Gerianne Raphael 

Tom Shirley

 

Announcer...Cy Harris

 

 

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10 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Re First Hundred Years

Add

Tom Shirley

Rusty Lane 

Eric Dressler

 

Characters

George Graham

Mary Jane Graham

 

6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Re Paradise Bay

Mala Powers appeared for 2 weeks beginning March 3 1966 as an author planning to write a book about the town.

Robert Sampson played her literary agent.

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FIRST HUNDRED YEARS

 

 

per @jam6242      Scott Blair...Philip Bourneuf      handsome neighbor

                                --Mr. Martin.. Bill Harrigan  6/1951 (temporary)

                                        Robert Armstrong was hospitalized

 

per imdb

                       George Graham     Robert Donley   51-52     man at the VA

 

 

 

 

via a friend........

Johnny Peters the Gangster      Larry Haines     1951

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@slick jones Re The First Hundred Years, the first name of Mrs. Graham was Angela.  Mrs. Martin's first name was Claire; Mr. Martin's first name was Walt; Mrs. Thayer's first name was Mary; and Mr. Thayer's first name was Frank.

 

Additional characters:

 

Robert Wilson (crooked politician?)

Beatty (first name unknown---involved with Wilson)

Crane (first name unknown-murder victim---George Graham and Johnny Peters are suspects in his murder)

Mildred Cartwright (Chris' old flame) and her father (Chris is trying to sell him insurance)

 

 

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MORNING STAR

SEPTEMBER 27, 1965-JULY 1, 1966 NBC

SPRINGVALE

 

 

 

Grace Allison...Phyllis Hill            66

Joe Bernie...Norman Burton 

Eve__ Blake...Floy Dean       66

Dr. Tim Blake...William Arvin       65-66

        Temp....  Paul Carr       66

Anne Burton...Olive Dunbar    9/65  

Ken Davis    ....     Ed Gilbert       66

"Uncle" Ed Elliott...Ed Prentiss      65

Jan Elliott...Adrienne Ellis       65-66

Katy Elliott...Shary Marshall        65

...Elizabeth Perry               65-66

"Aunt" Millie Elliott...Sheila Bromley         65

Mrs. Hale    ....      Ann Morrison     65  

Mike Halloran...Ted DiCorsia            65

Dana Manning...Betsy Jones Moreland           66

Eric Manning...Ronald Jackson          66

Stan Manning...John Dehner              BE      65

...John Stephenson             66

Joan Mitchell...Betty Lou Gerson          65

Liz Mitchell...Nina Roman             65-66

Bill Riley...Edward Mallory        66

Gregory Ross...Burt Douglas      65

Marcus Stein...Michael Fox 

Hank Stover    ....      Warren J. Kemmerling      66

 

Jerry...Michael Bell                     10/65-66

Man...Vic Tayback     

Manny           Glen Vernon.

Truck Driver...Al Ward        12/29/65          

 

 

?????    Maree Cheatham    9 or 10/65

?????   Don Dazzaniga

?????       Bill Grisley

??????....Helen Kleeb    5/66

????...Barry Russo             

 ??????    Russell Thorson  5/66 

????????  Jeanie Van Dam

???????????....Sally Winn     7/66

?????????????....Meg Wyllie    2/66    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BENNETTS

JULY 6, 1953- JANUARY 8,1954 NBC

KINGSPORT

Hope Bennett...???????

Nancy _____Bennett...Eloise Kummer

                        ...Paula Houston

Mikey Bennett    Jerry Garvey  (son, age 13)

Wayne Bennett...Don Gibson   Attorney

Blaney Cobb...Jack Lester (Jack Swineford)

Meg Cobb...Beverly Younger

George Konosis...Sam Siegel

Judge Mansfield...???

Helen Meade...??????

Stacy Victor...???

Alma Wells.......Kay Westfall

Bert Wells         Jim Andelin      Wayne's friend, believed involved in a theft

Ellie ____ Wells...???????Bert's wife

Speedy Winters...Vi Berwick 

 

 

Fern...???

Ralph...????

??????

Bob Baron             8/1953

Jacqueline Berkey        1/54

Carl Betz               8/1953

Gertrude Breem       8/1953

Dick Cleary                 1/54

Karen Conley                1/54

Sam Gray 

Bill Grisley   

Elsbeth Hoffman                1/54   

Barnard Hughes

Carlton Kendall                   1/54

Lynwood King

Audrey Phelan          8/1953

David Tyrrell               8/1953

 

 

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LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING

 

Spencer Garrison's Attorney        John Danelle

 

 

THE DOCTORS  

Miss Frobisher.  Cleve Roller.befuddled nurse, Matt...12/8/69...1/7/70

 

AS THE WORLD TURNS

Sergeant Tomlin        Ed Griffiths

 

THE BRIGHTER DAY

Nurse Lois Williams Marian Winters         1960-61   Ellen's "real" mother   

 

LOVE OF LIFE

??????????     Walter Brooke    1959

 

THE EGG AND I

?????   William "Billy" Lee   1/1952   "The Purloined Jacket" 

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OUR FIVE DAUGHTERS

JANUARY 6, 1962- SEPTEMBER 28, 1962   NBC 

KINCAID

 

George Barr  ...   Ralph Ellis

              Bleyer ...   William Shyst

             Brannon   ...   Paul Lipson           

Dr. Briggs ...    Allen Nourse          

Bill Cannon     ...   Alfred Sandor     

Ginny Carson ...   Suzanne Tripp

Mrs. Carson ...   Athena Lorde      

Hank Denham   ...   Bob Yuro

Cynthia Dodd ....    Elissa Loti

                                ...  Joan Anderson   

Mr. Dodd ....    John Griggs

_____ Driscoll   ....    Jon Cypher     

Mike Graham ....   Buck Class

Sophie Greer ...   Astride Lance     

Mrs. Hess  ....    Claudia Morgan       

Mr. Hess   ....    Douglas Gregory

Greta Hitchcock   ...    Janis Young   

Victor Kent ...   Frank Schoefield     

Ed Lawson  ...   Michael Higgins      

Mary Lawson  ...   Kay Lyder

Ann Lee ...........Jacqueline Courtney   

Barbara Lee   ......Patricia Allison    

Uncle Charlie Lee    Robert W. Stewart

Helen ___ Lee    ......  Esther Ralston          

                  ...   Lois Wilson   (temp.)   

