Soap Hoppers --The Soap Actors And Roles Thread

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Excellent work.!

 

Some more ,when you get the time

James Storm

Jada Rowland

Bernard Grant

Marj Dusay

Brett Halsey

David Bailey

Terry O'Sullivan

Douglass Watson

Rosemary Prinz

 

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I seem to recall Peter Simon in leather points as Ian......but I will grant brownie points for finding a pic of Simon looking pleasant. His Ed was always so morose. TYMV.

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JADA ROWLAND

 

RADIO

 

THE ROAD OF LIFE      Unknown Role

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON    Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION

THE EGG AND I        Child       1951 or 1952

THE SECRET STORM     Amy Ames Rysdale Britton Kincaed       1954-58; 1960-67; April/May 1968-71; April 1973- February 1974

AS THE WORLD TURNS   Dr. Susan Burke (Stewart Baxter McDermott Decker)  November 1967-68

THE DOCTORS   Nurse Carolee  Simpson Aldrich   9/7/1976-12/31/1982

THE HAMPTONS    Penny Drake      1983

 

 

Also:

SESAME STREET       Jennie     1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANA ALICIA        (ORTIZ)

 

RYAN'S HOPE     Alicia Nieves   1977-78

FALCON CREST  Melissa Agretti Cumson   1982-89

HOTEL     Mary Ellen Carson      1985

FALCON CREST    Samantha Ross   1989

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTOPHER DURHAM

 

CAPITOL           Matt McCandless     1982-84

GLITTER              Health Spa Instructor  (provided "special" services")     1984

RYAN'S HOPE    Dakota Smith Ryan    1985-88

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Mark Harrington    1989

ONE LIFE TO LIVE      Dr. Michael Jonas     1992

                                      Dr. Gardner      Unknown Year

GOSSIP GIRL         Congressman Wade    2009

AS THE WORLD TURNS   Congressman Silas   Whitman   2009

 

RESCUE ME    Father Murphy    2005

 

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SIGNY COLEMAN 

 

DALLAS                                                                          1987

SANTA BARBARA     Celeste (Crystal Rose) DiNapoli  1988-89

ANOTHER WORLD    Suzanne Jeffries    1991

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS   Hope Adams Newman Wilson   1993-97; 2000-02; 2008; 2010

GUIDING LIGHT     Nurse Annie Dutton Banks Bauer Lewis (AKA) Officer Teri DeMarco    1998-99; 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULIA DUFFY

 

LOVE OF LIFE       Gerry Breyley          1972

THE DOCTORS       Penny Davis Dancy   1973-77

ONE LIFE TO LIVE   Karen Wolek Wolek    1977

HOTEL      Arlene Greenspan       1985

PASSIONS     Mother Superior     2005-06

 

 

 

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY    Mary Hale   1982

WIZARDS AND WARRIORS    Princess Ariel    1983

NEWHART       Stephanie Vanderkellen   1983-90

BABY TALK   Maggie Campbell    1991

DESIGNING WOMEN   Allison Sugarbaker       1991-92

THE MOMMIES    Barb Ballantine    1993-95

REBA      Mrs. Hodge    2001-02

DRAKE AND JOSH    Mrs. Hayfer     2004; 2006

SHAMELESS    Candace Lishman     2011-13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRANT SHOW

 

CAPITOL        Unknown Role    Unknown Year

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS    Will      1984

RYAN'S HOPE            Officer Rick Hyde      1984-87

BEVERLY HILLS 90210    Jake Hansen    1992

MELROSE PLACE         Jake Hansen     1992-97

MODELS INC         Jake Hansen           1994

POINT PLEASANT   Lucas Boyd    2005-06

DEVIOUS MAIIDS     Spencer Westmore      2013-16

DYNASTY 2.0      Blake Carrington      2017-Present

 

also...

LUCKY CHANCES    Marco    1990

TRUE BLUE    Officer Casey Pierce   1989-90

SIX FEET UNDER     Scott Axelrod   2002

STRONG MEDICINE    Ben Sanderson     2004

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE    Daniel Kerr 2005-06

DIRT     Jack Dawson     2007

SWINGTOWN     Tom Decker     2008

PRIVATE PRACTICE   Dr. Archer Forbes-Montgomery  2008-11 (crossover to GREY'S ANATOMY IN 2009)

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE    James    2009-10

BIG LOVE     Goji Guru    2011

BURN NOTICE   Max    2011

SATISFACTION     Unknown Role     2015

THE FAMILY    Governor Charlie Lang   2016

 

among other roles....

