Of course, thank you.

 

Ben had a good run over the years

Benny Sago AMC

Ben McKinnon AW

Bennett Hadley/ Ben Harris ATWT

Ben Olsen/Benji DOOL

Benjamin Travis EON

Ben Scott/Ben McFarren GL

Ben Harper LOL

Ben Davidson OLTL

Ben Hollister / Ben 'Stitch'Y&R

Ben Shelby RH

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by Paul Raven

3 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Of course, thank you.

 

Ben had a good run over the years

Benny Sago AMC

Ben McKinnon AW

Bennett Hadley/ Ben Harris ATWT

Ben Olsen/Benji DOOL

Benjamin Travis EON

Ben Scott/Ben McFarren GL

Ben Harper LOL

Ben Davidson OLTL

Ben Hollister / Ben 'Stitch'Y&R

Ben Shelby RH

You forgot Ben Warren and Ben Reade on GL.

Oops - just doing these off the top of my head...need to do more research. Thanks for picking up on them.

10 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Surprised Jenna wasn't used more.

Only recall Jenna Norris on AW.

 

Once a character is established on one show, it's very rare for another show to use that name.

eg Valerie was on Secret Storm 64-74, so no one else used that name in that time. The next Valerie was on Days starting in 76.

If a name is used on another show, it's usually for a very different type of character eg Alice Horton matriach, Alice Matthews ingenue.

Larissa is a name that hasn't popped up, but is somewhat known and would suit a teen girl character.

Actually, as I mentioned above, Dark Shadows used Valerie Collins. That was in 1970-71 as I recollect. Angelique (played by Lara Parker) showed up at Collinwood in 1840 and told folks that her name was Valerie.

On 7/26/2018 at 7:05 AM, Paul Raven said:

Mike/Michael has been pretty popular

GH

Mike Corbin

At one time, I thought you couldn't be part of the Corinthos clan if you weren't named Michael. There was Mike Corbin (aka Michael Corinthos, Sr.),  Michael Corinthos, Jr. (Sonny), Michael (Stone) Cates, Carly's son Michael. Years earlier, I think the Webbers (Rick & Ginny) adopted a kid named Mikey, too.

10 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Of course!

 

Looking at that list Charles has never had much use.

There was Charles Tyler and Charlie Brent on AMC, but I can't think of any other Charles or Charlie.

Cole on Y&R was born Charles Victor Howard  but Bill Bell obviously felt Charles was too old fashioned when the character returned.

Chuck Tyler was actually Charles yes?

Chuck on ATWT, Lisa's son was killed off and Snapper's son Chuckie on Y&R never returned as an adult.

Wasn’t Jennifer Ryan’s husband on ATWT (Barbara’s dad) names Dr. Chuck Ryan, too? This would’ve been not long after Lisa’s son was killed.

I also remembered another Valerie that appeared in the 60s. Retro's reruns of The Doctors enlightened us to the fact that Mike Powers had another wife sometime around 1967. If I remember correctly, her name was Valerie. We, unfortunately, didn't see her but she was referenced in a storyline involving journalist Nathan Bunker in 1968.

On 28/07/2018 at 1:03 AM, All My Shadows said:

Wasn’t Jennifer Ryan’s husband on ATWT (Barbara’s dad) names Dr. Chuck Ryan, too? This would’ve been not long after Lisa’s son was killed.

Yes Jennifer's hubby was Chuck.

Not sure when he was last on (maybe Slick Jones) could help.)

Jennifer came on in 71 as a widow,I think - so Chuck might have been on years before.

Chuckie was killed in 77

Edited July 30, 20187 yr by Paul Raven

11 hours ago, robbwolff said:

I also remembered another Valerie that appeared in the 60s. Retro's reruns of The Doctors enlightened us to the fact that Mike Powers had another wife sometime around 1967. If I remember correctly, her name was Valerie. We, unfortunately, didn't see her but she was referenced in a storyline involving journalist Nathan Bunker in 1968.

There was also another Valerie on The Doctors in 1965 played by Leila Martin.

6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Yes Jennifer's hubby was Chuck.

Not sure when he was last on (maybe Slick Jones) could help.)

Jennifer came on in 71 as a widow,I think - so Chuck might have been on years before.

Chuckie was killed in 77

Oh, thanks. For some reason, I thought Chuckie had been a late 60s/early 70s story.

I forgot about Nina, with Michelle Stafford in the news lately.

 

Nina Reeves, GH

 

Nina Webster, Y&R 

 

Nina Cortlandt, AMC

 

 

Thanks for reviving this topic.

Nina hadn't really been used for a main character until Nina on AMC.

 

 

I guess Lucinda on ATWT was the only holder of that name.

 

And it's safe to assume there was only one Barnabas, Quentin or Angelique on any soap?

 

4 hours ago, Quent said:

I guess Lucinda on ATWT was the only holder of that name.

 

And it's safe to assume there was only one Barnabas, Quentin or Angelique on any soap?

Arlene Dahl played Lucinda on OLTL for a number of years in the 80's.

Quentin was used on AW, GL and EON.

Angelique on AMC.

Barney yes, but Barnabas no.

On 7/21/2018 at 2:50 PM, robbwolff said:

There was also Lisa Grady on Another World. Otherwise, I can't think of any other Lisa on a soap.

 

SB had two - Lisa DiNapoli (Tawny Kitaen) and Lisa Fenimore (Bridgette Wilson). As a bonus, Eden's jewel thief alter ego was also named Lisa.