(N)EDDIE MAINE
WALLY KURTH
Born Wallace Berkeley Kurth
7/3/1958 - Present
PURE SOAP 1994
GENERAL HOSPITAL "Lenny" The Catherine Flynn Episode 12/31/2002
SOAPOGRAPHY 2004
SOAP TALK 2003; 2004; 2006
I WANNA BE A SOAP STAR 2006
AS THE WORLD TURNS Sam Hutchins 11/30/2007- 2/11/2008
GH FANASTY 2015; 2018
SOAPCENTRAL 2018
DAYS OF OUR LIVES Justin Kiriakis Contract -- 2/3/1987 - 2/5/1991; Recurring -- 8/11/2009 - 4/3/2014; 2/17/2015 - 8/26/2015; Contract --9/1/2015 - 6/7/2016; Recurring -- 6/17/2016 - 2/28/2020; Contract -- 3/2/2020 - 9/2/2020; Recurring -- 9/11/2020 - 1/11/2025; 11/20/2025; 12/5/2025; 1/7 & 29/2026
GENERAL HOSPITAL Edward "Ned" Ashton Quartermaine 9/9/1991 - July 2007;November 2007; November 2012; 1/24/2013; April 2014 - 5/19/2015; 10/19/2015; 3/29/2016 - Present Recurring
and
INTIMATE PORTRAIT 2003
ONE DAY WITH Host 2004
BATTLE 360 Narrator 2008
GENERATOR REX Voice of Captain Callen aka Agent Six 2010-13
LADIES OF THE LAKE Hudson Montgomery 2016
THE FREDDIE AND ALYSSA SHOW 2020
THIS SHOW SUCKS TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES Wayne Billings 2022
Television Specials
82ND ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE 2013
GENERAL HOSPITAL: 60 YEARS OF STARS AND STORYTELLING 2024
movies
FINAL EMBRACE Devon 1991
POM POKO (E) Tamasaburo 1994
I LOVE YOU, DON'T TOUCH ME! David Barclay 1997
THE STEPSISTER Man Holding Baby 1997 (Made for T. V.)
AMY'S ORGASM Beautiful Guy 2001
DECODING THE PAST: THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD Narrator 2007 (Made for T. V.)
CLASS C: THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN Narrator 2008
ULTIMATE ARMORED CAR: THE PRESIDENTIAL BEAST Narrator 2012 (Made for T. V.)
BLUE SKIES Tom Hammond 2014
TALL IN THE SADDLE BUILDING CHAMPIONS 2014
MORE BEAUTIFUL FOR HAVING BEEN BROKEN Bus -- Singer and Bartender 2019
A BRIDE'S NIGHTMARE Hank 2021
COMMON AS RED HAIR Will 2023
Video Games
RESERVOIR DOGS 2006
FUSIONFALL Agent Six 2009
STORMRISE Arc Hammer Driver; Sai Transport; Warrior Soldier 2007
COMMAND AND CONQUER 4: TIBERIAN TWILIGHT 2010
OPERATION FLASHPOINT: RED RIVER Marines 2011
GENERATOR REX: AGENT OF PROVIDENCE Agent Six; Captain Callen 2011
SPEC OPS: THE LINE 2012
BROADWAY
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE 1/8/1981 - 11/20/1982 Replacement -- Pirate King; Pirate; Policeman; Understudy and Replacement -- Pirate King; Understudy and Replacement -- Sergeant of Police
TOURING
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE 6/2/1981 - 2/26/1983 Pirate; Policeman Replacement -- Sergeant of Police 2/13/1982 - ????
Bands
KURTH AND TAYLOR
THE DAY PLAYERS BAND - Currently on leave. Bandmates --Eric Martsolf; Brandon Barash; Carson Boatman -- currently on leave, Scott Reeves has filled his role in the band
Marriages
Cynthia Ettinger -- 5/27/1990 - 1993 Divorced
Rena Sofer -- 3/31/1995 - 1997 Divorced 1 Child-- Rosabel
Deborah Yuhasz -- 7/4/2003 - Present 1 Child -- Brogan
Has a daughter, Meghann from a previous relationship.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3747223-Wally-Kurth?srsltid=AfmBOoqnjdFO4Cbpncadqrs4i9eM66m_2a2Ez2zWgOzZUunuge10yyXt
KURTH & TAYLOR
TV made them famous, but real life separated them—until now
Wally Kurth and Christian Taylor are the first to acknowledge that the decision to reunite their band, Kurth & Taylor, was spurred by a touch of midlife crisis. The group formed in 1992 and was known best for its performances on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, on which Kurth was a cast member. But the two found themselves settling in different areas (Kurth in Los Angeles, Taylor in Nashville), and finally went on hiatus in 2005 to focus on their families. “Life sort of intervened,” Taylor says.