Jane Lee   .....Nuella Dierking

Jim Lee  ...   Michael Keene

Marjorie Lee   ...    Iris Joyce

Mort Lucas ....   Duke Farley    

Mr. McHenry   ....    Frederic Tozere

Herb Morrow ..... Alan Brock

Gil Morton ...    Alan Bergman

Pat Nichols   ....   Ed Griffith      

Bob Purdon   ...   Bill Tabbert

Peter Stevens ...   Ron Cummings

Kyle Townsend   ... Randolph Kraft     

Joe Tully    ....   Earl Myron

________ Weeks ...   Tim Ahearn

Don Weldon ....   Ben Hayes   

Mary Lee Weldon   ....   Wynne Miller        

Clark Wilkins   ....    Harvey Millard

Mona Wilkins   ...  Patricia Peardon     

 

 

 

Evvie   ...   Susan Halloran

Joan   ...   Janine Maniatis 

Lucy    ...   Ann Hillary

Randy  ...  Carlton Coyle

Thelma ....   Melinda Plank  (Cordell)   Ann's friend

 

 

 

????     

Nancy Marchand

Craig Huebing

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WOMAN WITH A PAST

FEBRUARY 1,1954-JULY 2, 1954 CBS

NEW YORK CITY

 

 

 

 

Tiffany Buchanon,...Linda Laubach

Hal Jackson     John Ridgeley  

Craig Rockwell...?????   financed Lynn's dress shop

Eleanor Russell    Dorothy Peterson

Jerry Russell   ???   (Steve's brother

Steve Russell...Gene Lyons     romanced Lynn

Sylvia ____Rockwell...Mary Sinclair  Feb.-May  (Steve's ex, Craig's wife)

...Geraldine Brooks   May-July

Diane Sherwood. (Lynn's niece)

 ..Felice Camargo (sister Victoria Wyndham)

...Victoria Wyndham(temp)

...Barbara Myers

Lynn Sherwood. (Webster)..Constance Ford    owned a dress shop

Pegs Sherwood    (Lynn's sister)...Anne Hegira

Clark Webster...???

 

 

Blackmailer    Jay Barney    1954

Clemy...Lilia Skala 

           ... Olga Fabian  *one day replacement

Gigi    ??????   

Gwen...Jean Stapleton (All in the Family)

Dr. Pete     ???????     

 

 

 

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

Maurice Burke     same role as Bram Nossen

Kathleen Comegys

John Conte          same role as Dennis Patrick * replaced DHP after 2 episodes

Bob Downing 6/54 

Dennis (Harrison) Patrick same role as John Conte  *2 episodes

Marta Linden

Geoffrey Lumb 

Bram Nossen        same role as Maurice Burke

 

Beverly Roberts

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FOLLOW YOUR HEART

AUGUST 3,1953-JANUARY 8, 1954 NBC

ARDMORE--PHILADELPHIA

 

 

 

Peter Davis...Grant Williams

Nicky Destini...gangster...???????????

Howard Erskine...Louis Hallister    left in October to Broadway; Julie's fiance

Jocelyn Fielding...Laura Weber 

Julie Fielding...Sallie Brophy 

Mrs. Fielding...Nancy Sheriden

Samuel (Tilden) Fielding...John Seymour

Dr. Jacob Grauman   ???????    bacteriologist

Sid Hemicker  ??????      FBI Agent

Alfred Lampier     ???????    boss Nicky

Mrs. ___ ____MacDonald         Anne Seymour

Georgie MacKenzie        ?????????

Mrs.__ ____ MacKenzie          ???????????

Professor ____   MacKenzie          Never Seen

Harry Phillips            Howard Erskine

Bob Randall    ???????         liked Georgie

Sharon Richard       Maxine Stuart... 

 

????    Marie DeWolfe     August 1953

?????        Marjorie Gateson

?????   Owen Kull        August 1953

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A WOMAN TO REMEMBER

FEBRUARY 21,1949-APRIL 28,1949

LOCATION UNKNOWN

Charley Anderson...Frankie Thomas.  special effects man

Christine Baker...Patricia Wheel  star of tv show

Steve Hammond ...John Raby     the director

Bessie Thatcher...Ruth McDevitt

Carol Winstead...Joan Castle    replacement actress

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

Mona Bruns 

Ellen Humphreys

Richard McCracken

Frank Thomas, Sr. 

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Re Love of Life

Some more characters w/o actors

Lucy Miller (Stacy Corby's friend)

Senator Landers 1975

Dr Torino 1975

Sherri (Lynne's friend) 1978

 

These musicians were back up for Sally Stark when she performed as Kate

Mike Abene - piano

Mike Moore - bass

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@slick jones Re Ben Jerrod, add Josh White, Jr., playing a sailor, starting in May 1963.  Josh was the son of then well-known folk singer Josh White, and became a successful singer himself.

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