He was, naturally, best known from Soap, but has soap connections. He appeared on Santa Barbara, which I remember. IMDB says the character was named Maxwell Hammer. He also played a judge on GH. He had a long, varied career and was a great actor. May he RIP.

 

Here's a write-up from Deadline.

Edited June 4, 20187 yr by Wendy

He was also Jonesy on DAYS. God rest him. I loved him as Chester Tate.

From Slick Jones Soap Hopper Thread

MODERN ROMANCE           Unknown Role   Between 1954-58

FROM THESE ROOTS          David Allen       1959-61

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

 

He was extremely popular on SFT as Jo's love interest Sam Reynolds.

I wonder if his SB character name was supposed to pay homage to The Beatles - Maxwell Hammer. 

1 minute ago, amybrickwallace said:

I wonder if his SB character name was supposed to pay homage to The Beatles - Maxwell Hammer. 

 

As a Beatles fan, I'm ashamed I never made the connection. Kudos! As for the answer? Maybe, since SB was quirky like that!

Absolutely!!! 😊 

I always remember him as Chester Tate. 

 

I wish more of his SFT work was available. 

 

(did he ever talk about it?)

 

Here's the link.

 

https://deadline.com/2018/06/robert-mandan-dead-soap-threes-company-facts-of-life-1202402676/

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RIP Chester.

RIP, Mr. Mandan.  You will be missed.

His very best soap work was as Jo's love interest, Sam Reynolds, on SFT. Mandan and Stuart had very strong chemistry.

RIP. I was thinking about him just yesterday when Three's a Crowd came on. He was easily the best thing about that show.

He was easily the best thing about everything. A true talent and Chester Tate will always be my fave in a show with some truly great characters. The man became each character he needed to be!  Hollywood was lucky to have him. 

 

🙏🙏🙏

Agree, Chit.  It's a crime that Mandan never received an Emmy for his work on "Soap."  So many good actors worked on that show, but Mandan truly stood out.

I loved when Dutch married Eunice and would call Chester "Dad". Then Chester would start choking Dutch!!! We lost both Donnelly Rhodes and Robert Mandan this year. RIP.

Donnelly Rhodes and Robert Mandan had memorable Golden Girls episodes opposite Rue McClanahan.

Edited June 5, 20187 yr by SFK