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DENNIS COONEY

 

LOVE OF LIFE     Alan Sterling       1965-67

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Unknown Role     Unknown Year

THE SECRET STORM              Kevin Kincaed    1970-71

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Jay Stallings      1973-80

GUIDING LIGHT       Dr. Fisher       1986

 

 

 

 

 

BARBARA STANGER

 

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING      Donna Patrick   1972

                                     Laura Elliott Donnelly    2/2/1972-73

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Barbara Ryan    1973-74

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    Dr. Gail Driscoll    1975

DAYS OF OUR LIVES        Mary Anderson Marshall    1975-80

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Sandra Barnhill     1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOANE SHELTON

 

LOVE OF LIFE       Unknown Character      Unknown Year

RYAN'S HOPE           Dr.  Celia Thompson    1977

THE GUIDING LIGHT   Unknown Character  prior to 1976

FOR RICHER, FOR POORER      Mildred Quinn    1978

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Elaine Robbins    1983

GUIDING LIGHT   Mrs. Mayhew   Unknown Year

ONE LIFE TO LIVE    Joan Baxter        Unknown Year

                                     Mrs. Warden           Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Harriet Corbmann   1985-91

                                          Verna (Vera) Corbmann     1985   (flashback)

ALL MY CHILDREN        Nurse Ashcroft     Unknown Year

ANOTHER WORLD        Dr. Viola Marsh    1991

                                 Loretta Delahanty   1993-94; 97

 

                                                

 

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MARY STUART

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW    Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur   1951-1986

                                     Kate the Madam    late 70's

ONE LIFE TO LIVE     Corrupt Judge Claire Webber    1988

GUIDING LIGHT        Meta Bauer White Roberts Banning     1996-02

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 NOT HOPPERS

 

DEBRAH FARENTINO

 

CAPITOL          Sloane Denning Clegg Mamoud    1982-87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RICHARD EGAN      

 

CAPITOL               Samuel "Sam" Clegg  II       1982-87

 

 

 

 

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MART HULSWIT

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES    Bill Dittman     1964

         Dr. Steve Keller    1964

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Dr. William Edward "Ed" Bauer    1969-81

ALL MY CHILDREN   Ralph Purdy   1983

ONE LIFE TO LIVE        Harlan Abbey        1985

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW    Dr. Burke       1986

 

 

DOCTOR KILDARE     Dr. Vincent Brill     1966

SHINING TIME STATION   J. B. King, Esquire   1989-93; 1995 (reunion  movies)

 

 

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

 

THE BEST YEARS      Unknown Role     1965

 

 

 

LARRY HAINES

 

RADIO

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Joe Roberts

JOYCE JORDAN, GIRL INTERNE      Dean Russell

PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY                Gil

ROSEMARY                   Lefty Higgins

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON          Lew Archer

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE         Ralph Munson

                                             Carl Ward

 

TELEVISION

 

THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS        Unknown Role      1950

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW       Stu Bergman        1951-86

ANOTHER WORLD              Sid Sugarman        1989

LOVING                                 Neal Warren         1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM ROERICK

 

THE CLEAR HORIZON        Ted Adams          1960-61; 1962

ALL MY CHILDREN   Dr. Marcus Polk  Unknown Year

THE GUIDING LIGHT           Dr. Bruce Banning    1972-74

ANOTHER WORLD         Dr. Richard Gavin      1974-75; 1977

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Attorney General    1979  

                                           Henry Chamberlain     1980-95

 

 

 

PAUL CARR 

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES       Dr. Bill Horton        1965-66

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Dr. Peter Taylor        1969

THE DOCTORS             Dr. Paul Summers     1976-77

DALLAS                                Ted Prince           1982

FALCON CREST       John            1985

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS     Martin Gantry    1986

                                            Stan Marks    Unknown Year

GENERATIONS                  Alex Hawkins              1989

GENERAL HOSPITAL           Milton Stanis           1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VAL DUFOUR  

 

