AMC Vet Joins Days of Our Lives

[Jeff]

William Christian (Derek Frye, AMC) in the role of T.R. Coates as Lani's devious daddy.

All My Children Vet William Christian Joins Days of Our Lives - Daytime Confidential

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by clubkidjeff

[janea4old]

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William Christian as TR Coates -
Johnny's movie producer, Paulina's ex, and Lani's biological father. Debuts Jan 26.

Per Jason47 and the closing credits, he's on contract.

Edited January 28, 2022 by janea4old

[DemetriKane]

Oh wow!

[janea4old]

[Khan]

See, THAT is why I HATE soaps reusing actors for different, unrelated roles.  It's hard enough to get jaded viewers to suspend disbelief and immerse themselves emotionally in the stories you tell.  Recycling actors like that makes the task twenty times more difficult.

[koos]

Well, it worked for Joe Mascolo.

Edited January 31, 2022 by koos

[Khan]

And it worked for John Aniston, too.  Yes, I know.  I still think it's a bad practice.

[koos]

I just looked it up, and I couldn't find any info about Mascolo being on Days before he was Stefano. Was it just Aniston and I mixed them up?

[Khan]

Maybe.  I thought I had read somewhere that Joe Mascolo had appeared on DAYS back in the '70's, long before he was Stefano DiMera.

[koos]

I thought I even saw a picture. But, it may have been Aniston.

[slick jones]

Both villains did it

JOSEPH MASCOLO

 

TRUE STORY   

Toby Brenner   "The Accident"         5/4/1957

Ben Collins    "Shadow of a Lie"  2/7/1959

Unknown Role       "The Great Carlini"  6/27/1959

FROM THESE ROOTS         Jack Lander         1961

THE DOCTORS       Unknown Character "A Heart is a Boy's Need"   5/20/63

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Dr. Tutano            1968

THE DOCTORS         Police Officer            1969

WHERE THE HEART IS         Ed Lucas         1973

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Count  Stefano DiMera   1982-85; 1988; 1993-2001; 2007-17

SANTA BARBARA    Carlo Alvarez           1985

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Nicholas Van Buren    "Domino"  1989-90

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL     Massimo Marone         2001-06

 

JOHN ANISTON

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Dr. Eric Richard     1969-70

LOVE OF LIFE     Edouard Alaeta        1975-78

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW   Martin Tourneur   1978-84; 1985

DAYS OF OUR LIVES      Victor Kiriakis    1985-97; 1998-Present

 

[Khan]

Thanks, @slick jones!

[koos]

Dang! I thought my memory was getting bad. Thanks.

Edited January 31, 2022 by koos

[janea4old]

William Christian appeared as a U/5 in that clip on 1/30/2018. And continued in same role, now credited roles as a "minion" for four episodes in February 2018.  He even appeared in the credits as "Bill Christian" instead of his professional "William Christian" name.  The Days casting department may have assumed that the viewers wouldn't remember his 5-episode run four years ago.  But some remember him because of recognizing him back then as AMC's Derek Frye.  And of course the casting department didn't think about the "on this day" twitter accounts remembering everything, LOL.

Edited January 31, 2022 by janea4old

[Antoyne]

I certainly didn't remember him appearing 4 years ago. I doubt most people do.