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WESLEY ADDY

 

RADIO

UNKNOWN ROLES

THE ARMSTRONG THEATER OF THE AIR    1952

AVE MARIA HOUR         

CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER       1974

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA       1950-52

GREAT PLAYS  Cyrano de Bergerac    'Cyrano de Bergerac'   1939

                        Romeo Montague        'Romeo and Juliet'    1939

                       Earl of Essex     "Elizabeth the Queen"    1939

                       Abraham Lincoln     "Prologue to Glory"    1941

HONEST ABE      Abraham Lincoln    1941  (4 week temporary replacement for Ray Middleton)

MISTER AND MRS. NORTH         1952

STROKE OF FATE        1953

THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL SPECIAL    1948

THEATER GUILD ON THE AIR   1946-51

YOU ARE THERE       1949

 

TELEVISION

MODERN ROMANCES 

Charley       "The Shadow Brand"   week of 11/25/1957

Mr. Mace             week of 6/9/1958

TRUE STORY    Unknown Role "Everything Money Can Buy"  11/22/1958

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    Dr. Hugh Campbell    1958-59

TRUE STORY           Unknown Role          "?"    12/5/1959

DAYS OF OUR LIVES        Dr. Eric Cooper     1966-67

LOVE OF LIFE    Dr. Schreiber    1971

ONE LIFE TO LIVE    Dr. David Cardwell   1973

LOVE OF LIFE     Congressman Tom Landing    1974-75

RYAN'S HOPE    William Woodard     1977-78

LOVING          Cabot Alden   1983-91; 1994-95

 

also....

THE ADAMS CHRONICLES  Andrew Jackson   1976

movies

KISS ME DEADLY        Lieutenant Pat Murphy    1955

THE GARMENT JUNGLE   Mr. Paul     1957

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?     Marty McDonald   1962

HUSH, HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE     Sheriff   1964

THE GRISSOM GANG    John P. Blandish    1971

NETWORK      Nelson Chaney     1976

THE VERDICT     Dr. Towler    1982

BEFORE AND AFTER    Judge Grady    1996

 

Married to Celeste Holm 1966-96.

Had a thriving career in the theater before World War II.

 

 

 

 

 

HELEN GALLAGHER

 

RYAN'S HOPE      Maeve Colleary Ryan    1975-89

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ANOTHER WORLD     Hannah Tuttle       1989

ALL MY CHILDREN     Nurse Harris        1995

ONE LIFE TO LIVE       Dr. Mary Maude Boylan (Hayes)   1997-98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SALLY GRACIE    

 

THE INNER FLAME/PORTIA FACES LIFE    Phoebe   Faraday   1954

TRUE STORY      Unknown Role "Dinner Party"   9/13/1958

THE WORKING MOTHER  Marie Warner     NBC Daytime Special   12/8/1960

THE BRIGHTER DAY      Unknown Role 1961

THE GUIDING LIGHT   Unknown role  Unknown Year

THE NURSES          Pat Steele     1965

THE DOCTORS       Lab Boss Martha Allen    1968-77

ONE LIFE TO LIVE       Ina West Hopkins     1978-83

ALL MY CHILDREN   Hattie Webb      1989  (Aunt to Will, Dixie and Lanie)

                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BERNARD GRANT

 

RADIO

 

CBS BEST SELLERS    "The Serpent and the Staff"  Unknown Role   6/1960

CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER      Various Roles   1981-82

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA       Various Roles

CRIME AND PETER CHAMBERS    Unknown Role     1954

FAMOUS JURY TRIALS       Various       1947

HILLTOP HOUSE        Unknown Role

MISTER I. A. MOTO   Unknown Role     1951

MURDER BY EXPERTS     Unknown Role     1949

RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE    Various     1948-49

THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS    Unknown Role    1959

ROAD OF LIFE         Frank Dana

ROGER KILGORE, PUBLIC DEFENDER    Unknown Role   1948

SUSPENSE         Various Roles   1959-62

THEATER FIVE      Various Roles     1964-65

TOP SECRET     Unknown Role    1950

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR    Various Roles     1961-62

 

 

 

 

TELEVISION

 

LOVE OF LIFE    Unknown Role   Unknown Year

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW   Unknown Role     1953

A DATE WITH LIFE         Unknown Role    10/10-11/11/1955

                          Unknown Role     "The Tom Bradley Story" 1/23-2/27/1956

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Dr. Paul Fletcher     1956-70

TRUE STORY    Unknown Role "The Finger of Scorn"     10/12/1957

                      Johnny Beaumont  "Blackout" 2/15/1958

                       Unknown Role "Faith"  4/26/1958

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Duke Manson     1957

ONE LIFE TO LIVE           Steve Burke          1970-75

SOMERSET                       Dan Briskin           1975-76

ONE LIFE TO LIVE            Victor Lord     mid-80s  Flashbacks

 

and.....

LAW AND ORDER     Judge Irwin Reisman     1992-96

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DAVID BAILEY

 

WHERE THE HEART IS          Tony Monroe       September 1969-70

ANOTHER WORLD      Dr. Russ Matthews      1973-78; 1979-81; 1989; 1992

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Alan Spaulding         1979

AS THE WORLD TURNS        Dr. Ben Forrest  July - ? 1982

ONE LIFE TO LIVE     Gabriel Bates         1986

GUIDING LIGHT   Dr. Postley       Unknown Year

RYAN'S HOPE      Teddy Malcolm    1988-89

ALL MY CHILDREN      INS Interviewer     1992

ONE LIFE TO LIVE     Ed Bartowsky           1994

PASSIONS        Alistair Crane        2003-04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRETT HALSEY

 

DOCTOR HUDSON'S SECRET JOURNAL            Hugh Adams    1955

NBC's MATINEE THEATER    Joseph  "The Story of Joseph" 4/19/1957

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING        Spencer Garrison  1973

CBS DAYTIME 90   "Once in her Life"  Martin Badwin  2/14/1974

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW          Clay Collins       April - November 1975

GENERAL HOSPITAL        Dr. Adam Streeter         1977

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS       John Abbott   1980-82

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

SALEM'S CHILDREN    Jonathan Deed    1987

 

MOVIES  (SOAP RELATED)

THE BEST OF EVERYTHING     Eddie Harris     1959

RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE      Ted  Carter   1961

 

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

 

SCRUPLES     Derek Wagner     TV-Movie      9811

 

also   

MacKENZIE'S RAIDERS    Lt Mark Summers    1959

FOLLOW THE SUN    Paul Templin      1961-62

THE LAW OF THE DESERT     Sal Cuimo        1991

KUNG FU: THE LEGEND CONTINUES    Commissioner Kincaid    1995-96

 

 

 

JULIANNE MOORE

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT       Carmen Engler   1984

ANOTHER WORLD          Stewardess     1985

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Frannie Hughes Crawford   1985-88

                                              Sabrina Fullerton Hughes Crowley   1986-88

 

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RAY MacDONNELL

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Phil Capice       1961-69

                                           John Lambert   1962

ALL MY CHILDREN         Dr. Joseph Martin    1970-2011

ALL MY CHILDREN   2.0   Dr. Joseph Martin    2013

 

 

 

 

 

MARY FICKETT

 

RADIO

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA  Unknown Role "The Star and the Shield"   3/3/1953

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE     Nurse  Molly West    1958

 

TELEVISION 

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

Molly Webb         2/21/1955-3/7/1955

MODERN ROMANCES   

Nurse Linda Miles    "The Transfusion"  week of 10/1/56

Unknown Role   "Realization" week of 3/18/1957

Nurse   ""Pity of Revenge"   week of    11/11/1957

PORTIA FACES LIFE/ THE INNER FLAME    Ruth Byfield   1954

TRUE STORY             

Unknown Role    "I'll Die Laughing"     11/21/1959

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    Sally Smith    1961

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE   Miss Long     1961

THE NURSES   Nurse Liz Thorpe   1965-66

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Katherine Lovell     1967-68

ALL MY CHILDREN    Nurse Ruth Parker Brent Martin   1970-95; 1999-2000

movies

MAN ON FIRE    Gwen Seward     1957

KATHY O'        Helen Johns  1958

 

Formerly married to James Congdon and Jay Leonard Scheer; married to Allen Fristoe until he passed away.

