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ABBY WALCOTT
(played by Jane Hoffman and Joan Bassie)
Neighbor of Adam and Nicole in Oakville. Abby, a local restauranteur, befriended Nicole when she was trying to remember the days she spent on Claude Revenant's Limbo island. It was later revealed that Abby, deeply in debt, was spying on the Drakes for Revenant. When she tried to warn Adam that Nicole was in danger, Revenant attempted to smother Abby to death with a pillow, but she survived and was defended against prosecution by Adam (March 1977).
ADA CHANDLER
(played by Billie Allen and Micki Grant)
Wife of Lt. Luke Chandler. Ada was a social worker who became involved in the adoptions of Jennifer Simms to Bill & Martha Marceau and Timmy Faraday to Mike & Nancy Karr.
AL COLLINS
(played by J.E. Freeman)
With partner in crime Wolfy Thorne, ran a "travel agency" that helped criminals escape the country. When Raven Whitney was on the lam for "killing" Jinx Avery, Freeman agreed to help her escape; however, he intended to kill her and keep the money. Shot to death by Hector Wilson in May 1982.
ALBERT
(played by David Prowse)
A simple giant involved in Eliot Dorn's Children of the Earth cult. Albert was tricked into killing several cult members by Cody Patrick, Eliot's right hand man. When Albert realized Cody had lied to him, he attacked him. The pair fell into the icy waters of the Monticello River and drowned (January 1979).
ALBERT SIMMS
(played by John McGovern)
A Monticello professor who was having an affair with his secretary. Professor Simms attempted to murder his wife Vera and framed innocent Beth Moon for the crime in 1963.
AMY BERRY
(played by Beulah Garrick)
Sister to Lila Berry. Resident of the Monticello Arms hotel. Was a chief witness for the prosecution against Winter Austen for the murder of Wade Meecham. Amy's testimony about seeing Winter wearing a coat with a fur collar immediately after the murder provided the clue that led to Winter's acquittal in May 1979.
ANDRE
(played by Jon DeVries)
In May 1983, Andre kidnapped Spencer Varney and Camilla Devereaux from The Rock Garden. While escaping the police, drove his limousine off a bridge into the Monticello River, giving Spencer and Camilla an opportunity to fake their deaths and steal Sky Whitney's fortune.
ANDY ANDERSON
(played by Richard Serbagi)
Recurring police lieutenant assigned to investigate Rosella Gray's murder in the fall of 1970. He helped clear Jim Fields of the crime and later investigated Kate Sloane's faked haunting of the Marceau home.
ANNA
(played by Diane Raymond)
Mike Karr's seldom seen office secretary in the late 70's and 80's.
ANN BARTON
(played by Priscilla Gillette)
Sister of the late Sybil Gordon. Ann was brought to Monticello by DA Austin Johnson and Ted Grant to discredit Mike Karr. Ann claimed that Sybil had not been murdered but committed suicide due to an ill-fated love affair with Mike.
ANTOINE
(played by C.K. Alexander)
Tempermental French chef hired by Margo Dorn to keep tabs on husband Eliot at The Unicorn. Eliot and bartender Mickey Dials framed Antoine for dipping in the till, and Margo fired him in the summer of 1979.
ASHLEY REYNOLDS
(played by Paul Vincent)
Estranged husband of Kay LePage Reynolds. Involved in an extramarital affair with Phoebe Smith. Left town in 1973 after being rejected by Kay and Phoebe.
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BARBARA BARNETT
(played by Audra Lindley)
Emissary of Governor Kelley to stop Casey Reno's dope ring in Monticello, Barbara was actually working both sides of the fence. She participated in a plot engineered by Scofield Kilborn and Reno to switch Phil Capice with impostor John Lambert (February 1962).
BARNEY WEST
(played by Alfred Sandor)
Cohort of loan shark Eric Barrington. With wife Mona, Barney held kidnapped Laurie Ann Karr hostage from March to June 1969 as part of a plan to blackmail Mike Karr.
BART FLETCHER
(played by James Ray)
Assistant to Harry Constable on Monticello's floating casino The Riverboat. Fletcher was in love with lounge singer Julie Jamison and murdred her abusive husband Lloyd Hubbard. Later, he was blackmailed by Harry into a plot to steal Orin Hillyer's fortune by exploiting Julie's resemblence to the late Laura Hillyer. After Julie was falsely arrested and tried for Harry Constable's murder, Fletcher decided to come clean and help Julie by clearing her of Lloyd Hubbard's death. Before he could testify, Frank Loomis and Willie Saffire, Harry's criminal successors, had him shot and killed by hitman Johnnie.
BEBE SPODE
(played by Kimetha Laurie; et al)
Daughter of Martin and Hester Spode. In October 1956, Bebe was taken from Monticello by Cora Lane, who was obssessed with the child. Bebe was returned safely and lived with her parents until father Martin was murdered in 1958.
BEN EVERETT
(played by Mel Cobb)
Co-anchorman with Nicole Drake at WMON-TV. Ben was infatuated with Nicole and tried to come between her and Dr. Miles Cavanaugh. When WMON was purchased by Margo Huntington in September 1978, Ben was fired and left town.
BEN HATCHER
(played by James Congdon)
Military colonel who tried to stop international spies from stealing a microdot containing information about the secret Project R. Hatcher's wife and son were threatened in the summer of 1967, leading to a shootout on a military airstrip.
BEN LEE
(played by Al Freeman, Jr.)
Assistant district attorney for Monticello in 1965-66. Lee assisted DA Peter Quinn with the prosecution of Martha Marceau for the murder of Rick Oliver.
BENITA THOMAS
(played by Janet League)
Child welfare social worker for the Medford Foundation. Benita was hired by Cliff Nelson to pay a surprise visit to Raven Swift in hopes the negative report of Raven's treatment of neglected son Jamey would sway Judge Lewis to give custody to Logan Swift. The plan backfired when Raven's lover Eliot Dorn renovated Jamey's nursery and bought him a new wardrobe the day before Benita's visit.
BENNY HAYES
(played by Bennett Cooperman)
First appearing as a deliveryman for a florist, it was later revealed that Benny used his father's flower shop as a front for selling drugs. In December 1979, he sold drugs to Nola Madison, who was posing as elderly Martha Corey. Benny hired a fellow thug to kidnap and rape Deborah Saxon. On St. Valentine's Day 1980, he attempted to rape Nancy Karr in his father's shop, but Mike arrived in time to stop him.
BERNARD EHLERS
(played by Robert Carroll and Mandel Kramer)
Cora Lane's defense attorney during her trial for the murder of Marilyn Bollon in the spring of 1957.
BETSY BROWN
(played by Carolyn Groves)
Fellow student of Lee Pollock at the Monticello Art Institute. Betsy stood by Lee when he was falsely accused of stabbing hood Julie Kurtz to death in October 1962.
BETTY MORRISSEY
(played by Janet Margolin)
Teenaged daughter of Daniel and Jean Morrissey. Betty was held hostage with her family by crazed heroin addict Speed Taft in August 1961.
BILLIE SCHUMAN
(played by Catherine Cox)
Chicago friend of Beth Corell, Billie helped hide Beth in the fall of 1984, when she was unable to divulge a deeply personal secret to Miles Cavanaugh.
BILLY CUTLASS GUMBS
(played by Al Fann)
Billy first appeared in 1976 as part of amnesiac Nicole Drake's flashbacks to the time she was missing and presumed drowned. Billy was a manservant to criminal Claude Revenant, who was hiding on a private island in the Caribbean after stealing a fortune from Monticello crimelord Anthony Saxon. Billy eventually saved Nicole's life. He appeared in Monticello in January 1977 to help authorities pinpoint the location of Revenant's island.
BILLY HARPER
(played by Billy Quinn and Pud Flanagan)
Son of Roger and Mary Harper. Billy befriended Mike and Sara during Mike's hospitalization for a gunshot wound. It was later revealed that he was a black market baby acquired by Mary Harper without her husband's knowledge. Billy was actually the nephew of wealthy Englishman Ambrose Haller and sole heir to the Haller fortune. After the truth came out and the Harpers reconciled, Billy asked them to legally adopt him (November 1957).
