Here is a list of the major characters who were introduced on ATWT from 1956 through the end of 1979.
Character | Actor/Actress | Dates | |
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Nancy Hughes | HELEN WAGNER | 1956- | |
Chris Hughes | DON MACLAUGHLIN | 1956-1986 | |
Grandpa Hughes | WILLIAM LEE | 1956 | |
SANTOS ORTEGA | 1956-1976 | ||
Judge James T. Lowell | WILLIAM JOHNSTONE | 1956-1979 | |
Jim Lowell | LES DAMON | 1956-1957 | |
Claire English Lowell | ANNE BURR | ||
GERTRUDE WARNER | |||
NANCY WICKWIRE | |||
JONE ALLISON | |||
BARBARA BERJER | 1964-1971 | ||
Edith Hughes Frye | RUTH WARRICK | 1956-1963 | |
Bob Hughes | BOBBY ALFORD | 1956-1958 | |
RONNIE WELCH | 1958- circa Sept. 1960 | ||
DON HASTINGS | c. Sept. 1960- | ||
Penny Hughes | ROSEMARY PRINZ | 1956-1968,1985, 1986, 1993, 1998 | |
PHOEBE DORIN | 1971 | ||
Donald Hughes | HAL STUDER | 1956 | |
RICHARD HOLLAND | 1956-1962 | ||
JAMES NOBLE | 1962 | ||
PETER BRANDON | 1966-1972 | ||
MARTIN WEST | 1976-1978 | ||
CONARD FOWKES | 1978-1981, 1985, 1986 | ||
Ellen Lowell Stewart | WENDY DREW | 1956- August 1960 | |
PATRICIA BRUDER | Sept. 1960-1995, 1998 | ||
Janice Turner | JOYCE VAN PATTEN | 1956-1957 | |
VIRGINIA DWYER | 1962 | ||
Mrs. Thelma Turner | LEONA POWERS | 1956-1957 | |
Dr. Douglas Cassen | NAT POLEN | 1956-1967 | |
Jeff Baker | MARK RYDELL | 1956-1962 | |
Carl Whipple | ROD COLBIN | ||
John Hughes | LAURENCE HUGO | 1956-1957 | |
WALTER BURKE | 1963 | ||
Grace Baker | SELENA ROYLE | ||
FRANCES REID | |||
GRACE MATTHEWS | |||
MURIAL WILLIAMS | |||
Dick Baker | CARL LOW | ||
COURT BENSON | |||
Al James | DONALD MADDEN | 1958 | |
Tom Pope | HAL HAMILTON | ||
CHARLES BAXTER | |||
Mitchell Dru | GEOFFREY LUMB | ||
Dr. Tim Cole | WILLIAM REDFIELD | 1958-1960 | |
Louise Cole | MARY K. WELLS | ||
Greg Williams | ROBERT READICK | ||
Julie Spencer | *LISA HOWARD | ||
Lisa Miller | EILEEN FULTON | May 18, 1960- | |
PAMELA KING | 1964 | ||
BETSY VON FURSTENBERG | June 1983-June 1984 | ||
JANE POWELL | Temporary Substitute, 1990s | ||
Alma Miller | JOANNA ROOS | ||
ETHEL REMEY | 1960s-1977 | ||
DOROTHY BLACKBURN | late 1970s | ||
Henry Miller | LUIS VAN ROUTEN | ||
Dr. David Stewart | ERNEST GRAVES | 1960 | |
HENDERSON FORSYTHE | 1960-1991 | ||
Betty Stewart | PATRICIA BENOIT | ||
Dan Stewart | PAUL O'KEEFE | ||
DOUG CHAPIN | |||
JEFFREY ROWLAND | |||
JOHN COLENBACK | 1968-73; Fall 1976-Sept. 1979 | ||
JOHN REILLY | 1974-1976 | ||