Her father, Homer Fickett  directed radio's   "THEATER GUILD OF THE AIR".

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TERRY O'SULLIVAN

 

RADIO

 

DREFT STAR PLAYHOUSE   Announcer

GLAMOUR MANOR          Announcer

HILLTOP HOUSE            Unknown Role

LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL       Ted Bowman

MAKE BELIEVE TOWN, HOLLYWOOD      Announcer

THEATER FIVE    Unknown Role   'Bright House, New House'   3/30/1965

TODAY'S CHILDREN     Unknown Role    1947

 

TELEVISION

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW    Arthur Tate  1952-55; 1956-February 1966

THE VALIANT LADY        Elliott Norris     1955

TRUE STORY     Unknown Role   "The Opening Door"    2/1/1958

DAYS OF OUR LIVES    Richard Hunter   1966-67

THE SECRET STORM    Judge Sam Stevens     September 1968-69

THE BEST OF EVERYTHING    Greg Porter    1970

 

and

DOLLAR A SECOND       Announcer       1953-54

LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS     Announcer      1953-54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAN PARKER

 

DARK SHADOWS       Headless Man, Figure in vision    1969-70

RYAN'S HOPE      Dr. Valenti         1976

EDGE OF NIGHT      Doctor    1976

ANOTHER WORLD    Sammy the Bellhop    1979

                                   Theo Lane       1982

THE EDGE OF NIGHT   Agent David Cameron   1982-83

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Agent Frank Crankow     1985

OUR FAMILY HONOR      Detective Castillo    1986

AS THE WORLD TURNS      District Attorney  Avril Hobson     1986

LOVING      Phil Woodward        Unknown Year

FALCON CREST    Julius Karnow     1989-90

BEVERLY HILLS 90210     Dave Franklin  1991

PARTY OF FIVE     Dr. Leto    1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PHOEBE DORIN

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Betty Townsend     1964

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Penny Hughes.......Cunningham    1971

HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE        Angela Milagro     1974

PAPER DOLLS (PILOT )     Secretary    1982

KNOTS LANDING       Seamstress      1988

SANTA BARBARA      Nurse       1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROSEMARY PRINZ

 

RADIO

 

FRONT PAGE FARRELL     Unknown Role   1954

X-MINUS ONE    Unknown Role   1955

YOUNG WIDDER BROWN    Unknown Role    1953

 

TELEVISION

 

FIRST LOVE   Amy       1954

AS THE WORLD TURNS   Penny Hughes Baker Wade McGuire Cunningham    April 1956 -July  1968; April 1985; March 1986 - April 1987; 1988; 1993; August 1998; December 2000

HIGH HOPES      Hysterical Patient; Bartered Wife   1978  (Pilot)

ALL MY CHILDREN      Amy Parker Tyler Davis   1970

ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK    "The Child Is Mine"  Elizabeth Thatcher  12/7/1972

HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE    Dr. Julie Franklin    1974

KNOTS LANDING   Muriel ___ Warren    1981-82

RYAN'S HOPE     Sister Mary Joel   1988-89

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHAEL FAIRMAN

 

LOVE OF LIFE          Phil Waterman    1973-74

RYAN'S HOPE         Nick Szabo    1975-77

                                  Richie Graham    1980

FILTHY RICH          Mr. Taylor    1981

SOAP                      Lou       1981

SANTA BARBARA      Dr.  Charles Marcus   1987

DYNASTY     Dr. Westhaven     1988

GENERAL HOSPITAL   Harry Silver     1993-97

PROVIDENCE      Frank Gerrish    1999

SUNSET BEACH    Archhbishop Damian     1999

BOSTON PUBLIC       Harold Shaw     2000

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS   Patrick "Murph" Murphy   2008-14 recurring

 

not soaps, but.......