BUFFY REVERE
(played by Elizabeth Parrish)
Wealthy widow and patron of the arts who had an affinity for muscular, young men. Buffy was seduced by actor/gigolo Johnny Gentry to provide money for Jim Dedrickson's acting company The Maskers. Buffy's penthouse was the scene of Jinx Avery's fake murder, a plot to trick Raven Whitney that went seriously awry.
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CARLTON DeWITT
(played by Leon B. Stevens)
Mob-owned candidate for Colin Whitney's Senate seat after Colin and Gordon Whitney were murdered. Ran against Adam Drake.
CARMEN ENGLER
(played by Julianne Moore)
Daughter of scientist Dr. Anton Engler. Carmen met with Sky Whitney, Logan Swift, and Alicia van Dine in Switzerland after her father went missing. She and Sky discovered her father's murdered body.
CAROL BARCLAY
(played by Polly Adams)
Nurse at the Clairmont Hospital in Mayfield. Initially a confidante of villainous Denise Cavanaugh, Carol turned against Denise, who set her up to be fired from the Clairmont. In the summer of 1978, Carol was a suspect in Denise's murder and testified at April Scott's trial for the crime. Carol worked as an office nurse in Miles' private practice. She ceased appearing in late 1978, though presumably continued to work for Miles offscreen. In the summer of 1980, Miles mentioned to Emily Michaels that Carol had married and quit her job.
CAROLINE EGAN
(played by Gretchen Walther)
Mother to Detective Christine Egan. Caroline lived on an upstate farm with Chris' father Mark. Caroline made several appearances in early 1984 when Chris was temporarily blinded by a gunshot to the head.
CATHRYN DANE
(played by Mary Denham)
Deceased former patient at the Clairmont Hospital. Shown only in flashbacks, Denise Cavanaugh suspected husband Miles of having an affair with Cathryn. It was later revealed that Denise was responsible for Cathryn Dane's death.
CHARLEY BROOKS
(played by Ian Martin)
An member of The Edge of Night's original cast, Sgt. Charley Brooks was Mike Karr's partner on the police force and good friend. Charley fell in love with public stenographer Grace O'Keefe, who left town when she couldn't decide between Charley and suitor Paul Roberts. After Mike resigned from the police department to work as an attorney in the D.A.'s office, Charley followed Grace to San Francisco. They married offscreen in early 1958.
CHARLEY RICHMOND
(played by Charles Welsh)
Former orderly at the Clairmont Hospital. Charley suspected Denise Cavanaugh of murdering Cathryn Dane. After he threatened Denise, Charley was found dead from a drug overdose.
CHARLIE HARMON
(played by Dick Bocelli)
Bartender/manager for Eliot Dorn at The Unicorn disco during the summer and autumn of 1980.
CHIP BEEMER
(played by Kipp Whitman)
Thug who shared a past with Winter Austen. Chip knifed DA Logan Swift and was the prime suspect in an acid attack which blinded Mike Karr in May 1978. Chip later took Deborah Saxon hostage and was killed during a violent shootout with Raney Cooper in a parking garage. After Chip's death, it was revealed that he had been innocent of the attack on Mike, the real perp being Raney Cooper.
CHRIS RAFFERTY
(played by Paul Fazone)
Actor in Mansion of the Damned, Owen Madison's horror film. Interested in Paige Madison, though she did not reciprocate.
CHRISSIE SUMMERS
(played by Debra Whitfield)
Buxom blond maid of Sky and Raven Whitney. Caught one morning modeling a tight uniform to a delighted Sky, Chrissie was unceremoniously fired over the telephone by Raven and replaced with Bobbie Gerard (November 1981).
CHUMMY DAVIS
(played by Ron Karabatsos)
Associate of racketeer Eddie Lorimer. Stabbed Damian Tyler, who was working on an undercover sting to nail Eddie. In January 1982, Damian and Chummy accidentally came face to face again at the Monticello P.D. Chummy grabbed Damian's service revolver and shot him at point blank range; however, the gun had been loaded with blanks.
CLAIRE DAY
(played by Sean Murphy and Cyd Quilling)
Cheerful, good natured actress in Gavin Wylie's stage production of Some Hidden Thunder. Claire enjoyed a playful romance with Gunther Wagner, before leaving Monticello in October 1983 to appear in Gavin's feature film Malibu Beach Bunnies.
CONSTANCE JOHNSON
(played by Elizabeth Lawrence)
Beleaguered, cuckolded wife of Monticello's corrupt district attorney Austin Johnson.
CORKY
(played by Joy Claussen)
Mike Karr's secretary in 1973.
COURTROOM SPECTATOR
(played by Frances Nonenmacher, uncredited)
A spectator at Draper Scott's trial for the murder of mother-in-law Margo Dorn was none other than The Edge of Night's fan club president Frances Nonenmacher.
COWBOY
(played by Ryan MacDonald)
Hired killer sent by Otto Zimmerman to kill Gerry McGrath, who was on the run to escape prosecution in the murder of Davey Hansen (December 1964).
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DAISY
(played by Karen Wenden)
April Scott's cellmate at Warmdale prison (1978-79).
DANIEL MORRISSEY
(played by Victor Thorley)
Husband of Jean and father of Betty. Held hostage in a home invasion by crazed drug pusher Speed Taft and accomplice Helen McCabe in August 1961. Daniel and his family escaped unharmed with the help of Ed Gibson.
DAVEY OAKES
(played by Steven Flynn)
Teenage patron of the Video Disco. Davey was brainwashed by subliminal messages into attempting to assassinate Mike Karr by stabbing him at a televised press conference (August 1983).
DAVID HENSON
(played by Arnold Moss)
Senior partner in the Manhattan law firm of Seward, Paxton, and Whiteside. A former lover of Margo Dorn, David was blackmailed by Margo into refusing Draper Scott's junior partnership in the firm. David reluctantly went along with Margo to protect his wife Francine and died shortly afterward.
DENNIS
(played by Sam Jarvis)
Relief doorman at Margo Huntington's highrise apartment building. Dennis was on duty the night Margo was bludgeoned to death in her penthouse. Along with fellow doorman Oscar Miller, he was an eyewitness in the police investigation of Margo's murder (January 1980).
DESMOND ALDRICH
(played by James Douglas)
Cold businessman father of Mark Hamilton (Aldrich) who kidnaped Raven in October 1984 after envisioning her as his dead wife Michelle.
DOT EARLE
(played by Jane Cronin)
Daffy, nouveau riche wife of Texan Jim Earle, who bought the Whitney mansion from Spencer Varney in June 1983. Dot became convinced that the mansion was haunted by a ghost and fled in terror that autumn when several houseguests were brutally murdered by Spencer Varney.
DOUG HASTINGS
(played by Hal Studer)
Liasion with the state crime commission in Capitol City. Doug was a recurring character in the late 60's/early 70's. His appearance usually precipitated Mike Karr's extended absence for offscreen business, or to introduce new criminal plotlines into the narrative. Doug's appearance was so foreboding that Nancy bristled at the mention of his name.
DR. ALLISON PERRY
(played by Laurinda Barrett and Donna Wandrey)
Former medical school classmate of Dr. Miles Cavanaugh. In January 1980 when Miles erroneously believed himself to have schizophrenia, he consulted with Allison.
DR. ARNOLD FEATHERSTONE
(played by Humphrey Davis)
Doctor at Kenneth Bryson's plastic surgery clinic The Rexford Institute, where Nancy Karr was kidnapped and held captive in the spring of 1981. When Dr. Featherstone recognized Nancy's photograph in an article about her disappearance, he tried to alert authorities but died from massive stroke while arguing with Matt Sharkey.
DR. BRIAN LEE
(played by Jon Lee)
Friend and colleague of Jim Fields. Dr. Lee was a private practice psychiatrist who admitted Cookie Christopher to Greenhaven Sanitarium for a nervous breakdown, after she discovered husband Ron's affair with Tiffany Whitney (March 1971). Later in the year, Brian left Monticello and turned his practice over to Jim.
DR. CALMETTE
(played by Jacques Roux)
French physician who befriended and treated an amnesiac Nicole Drake in Paris (November 1975).