FIRST LOVE     Zach James              1955

NBC's MATINEE THEATRE  

Unknown Role           "The Courtship of Miles Standish"       11/23/1955

Unknown Role           "Passing Strangers"                              12/6/1955

Unknown Role            "Savrola                                                 11/5/1956

Captain Brassbound   "Captain Brassband's Conversion"    12/13/1956

Charles                      "Eugenie Grandet"                                 12/21/1956

 

 

 

 

DOCTOR HUDSON'S SECRET JOURNAL   Unknown Role     1957

THE EDGE OF NIGHT           Andre Lazar              1965-66

ANOTHER WORLD    District Attorney Walter Curtin         1967-72

SOMERSET              District Attorney Walter Curtin       1970

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      John Wyatt   October 1972-79

 

 

RADIO

MARTHA WEBSTER          Unknown Role         1983

 

 

 

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CHRISTOPHER BERNAU

 

DARK SHADOWS      Philip Todd         1969-70

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Alan Spaulding    1977-84; 1986-89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEVE "BLIZZARD" FLETCHER

 

ONE LIFE TO LIVE        Brad "the cad" Vernon   1978-86; 1988; 2002

LOVING                          Alan Howard        1987-88

RYAN'S HOPE               Matthew Strand       1988-89

ALL MY CHILDREN      Matt Connelly          1989

DARK SHADOWS  (PT)       Paramedic     1991

                                        Deputy Jonathon Harker   1991

ANOTHER WORLD       Hank Kent             1993-95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NICOLETTE GOULET

 

RYAN'S HOPE               Mary Ryan Fenelli        1979

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW       Kathy Parker Phillips Taper   1979- June 1982

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Casey Reynolds      1985

GUIDING LIGHT           Dr. Meredith Reade Bauer   1987-89

 

 

 

 

 

 

LARRY GATES

 

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES   Dr. Wakeman   1963

A WORLD APART         Mark Davis        1970-71

THE GUIDING LIGHT         District Attorney Ira Newton    1972-73

                                              District Attorney Erich Van Gelder   1977-78

                                              Harlan Billy "HB" Lewis    1983-96

THE HAMPTONS        Henry Boswell     1983

 

OMNIBUS       George Washington    1956; 1960

BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE   President Herbert Hoover      1979

 

movies

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS      Dr. Daniel "Danny" Kaufman  1956

CAT ON A HOT TIM ROOF   Dr.Baugh     1958

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT     Eric Endicott    1967

AIRPORT      Commissioner Ackerman    1970

 

 

CHANDLER HILL HARBEN

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT        Lt. Sam Fountain    1974

                                            Lt. Hewlett    1974

THE DOCTORS        Dr. Rico Bellini               1975-76

LOVE OF LIFE          Ben Harper                      1976-80

ANOTHER WORLD      Max Dekker       1980

TEXAS               Max Dekker                             1980-81

ANOTHER LIFE            Blue Nobles    1982-83

PASSIONS     Warren Beragose    2005

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MARY KAY ADAMS

 

GUIDING LIGHT      India Von Halkein Spaulding    1984-87; 1990; 1998-99; 2002; 2004; 2005

ONE LIFE TO LIVE       Death     1992

AS THE WORLD TURNS                Neal Keller Alcott      1992-93

ALL MY CHILDREN    Diane Lacey        2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES "CHIP" LUCIA

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW        Hitchiker (Douglas Martin's accident) Unknown Year

THE DOCTORS       Attempted Rapist   Johnny Ross    1975

DAYS OF OUR LIVES       Joe       1977

SOAP     Larry         1979

ONE LIFE TO LIVE        Tony Harris Lord    1981-83

DAYS OF OUR LIVES        Stuart Melville      1984

DYNASTY                  Jeremy Thatcher      1984

DAYS OF OUR LIVES        District Attorney Hart Bennett    1985

GENERAL HOSPITAL          Leopold Taub         6/6/1991 - 12/5/1991

DAYS OF OUR LIVES          Dr. Phelps     1993

 

