Actors who followed a writer/EP from show to show

[amybrickwallace]

I think so, too. Probably more would have joined if not for the East Coast/West Coast thing.

[kalbir]

@Faulkner Add Vincent Irizarry to the Friend of Jill list.

[Faulkner]

Done! Thanks.

[amybrickwallace]

Same with Krista Tesreau.

[Liberty City]

That was CBS' doing who orchestrated Maura West's hiring via Sony Pictures Television. I don't believe West went to The Young and the Restless simply because Paul Leyden was in a short-term role, or because Hogan Sheffer was there as co-head writer. Not to mention, West had already begun filming as Diane before Leyden even began filming as Blake. West debuted in October 2010. Leyden debuted in November 2010.

[janea4old]

More to add to FOJ

Jason Thompson from GH to Y&R.  He specifically said in a 2016 interview that JFP brought him to Y&R.
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yrs-jason-thompson-gina-tognoni-found-groove-screen-off/

 

Hunter King from Hollywood Heights to Y&R.  But I don't know if she'd consider herself a "friend" of Jill.   Jill brought her over to Y&R but I wouldn't say Hunter "followed" Jill. Hunter was  a teen when she got hired at Y&R.  So maybe she simply took a job she was offered.

 

Michael E. Knight from AMC to Y&R as a Friend of Chuck Pratt (and Jill).
This 2015 interview in which MEK praises Pratt is mind-boggling:
https://www.tvinsider.com/42993/all-my-children-vet-michael-e-knight-dishes-his-new-gig-the-young-and-the-restless/
When Mal Young took over at Y&R, MEK was out at Y&R.

 

[Faulkner]

Had JT, but added HHK, thanks!

[amybrickwallace]

How about Lane Davies? He went on GH under JFP's watch and they had worked together on SB (with NLG).

[kalbir]

CBS didn't want to lose Maura West to ABC or Days, that's why she was brought on to Y&R. Diane was the wrong role though. I thought Maura would've been better suited as a Grace recast.

Edited October 11, 2021 by kalbir

[titan1978]

That FOJ list- do we count someone like Zaslow?  He was on GL before she arrived and after.  I know she brought him to OLTL for a very short term return but that was more for him due to his illness than a typical FOJ situation.

[Faulkner]

There are a few in there that are borderline, and his situation was particularly unusual.

[titan1978]

Such a shame GL didn’t want to let him tell a story for Roger about having ALS.  I think that would have been particularly powerful for Roger, and poignant and important for the audience and Zaslow.

Edited October 12, 2021 by titan1978

[John]

Still pissed at Mary Alice Dwyer Dobbin about that

[Faulkner]

 

Indeed. Disgraceful. I only wish social media existed back then so that MADD could have been properly roasted.

[Paul Raven]

Which supports my theory that a lot of actors are interested in getting screentime ,whether it makes sense for the character or the overall benefit of the show or not.

Which is understandable,to a point.