DR. CHRIS NEELY
(played by Douglas Warner)
Psychiatrist succeding Dr. Quentin Henderson. Had a brief flirtation with Phoebe Jamison and later became emotionally involved with patient Tracey Dallas (1976-77).
DR. DAVE GERARD
(played by Michael Ebert and Franklyn Cover)
Psychiatrist, 1969-70, at the Hayward Institute.
DR. DAVID ROPER
(played by Herb Downer)
Owned Roper's Clinic in Monticello, 1977-78. Friend and associate of Miles Cavanaugh. Dave enjoyed a flirtation with nurse Tree Worthington. He left to marry an old girlfriend in May 1978.
DR. HUGH LACEY
(played by Brooks Rogers)
Monticello's general practitioner from 1969 through 1978. Treated mugging victim Phil Capice, car crash victims Adam Drake and Liz Hillyer Fields, comatose Geraldine Whitney and amnesiac Nicole Drake. Dr. Lacey was a recurring
character, utilized when the storyline called for him. He was last seen in 1978 during Mike Karr's bout with blindness. Dr. Lacey was phased out of the story to make room for Dr. Miles Cavanaugh.
DR. JEREMY STUART
(played by George Ede)
Diagnosed and treated Nicole Cavanaugh for aplastic anemia in the summer and autumn of 1980.
DR. JOHN CARPENTER
(played by Fred Scollay and Leon B. Stevens)
Jim Fields' supervisor at The Hayward Institute during 1969-70, when Jim and Liz worked with aphasia patient Debbie Martin.
DR. KATHERINE LOVELL
(played by Mary Fickett)
Psychiatrist who treated Orin Hillyer at Greenhaven Sanitarium following the death of his wife Laura. Fell in love with Orin, but he rebuffed her for Julie Jamison (1967-68).
DR. KEVIN REED
(played by Stanley Grover)
Psychiatrist at Greenhaven Sanitarium who treated Cookie after she was confined there in April 1971, following a nervous breakdown. Dr. Reed's tape recorder accidentally recorded Ron Christopher's confession that he had an affair with Tiffany Whitney. When Cookie overheard the recording, she went mad and attempted to stab Ron. In September, Reed's superior Dr. Warner was bribed into releasing Cookie after accepting a donation for a new hospital wing from Geraldine. Dr. Reed, fearing Cookie's emotional state, objected to her release. When Warner gave him the choice of being bought off or fired, Dr. Reed resigned from Greenhaven.
DR. LUCIAN KEE
(played by Aki Aleong)
Asian hypnotherapist who helped Miles Cavanaugh recall events from the night Barbara Montgomery was savagely beaten and the night Nora Fulton was strangled to death at WMON-TV.
DR. NEIL WELLMAN
(played by David Pendleton)
Friend of Leo Gault who unsuccessfully attempted to hypnotize an amnesiac Draper Scott into remembering his past.
DR. STEPHEN WARNER
(played by Richard Buck)
Administrator at Greenhaven Sanitarium who accepted a hefty donation from Geraldine in exchange for an early release of unbalanced Cookie Christopher (1971).
DR. STERN
(played by Jack Betts)
April Scott's OB-GYN during her first pregnancy in May/June 1978. Dr. Stern diagnosed April's miscarriage after she fell down the stairs during an argument with nasty sister-in-law Denise Cavanaugh.
DR. WHALEY
(played by George Hearn)
Psychiatrist at Warmdale Prison. Counseled April Scott about her bizarre childhood and premonitions of disaster. Dr. Whaley's office and car were used to facilitate April and Hannah's escape in January 1979.
DUKE MANSON
(played by Bernard Grant)
Shady gambler involved with Marilyn Bollon. Duke discovered that Harry Lane murdered Marilyn and was framing wife Cora for the crime. Duke blackmailed Harry for money, and in exchange, reported to Mike Karr that Cora was Marilyn's only enemy. It was later revealed that Duke had framed Louise Grimsley for a hit-and-run manslaughter in Reno, Nevada, where she had gone to divorce her husband Phil Capice (1957).
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ED PARMALEE
(played by Les Damon)
An assistant district attorney under Bruce Thompson, Parmalee prosecuted Cora Lane's trial for the murder of Marilyn Bollon in the spring of 1957. He and Mike Karr initially had an adversarial relationship, primarily due to Parmalee's jealousy, but the two later became friends.
EDDIE PACKARD
(played by Ed Marinaro)
False lead in the Adam Drake murder investigation. A matchbook with the name "Packy" was found among Adam's personal effects after he was shot to death in June 1977. Eddie Packard was erroneously thought to be the man referred to in the matchbook, but the real lead was eventually revealed to be Packy Dietrich.
EDDIE HOLLAND
(played by Victor Thorley)
Partner with Leo Sekuler in a black market baby racket. Holland was a disbarred attorney who drafted legal documents stating that Rose Marie Bremen had voluntarily abdicated her rights to the baby adopted by Louie and Teresa Baccoli. Was arrested in July 1957.
ELAINE WITTMAN
(played by Carrie Klein)
Recurring henchwoman of Louis Van Dine who protected the infamous 30th floor of the Isis Building. A weapons expert, Elaine shot Gunther Wagner and catfought Mitzi Martin during an escape attempt. She was subdued by Gunther and Mitzi and turned over to the police after Van Dine's downfall (October/November 1983).
ELEANOR MARCHECK
(played by Ann Whiteside)
Cruel matron at Redstone Prison, where Julie Jamison Hillyer was incarcerated during her trial for killing Harry Constable, in the summer and autumn of 1968. Matron Marcheck pretended to befriend Julie, but later testified against her in court, twisting Julie's innocent confessions into damning evidence.
ELLA BATTLE
(played by Jackson Perkins)
Recurring wife to Wyn Battle and mother of Betty Jean Battle, Jack Lane's wife, in the 1950s.
ERICA
(played by Erica Weingast)
Recurring waitress/hostess at Johnny Dallas' New Moon Cafe in 1975-76.
EVERETT COOPER
(played by Stephen Joyce)
Head of Monticello's medical review board. Cooper's wife falsely accused Miles Cavanaugh of propositioning her after he rebuffed her advances. Cooper confronted Miles, who punched him. Cooper filed a complaint with the medical review board to have Miles' license revoked (December 1982).
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FLORENCE HATCHER
(played by Billie Lou Watt)
Wife of Colonel Ben Hatcher and mother to young son Tommy, who was kidnapped by spies Jessica Webster and Paul Koslo (1967).
FRANCINE HENSON
(played by Lori March)
Wife of David Henson, senior partner of the Seward, Paxton, and Whiteside law firm. Francine revealed to Draper Scott that his mother-in-law Margo Dorn had blackmailed David into rejecting Draper's junior partnership in the firm. In February 1980, Francine reluctantly testified as a prosecution witness at Draper's trial for Margo's murder.
FRANK LOOMIS
(played by Jim Dukas)
Gangster hired to run the Riverboat following Harry Constable's murder in May 1968. Loomis ordered kidnapper Sandy Buchanan to keep Julie Hillyer under wraps when she was on the run for Harry's murder. Later, Loomis hired hitman Johnnie to silence Bart Fletcher, who was on the verge of admitting he lied on the witness stand in an attempt to frame Julie for murder.
FRANKI
(played by Anita Gillette)
Hat and coat check girl on Harry Constable's floating riverboat casino. Flirted with Julie Jamison's husband Lloyd Hubbard.
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GEORGE FOLEY
(played by Michael M. Ryan)
Spy who kidnapped Raven Whitney and stole Jefferson Brown's coded diary in September 1982. He was later killed in a car crash while evading the police. The book Foley constantly read in Ian Deveraeux's study (Principles of Boolean Alegbra) later proved to be the hiding place of the diary, which contained clues to the location of The Phonebook, a computerized list of international spies and their aliases.
GEORGE LEEDS
(played by Gilbert Green and Stan Watt)
New York attorney who was a business partner with Jake Berman during 1972-73. Leeds testified at Adam Drake's trial for the murder of Jake.
GLEN SAUNDERS
(played by Kelly Gwinn)
Technician at WMON-TV who helped Nicole Cavanaugh set up the camera and video recorder for Nora Fulton's taped confession exonerating Miles of attempted rape.
GLORIA
(played by Karen Anthony)
Jamey's irresponsible babysitter during the summer of 1980.
