Here is a list of the major characters who were introduced on ATWT from 1956 through the end of 1979.
| Character | Actor/Actress | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.