HILL STREET BLUES     Arnold Detweiler       1982-84

CAGNEY AND LACEY       Deputy Inspector Knelmanm    1984-88

L.A. LAW       Judge Douglas McGrath       1986-94

 

 

 

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JAMES "JIM" STORM

 

ONE LIFE TO LIVE     Dr. Larry Wolek     1968-69

DARK SHADOWS    Gerard Stiles    1970-71

THE SECRET STORM     Sean Childers    1971

THE DOCTORS   Dr. Mike Powers   1979-81

TEXAS       Jack Brent    1981

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS    Neil Fenmore    1983-86

CAPITOL   Mr. Kreiger     1986

HOTEL    Dan Kates       1987

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL   Bill Spencer, Sr. 1987-94; 1997; 2000; 2003; 2009

SUNSET BEACH    Charles Lakin     1997-98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RENA SOFER

 

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Unknown Role    1987

ANOTHER WORLD    Joyce Abernathy     1987

LOVING     Amelia "Rocky" MacKenzie Domecq  1988-91

FRESHMAN DORM   Veronica      1992

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Lois Cerullo Ashton   1993-96; 1997

MELROSE PLACE   Eve Clery Burns    1998-99    

THE OPPOSITE SEX    Ms. Gibson    2000

DIRTY SEXY MONEY       News Reporter    2009

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL    Quinn Fuller Forrester   2013-22

 

 

not soaps, but.....

OH GROW UP!    Suzanne Vandermeer     1999

THE CHRONICLE     Grace Hall    2001-02

ED           Bonnie Hume    2001

JUST SHOOT ME    Vicki Costa     2002-03

COUPLING       Susan Freeman    2003

BLIND JUSTICE        Christie Dunbar     2005

HEROES         Heidi Petrelli       2006-07

24              Marilyn Bauer   2007

NCIS           Margaret Allison Hart    2010

COVERT AFFAIRS     Geena     2011-12

movies

A STRANGER AMONG US      Shayna    1992

TWIN SITTERS      Judy      1994

KEEPING THE FAITH      Rachel Rose      2000

TRAFFIC       Helena's Friend     2000

MARCH     Hedy Pullman    2001

ROCK SLYDE       Sara Lee     2009

 

Appeared on JEOPARDY  as Quinn the Clue Giver in 2017.

Divorced from Wally Kurth, father of her daughter Rosabel Rosalind Kurth.

Daughter of a psychology Professor and a Conservative Jewish Rabbi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also,   

FORREST COMPTON   was Judge  Franklin  on OLTL,   unknown year

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Jada Rowland

Ana Alicia

Christopher Durham

Signy Coleman

Julia Duffy

Grant Show

Wesley Addy

Helen Gallagher 

Sally Gracie

Bernard Grant

David Bailey

Brett Halsey

Julianne Moore 

Ray MacDonnell

Mary Fickett

Terry O'Sullivan 

Norman Parker

Phoebe Dorin 

Rosemary Prinz

Michael Fairman

Jim Storm

Rena Sofer

 

This latest list has been added to the list of actors on page one.

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Lenka Peterson was playing Ellie Crown in 1954

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MARY ALICE

 

THE DOCTORS    Wilma who dated Hank      1975

ALL MY CHILDREN    Ellie Grant Hubbard      1980  Jesse's mother

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Roberta Jones    1983 (Samantha Jones mother suffering in prison)

ORLEANS        Ella Clark     1997

PROVIDENCE    Abby Franklin    2000

 

and.......

THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE    Fannie Michael      1989

A DIFFERENT WORLD     Lettie Bostic    1988-89

I'LL FLY AWAY      Marguerite Peck    1992

COSBY        Loretta         1999

movies (sampling)

THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON   Moms   1974

SPARKLE    Effie    1976     

BEAT STREET    Cora    1984

TEACHERS      Linda Ganz      1984

AWAKENINGS     Nurse Margaret    1990

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES    Annie Lamb    1990

MALCOLM X      School Teacher      1992

BED OF ROSES     Alice    1996

DOWN IN THE DELTA     Rosa Lynn    1998

CATFISH IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE    Dolores Williams   1999

MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS:    The Oracle    2003

Best Actress TONY Award for FENCES 1987

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