GRACE O'KEEFE
(played by Maxine Stuart)
A member of The Edge of Night's original cast, Grace was a friend and confidante to Sara Lane. A public stenographer, Grace found herself peripherally involved in Harry Lane's legal problems. Grace dated police sergeant Charley Brooks, but was also pursued by old flame Paul Roberts. In May 1957, Grace bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco and left Monticello. She later sent a letter to Sara revealing that she left because she couldn't choose between the town men. However, Charley followed her to San Francisco, and they married offscreen the following year.
GREG SCHAEFFER
(played by John O'Hurley )
PR man at Image Inc, Alicia van Dine's media company. Later admitted that his real name was Greg Parker, and he was sleeping with Shelley Franklyn. Was a suspect in the attack on Detective Chris Egan, which left her temporarily blinded.
GUI TAVERNIER
(played by Jean LeClerc)
Houseguest of Dot and Jim Earle at the Whitney mansion. Gui was a French investor in Jim Earle's scheme to finance a South American military coup. He had an affair with Lady Jillian Digby, another houseguest, under her husband's nose and also attempted to seduce Raven (November/December 1983).
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HANNAH
(played by Bobo Lewis)
Referred to as "Boss Hannah" by the inmates at Warmdale Prison where she was top dog, Hannah staged a mock witch trial for April Scott, newly convicted for the murder of her sister-in-law Denise. In January 1979, Hannah forced April to participate in a prison break. April successfully escaped, but Hannah was caught and transferred to a maximum security prison.
HARRIET GREENING
(played by Alice Beardsley)
Jake Berman's neighbor. Mrs. Greening helped speed Adam's arrest for Jake's murder when she told police that she heard the fatal shot after Adam entered Jake's apartment. She later realized that she was mistaken and testified in his defense (September 1973).
HELEN KILLBOURN
(played by Mary K. Wells)
Female police sergeant on the Monticello P.D. during the first few years of The Edge of Night. Helen assisted Mike Karr in the capture of killers Larry White and Clayton Pike.
HELEN McCABE
(played by Marion Brasch)
Accomplice of crazed drug pusher Speed Taft. Helped Taft hold the Daniel Morrissey family hostage in a home invasion (August 1961).
HENRIETTA CROSS
(played by Marion Brasch)
Raven's downstairs drunken neighbor and occasional babysitter for Jamey in the summer of 1980.
HOLLY MEECH
(played by Patti Carr)
Paid by Louis Van Dine to publicly state that she and Mike Karr were having an affair, during Mike's campaign for district attorney in 1983. Holly later admitted that she lied.
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INEZ JOHNSON
(played by Gwynn Press)
Call girl who mistakenly identified Mike Karr as the shooter of Beau Richardson in 1977. After Inez admitted that Anthony Saxon forced her to turn Mike in, the police believed Mike was being framed. Inez was issued a polygraph test and passed. It was later revealed that Inez had seen Mike's lookalike Raymond Harper kill Richardson.
IRA GIDEON
(played by Randy Phillips)
Monticello crimelord who underwent plastic surgery at The Rexford Institute to change his identity and escape prosecution. Nancy Karr, visiting the clinic to see orderly Matt Sharkey, accidentally got a glimpse of Gideon and recognized him. He was eventually captured when Mike and the police raided the clinic (June 1981).
IRA PAULSON
(played by Bernard Barrow)
Monticello's district attorney from 1974-78. Prosecuted Martha Marceau for the murder of Taffy Simms. After actor Bernard Barrow left to originate the role of Johnny Ryan on Ryan's Hope, the character of Ira continued to exist offscreen. Ira resigned in October 1978 to take over Kevin Jamison's abandoned congressional seat and was succeeded as D.A. by Logan Swift.
IRENE EAGEN
(played by Julie Christy)
Paramour of murderous criminal Clayton Pike. Irene had an affair with Pike and plotted with him to murder Mary Harper and collect the inheritance of Mary's illegally adopted son Billy. She was arrested by Helen Killbourn when the Harper plot unravelled (November 1957).
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JAKE BECKER
(played by Sam Grey)
JAKE GOLICK
(played by Ralph Dunn)
Owner of a small trucking company where Jack Lane worked after his marriage to Betty-Jean and the arrest of Harry Lane.
JAKE VENEFRA
(played by Robert Nielsen)
Underworld kingpin arrested in a warehouse sting, May 1983. Preacher Emerson's father Del had been involved with Venefra's activities, and Nicole Cavanaugh was murdered while presenting a report on Venefra during WMON-TV's six o'clock news broadcast.
JANE CONWAY
(played by Barbara Joyce)
Newspaper reporter investigating the involvement of John Phillips in her late sister's death. Used as bait to trap Phillips and was nearly murdered by his henchman Oliver Barbour (November 1957).
JASON FIELDS
(played by Robert John McLaughlin)
Infant son of Jim and Liz Fields. Liz took Jason with her to Italy when she left to care for her ailing father Orin (September 1974).
JASON REINHART
(played by Harry Goz)
Hollywood director hired by Owen Madison to direct Mansion of the Damned. Jason was killed in a freak accident on the movie set when an arc light suddenly crashed to the floor, causing him to have a fatal heart attack (October 1979).
JASON RUTLEDGE
(played by Eric Conger)
Raven Swift's attorney in her battle with estranged husband Logan for legal custody of their son Jamey.
JEANNE CULPEPPER
(played by Frances Chaney)
Mike Karr's trusted secretary in the 1950's and 1960's.
JEAN MORRISSEY
(played by Henrietta Moore)
Wife to Daniel and mother of Betty. Held hostage with her family by crazed drug pusher Speed Taft and his accomplice Helen McCabe.
JED
(played by Philip Kraus)
Member of the Tobias terrorist gang. Tricked by Tobias (aka Mickey Dials) into attempting to murder Paige Madison. Jed was shot to death on the Madison terrace by Steve Guthrie
JENNINGS CARLSEN
(played by Jeff Harris)
Vicious, cultured criminal who was a member of Monticello's elite society while secretly running a numbers racket with brother Victor. Jennings was an accomplice in the murders of Goldie Golden and George Vetter, whose insurance company was a front for the Carlsens' racket. Shot and killed by the police in December 1960.
JIM EARLE
(played by Arch Johnson and Robert Nichols)
Obscene, wealthy Texan who bought the Whitney mansion from Spencer Varney. In the fall of 1983, he invited several investors to his home in a scheme to bankroll South American military coup. Earle's scheme dissolved when Spencer Varney murdered his houseguests.
JIM MITCHELL
(played by Tom Gorman)
Owner of Mitchell Automatives, Jim had a reputation for hiring ex-prisoners to work in his garage as part of a rehabilitation scheme. In reality, Mitchell's garage was a major chop shop dealing in stolen parts. At the urging of benefactor J.H. Phillips, Mitchell hired Martin Spode, newly released from prison and trying to go straight.
JOCK DeLUCCA
(played by Ed Kovens)
Draper Scott's sympathetic warehouse supervisor when Draper believed himself to be Kirk Michaels. Jock gave Draper tickets to the amusement park Playland, where Draper and Emily were later held prisoner by criminal associates of the real Kirk Michaels (Summer 1980).
JOE RANDY
(played by Chris Wallace)
Credited as "The Man" in the cast crawl, Joe Randy was a hitman sent by Claude Revenant to silence Nicole Drake. Thinking she was Nicole, he mistakenly shoved Tiffany Whitney out of a 10th floor office window. Joe Randy was later found dead, the result of a gangland execution (May 1976).
JOEY DIALS
(played by Joey Jerome)
Teenaged brother of terrorist Mickey Dials. Joey was involved in petty crimes, which escalated to armed robbery. In June 1979, fourteen year old Joey was shot to death by Detective Steve Guthrie during an attempted convenience store robbery.
JOHN
(played by George Hall)
Loyal butler to the Whitney family. First appearing in 1970, John later worked for Orin Hillyer (1972-73). In January 1973, John fell down the staircase as the unwitting victim in Elly Jo Jamison's plot to kill Liz Hillyer Fields and her unborn baby. After Orin moved back to Italy, John returned to the employ of the Whitney family. Married to Trudy, the Whitney family housekeeper, John ceased appearing in the fall of 1978 when Geraldine decided to close the mansion following her husband Anthony Saxon's death.