Paul Stewart | ALAN HOWARD | 1962-1964 | |
EDMUND GAYNES | 1964 | ||
STEVEN MINES | 1966-1968 | ||
MICHAEL HAWKINS | 1968-1969 | ||
GARSON DEBRAMENIO | 1969 | ||
DEAN SANTORO | Early 1970s | ||
Tom Hughes | JAMES MADDEN | ||
JERRY SCHAEFFER | 1963 | ||
FRANKIE MICHAELS | 1964-1966 | ||
RICHARD THOMAS | 1966-1967 | ||
PAUL O'KEEFE | 1967-1968 | ||
PETER LINK | 1969 | ||
PETER GALMAN | 1969-1973 | ||
C. DAVID COLSON | 1973-1978 | ||
TOM TAMMI | July 1979-Summer 1980 | ||
JUSTIN DEAS | Dec. 1980-Aug. 1984 | ||
JASON KINCAID | Aug. to Nov. 1984 | ||
GREGG MARX | Dec. 3, 1984-Spring 1987 | ||
SCOTT HOLMES | 1987- | ||
Bill Abbot | PATRICK O'NEAL | ||
Jim Norman | JAMES BRODERICK | ||
Meg Blaine | TERI KEANE | 1960-1961 | |
Bruce Elliott | JAMES PRITCHETT | ||
Chuck Ryan | MICHAEL EBERT | ||
DON CHASTAIN | |||
BOB BALIBAN | |||
Sylvia Hill | MILLETTE ALEXANDER | ||
Al Suker | MICHAEL INGRAM | ||
Martha Suker | ANN HEGIRA | ||
Helene Suker | JERRIANNE RAPHAEL | ||
Neil Wade | MICHAEL LIPTON | 1963-1967 | |
Judith Wade Stevens | CONNIE LEMBECKE | ||
Jerry Stevens | STEPHEN ELLIOTT | ||
ROY POOLE | |||
Franny Brennan | TONI DARNAY | ||
Sara Fuller | GLORIA DEHAVEN | ||
Ann Holmes | AUGUSTA DABNEY | ||
Bill Holmes | WILLIAM PRINCE | ||
Amanda Holmes | DEBORAH STEINBERG SOLOMON | ||
Dick Martin | JOE MAROSS | ||
EDWARD KEMMER | |||
Sandy Wilson | DAGNE CRANE | 1966-1971 | |
JILL ANDRE | 1968, temporary | ||
RONNIE CARROLL | 1975 | ||
BARBARA RUCKER | 1975-July 1979 | ||
Roy McGuire | KONRAD MATTHEI | ||
Martha Wilson | ANNA MINOT | 1966-1970 | |
Carl Wilson | MARTIN RUDY | 1966-1971 | |
Jack Davis | MARTIN SHEEN | ||
Susan Burke Stewart | DIANA WALKER | 1967 | |
CONNIE SCOTT | 1966-1967 | ||
JADA ROWLAND | 1967-1968 | ||
LESLIE PERKINS | 1968 | ||
MARIE MASTERS | 1968-Apr. 1979; Spring 1986- | ||
JUDITH BARCROFT | 1978, temporary substitute | ||
Julia Burke | FRAN CARLON | 1968-1975 | |
Michael Shea | JOHN LASELL | ||
JAY LANIN | 1966-1968 | ||
ROY SHUMAN | 1968-1970 | ||
Carol Ann "Annie" Stewart | CARMAN SCHREIDER | circa 1967-1969 | |
JEAN MAZZA | 1969-1970 | ||
BARBARA JEAN ERHARDT | |||
ARIANE MUNKER | |||
SHELLEY SPURLOCK | |||
MARTINA DEIGNAN | |||
JULIE RIDLEY | Spring 1979-Spring 1982 | ||
RANDALL EDWARDS | Summer 1982 | ||
MARY LYNN BLANKS | Summer 1982-June 1984; 1986 | ||
Karen Adams | DOE LANG | 1967-1970 | |
Elizabeth Talbot Stewart | JANE HOUSE | ||
JUDITH MCGILLIGAN | 1972-1973 | ||
