Soap Hoppers --The Soap Actors And Roles Thread

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CHARLES GRODIN 

TRUE STORY     Tommy Elson   "?"      3/21/1960

LOVE OF LIFE Unknown Role 1963

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS        Matt Crane Stevens     1965

FRESNO           Cane Kensington   1986

 

and.....

LOUIE           Dr. Bigelow        2014-15

MADOFF        Carl Shapiro     2016

Selection of Movies

SEX AND THE COLLEGE GIRL     Bob   1964

ROSEMARY'S BABY      Dr. C.C. Hill        1968

CATCH-22         Aarty Aardvark        1970

THE HEARTBREAK KID     Lenny Cantrow       1972

KING KONG        Fred Wilson     1976

HEAVEN CAN WAIT       Tony Abbott    1978

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES     Ira Parks    1980

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN   Vance Kramer    1981

THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER Nicky Holiday  1981

ISHTAR     Jim Harrison    1987

MIDNIGHT RUN     Jonathan Mardukas    1988

BEETHOVEN     George Newton      1992

BEETHOVEN'S 2ND    George Newton    1993

DAVE      Murray Blum    1993

SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER    Commandeered Driver  1993

CLIFFORD      Martin Daniels    1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELLIOTT GREY 

 

SUNSET BEACH        Unknown Role    1997

GENERAL HOSPITAL     Unknown Role      2000

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS     Desk Sergeant     2001; 2002

                                        FBI Agent    2005

DROP DEAD DIVA       Mark Stout     2011

NASHVILLE     Doctor     2017

 

THE OVAL     Martin       2021

THE GAME     Commissioner Steven Bullock     2013; 2015

THE GIFTED         Director Wolcott      2018    

 

 

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JANET LEAGUE

 

ANOTHER WORLD        Nurse     1967

WHERE THE HEART IS         Carol Gault    1972

OUR STREET     Cynthia, Jet's Fiancee   1972 - 73

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Benita Thomas    1980

GUIDING LIGHT    Sharina Tamerlaine   1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DANIEL GRAVES

 

PROVIDENCE         Anesthesiologist        2002    

THE O.C.       Justice of the Peace    2006; 2007

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Minister Wilson      2007

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS      Dermatologist     2008

                               Dr. Kershaw    2009-10; 2013; 2014

REVENGE       Priest        2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANITA FINLAY   

 

ANOTHER WORLD          Officer Irma       Unknown Year

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL     Principal Holden    1997

MELROSE PLACE      Social Worker     1999

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS    Dr. Nora Thompson   1999-2000; 2001; 2002; 2005-06

DAYS OF OUR LIVES          Dr. Whitney           2008

                                     Dr. Janet Elman   2008

BROTHERS AND SISTERS     Judge Marsha Forrest    2011

GENERAL HOSPITAL    Judge Naomi Carson    2019; 2021

 

and

24                      Wendy Brown        2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES GREEN

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL    Florist      Unknown Year

THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS     Dr. Vinson   2016

THE OVAL       Dr. Gelson      2019

 

LODGE 49     Mr. Lang       2018-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuart Germaine

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW     Mr. Sims     1983

 

 

Anne Elstner

JUST PLAIN BILL     Unknown Role

 

Robert Gossett

ANOTHER WORLD     Jack the Accountant    Unknown Year

 

Donna Reade

MARY NOBLE, BACKSTAGE WIFE   Judith Merritt 

 

Clayton "Bud" Collyer

JUST  PLAIN BILL      David Ellis

 

 

 

 

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Donna Reade

 

MA PERKINS Sunda Burman (replaced Sunda Love) 1941

 

PAINTED DREAMS Vicky 1941

 

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Eileen Palmer

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE     Crystal Williams

 

Sharon Wyatt

GENERAL HOSPITAL  Tiffany "Elsie Mae Crumholz" Hill Donely  1981-82; 1986-95; 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Matinee Theater was a live 60 minute  NBC daytime daily anthology originating from LA from 1955 - 58.

Many 'soap hoppers' have an appearance (or more) in their resume.

To begin

 

Frances Reid

Jane Kelsey 'From the Beginning' 10/31/55

'The Aspern Papers' 11/17/55

'Sins of the Fathers' 12/15/55

'Horns of a Dilemma' 12/28/55

'Valentine's Day' 2/14/56

'Guest Cottage' 6/19/56

 

Augusta Dabney

Make Believe Mother 11/1/55

 

Kevin McCarthy

'Make Believe Mother' 11/1/55

 

Val Dufour

'The Courtship of Miles Standish' 11/23/55

'Passing Strangers' 12/6/56

 

Jeanne Cooper 

'Light and Shadow' 1/27/56

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JEANNE COOPER

 

NBC's MATINEE THEATRE     

Unknown Role     "The Brass Ring"     12/1/1955

Unknown Role    "Light and Shadow"  1/27/1956   

Ruth                     "The Cave-In"          2/3/1958

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS      Katherine Shepherd Reynolds Chancellor Thurston Sterling Murphy     1973-2013

                                                                  Marge Cotrooke     1989-90; 2008-09

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL         Katherine.....Murphy    2005

GUIDING LIGHT                                       Cecelia the Wedding Guest    2009

 

and.....

BRACKEN'S WORLD         Grace Douglas        1969-70

 

Had multiple roles on various prime-time episodes of many shows.

Appeared as son Corbin Bernsen's character Arnie Becker's mother, Gladys in two episodes of L.A.LAW (1986, 1990)

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Joey Aresco

 

and... 

BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON     Sergeant John David 'Hutch' Hutchinson   1976-77

SUPERTRAIN       Wayne Randall     1979

ROC          Sanitation Worker    1991-92

 

 

Julie Parrish

HOTEL   Marilyn Jeffries    1986

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Found a few more for Val Dufour and another Frances Reid

 

Val Dufour

 

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

 

Frances Reid

 

NBC's MATINEE THEATRE:

Jane Kelsey                "From the Beginning             10/31/1955

 Unknown Role          "The Aspern Papers"             11/17/1955

Unknown Role            "Sins of the Father"              12/15/1955

Unknown Role             "Horns of the Devil"              12/28/1955

Unknown Role             "Valentine's Day"                   2/14/1956

Helen Fairchild           "Guest Cottage "                    6/19/1956

Unknown Role              "Marriage By the Millions"     7/11/1956

 

@jam6242 found     Helen Fairchild

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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

Catherine Sloper        "Washington Square"            6/12/1958

 

FOR BETTER OR WORSE    Linda    1959-60

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS    Susan Canfield  Houghton Garrett    1964-66

GENERAL HOSPITAL    Nurse Iris Fairchild    March 30, 1967- January 1970

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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MARION RANDOLPH

 

RADIO

 

SPECIAL DELIVERY        Tiny Woodward

 

 

 

 

 

JANE ERSKINE

 

RADIO

 

AGAINST THE STORM        Lucretia Hale

YOUNG WIDDER BROWN        Miss Todd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDWARD CORBEN

 

RADIO

 

AGAINST THE STORM       Torbin Reimer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROBERT SHAYNE

 

RADIO

 

AGAINST THE STORM        Brook Lewis

PORTIA FACES LIFE            Walter Manning

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE     Mr. Allison   1941

 

TELEVISION

 

SPACE PATROL          Groata      1954

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN      Inspector Henderson     1952-58

BRACKEN'S WORLD         Sound Mixer     1969-70

THE WALTONS        Clerk     1972

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LARRY FLETCHER

 

RADIO
 

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA        Various Roles

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON       Page  Sandry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SID BREESE

 

RADIO

 

CASE DISMISSED           Various Roles

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Reverend Doctor Jonathan McNeill   

THE ROAD OF LIFE        Dr. Ralph Thompson

THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT                  Gilbert Allen

WE CAME THIS WAY      Unknown Role

WOMAN IN WHITE      Reverend Doctor Jonathan McNeill   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAMES KRIEGER

 

RADIO

 

JOHN'S OTHER WIFE      Ballard Brandon

ONE MAN'S FAMILY       Herbert Spencer

ORPHANS OF DIVORCE    Alex Pratt

PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY     Hastings

                                  Carter Trent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIRGINIA KAYE

 

RADIO

 

BETTY AND BOB         Unknown Role

CBS RADIO WORKSHOP     Unknown Role   "Space Merchants"    2/1957

JOYCE JORDAN, GIRL INTERNE      Jane Belle

PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY     Secretary Ginny Taylor

ROSEMARY              Rosemary Dawson

 

 

TELEVISION

 

TRUE STORY     Unknown Role   "Chainsaw Man"  11/25/1958

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES     Receptionist    1963

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    Rose ___ Pollock    1973-79

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MARILYN ERSKINE

 

RADIO

 