It was Taylor’s wife who suggested he retrieve his guitars from storage to share his songs with their children. He took her advice, which eventually led him to return to songwriting. His new songs found self-effacing humor in receding hairlines and broadening waistlines, an area of inspiration that he calls “midlife crisis comedy.” Taylor called his old bandmates—including bassist Lee Beverly, drummer Jim Bloodgood and lead guitarist Pat McCormack—and played them the tunes. After getting an enthusiastic response, Taylor flew to L.A. to demo the new material with Kurth. They then forwarded it to the other musicians, who added their tracks and made individual MP3s for Taylor to mix together. Taylor notes with amusement that, thanks to the band members’ home studios, the cost of his $300 plane ticket was the only recording expense.
These guys are no strangers to the DIY aesthetic. Kurth & Taylor started out in 1992 as an acoustic duo playing California’s coffee house circuit before recruiting some of Taylor’s musical pals from high school to create a full-fledged band. Their big break came when Kurth’s storyline on General Hospital called for his character, Ned Ashton, to begin moonlighting as a rock star. He suggested that the producers bring in his real-life group to help portray Eddie Maine & the Idle Rich, his alter ego’s back-up band. The story arc spanned seven years and 40 performances, garnering them a Daytime Emmy Award for their song “Barefoot Ballet.”
The lessons learned about the advantages of marketing for a mass medium weren’t lost on Kurth & Taylor. In the video for the aptly named “Let’s Get the Band Back Together,” a new track on their recently released compilation album, Greatest Hits? 1993–2010, they sing about reliving their youth by acquiring high-tech toys. The group illustrated the idea by dropping in visual references to Taylor’s favored pro audio brand, Sweetwater Sound (sweetwater.com). It was a calculated move that paid off—after Taylor sent a Sweetwater sales rep a link to the clip, the group was invited to spearhead a national marketing campaign appealing to middle-aged enthusiasts.
Still, the two partners maintain that the true reward of their reunion is the chance to hang out and relive some good times. “We were overwhelmed by domesticity, and this was a way to get back with the guys,” says Kurth, who now stars on NBC’s Days of our Lives. “Instead of getting together for bowling night, it’s great to be able to have some fun, to crank it up and sing with your old buddies.”
For the moment, having fun remains the only true goal. “We’ve never taken ourselves too seriously, and we certainly don’t have serious expectations at this age,” says Taylor. “Besides, who would take us seriously at this age?”
–Lee Zimmerman
July/August 2010 Issue of M Music & Musicians
NEWCOMER REN ON BTG
DONNY CARRINGTON
Born Donny Roger Carrington II
2/9/???? - Present
AMBITIONS Arden 2019
ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN Red 2021
BEYOND THE GATES Ren Tolliver 1/??/2026
and
BLACK LIGHTNING Youngster # 2 2018
THE FAMILY BUSINESS Wayne (Thug) 2018
THE PRE QUARTER LIFE CRISIS Whitman Freese 2018
JOHNSON Officer Freddie Nelson 2021; 2023
BMF Trell 2025
movies
GRIND CITY Donny Alexander III 2015
STOCK OPTIONS Security Guard 2025 (Made for T. V.)
MY LAST DAY Walter 2015
RIDE ALONG 2 Guard 2016
HARASSMENT Randy 2016
JUSTIFYING EXISTENCE Cam 2016
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Kree Monk 2017
LOGAN LUCKY Black Inmate # 5 2017
BOBBI KRISTINA Gary Michael 2017 (Made for T. V.)
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Kings Guard 2018
BOLDEN Crossbone 2019
BLACK ADAM Checkpoint Mercenary 2022
ROLLING INTO CHRISTMAS Ian Green 2022 (Made for T. V.)
I PRAY THIS S#I% WORKS Brandon Goodson 2023
EMBRACE Ashton Santiago aka Billy Bob 2023
CHRISTMAS RECRUIT Charles Goodwin 2023 (Made for T. V.)
RETRIBUTION FOR CORY Cory 2024
CAN YOU FEEL THE BEAT: THE LISA LISA STORY 2025
Upcoming
DEADLY INTENTIONS Chris TBA Completed (Made for T. V.)
JADED BLUEPRINTS San Santana TBA Completed
HARPER LAKE
DAYS OF OUR LIVES "Tesoro" Trey DiMera 1/19/2026
MONROE LAKE
DAYS OF OUR LIVES "Tesoro" Trey DiMera 1/19/2026
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