Ronnie Talbot | PETER STUART | ||
CURT DAWSON | |||
Hank Barton | PETER BURNELL | ||
PAUL FALZONE | |||
GARY SANDY | |||
Peter Kane | ARLEN DEAN SNYDER | ||
John Dixon | LARRY BRYGGMAN | 1969- | |
Carol Deming | RITA MCLAUGHLIN-WALTER | ||
Dawn "Dee" Stewart | SIMONE SCHACTER | ||
JEAN MAZZA | 1972-1973 | ||
GLYNNIS O'CONNOR | 1973 | ||
MARCIA MCCLAIN | 1976-1978 | ||
HEATHER CUNNINGHAM | 1980 | ||
JACQUELINE SCHULTZ | 1979-1982 | ||
VICKY DAWSON | Fall 1982-June 9, 1983 | ||
Betsy Stewart | TIBERIA MITRI | ||
MAURINE TRAINOR | |||
PATRICIA MCGUINNESS | |||
SUZANNE DAVIDSON | 1972-1980 | ||
LISA DENTON | 1981-Spring 1982 | ||
MEG RYAN | June 1982-June 25, 1984 | ||
MARY KANE | June/July 1984, under wraps after accident and before plastic surgery. | ||
LINDSAY FROST | Aug. 1984-Summer 1988 | ||
JORDAN BAKER | Aug. 1994 | ||
JENNIFER VAN DYCK | Nov. 1996, voice-over only | ||
Miss Thompson | JACQUELINE BROOKES | ||
Miss Peterson | NANCY ANDREWS | ||
MARGARET HAMILTON | |||
Simon Gilbey | JERRY LACY | ||
Meredith Halliday | NINA HART | ||
Ellie Bradley | SWOOSIE KURTZ | ||
Dr. Wally Matthews | CHARLES SIEBERT | Early 1970s | |
Emily "Emmy" Stewart | JANINE SAGAN | 1970s | |
PAT REYNOLDS | 1970s | ||
JENNY HARRIS | 1975-1979 | ||
MARISA MORELL | 1979 | ||
COLLEEN McDERMOTT | June 1986-June 1987 | ||
MELANIE SMITH | July 1987- 1990; brief return February 1992. | ||
KELLEY MENIGHAN HENSLEY | June 1992- | ||
Jennifer Sullivan (Ryan) Hughes | GERALDINE COURT | 1971-72 | |
GILLIAN SPENCER | 1972-1975; 1997 (dream sequence) | ||
Barbara Ryan | JUDI ROLIN | ||
BARBARA STANGER | |||
DONNA WANDREY | |||
COLLEEN ZENK PINTER | September 1978- | ||
Kim Sullivan Hughes | KATHRYN HAYS | August 1972- | |
PATTY McCORMACK | 1975-76, temporary replacement | ||
Rick Ryan | CON ROACHE | 1972-73; 1986-87 | |
GARY HUDSON | 1981 | ||
Bruce Baxter | STEVE HARMON | 1972 | |
BEN HAYES | 1972-73 | ||
Grant Colman | KONRAD MATTHAEI | 1973-74 | |
JAMES DOUGLAS | 1974-81; April 1983; 1986; 1988; 1995 | ||
Jay Stallings | DENNIS COONEY | 1973-1980 | |
Amy Lin Hughes | IRENE YAAH-LING SUN | 1973-74 | |
UNA KIM | 1986-87 | ||
Joyce Colman | BARBARA RODELL | 1974-1981 | |
Mark Galloway | STEPHEN BOLSTER | 1974 | |
ANTHONY HERRERA | 1974-75 | ||
Frannie Hughes | KELLY CAMPBELL | ||
MAURA GILLIGAN | 1975-1979? | ||
TRACY O'NEIL | 1979-80 | ||
MELANIE CANDEL | Spring 1982 | ||
HELENE UDY | Dec. 24, 1982-June 6, 1983 | ||
TERRI VANDENBOSCH | June 13, 1983-Dec. 26, 1984 | ||