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA           Various Roles

DAVID HARUM    Unknown Role    1949

FAMILY THEATER     Various

GREAT PLAYS       Various

HELPMATE        Holly

HILDA HOPE, M.D.     Unknown Role

JANE ARDEN     Unknown Role

LET'S PRETEND       Unknown Role

LIFE BEGINS(MARTHA WEBSTER)      Unknown Role

LISTENING POST      Unknown Role

LIVING 1948        Unknown Role

LORA LAWTON      Gail Carver MacDonald     

MERCURY THEATER ON THE AIR   Jane Baxter   "Seventeen"

MURDER BY EXPERTS     Unknown Role

THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER      Unknown Role

RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE     Various Roles   

THE ROAD OF LIFE    Unknown Role    (Original Cast Member 1938)

THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT     Cherry Martin

STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD      Various

YOUNG WIDDER BROWN    Janey Brown

 

 

TELEVISION

 

THE TOM EWELL SHOW      Fran Potter       1960-61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAN TOKAR

 

RADIO

 

THE ALDRICH FAMILY                Henry Aldrich

                                            Willie Marshall    

THE CREIGHTONS ARE COMING        Victor Creighton

 

 

 

 

Went on to be a successful television Director.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARY SHIPP

 

THE ALDRICH FAMILY      Kathleen Anderson  

                                          Mary Aldrich

BROADWAY IS MY BEAT      Unknown Roles

ESCAPE             Various Roles

FAMILY THEATER      Various Roles

THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE     Unknown Role

LIFE WITH LUIGI      Miss Spaulding

LUM AND ABNER    Unknown Role

MY BEST GIRLS     Linda Bartlett

MY FRIEND IRMA     Kay Foster

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE    Unknown Role

THE WHISTLER      Unknown Role

YOURS  TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR    Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION

 

THE DONNA REED SHOW     Lydia Langley    1958-59

LIFE WITH LUIGI      Miss Spaulding     1952-53

MY FRIEND IRMA     Kay Foster         1953-54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOWARD SMITH

 

RADIO

 

THE ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN    Sergeant Velle   

THE ALDRICH FAMILY       Will Brown

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA     Various Roles   

DICK TRACY    Police Chief Brandon    

GRAND CENTRAL STATION     Unknown Role

HOGAN'S DAUGHTER       Unknown Role

JANE ARDEN   Jack Galloway

MERCURY THEATER     Various Roles

PRETTY KITTY KELLY    Inspector Gardy

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON   Buck Halliday     1954

 

TELEVISION

 

THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN     Unknown Role          1953

THE WAY OF THE WORLD    Unknown Role   2/21-3/5/1954

FIRST LOVE     Judge Kennedy   1954-55

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Unknown Role

 

and...

PETER LOVES MARY      Horace Gibney    1960-61

HAZEL              Harvey Griffin    1961-65

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Virginia Kaye

Betty and Bob

 

Marilyn Erskine

Road of Life (original cast 1938)

Helpmate Holly

Listening Post

David Harum 1949

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FREEMAN GOSDEN AND CHARLES CORRELL

 

FREEMAN GOSDEN

 

RADIO

 

AMOS AND ANDY    Amos Jones

                               Lightnin'

                   George "Kingfish" Stevens

                                   Sylvester

SAM AND HENRY        Sam Smith

 

TELEVISION

CALVIN AND THE COLONEL    Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon     voice   1961-62

 

 

CHARLES CORRELL

 

AMOS AND ANDY      Andrew H. Brown    (Andy)

                               Henry Van Porter   

                                     Brother Crawford

LUM AND ABNER     Unknown  Role

SAM AND HENRY     Henry Johnson

 

CALVIN AND THE COLONEL    Calvin Burwick    1961-62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMANDA RANDOLPH 

 

RADIO

 

ABIE'S IRISH ROSE          Pansy

                                       Lily the  Maid     1942

AMOS 'N' ANDY   Madame Queen   

                          "Mama" Ramona Smith  (Sapphire's Mother)

AUNT JEMIMA     Aunt Jemima    

AUNT JENNY'S TRUE LIFE STORIES   Various Roles

BEULAH              Beulah

BIG SISTER      Virginia         1942

CBS RADIO WORKSHOP     Annie Christmas  "The Legend of Annie Christmas"  1956

GRAND CENTRAL STATION      Various Roles     1943-46

THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE       Birdie Lee Coggins

JOYCE JORDAN, GIRL INTERNE    Celia

KITTY FOYLE   Myrtle the Maid     1943

LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL Tula 1950

MISS HATTIE   Venus Gooch    1945

THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT      Unknown Role

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE           Ruby

 

 

TELEVISION

 

AMANDA         Hostess    1949-50

BEULAH     Unknown Role   1952

THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW    Louise    1955-64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Amanda Randolph

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