JOHNNIE
(played by Philip Sterling)
Hitman hired by Frank Loomis and Willie Saffire to silence Bart Fletcher, who was threatening to reveal that Julie Jamison Hillyer had not killed Lloyd Hubbard. Johnnie shot Fletcher in the back with a rifle, and later, Fletcher died from his injuries (September 1968).
JOHNNY PHILLIPS, JR
(played by Don Fellows)
Son of corrupt Monticello businessman J.H. Phillips. Tried to enlist impressionable Jack Lane in a money-making scheme.
JOHN-VICTOR DALLAS
(played by C.R. Gowan)
Infant son of Johnny Dallas and Laurie Ann Karr. J.V. was often neglected by Laurie as she began to suffer a mental breakdown following the separation of her parents in November 1976. When the Dallas marriage ended in 1977, Johnny took J.V. and left Monticello. When Laurie was released from Greenhaven Sanitarium in December 1984, she vowed to get her nine year old son back from Johnny, a plotline that would have reached fruition had The Edge of Night continued production.
JOJO
(played by Jack Bittner and David Groh)
Ex-con friend of Johnny Dallas. JoJo helped Johnny flee Monticello following the murder of Jake Berman and revealed Johnny's hiding place in Chicago to Laurie, resulting in their affair. JoJo's real name was Harold Eiler.
JUD WALLACE
(played by Larry Golden)
1984 serial killer who murdered coeds at Wellington College, including Jody Travis' roommate Tess McAdams. Wallace attempted to kill Didi Bannister and was eventually apprehended by Chris Egan.
JUDGE AARON C. LEWIS
(played by Paul Sparer)
Presided over Logan Swift's custody trial against Raven Alexander in the fall of 1980.
JUDGE BARBARA M. CURTIS
(played by Nancy Marchand)
Presided over Nicole Travis' trial for the murder of Stephanie Martin in 1970. Judge Curtis was the only female judge to preside over a criminal trial on The Edge of Night.
JUDGE CAMERON DAVIS
(played by Leon Morenzie)
Presided over Martha Marceau's trial for the murder of Taffy Simms in 1974-75. Judge Davis was the only African American judge to preside over a major criminal trial on The Edge of Night.
JUDGE EDWARDS
(played by Raymond E. Johnson)
Presided over Judy Marceau's trial for the murder of Victor Carlsen in the spring of 1961. Notably, Judge Edwards was a wheelchair user, a rare, early example of physical disability presented on a soap opera without it being integral to the plot.
JUDGE HANNOCH BLACKWELL
(played by Judson Laire)
Presided over Adam Drake's trial for the murder of Jake Berman in 1973.
JUDGE JOHN OLIVERI
(played by Ralph Carmargo)
Presided over Winter Austen's trial for the murder of Wade Meecham in 1979, and Draper Scott's trial for the murder of Margo Dorn in 1980.
JUDGE NELSON R. RAMSEY
(played by Kermit Murdoch)
Stern, recurring Monticello judge in the 1960's. Judge Ramsey presided over the trials of Cookie Thomas, Phil Capice, and Martha Marceau. In December 1968, he sentenced Julie Jamison Hillyer to death by hanging when she was falsely convicted for the murder of Harry Constable. After Julie's innocence was proven, Judge Ramsey voluntarily resigned from office.
JUDGE RALPH NEUMAN
(played by Charles Eggelston)
Tough Monticello judge who sent Martin Spode to prison in August 1956 and later presided over Cora Lane's pre-trial hearing for the murder of Marilyn Bollon.
JUDGE SUSSMAN
(played by Mildred Clinton)
Judge who presided over the custody trial between Mark and Serena Faraday for their minor son Timmy in 1975.
JUDGE WILLIAM J. TRAHANEY
(played by Tom Brennan)
Presided over Raven Whitney's trial for the murder of Logan Swift in 1984. Notable as the final judge character to be created for Edge.
JULIAN "JULIE" KURTZ
(played by Philip Proctor)
Young hood paid by Austin Johnson and Ted Grant to beat up Mike Karr. Grant also used Kurtz to cause problems in the Pollock household by harassing Nancy's younger brother Lee. Grant stabbed Julie Kurtz to death on Columbus Day 1962 and attempted to frame Lee for the crime.
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KATE GRIFFIN
(played by Priscilla Gillette)
Grasping wife of crooked cop Captain Lloyd Griffin.
KATE HOPKINS
(played by Doris Belack)
Roommate and fellow ad agency coworker of commercial artist Gail Armstrong.
KEN EMERSON
(played by Alan Manson)
Senior reporter for Joe Pollock
KIRK MICHAELS
(played by Phil MacGregor)
The deceased husband of Emily Gault appearing only in flashbacks. Kirk disappeared in 1970 after stealing from Dr. Leo Gault then eloping with Emily, which resulted in her mother's death in a car accident. Unknown to anyone but Leo, Kirk died during a shootout with police, following a payroll robbery gone bad in January 1971. In April 1980, Leo allowed Emily to believe that amnesiac attorney Draper Scott was actually Kirk, who had supposedly returned after a nine year absence. Kirk's former cohorts Frankie Palmer and Larry Watts later kidnapped Draper and Emily in order to get the payroll money Kirk had stolen from them.
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LANE WILTON
(played by Bob Hover)
PR man at Image Inc, Alicia van Dine's media company. Fell in love with Nancy Karr while publishing her romance novel Sword of Love Was a suspect in the attack on Detective Chris Egan, which left her temporarily blinded. Lane's ex-wife Pat was married to mobster Vincent Kayle.
LELAND DAVIS BRECKENRIDGE
(played by Richard Kiley)
Drunken justice of the peace hired by Casey Reno to pose as an attorney for the ilegal adoption of a baby by Phil and Louise Capice (1961).
LEO HIGDON
(played by Jackson Beck)
Private investigator who contacted Phil and Louise Capice in 1963 about the illegal adoption of their daughter Sara-Louise. Higdon worked with Emory and Lyn Warren to bilk the Capices out of money by claiming that Sara-Louise was Lyn's natural daughter. When Higdon wanted a bigger cut of the money, Emory left him to die following a heart attack.
LEO SEKULER
(played by Robert Dryden)
Arranged black market baby adoptions in a racket with Clayton Pike. Using the alias Thomas McMahon, Sekuler had traded babies with the Baccolis and Mary Harper. When Rose Marie Bremen wanted her child back from the Baccolis, Sekuler was exposed and arrested (July 1957).
LEONIE TRAVIS
(played by Delphi Harrington)
Mother of Jody Travis and ex-lover of Ben Travis. Smothered to death by Joe Bulmer in March 1982.
LILA ACKMERMAN
(played by Jane House)
Eddie Vaughn's attorney, who arrived in Monticello to read his will and reveal that Brian Madison was Eddie's biological son (November 1979).
LILA BERRY
(played by Lucy Landau)
Sister of Amy Berry and resident at the Monticello Arms hotel. Testified against Winter Austen in her murder trial for the shooting death of Wade Meecham (April 1979).
LIZ PIKE
(played by Ann Loring )
Cuckolded wife of killer and black market baby dealer Clayton Pike. Liz knew that Clayton had murdered the real Clayton Pike in Arizona and stolen his identity. After being told by Leo Sekuler that Pike was having an affair with Irene Eagan, Liz threatened to expose their schemes. Pike was prepared to kill Liz, but she tried to leave Monticello. The police arrested her as she was skipping town with a suitcase full of money (November 1957).
LLOYD HUBBARD
(played by Don Crabtree)
Country music singer and abusive husband of Julie Jamison. Lloyd attempted to get a gig on Harry Constable's riverboat casino alongside Julie, but was dispatched to a casino in Nevada instead. Hubbard's refusal to leave without Julie placed him on Harry's bad side. In January 1968, during a violent argument with Harry, Hubbard was bludgeoned to death with a belaying pin by Harry's right hand man Bart Fletcher and dumped into the Monticello River.
LOUIE BACCOLI
(played by Louis Sorkin)
Husband of Teresa Baccoli. The Baccolis illegally adopted Rose Marie Bremen's baby after black market trafficker Leo Sekuler convinced them that the mother was dead. The Baccolis decided to flee to Canada with the child when Mike Karr launched a grand jury investigation into Sekuler and partner Eddie Holland's activities. When the Baccolis learned that Rose Marie was alive and well, they returned her baby to her (July 1957).
LOUISE CAVANAUGH
(played by Judith Barcroft)
Deceased mother of Miles and adopted mother of April Cavanaugh. Louise appeared only in flashbacks to April's childhood and during fantasy sequences. Louise was obsessed with the occult, often dragging impressionable daughter April to seances and mediums. It was later revealed that Louise was a schizophrenic. Louise had died offscreen many years earlier by drowning during an attempt to escape from a sanitarium, but her body was never found.
LOUISE, the Madison maid
(played by Evalyn Baron)
Louise first appeared as a maid to the Madison family in July 1979. However, she was actually an assassin sent by terrorist Tobias (aka Mickey Dials) to kill Paige Madison. Louise attempted to stab Paige, but was shot when the two struggled over a pistol. Louise escaped to an abandoned warehouse, where she was treated by Miles Cavanaugh, who had been kidnapped by Tobias. Despite Miles' best effort, Louise died from her injury.
LOUISE, the Warmdale inmate
(played by Kathleen Chalfant)
April Scott's cellmate at Warmdale prison. Was convinced that April practiced witchcraft and held a mock witch trial with top dog Hannah.
LUCY WILSON
(played by Melinda Plank)
Daughter of Edith Berman and sister to Joel Gantry. Lucy lived in San Francisco, where she was joined by her brother Joel after he left Monticello. Unaware of Joel's activities, Lucy inadvertently provided Kevin Jamison with information which led to the discovery that Joel had murdered Jake Berman and framed Adam Drake for the crime. Later, she saved Kevin from being murdered by her brother in a deserted cemetary (December 1974).
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MALCOLM DIMES
(played by Robert Emhardt)
Resident of St. Anthony who invited honeymooning Adam and Nicole Drake to sail on his yacht The Sprite. Dimes secretly had underworld connections and was part of the plan to blow up the boat in an attempt to kill Adam Drake.
MAGGIE
(played by Robin Groves)
Assistant district attorney Logan Swift's secretary in 1977-78. Logan briefly dated Maggie to spite Raven following her marriage to Kevin Jamison.
MANNY SMITH
(played by Frank Marth)
Ex-con who owned a warehouse that he unwittingly allowed to be used for criminal activities. Arrested and framed by Roderick Turner, but later cleared. Married to Sally Smith and father to Viola.
MARGE WINSLOW
(played by Lynne Rogers)
Bent matron at Warmdale Prison. Paid off by inmate Hannah then blackmailed into helping Hannah and April escape (January 1979).
MARIAN CRAWFORD
(played by Marion Brash)
Alcoholic, deceased wife of Clint Crawford. Appeared only in flashback sequences in which she fell to her death down a flight of stairs while arguing with Clint. Clint's housekeeper Vera Turek, a spy, used Marian's death to blackmail Clint into stealing the secret Project R from the Monticello Electric Company.
MARIE WARREN
(played by Ann Wedgeworth)
Nubile younger sister of Emory Warren, who came to Monticello in 1963 and attempted to seduce Lee away from Betsy Brown.
MARK EGAN
(played by Eberle Thomas)
Father of Detective Christine Egan. Lived on an upstate farm with Chris' mother Caroline. Mark made several appearances in early 1984 when Chris was temporarily blinded by a gunshot to the head.
MARVIN DAVIS
(played by John Griggs)
Mildred Bryer's shrewd attorney who counseled her not to instigate a legal battle over the trustee agreement which gave her control of her stepbrother Dr. Hugh Campbell's fortune.
MARY ANN
(played by Pamela Sousa)
Recurring waitress at The Rock Garden in 1983.
MARY HARPER
(played by Anne Sargent)
Tense wife of Roger Harper who secretly bought their son Billy on the black market from Leo Sekuler after her biological child died. Criminal Clayton Pike, learning that Billy was actually the heir to a substantial English fortune, planned to kill Mary and Billy and get his hands on the fortune, but the plot went awry. In November 1957, Mary was drugged and kidnapped by Pike, then nearly killed in a garage as the police moved in and had a shootout with Pike.
MATILDA LUKES
(played by Vera Moore)
Friend of Keith Whitney's first wife Suella Duval. Matilda lived on the Caribbean island St. Elenora. She tried to help Adam and Neil Davenport solve the mystery surrounding Suella's suspicious drowning. Inadvertently gave Neil a clue, which led to his murder (March 1971).
MAXIMILLIAN
(played by James Hall)
Dope smoking boyfriend of Laurie Ann Karr's roommate Tango Humphries (1970-71).
MAXINE BURTON
(played by Amy Appleby)
Jody Travis' dorm monitor at Wellington College. Murdered by Judd Wallace in February 1984.
MAYNARD STEPHENSON
(played by Ronald Dawson)
Orin Hillyer's trusted, dependable manservant, who was instrumental in protecting Orin from the monstrous Rick Oliver.
MONA WEST
(played by Jan Farrand)
Peroxide blonde wife of Barney West. Mona reluctantly participated with her husband in holding Laurie Ann Karr captive in April 1969, after she was kidnapped by Eric Barrington.
MORT
(played by Peter Strong)
Friend of Preacher Emerson who managed the Video Disco in early 1983.
MR. BAILEY
(played by Calvin Ander)
Recurring superintendant at Deborah Saxon's apartment building.
MR. MOORE
(played by Sam Grey)
An industrial spy who framed Dick Appleman on a phony hit-and-run charge in order to gain control of the Appleman farm, which contained a rare and valuable mineral. An associate of sadistic strangler "Big" Frank Dubeck,
MR. SCHREIBER
(played by John Call)
A blind keymaker. In September 1971, he cleared Jim Fields of Rosella Gray's murder by admitting to the police that he had duplicated Jim's apartment key for her.
MRS. ARNOLD
(played by Janet Sarno)
Crooked rooming house owner. Rented a room to Gavin Wylie and Jody Travis when they were on the lam after Gunther Wagner's murder. Mrs. Arnold and her hulking son Benny held the couple captive and tried to extort money from them, but were thwarted when Gavin and Jody escaped.
MRS. BRENNON
(played by Fran Brill)
A battered wife case investigated by Deborah Saxon. Mrs. Brennon's abusive husband fell to his death through a window during a confrontation with Deborah. Later, Mrs. Brennon stalked Deborah with a gun and attempted to kill her at Tony Saxon's grave (September 1978).
MRS. DeGROOT
(played by Elaine Stritch)
Irritable nanny who arrived at the Whitney mansion in December 1983 with Raven's son Jamey in tow. Fired for negligence when Jamey faked a fall down the stairs to get rid of her.
MRS. OAKES
(played by Lois Smith)
Mother of would be assassin Davey Oakes, who was brainwashed into attempting to kill Mike Karr for Louis Van Dine in September 1983. Mrs. Oakes sought help for Davey from Miles Cavanaugh and Beth Corell.
MRS. TIMMONS
(played by Mary Cooper)
Julia Scott's nanny following the death of Molly Sherwood in January 1981.
MRS. YOST
(played by Norma Connelly)
Tracey Dallas' former Chicago madam. Mrs. Yost lured Tracey back into the fold in June 1977, but soon realized that Tracey was using the situation to get information on call girl Inez Johnson's connection to Anthony Saxon.
MRS. WILLOWBY
(played by Beulah Garrick)
Gothic housekeeper hired by Liz Hillyer when she reopened Claybank in the summer of 1967.
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NATE AXELROD
(played by Robert Mandan)
Owner of a paint factory which was actually a front for cutting and distributing heroin in Monticello (1961).
NICK BRYCE
(played by James Broderick)
District attorney in nearby town of Lakeview. Prosecuted Winston Grimsley for the death of Lyn Wilkens Warren (1964).
NORMAN
(played by Dan E. Campbell)
Security officer at Whitney International. Seduced by Liz Corell into leaving his post so that Del Emerson could return money he had stolen from Sky's office safe.
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OAKLEY REYNOLDS
(played by Ben Hammer)
Recurring private investigator utilized by Mike Karr following the departure of Willy Bryan in 1961.
OSCAR MILLER
(played by Kennley Noble)
Doorman at Margo Huntington's highrise apartment building at 123 Rivershore Drive. Oscar was the primary eyewitness when Margo was bludgeoned in February 1980. After Margo's death, he continued to appear on a recurring basis for the remainder of the series. He was last seen in December 1984, receiving a Christmas tip from Miles the week before The Edge of Night concluded its run.
OTIS JACKSON
(played by Peter DeMaio)
Smalltime thug hired by Morlock Sevingy to rob The New Moon Cafe with partner Vinnie. After Vinnie shot Vic Lamont in the holdup, he and Otis fled in Morlock's getaway car, but Morlock had tampered with the brakes. The car went out of control and crashed on a country road, killing Otis and Vinnie. (February 1975).
OTTO ZIMMERMAN
(played by Howard Petrie)
Ran illegal gambling in a popular Monticello nightclub by paying off crooked cop Lloyd Griffin. In November 1964, Zimmerman hired a hitman dubbed "Cowboy" to kill Gerry McGrath after Lloyd Griffin framed her for the murder of Davey Hansen, Zimmerman's protege. Zimmerman was arrested in February 1965 when his and Griffin's activities were exposed.
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PACKY DIETRICH
(played by Dennis Marino)
Menacing thug whose name was found scribbled inside a book of matches belonging to Adam Drake. Involved with vicious crimelord Colonel Blood, Packy's contact with Adam Drake led to Adam's murder (1977).
PAUL CAREY
(played by Mark Gordon)
Monticello police lieutenant who investigated the murders of Rick Oliver and Harry Constable. Carey sparred with attorney Adam Drake, who dated Carey's sister Roxanne during most of 1968.
PAUL FAIRCHILD
(played by Sam Schact)
Monticello attorney in cahoots with evil Morlock Sevingy. Fairchild arranged the illegal adoption of baby Jennifer Sims by Bill and Martha Marceau. He was present during the October 1974 murder of Jennifer's natural mother Taffy Sims, shot by Morlock and helped frame Martha for the crime. In March 1975, Fairchild attempted to skip town, but he was caught by the police and corroborated Martha's innocence.
PAUL ROBERTS
(played by Hal Cooper)
Old flame of public stenogrpaher Grace O'Keefe. Vied with police sergeant Charley Brooks for Grace's affection (1956-57).
PEGGY COLLINS
(played by Olga Bellin)
Assistant to Dr. Hugh campbell in 1958-59. Peggy was tricked by evil Maximillian Bryer into stealing an experimental industrial poison from Campbell's lab, which Bryer used to murder his wife Claudia and frame Campbell for the crime. Bryer lured Peggy to the roof of her apartment building, ostensibly to help her overcome her fear of heights, but he pushed her to her death off the roof.
PETER QUINN
(played by George Petrie)
Monticello district attorney, who replaced Austin Johnson in 1963. Pete Quinn recurred thereafter through 1973. When Senator Colin Whitney was killed in November 1973, Quinn was elected to his vacant Senate seat and replaced as Monticello's D.A. by Ira Paulson.
PHILLIP SEWARD
(played by Tom Keena)
Recurring New York based attorney with the elite legal firm Seward, Paxton, and Whiteside. Came to Monticello in July 1979 to offer Mike Karr a full partnership in the firm. When Mike declined the offer, Seward offered Draper Scott a junior partnership. Draper wanted the position; however, his mother-in-law Margo blackmailed David Henson, another partner, into rejecting Draper. Seward later revealed Margo's part in the scheme to Mike and Nancy.
PIETRO
(played by Peter Webster)
Young idealist, real name Ellis Campbell, who kidnaped Jody Travis in an attempt to restore order in the mob-infested Republic of Eden. Pietro was stabbed and killed by Joe Bulmer after holding Jody and Miles hostage (Summer 1982).
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RALPH SUNCLIFFE
(played by Hansford Rowe)
Estranged father of actress Jinx Avery. Came to Monticello after Jinx's suicide attempt, and the two reconciled (February 1982).
RANDY CRAWFORD
(played by Joey Baio)
Son of Monticello spy Clint Crawford.
RAYMOND HARPER
(played by Dick Callinan)
Husband of Nicole Drake's cousin Josephine Travis. Raymond Harper was secretly a vicious crimelord known as Colonel Blood, who had ties to Anthony Saxon. Murdered Beau Richardson and later shot and killed Adam Drake, when Adam uncovered his identity. Arrested and imprisoned for his many crimes in December 1977.
RICHARD JAFFE
(played by Tom Kenna)
Attorney who represented Mark Faraday in his custody battle against wife Serena over their son Timmy in the autumn of 1975.
ROBERT PARISH
(played by Joe Hamer)
Disgruntled ex-employee of Sky Whitney, fired by Spencer Varney. In an act of revenge, Parish kidnaped Sky's girlfriend Valerie Bryson and held her hostage in the woods. Attempted to shoot and kill police chief Derek Mallory (December 1982).
RODERICK TURNER
(played by Ralph Bell)
ROGER HARPER
(played by Allen Nourse)
Husband to Mary Harper and father to Billy. Roger suffered from a heart condition. While near death in the hospital, his infant son also died. To protect her husband, Mary bought a black market baby from Leo Sekuler and passed him off as Roger's son. When Billy's true identity was revealed in 1957, Roger left Mary; however, realizing how much he loved his family, he returned and forgave her.
RON MIMS
(played by Kim Hubbard)
Robbie Hamlin's bartender at the Video Disco. Was responsible for the stabbing death of thug Michael Stern, sent by Robbie to beat up Preacher Emerson. When Calvin Stoner arrived at the Video Disco to question them about Michael's death, Ron pulled a gun on Calvin, but Robbie shot and killed Ron before he could fire the weapon (October 1983),
ROSELLA GRAY
(played by Carol Richards)
Former girlfriend of Dr. Jim Fields. Rosella returned to Monticello in the fall of 1970, determined to throw a monkey wrench in Jim's relationship with Liz Hillyer. Rosella led Liz to believe that Jim had been unfaithful to her. Later, she stole Jim's apartment key, had it duplicated, and used it to gain access to his apartment. She slipped into his bed, planning to seduce him, but was mistakenly stabbed to death by Keith Whitney.
ROSE MARIE BREMEN
(played by Jill Kraft)
Young mother who was coerced into giving up her baby for adoption after her husband died from polio. Learning that Thomas McMahon (aka Leo Sekuler) had given her baby to Teresa and Louie Baccoli as part of a black market baby scheme, Rose Marie decided she wanted the child back in the summer of 1957.
RUSS POWELL
(played by J. Kenneth Campbell)
Federal agent posing as Mitzi Martin's pizza parlor waiter to solve a series of murders on the Wellington College campus (Spring 1984).
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SAM BAILEY
(played by Stephen Pearlman)
Police lieutenant who arrested Adam Drake for the murder of Jake Berman. Bailey worked with D.A. Peter Quinn to railroad Adam into a murder conviction. He was forced to resign from the Monticello P.D. after turning over the murder weapon to the prosecution without informing Adam's defense counsel (November 1973).
SAM DWYER
(played by Lew Resseguie)
Sam first appeared January 17, 1980, as the previously unrecognizable man in April Scott's mysterious recurring dream involving a train whistle and Draper's departure. On January 29th, he arrived as the police sergeant who was called to the scene of Margo Dorn's apartment the night she was bludgeoned. Sam continued to appear in the courtroom throughout the resulting murder trial, and in March 1980, was assigned to accompany Draper to Redstone Prison, following his murder conviction. Dwyer believed in Draper's innocence, and after their train derailed into the river, he released Draper and then handcuffed himself to a dead passenger. Moments later, he died from his injuries just as the train exploded. Sam appeared three additional times, all flashbacks in March and August 1980, as Draper attempted to regain his memory.
SAMMY WHEATON
(played by Zeljko Ivanek)
Sammy first appeared in July 1981 as a smalltime hood hired by hitman Romeo Slade to steal Raven Whitney's purse. Several months later, Eddie Lorimer paid Sammy to goad Damian Tyler into a fight and file police brutality charges against him. When Damian's suspension was lifted and the charges dropped, Sammy was found murdered (June 1982).