PEARL       Lieutenant Christopher      1978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT MANDAN 

 

MODERN ROMANCE           Unknown Role   week of 5/12/1958

TRUE STORY     Unknown Role   "A Question of Faith"     10/18/1958

 

FROM THESE ROOTS          David Allen       1958-61

THE EDGE OF NIGHT           Nate Axelrod     1963

THE DOCTORS    Mr. Tabor  "Whatsoever House I Enter" 4/1/63

                               Mike Hennessy  "The Candidate"  week of 9/3/63

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW     Sam Reynolds    1966-70

SOAP                      Chester Tate   1977-81

HOTEL            Edward Nicholson        1987

SANTA BARBARA        Maxwell Hammer     1990-91

SISTERS      Governor Musgrove          1994

DAYS OF OUR LIVES         Steven "Jonesy" Jones    1997-98

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Judge Bryant        2006

 

and...

CARIBE       Commissioner   Ed Rawlings   1975

PRIVATE BENJAMIN    Colonel Lawrence Fielding   1982-83

THREE'S COMPANY     James Bradford     1984

THREE'S A CROWD     James Bradford     1984-85

 

movie  

ZAPPED       Walter J. Coolidge    1982

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS    Senator Wingwood    1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROBERT MILLI

 

THE DOCTORS         Unknown Role     1963

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING    Jim Abbott    1967-68

ONE LIFE TO LIVE        Dr. Jim Craig       1968-69

ANOTHER WORLD    Wayne Addison    1969-70

SOMERSET        Wayne Addison     1970

THE GUIDING LIGHT        Adam Thorpe      1972-81; 1989; 2005

ALL MY CHILDREN      Lars Bogard  1982-83

ONE LIFE TO LIVE    Unknown Role   post-1983

 

 

 

 

 

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PEGGY McCAY

 

LOVE OF LIFE    Vanessa Dale Raven Sterling  1951-55

NBC's MATINEE THEATRE   

Unknown Role     "From the Desk of Margaret Tydings"   4/4/1956

Jane Wilson      "Eye of the Storm"          10/19/1956

Unknown Role       "The Shining Hour"    11/9/1956

Eugenie Grandet      "Eugenie Grandet"          12/21/1956

Jane Wilson        "Rain in the Mornming"         6/5/1957

Unknown Role      "The Charmer"               6/26/1957

Louise Grannick      "The Iceman"                2/4/1957

Irene Dayton          "Journey into Darkness"  3/6/1958

Unknown Role         "Some Blessed People"         4/28/1958

Unknown Role          "Look Out For John Tucker"   6/4/1958

Unknown Role          "Washington Square"            6/12/1958

 

FOR BETTER OR WORSE    Linda    1959-60

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS    Susan Canfield  Houghton Garrett    1964-66

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Iris Fairchild    1967-70

DAYS OF OUR L;IVES     Caroline   Brady   1983; 1985-2017

A YEAR IN THE LIFE   Miriam Charters     1988

PROVIDENCE     Dorothy Chenoweth     1999

 

and....

ROOM FOR ONE MORE          Anna Rose       1962

THE WALTONS          Mrs. __ __  Thomas      1974

GIBBSVILLE     Mrs. __ __  Malloy    1976-77

HOW THE WEST WAS WON       Maggie Taylor     1978

LOU GRANT      Marion __ Hume      1978-82

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MICHAEL M. RYAN

 

THE SECRET STORM       Unknown Role         Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Unknown Role    Unknown Year

BEN JERROD        Ben Jerrod         1963

ANOTHER WORLD     John Randolph    1964-79

SOMERSET                 John Randolph   1970

ANOTHER LIFE           Vince Gardello       1981-84

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    George Foley      1982

 

movie

TOOTSIE      Middle-Aged Man      1982

 

 

 

 

LYNN HERRING

 

HOTEL     Carol                   1984

THE COLBYS             Lena, Zach Powers' secretary    1986

GENERAL HOSPITAL     Lucy Coe Jones Quartermaine Stanton Baldwin Collins        1986-92; 1992-2002; 2004; 2012-Present  Occasional

DAYS OF OUR LIVES    Lisanne Gardner      1992

PORT CHARLES    Lucy Coe....  Collins  1997-2003

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Audrey_____ Coleman    2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOSEPHINE "JOSIE" NICHOLS

 

LOVE OF LIFE         Loretta   __  Murano    between 1962-65

FLAME IN THE WIND/A TIME FOR US        Louise Austin   1964

THE DOCTORS       Mrs. Glendennon    1969

WHERE THE HEART IS      Harriet ____ Jessup    1970-72

THE DOCTORS    Beatrice ___ Lansing   10/1976

NBC SPECIAL TREAT           Mrs. Newton         "The Rocking Chair Rebellion"   10/23/1979

ANOTHER WORLD   Kate Marshall    1980

TEXAS           Kate Marshall              1980-82

ANOTHER WORLD    Grandma Jones     1985

 

 

 

 

 

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PETER SIMON

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT   Whit Somers    1966

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW    Scott Phillips      1969-77

ONE LIFE TO LIVE      Dr. Harvey       1977-78

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Ian McFarland          1979  - ?80       ^^^^^^^

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Dr. William Edward "Ed" Bauer   1981-84; 1986-96; 2002-04; 2009-10

ALL MY CHILDREN     Dr. Hoffman            Unknown Year

 

 

TV-MOVIE     

CRADLE WILL FALL : A GUIDING LIGHT MYSTERY   Dr. Ed Bauer   1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDREY PETERS   

 

THE VERDICT IS YOURS         Unknown Role        Between 1957-59

LOVE OF LIFE       Vanessa Dale Raven Sterling Sterling  April 27, 1959-80

ALL MY CHILDREN   Eugenia Robard    1980

LOVING          Judge Elizabeth Connors     1983

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW   Lorraine Taylor      1985

ALL MY CHILDREN     Trish Lyman        1985

ONE LIFE TO LIVE      Airport Page        1985

GUIDING LIGHT     Sarah O'Neal Shayne Shayne   1987-92; 1993; 1996-97;  occasional appearances as ghost through 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUNTER TYLO       (DEBORAH MOREHART)

 

ALL MY CHILDREN    Robin (Matthews) McCall (Williams)  1985-87

DAYS OF OUR LIVES   Marina Toscano  (Johnson)  1988-89

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL        Dr. Taylor Hamilton Hayes Forrester Raschid Forrester Marone Jones   1990-2002; 2004; 2005-13; 2014; 2018; 2019

MELROSE PLACE      Taylor McBride   hired 1996; fired before airing

QUEENS OF DRAMA           2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUDI WIGGINS

 

STRANGE PARADISE      Erica Desmond    1969-70

                                           Helena  Raleigh     1969-70

PAUL BERNARD, PSYCHIATRIST       Mrs. Howard    1971

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Karen Martin         1971-72

LOVE OF LIFE       Meg Dale Harper Andrews Craythorne Alaeta Hart  1974-80

ALL MY CHILDREN    Sara ____Kingsley     1980-82

ROMANCE THEATER       Unknown Character        1982 or 83

GUIDING LIGHT    Mrs. Piggott     1986

 

movies

MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN     Miss Turner    1969

HOT PANTS HOLIDAY   Jill     1971

HOT RESORT        Sarah     1985

MONKEY SHINES    Esther Fry  1988

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PETER RATRAY

 

OUR PRIVATE WORLD     Unknown Role   1965

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING    Unknown Role   Between 1967-69

BRIGHT PROMISE        Stuart Pierce      1969-72

ANOTHER WORLD   Quentin Ames    1977

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW    Scott Phillips   1977 - December 1978

RYAN'S HOPE     Dan Fox           1979-81

ALL MY CHILDREN     Art Mason     1988-89

LOVING      Art Mason    1990

ANOTHER WORLD    Agent Parker Stanford  1992-93

LOVING     Sergeant Frank Hurd      1994

ANOTHER WORLD   Christophe   Boudreau    1995

ONE LIFE TO LIVE     Detective  Bolton    1998

DAYS OF OUR LIVES    Prison Doctor    1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN ANISTON

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Dr. Eric Richard     1969-70

LOVE OF LIFE     Edouard Alaeta        1975-78

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW   Martin Tourneur   1978-84; 1985

DAYS OF OUR LIVES      Victor Kiriakis    1985-97; 1998-Present

movies

THE AWAKENING OF SPRING        Mr. Gable       2008

FIXING RHONDA   Detective Macomas   2008

THE GOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL       Gerard Benedict     2009

 

Father of Jennifer and Alexander.

Was originally supposed to play the role of Ted Baxter on  The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

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COURTNEY SHERMAN-SIMON

 

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Dinah Buckley    1970-71

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW     Kathy Parker Phillips Taper  1971-78; 1982-84

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Dr. Lynn Michaels    1986-08; occasional

ALL MY CHILDREN    Dr. Anna Tolan   1990-91; 1996-97

THE CITY              Constance Peterson           1996

ANOTHER WORLD   District Attorney June Reiner    1999

AS THE WORLD TURNS   Dr. Audrey Samuels    2001

 

 

 

 

 

ED NELSON 

 

PEYTON PLACE   Dr. Michael Rossi    1964-69

MURDER IN PEYTON PLACE   Dr. Michael Rossi      1977

DALLAS    Jeb Ames               1978

CAPITOL   Senator Mark Denning    1982-87

DYNASTY         Sam Dexter           1987

HOTEL     Mr. Harper       1987

 

 

MINI SERIES   

PEYTON PLACE: THE NEXT GENERATION     Dr. Michael Rossi   1985

 

and....

THE SILENT FORCE        Ward Fuller     1970-71

DOCTORS' PRIVATE LIES       Dr. Michael Wise      1979

 

Countless appearances on episodic shows.

 

 

 

DONNA WANDREY

 

DARK SHADOWS          Roxanne Drew     1970

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Barbara Ryan  Stenbeck St. Clair (Stenbeck via Gunnar Munson Munson Dixon Munson Montgomery Stenbeck Coleman    December 1971 - 1973

ANOTHER WORLD   Angie Perrini Frame    1976

RYAN'S HOPE   Dr. Meyers     1977

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Dr. Alison Perry           1980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LESLIE DENNISTON

 

AS THE WORLD TURNS   Karen Parker (Peters)    1978

RYAN'S HOPE     Jessica Freemantle    1980

GUIDING LIGHT   Maeve Stoddard Sampson Reade   1985-88

LOVING     Gwyneth Marshall Alden    !0/10/1988  (2 weeks)