JULIANNE MOORE | Apr. 2, 1985-May 1988 | ||
MARY ELLEN STUART | Nov. 1989-Dec. 1992 | ||
MARY KANE | Temporary substitute, 1991 | ||
Mary Ellison Hughes | KELLY WOOD | 1975-1980 | |
Brian Ellison | BOB HOVER | 1975 | |
Teddy Ellison, a.k.a. Ryder Hughes | JASON MATZNER | Mid 1970s | |
JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER | Feb. 1976-1978 | ||
TOMMY BAUDO | 1978-1979 | ||
VINCENT CAPALUPO | 1979 | ||
TIMOTHY "T. R." HILL | 1979-1981 | ||
KERR SMITH | July 1996-Spring 1997 | ||
Natalie Bannon Hughes Triandos | JUDITH CHAPMAN | 1975-1978 | |
JANET ZARISH | Spring 1981 | ||
Valarie Reynolds Conway Keith | JUDITH McCONNELL | 1976-1979 | |
Norman Garrison | MICHAEL MINOR | 1975 | |
Tina Richards | TONI BULL BUA | 1975-76 | |
Luke Porter | TED AGRESS | 1975-76 | |
Margaret Porter | KATHLEEN NOONE | 1975-76 | |
Pat Holland | MELINDA PETERSON | 1976-77 | |
Marion Connelly | CLARICE BLACKBURN | 1976-78 | |
Laurie Keaton | LAUREL DELMAR | 1976-79 | |
Kevin Thompson | MICHAEL NADER | Feb.1976-Dec. 1978? | |
MAX BROWN | 1978 | ||
JOHN CUNNINGHAM | 1978, temporary substitute | ||
Beau Spencer | WAYNE HUDGINS | July 1976-June 1979 | |
Andrew Dixon | JASON FERGUSON | 1976-1978 | |
ROBERT DWYER | 1977/78 season-1980 | ||
ALFIE SMITH | 1982 | ||
SEAN ANTHONY | 1983-84 | ||
SCOTT DeFREITAS | 1985-1995; Dec. 1997- | ||
Jane Spencer | GEORGANN JOHNSON | July 1977-June 1979 | |
Ralph Mitchell | KEITH CHARLES | 1977-1980, with occasional reappearances in subsequent years. | |
Melinda Gray Spencer | ARIANE MUNKER | Aug. 1977-June 1980 | |
Dr. Alexander Keith | JON CYPHER | Sept. 1977-Sept. 1979 | |
Mark Lewis | BIFF WARREN | Sept. 1977-Feb. 1978 | |
Karen Peters | LESLIE DENNISTON | Dec. 1977-Summer 1978 | |
Nick Conway | DOUGLAS TRAVIS | Apr.-Nov. 1978 | |
Tina Cornell | REBECCA HOLLEN | 1978-Apr. 1979 | |
Dr. Jeff Ward | ROBERT LIPTON | Summer 1978-June 1984 | |
Dr. Douglas Campbell | DENNIS ROMER | Dec. 1978-Jan 1980 | |
Marcia Campbell | CYNTHIA BOSTICK | 1979 | |
Dana Woodward McFarland | DEBORAH HOBART | March 1979-Jan. 1980 | |
Bennett Hadley | DOUG HIGGINS | Apr.-Dec. 1979 | |
Hester Pierce | ANN STANCHFIELD | Apr.-Dec. 1979 | |
Ian McFarland | PETER SIMON | June 1979-Feb. 1980 | |
Sheila Winston | MARTHA LAMBERT | Aug. 1979-Spring 1980 |
*NOTE: This is NOT the same Lisa Howard as the one who was on Days of Our Lives in the late-1980s.
This section was last updated on March 4, 2000.