SANDY BUCHANON
(played by Michael Lombard)
Frequent patron of Harry Constable's riverboat casino, Sandy was ordered by Frank Loomis to keep Julie Jamison under wraps when she was on the run for Harry's murder. When the authorities started to close in on the Buchanans, he forced Julie to take a drug overdose. Apprehended and arrested (July 1968).
SARAH ALBRIGHT
(played by Jenny Lyons)
Recurring English maid of Margo Huntington in 1979. Had an affair with Margo's husband Eliot Dorn. Sarah and Eliot staged a robbery in the penthouse in order to steal Margo's gun, which Eliot mistakenly thought she had used to murder Wade Meecham. When Eliot dropped her for Raven Swift, Sarah blackmailed him and later revealed the affair to Margo.
SPEED TAFT
(played by Remo Pisani)
Demented dope pusher who distributed heroin for Casey Reno. Cornered by the police in the Daniel Morrissey home, Taft terrorized the Morrisseys and threatened to kill Ed Gibson. After shooting Ed, Taft made a getaway with the drugs. He was killed when his car careened off the road and crashed after he was shot through the windshield by Bill Marceau.
STACEY KENDALL
(played by Patricia Earnest and Jackie Elliot)
Vapid fiance of Keith Whitney.
STEVE MARKHAM
(played by Frederick Coffin)
Hulking assassin sent by Sully (aka Barry Gillette) to retrieve a stolen ruby and murder Del Emerson. In August 1983, Markham kidnapped Jody Travis and Preacher Emerson. During the escape attempt, Markham was stabbed by Preacher in self-defense and died on the beach.
STUBBY
(played by James Coco)
SUSAN EARLE
(played Micki Grant)
Associate of Adam Drake and a secret agent with the Agency of Counter Espisonage during the Clint Crawford/Project R spy plotine in 1967.
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TERESA BACCOLI
(played Lois Holmes)
Middle-aged mother and wife of Louie Baccoli. The Baccolis illegally adopted Rose Marie Bremen's baby after black market trafficker Leo Sekuler convinced them that the mother was dead. The Baccolis decided to flee to Canada with the child when Mike Karr launched a grand jury investigation into Sekuler and partner Eddie Holland's activities. When the Baccolis learned that Rose Marie was alive and well, they returned her baby to her (July 1957).
TERESA WORTHINGTON
(played by Marilyn Randall)
Affectionately known as "Tree" to her friends, Theresa Worthington worked as a nurse at Dr. Dave Roper's clinic in Monticello and had a brief infatuation with him. She was later hired at the Clairmont Hospital in Mayfield and looked after Denise Cavanaugh during her terminal illness. Tree witnessed the fight between Denise and April Scott, which led to April's fall down the stairs in June 1978. Tree's immediate CPR helped save April from death.
TESS McADAMS
(played by Carrie Armstrong)
Co-ed friend of Jody Travis at Wellington College. Tess feared that she would be a victim of the campus killer. She was shot and killed in April 1984 after accidentally catching a glimpse of the killer, hitman Jud Wallace.
TINA BARNES
(played by Mary Henritze)
No-nonsense private duty nurse who cared for Denise Cavanaugh in the final weeks of her terminal illness (Summer 1978).
TOMMY HATCHER
(played by Michael Maitland)
Young son of Colonel Tom Hatcher and Florence Hatcher. Tommy was held hostage by spy Jessica Webster and used as leverage for the Project R microdot during the summer of 1967.
TRENT ARCHER
(played by Farley Granger)
Superstitious Hollywood movie star hired to play opposite Nola Madison in the horror film Mansion of the Damned . Trent collapsed on the movie set and later fled Monticello in terror, fearing that he would be the next victim in the film's "curse".
TRUDY
(played by Mary Hayden)
Loyal servant of Geraldine Whitney. First appeared in 1970, working for the Whitney family. Later worked as a housekeeper for Orin Hillyer (1972-73), before returning to Geraldine's employ. Married to John, the Whitney butler. Ceased appearing in the fall of 1978 when Geraldine decided to close the Whitney mansion.
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VAN RYDELL
(played by Paul Thomas)
Hitman sent by Claude Revenant in the summer of 1976 to silence Nicole Drake. He made several unsuccessful attempts on Nicole's life and shot Adam during a struggle over a gun. Rydell was eventually murdered by Dr. Clay Jordan, who was also trying to get to Nicole.
VERA SIMMS
(played by Elspeth Eric)
Paralyzed wife of Professor Albert Simms. Vera was bludgeoned in 1963 by Albert in an attempted murder, but she survived.
VERA TUREK
(played by Elizabeth Lawrence)
Housekeeper of Clint Crawford. was secertly a spy who used knowledge of Clint's wife's death to blackmail him into photographing the mysterious Project R at the Monticello Electric Company. Vera later died in a fall down the stairs while struggling with Clint (1966-67).
VERONIQUE
(played by Hattie Winston)
Claude Revenant's maid on his secret Caribbean hideaway Limbo Island. Veronique appeared sporadically in the fall of 1976 only in Nicole Drake's flashbacks to the time she spent on Limbo Island.
VICTORIA DANA
(played by Joanna Roos)
Con woman who worked with Phoebe Smith to bilk John Barnes following a car accident (December 1965).
VINCENT GREEN
(played by Ben Siegler)
Smalltime thief hired by Joe Bulmer to fake a robbery at Dwight Endicott's gallery in order to steal Jody's portrait of Marie Bonaventure. Vincent had been ordered to burn the portrait, but he fell in love with it and secretly kept it for himself. In May 1982, he broke into Calvin Stoner's apartment and unwittingly dropped his identification. When Calvin tracked him down, he discovered Jody's portrait along with other stolen goods. Vincent was arrested and charged with larceny, but he was found murdered before he could stand trial. It was later revealed that Joe Bulmer had knocked him off to keep him quiet.
VINCENT KAYLE
(played by Paul Savior)
VINCENTE
(played by Hector Elizando)
VINNIE
(played by Jim Dukas)
Smalltime thug hired by Morlock Sevingy to rob The New Moon Cafe with partner Otis Jackson. After accidentally shooting Vic Lamont instead of Johnny Dallas in the holdup, Vinnie fled with Otis in Morlock's getaway car, unaware that Morlock had rigged the brakes to fail. The car went out of control and crashed on a steep country road, killing Vinnie and Otis. (February 1975).
VIOLA SMITH
(played by Jacqueline Courtney)
Daughter of Sally Smith and her ex-con husband Manny.
VIVA
(played by Mary Lynn Johnson)
Partner with Pietro in the abduction of Jody Travis. Viva was mistakenly shot and killed by bent cop Lt. Ted Loomis, who had been ordered to kill Jody (July 1982).
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WARDEN DAVIES
(played by Scottie Blotch)
Stern but sympathetic warden at Warmdale Prison where April Scott was incarcerated after being convicted of Denise Cavanaugh's murder.
WARREN HUBBELL
(played by Dan Resin)
Divorce attorney hired by Tiffany Whitney against Noel Douglas. Tiffany was mistakenly pushed to her death by assassin Joe Randy out of Hubbell's highrise office while awaiting a counsultation in April 1976.
WILLIE SAFFIRE
(played by Jackson Beck)
WOLFY THORNE
(played by John Aquino)
Partner of Al Collins in a New York travel agency that helped criminals escape the country. Accomplice in the scheme to steal Raven Whitney's money and murder her. Wolfy was shot by Hector Wilson in May 1982 but survived.
WYN BATTLE
(played by William Quinn)
Recurring, grumpy husband to Ella Battle and father of Betty Jean Battle Lane. Wyn did not approve of his daughter's relationship with Jack Lane and wanted to have the couple's marriage annulled until he discovered that they had consummated their love.
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ZACK
(played by Jay Ingram)
Final assassin and member of Tobias' terrorist gang sent to murder Paige Madison. Was shot and killed in The Unicorn restaurant by Mickey Dials.
ZELDA MOFFET
(played by Elizabeth Parrish)
Professional medium hired by Mike to help him locate Nancy after she mysteriously vanished on a business trip to San Francisco in 1981.