AS THE WORLD TURNS       Carolyn  DeWitt  Van Doren Crawford    1990-91

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    • I think she left before Justin. I remember someone saying her last scene is dancing with Ross at the ball, telling him she's leaving to be with Ben.
    • What a wonderful photo! It really is a shame that Peacock will not show those early years. I know I'd love to see them!
    • With the death of Days and GH actress, Denise Alexander, someone posted this in the Days thread, a '60s-era photo of some of the cast, which lists the names. In the upper left, is a young Susan Flannery, who obviously ended up playing Stephanie Forrester on B&B, who was one of a few actresses to play Dr. Laura Horton [mother to Mike and Jennifer Horton] on Days. Here is a link to the photo: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/38014-days-behind-the-scenes-articlesphotos/?do=findComment&comment=2022200  
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    • Sorry, there must have been a error, while creating the file. I redone it and it has audio
    • Tamara Tunie was on a local CBS affiliate in Baltimore the other day talking about a few things she had going on, BTG amongst them: "Beyond the Gates" star Tamara Tunie is in Baltimore for the Reginald F. Lewis Museum's 20th anniversary
    • Kobe/Long had their own template and pretty much gutted the cast. As soon as contracts were up established characters were dropped. They needed to free the budget for the new characters. Going back to Ann,I wonder why the Dobsons renewed her contract around 78? After her initial story she became supporting and they didn't seem to want to pursue a romance with Mike. Maybe the feedback was that viewers blamed her indirectly for Leslie's death. If Mike hadn't taken on her case etc. Did she decide not to disrupt her son's life? Seems odd after everything she didn't claim him back. 1976 continues... Joe Werner is just not bouncing back after his recovery as he should, and Sarah, concerned about his sometimes morbid-seeming depression, consults Justin Marler. They agree that Joe is becoming a “cardiac cripple,” and know this kind of overcompensation for illness and overprecaution can not only be a permanently depressed condition but can actually cause a setback for him physically.  Marler releases Joe into Sarah’s care, but it’s soon apparent that just being out of the hospital hasn’t done anything to boost Joe’s spirits about his return to a normal existence. Marler finally lays it out to Joe—the choice has to be his. He can choose to lead a normal, productive life as a doctor and as a husband to the best wife he could have, or he can choose to become an invalid and live on the outside looking in for the rest of his days, sentencing Sarah to the same fate. Realizing the selfishness of what he’s doing to —Sarah as well as the narrowness of the confinement he’s set for himself, Joe begins to see his preoccupation with his illness as the self-pity it really is and decides he’s ready to return to the hospital for a one hour shift each day. Sarah is overjoyed by his turnabout, but full happiness is hers on the day she overhears Joe telling a fearful patient that the world is beautiful and worth any. effort to get back into it. Steve and Adam are thrilled to learn that Cedars has been the recipient of the Levy Grant for expansion of hospital property. But they have learned, as they report to Ed, that the land they were hoping to build the new research facility on, the land immediately adjacent to the hospital, has been purchased by Dr. Justin Marler. Both Adam and Steve feel that Justin is expanding a power base at Cedars and the land purchase is just one more block in Justin’s power play. When Ed asks Marler why he purchased this particular parcel of land, Marler explains that he bought it with the express intention of someday building his own offices and facilities convenient to the major facilities of Cedars. When the subject of the hospital’s needing the land arises, Marler meets with Adam, and they agree that he should realize a fair profit from his property and that an unbiased assessor should be engaged to evaluate the market value of the land so they can agree on a selling price. When Sarah comments on the fact that Marler is to realize a profit on the land, he bitterly replies that no matter what he’s done since coming to Cedars to prove that he has changed. since she last knew him, she refuses to see him as anything but what he was all those years ago. Sarah insists this isn’t true. But Marler then calls Adam for a meeting and informs him that the land is not for sale at any price. As Adam begins to grow alarmed, Marler continues that the site for the new building will be his personal donation to the hospital. As Adam expresses profuse thanks and appreciation, Marler wryly notes that the tax deductions he’ll realize on this contribution to a charitable institution will benefit himself almost as much as Cedars. When Steve Jackson learns that Marler is to be elected head of the research wing that will be built on his property, he expresses the conviction that this was the exact intention of the gift. Adam, however, assures Steve that the donation wasn’t a factor in the hospital  board’s decision, they were concerned only with Dr. Marler’s reputation as a doctor. | After lengthy consultations and meetings. with the