General Hospital

General Hospital debuted April 1, 1963. It is currently the longest running soap opera still being broadcast on television.

General Hospital
Debuted	April 1, 1963
Created by	Frank Hursley Doris Hursley
Co-Head Writer
Executive Producer	Frank Valentini
Network	ABC
Running Time	30 Minutes (1963-1976) 45 Minutes (1976-1978) 60 Minutes (1978-present)

Contract Cast

as of 10/30/2020 (per ABC end credits)

ACTOR	CHARACTER	TENURE
	Maurice Benard	Sonny Corinthos	08/13/1993-09/24/1997; 05/15/1998-07/08/1998; 12/18/1998-present
	Nancy Lee Grahn	Alexis Davis	09/28/1996-present
	Rebecca Herbst	Elizabeth Webber	08/01/1997-present
	Kelly Monaco	Sam McCall	10/01/2003-present
	Laura Wright	Carly Corinthos	11/04/2005-present
	Chad Duell	Michael Corinthos	04/20/2010-present
	Emme Rylan	Lulu Spencer	04/12/2013-present
	Maura West	Ava Jerome	05/08/2013-present
	Roger Howarth	Franco Baldwin	05/13/2013-present
	Donnell Turner	Curtis Ashford	11/30/2015-present
	Michael Easton	Dr. Hamilton Finn	03/21/2016-present
	Kirsten Storms	Maxie Jones	05/23/2005-09/27/2011; 09/05/2012-06/29/2016; 08/03/2016-present
	Steve Burton	Jason Morgan	09/19/2017-present
	William deVry	Julian Jerome	07/30/2013-08/25/2017; 11/07/2017-present
	Wes Ramsey	Peter August	11/14/2017-present
	Josh Swickard	Chase Harrison	02/21/2018-present
	Eden McCoy	Josslyn Jacks	10/14/2005-present
	Briana Nicole Henry	Jordan Ashford	09/13/2018-present
	Genie Francis	Laura Collins	12/28/1979-01/15/1983; 11/14/1983-12/27/1983; 11/09/1985-12/11/1985; 10/29/1992-09/06/2005; 10/26/2006-11/22/2007; 08/25/2008-11/12/2009; 02/11/2013-08/28/2013; 06/05/2015-01/22/2018; 10/01/2018-present
	Katelyn MacMullen	Willow Tait	10/18/2018-present
	William Lipton	Cameron Webber	08/10/2018-present
	Ingo Rademacher	Jasper "Jax" Jacks	01/1996-08/2000; 08/10/2001-08/23/2011; 12/30/2011-01/23/2012; 08/23/2012-09/26/2012; 04/01/2013-04/04/2013; 08/01/2016-08/16/2016; 11/09/2016-11/28/2016; 04/03/2017-04/24/2017; 05/07/2019-present
	Cynthia Watros	Nina Clay	06/17/2019-present
	Sofia Mattsson	Sasha Gilmore	09/18/2018-present
	Sydney Mikayla	Trina Robinson	02/20/2019-present
	Finola Hughes	Anna Devane	1985-12/1991; 2006; 07/13/2007-08/24/2007; 04/24/2008-12/29/2008; 02/14/2012-05/21/2019; 11/11/2019-present
	Amanda Setton	Brook Lyn Quartermaine	11/18/2019-present
	Marcus Coloma	Nikolas Cassadine	10/31/2019-present
	Brook Kerr	Dr. Portia Robinson	03/05/2020-present
	Dominic Zamprogna	Dante Falconeri	06/22/2009-06/28/2018; 11/12/2018; 03/15/2019-03/29/2019; 08/03/2020-present
	Johnny Wactor	Brando Corbin	01/30/2020-present
	Kelly Thiebaud	Britt Westbourne	09/19/2012-12/08/2014; 04/30/2015-05/01/2015; 12/08/2017-12/19/2017; 10/29/2018-11/29/2018; 03/11/2020-04/01/2020; 09/11/2020-present

Recurring Cast

• Lexi Ainsworth as Kristina Corinthos Davis
• Bradford Anderson as Damien Spinelli
• Real Andrews as Marcus Taggert
• Ashton Arbab as Dev Cerci
• Tajh Bellow as T.J. Ashford
• Bonnie Burroughs as Gladys Corbin
• Leslie Charleson as Dr. Monica Quartermaine
• Dioni Michelle Collins as Deanna Sirtis
• Kim Delaney as Jackie Templeton
• Risa Dorken as Amy Driscoll
• Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson
• Porter Fasullo as Danny Morgan U/5
• Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte Cassadine
• Kathleen Gati as Dr. Liesl Obrecht
• Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller
• Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe
• Cassandra James as Terry Randolph
• Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey
• Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault
• Wally Kurth as Ned Quartermaine
• Mark Lawson as Dustin Phillips
• Jon Lindstrom as Kevin Collins 
• Lisa LoCicero as Olivia Falconeri
• Paulina Lule as Valerie Spencer
• Erik/Theo Olson as Wiley Quartermaine Corinthos U/5
• Haley Pullos as Molly Lansing-Davis
• Tristan Rogers as Robert Scorpio
• Emma Samms as Holly Scorpio
• Marc Samuel as Felix DuBois
• Ava/Grace Scarola as Avery Corinthos U/5
• Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin
• James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine
• Kristina Wagner as Felicia Scorpio
• