Another One Life to Live cast member is scrubbing into General Hospital.
The ABC soap is adding daytime veteran James DePaiva to the cast, according to a video the show tweeted out on Tuesday:
Is that Jimmy DePaiva?!? Watch #Gh daily and you might figure out what his Top Secret role will be. pic.twitter.com/Ra8F7tFWBy
— General Hospital (@GeneralHospital) June 7, 2017
The tweet teases DePaiva’s role as “Top Secret,” so no details yet on who the actor might be playing.
Related General Hospital Vet Peter Hansen, Played Lee Baldwin, Dead at 95
DePaiva is best known to soap...
The ABC soap is adding daytime veteran James DePaiva to the cast, according to a video the show tweeted out on Tuesday:
Is that Jimmy DePaiva?!? Watch #Gh daily and you might figure out what his Top Secret role will be. pic.twitter.com/Ra8F7tFWBy
— General Hospital (@GeneralHospital) June 7, 2017
The tweet teases DePaiva’s role as “Top Secret,” so no details yet on who the actor might be playing.
Related General Hospital Vet Peter Hansen, Played Lee Baldwin, Dead at 95
DePaiva is best known to soap...
- 6/7/2017
- TVLine.com
Four years after bidding Days of Our Lives adieu, Alison Sweeney is booking a trip back to Salem — and she isn’t packing lightly.
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Sweeney, who played the occasionally villainous Sami Brady/Dimera from 1993 to 2014, is returning to the fold for an extended visit, Soap Opera Digest reports.
“From my end, it takes a little bit of logistics with projects I’m working on,” she tells the magazine. “And unfortunately, this year’s been hard for me because of my knee injury, so I had to push some stuff back.
RelatedDaytime Emmy Nominations: Y&R Leads Soap Opera Pack With 25 Nods
Sweeney, who played the occasionally villainous Sami Brady/Dimera from 1993 to 2014, is returning to the fold for an extended visit, Soap Opera Digest reports.
“From my end, it takes a little bit of logistics with projects I’m working on,” she tells the magazine. “And unfortunately, this year’s been hard for me because of my knee injury, so I had to push some stuff back.
- 4/17/2017
- TVLine.com
FX is placing their Trust in Donald Sutherland.
The prolific actor will star in FX’s 10-episode limited series Trust as J. Paul Getty, patriarch of the Getty family oil dynasty. Sutherland’s character is described as a mysterious and contradictory man, but is most notably famous for negotiating the release of his ransomed grandson.
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Set in 1973, Getty’s grandson, John Paul Getty III, is kidnapped and held for ransom by the Mafia while visiting Rome. The show follows the struggle of Paul Getty at the hands of his bewildered captors.
The prolific actor will star in FX’s 10-episode limited series Trust as J. Paul Getty, patriarch of the Getty family oil dynasty. Sutherland’s character is described as a mysterious and contradictory man, but is most notably famous for negotiating the release of his ransomed grandson.
RelatedRegina King, John Ridley Team for FX Series About Atlanta Child Murders
Set in 1973, Getty’s grandson, John Paul Getty III, is kidnapped and held for ransom by the Mafia while visiting Rome. The show follows the struggle of Paul Getty at the hands of his bewildered captors.
- 4/12/2017
- TVLine.com
Peter Hansen, who for decades played General Hospital legal eagle Lee Baldwin, died on Sunday at age 95.
Prior to his esteemed Gh run (where in 1965 he replaced Ross Elliott as the eventual adoptive father to Scott and husband of Gail), Hansen appeared on such series as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sea Hunt and Gomer Pyle: Usmc. His TV credits also include How the West Was Won, Coach, Golden Girls and the Gh spinoff Port Charles.
For his work as Gh‘s Lee, a recovering alcoholic and onetime Port Charles mayor, Hansen earned two Daytime Emmy nominations,...
Prior to his esteemed Gh run (where in 1965 he replaced Ross Elliott as the eventual adoptive father to Scott and husband of Gail), Hansen appeared on such series as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sea Hunt and Gomer Pyle: Usmc. His TV credits also include How the West Was Won, Coach, Golden Girls and the Gh spinoff Port Charles.
For his work as Gh‘s Lee, a recovering alcoholic and onetime Port Charles mayor, Hansen earned two Daytime Emmy nominations,...
- 4/11/2017
- TVLine.com
A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.
Actor Peter Hansen, known for his role as lawyer and addiction counselor Lee Baldwin on General Hospital, has died at the age of 95.
Hansen died Sunday in Santa Clarita, California, the General Hospital twitter account confirmed Tuesday.
Though he made over 100 film and television appearances, Hansen was best known for his role as the stalwart Lee Baldwin on General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles. He appeared on the weekday soap opera from 1965 through 2004, making his last appearance at Lila’s (Anna Lee) funeral in 2004 and retiring from the screen thereafter.
Actor Peter Hansen, known for his role as lawyer and addiction counselor Lee Baldwin on General Hospital, has died at the age of 95.
Hansen died Sunday in Santa Clarita, California, the General Hospital twitter account confirmed Tuesday.
Though he made over 100 film and television appearances, Hansen was best known for his role as the stalwart Lee Baldwin on General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles. He appeared on the weekday soap opera from 1965 through 2004, making his last appearance at Lila’s (Anna Lee) funeral in 2004 and retiring from the screen thereafter.
- 4/11/2017
- by EW Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Peter Hansen, who played Lee Baldwin on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, died on Sunday, April 9 in Santa Clarita, California, his family confirmed. He was 95. Born December 5, 1921, Hansen was raised in Detroit, Michigan. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps and flew combat in the South Pacific. After, he followed his dreams of becoming an actor and was signed by Paramount Studios, and featured in Branded (1950), with Alan Ladd, When Worlds Collide (1951) and The Sava…...
- 4/11/2017
- Deadline TV
Actor Peter Hansen, who played Lee Baldwin on the ABC soap opera “General Hospital,” died Sunday, his family announced. He was 95. Born in Oakland, California, in 1921, Hansen pursued acting at the Pasadena Playhouse before signing with Paramount Studios, appearing in films such as 1950’s “Branded” with Alan Ladd, “When Worlds Collide” and 1952’s “The Savage” with Charlton Heston. Hansen also appeared on numerous television shows including “Sea Hunt,” “The Lone Ranger” and “Perry Mason,” but was perhaps best known for his portrayal of Baldwin on “General Hospital,” a role he played on and off for decades. Also Read: Barbara Tarbuck,...
- 4/11/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Peter Hansen, who appeared as the steady Lee Baldwin on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in parts of five decades, died Sunday in Santa Clarita, Calif., his family reported. He was 95.
Hansen was seen on the weekday serial from 1965 until 2004 and earned a supporting actor Daytime Emmy Award in 1979. His character started out as an addiction counselor at the hospital and went on to serve as mayor of Port Charles (he lost to Anthony Geary's Luke Spencer in one heated election but eventually took over the post). Later, Lee returned...
Hansen was seen on the weekday serial from 1965 until 2004 and earned a supporting actor Daytime Emmy Award in 1979. His character started out as an addiction counselor at the hospital and went on to serve as mayor of Port Charles (he lost to Anthony Geary's Luke Spencer in one heated election but eventually took over the post). Later, Lee returned...
- 4/11/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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