hospital  staff, Ed assured by the head nurse that her nurses performed commendably despite the added pressure of the train wreck, presents his findings to the hospital review board. Steve arrives at two possible explanations for the facts. Either Grainger, more active than usual due to the previously delayed medication, reached for the writing pad and inadvertently disconnected the breathing tubes, or he was in a state of extreme upset because of the delayed medication and.in the excitement a surge of adrenalin within his system caused his brain aneurism to start hemorrhaging. " Upon learning that the review board has ruled out negligence in Grainger’s death, Ed tells Rita, who takes her first free breath in a long time. But Ed hasn’t thought to tell Rita that he’s been in touch with Grainger’s attorney, Mr. Schafer, who, knowing that a woman was at the base of Grainger’s investigation, is coming to Springfield to try to find out who the woman - was who walked out on Grainger when he collapsed —in the restaurant. Peggy, learning that Rita’s “forgetting” to deliver Holly’s message was instrumental in their divorce ‘being finalized, tells Ed that Holly wanted to reach him to stop the divorce. Immediately after, Peggy is torn by doubts, wondering if she did the right thing.She confides in Barbara, who then discusses the situation with Ed. He tells her he and Holly have discovered a new closeness now that they are building their separate lives. Barbara quickly contradicts him: Holly is not building a new life. Barbara gently cautions Ed, saying, “People change, feelings change, and what seems right now may not be right a year from now. No decision is irrevocable.” Ed agrees with this. Now that Ben has declared his love for her, Hope finds herself apprehensive, fearing that she might be making a mistake, as she did a few years ago, when she was sure she was in love with her college professor. Explaining that she doesn’t want to make another mistake, she asks Ben to be patient, and he agrees. When Mike expresses his disapproval of Ben’s overstated independence, his need to be beholden to no one, Hope quickly jumps to Ben’s defense, and Mike apologizes. But Ben, surprisingly, accepts Mike’s assessment as constructive criticism. Later Hope, examining her feelings and desires, tells Ben she does love him and wants to belong to him. Later that evening, after they’ve made love, Ben asks Hope to marry him.And, delighted, she replies that she will. At Hope’s instigation, Bert has a family dinner to which Ben is invited, and Hope announces their intention to marry over glasses of wine. Mike politely offers best wishes while Bert thrills the couple with her offer to' make a Christmas wedding for them. Bert later tells Mike he must accept this engagement with good spirits for Hope, and later, seeing the joy she’s feeling, he gives his daughter his approval. But Ben finds another problem on his very own doorstep: his brother Jerry, who announces he’s left home after several bad fights with their parents. He refuses to tell Ben what they were fighting about. As Ben is showering, Jerry borrows his car and goes out for an hour. The phone rings, but Ben can’t hear it. Shortly after, two uniformed officers visit Mike at home to tell him that his late wife’s car has been involved in a delicatessen robbery earlier in the evening. Since Ben bought Leslie’s car, Mike accompanies the officers to Ben’s apartment. Ben curtly informs the police that he had nothing to do with the robbery and makes it clear that he feels they wouldn’t be there if he didn’t have a record and that his exoneration doesn’t prevent his being hassled like any ex-con,as they tell him he has to go to the police station for questioning. Hope tells Ben she called him earlier, and when he replies that he must have been in the shower, she accepts his word unhesitatingly.Jerry finally returns to Ben’s place and under questioning from Ben admits that he robbed the store,explaining that he has debts. Ben is now in a quandary,as he feels he must protect his brother but doesn’t want to be unfair to Hope. He tries to ease the situation by withdrawing $185 from the joint checking account he opened with Hope and repaying the delicatessen owner. He then sends Jerry out of town to stay with a friend. His relief at having solved the problem is short-lived, however, when Mike informs him that, despite the reparations, the robbery was a felony and the police will continue to investigate. Hope is badly upset to learn while making a deposit that Ben withdrew’a sum which Mike tells her is equal to the amount stolen. This shakes her belief that he _was really home when she called, and she goes to him, asking for an answer to put her mind at rest. Ben can’t betray Jerry and asks Hope to trust him, promising she will have the whole story eventually. But Hope can’t accept this; she needs complete honesty and openness in her relationship and without it cannot goon. She painfully tells her father that the wedding is off despite her love for Ben, and tells Bert to stop preparations. Mike goes to Ben, reminding him that half the money in the account is Hope’s and she has the right to an answer. But Ben won’t say any more and refuses Mike’s offer to represent him legally, again stating that he doesn’t need a lawyer, because he’s done nothing wrong.     
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