Drake Hogestyn and Ronn Moss are the obvious choices here. But I give them a pass, because they never tried to be more than they were and had no illusions of being great actors. On the other hand, the epitome of this thread has to be the cringe-worthy Roger Howarth. I don't think this guy showed one iota of growth as an actor in his entire career. To the contrary, he regressed, falling back on his two acting "techniques": the blank stare and sputtering rage. Probably the worst , and definitely the most pretentious, actor in daytime.

I temporarily forgot about his ass. That's how irrelevant Franco is.

Billy Miller is another one. I haven't seen any growth at all and usually you can tell he has no interest in being on soaps.

I'm not sure Ronn Moss deserves a pass. I doubt all the vitriol his wife spewed when he left BB was her opinion alone.

 

Moss, Shawn Christian, Eric Braeden, Hunt Block, Josh Morrow, Icky Paull Goldin, Austin Peck, come to mind immediately. I sincerely doubt any male on GH has improved. Ian Buchanan shocked me at how bad he was, as opposed to his B&B stuff.

 

KKL---God love her (and I liked a lot of things about Brooke longer than I probably should have) hasn't really grown as an actress. Any time the emmy discussion roles around, and someone suggests she's been "overlooked" for her work, I giggle. Same with Melody Thomas Scott. She's a decent actress in a role that was tailored to her.

Eric Braeden 

Peter Bergman

As the writing for these characters deteriorated so did their performances

Daniel Goddard

Horrid from Day One...

These two OWN this thread. Because they started off fairly decently but have been coasting for a thousand years ever since.

 

I give Ronn Moss and Drake Hogestyn a pass. They know what they were hired for, and that was for some egregious (and shirtless) smell-the-fart acting.

 

Edited April 20, 20169 yr by Cat

These two OWN this thread. Because they started off fairly decently but have been coasting for a thousand years ever since.

 

 

I just threw up looking at those two pics….both are so unattractive and can't act. 

 

WIth nonexistent rehearsal time and nonexistent direction, the answer is now - everyone. It's sad.

I'm not sure Ronn Moss deserves a pass. I doubt all the vitriol his wife spewed when he left BB was her opinion alone.

 

Moss, Shawn Christian, Eric Braeden, Hunt Block, Josh Morrow, Icky Paull Goldin, Austin Peck, come to mind immediately. I sincerely doubt any male on GH has improved. Ian Buchanan shocked me at how bad he was, as opposed to his B&B stuff.

 

KKL---God love her (and I liked a lot of things about Brooke longer than I probably should have) hasn't really grown as an actress. Any time the emmy discussion roles around, and someone suggests she's been "overlooked" for her work, I giggle. Same with Melody Thomas Scott. She's a decent actress in a role that was tailored to her.

IDA on Peck. As someone who watched him start on Days, he got much better by the time he did ATWT and OLTL. Not great but he was nowhere near as terrible as the early years

Edited April 20, 20169 yr by Cheap21

Well, thankfully, I didn't watch Peck on DOOL. If that's improvement, he has a very low bar.

Well, thankfully, I didn't watch Peck on DOOL. If that's improvement, he has a very low bar.

Drake Hogestyn 

 

I think Drake is great, he doesn't and hasn't needed to improve.   Not everyone's goal is to be a realistic and serious master actor.   He is there to entertain and sell his story.   Through the years he has sold the most outlandish material with the straightest of faces all the while being one of the alltime most popular DOOL stars.   Now I admit he is no Rick Hearst, and lucky for him he isn't.   He's better than Rick Hearst and many other emmy winners.   Now better at what is the question, but whatever Drake is better at is better than being good at whatever it is Rick Hearst is good at.    This is just like comparing William Shatner to Patrick Stewart and listening to the PS fans go on about what a great Shakespearean actor old Patrick is, and yet does that matter?   William Shatner is the legend, the icon, the man.

 

With one raise of an eyebrow Drake sells a scene.   I don't know he needs to be cast in Macbeth or Hamlet, but if I were casting a soap Drake would be right up there towards the top for who I can count on to do the job.    Unlike certain daytime emmy legends, he also hasn't been fired from every soap in the land.

 

As for some of the others mentioned, people like Brandon Beemer and Ryan Paevey are also actors who are good at doing what they are good at:  walking around with no clothes.   I would take either one of them as my leading man over pudgy, bloated emmy winner Tyler Christopher--who often looks swollen and suffering from an allergic reaction to medication.   They're selling fantasy, not starring in the latest oscar art film.   Nobody is asking them to be as good as Helen Mirren or Daniel Day Lewis.

 

That's fine you can think that but I'm sure others think otherwise. Drake is hot ass garbage as an actor. There's nothing great about his one note acting.

Oh, Drake is no master thespian and I think he knows that, but he is entertaining and he does drive stories.  He has some charisma for sure or he wouldn't have lasted this long.  His "acting" to me is much more fun to watch than those who are trying to be academy award winners with their fake tears and deep emotions.  He just is what he is and owns it.

I would include my girl Vanessa Marcil and Maurice Bernard on this list because they used to be good.  MB phones it in and VM couldn't have looked less disinterested if she tried in her 2010 return.  When she returned for the Nurses Ball she seemed to actually care more.  And of course, Tony Geary who checked out of GH in about 1996

Drake Hogestyn 

 

I think Drake is great, he doesn't and hasn't needed to improve.   Not everyone's goal is to be a realistic and serious master actor.   He is there to entertain and sell his story.   Through the years he has sold the most outlandish material with the straightest of faces all the while being one of the alltime most popular DOOL stars.   Now I admit he is no Rick Hearst, and lucky for him he isn't.   He's better than Rick Hearst and many other emmy winners.   Now better at what is the question, but whatever Drake is better at is better than being good at whatever it is Rick Hearst is good at.    This is just like comparing William Shatner to Patrick Stewart and listening to the PS fans go on about what a great Shakespearean actor old Patrick is, and yet does that matter?   William Shatner is the legend, the icon, the man.

 

With one raise of an eyebrow Drake sells a scene.   I don't know he needs to be cast in Macbeth or Hamlet, but if I were casting a soap Drake would be right up there towards the top for who I can count on to do the job.    Unlike certain daytime emmy legends, he also hasn't been fired from every soap in the land.

 

As for some of the others mentioned, people like Brandon Beemer and Ryan Paevey are also actors who are good at doing what they are good at:  walking around with no clothes.   I would take either one of them as my leading man over pudgy, bloated emmy winner Tyler Christopher--who often looks swollen and suffering from an allergic reaction to medication.   They're selling fantasy, not starring in the latest oscar art film.   Nobody is asking them to be as good as Helen Mirren or Daniel Day Lewis.

 

That's fine you can think that but I'm sure others think otherwise. Drake is hot ass garbage as an actor. There's nothing great about his one note acting.

Oh, Drake is no master thespian and I think he knows that, but he is entertaining and he does drive stories.  He has some charisma for sure or he wouldn't have lasted this long.  His "acting" to me is much more fun to watch than those who are trying to be academy award winners with their fake tears and deep emotions.  He just is what he is and owns it.

I would include my girl Vanessa Marcil and Maurice Bernard on this list because they used to be good.  MB phones it in and VM couldn't have looked less disinterested if she tried in her 2010 return.  When she returned for the Nurses Ball she seemed to actually care more.  And of course, Tony Geary who checked out of GH in about 1996

 

I love Vanessa too but I would definitely agree with that. And that Nurse's Ball return then made me wish she would come back all over again! The light in her and MB's eyes...

 

I never saw the hype about TG. I know that is blasphemy to say, but he acted like he had just rolled out of bed 5 minutes before and strolled into the studio and "Oh hey, yeah, let's do this sh*t." His attitude was so bad. I entirely don't blame him as a lot of the material GH has had in the last 15 years has been excrement, but even the material HE wanted and suggested was played like he couldn't give two f*cks.

Edited April 21, 20169 yr by Cat

Hunter Tylo. I thought she made for a good leading lady (by B&B's standards). Her performances the last few years were laughable 

Erika Page as Roseanne Delgado anyone remember her she was Teas bug eyed niece.

 

I know that is blasphemy to say, but he acted like he had just rolled out of bed 5 minutes before and strolled into the studio and "Oh hey, yeah, let's do this sh*t."

Actually, I think it was Susan Lucci who said that.  

Drake Hogestyn and Ronn Moss are the obvious choices here. But I give them a pass, because they never tried to be more than they were and had no illusions of being great actors. On the other hand, the epitome of this thread has to be the cringe-worthy Roger Howarth. I don't think this guy showed one iota of growth as an actor in his entire career. To the contrary, he regressed, falling back on his two acting "techniques": the blank stare and sputtering rage. Probably the worst , and definitely the most pretentious, actor in daytime.

I temporarily forgot about his ass. That's how irrelevant Franco is.

 

.  I thought Roger was pretty decent as Todd, especially before his last stint, and was at least tolerable as Paul. However he has phoned it in as Franco, just looking more and disinterested as time goes by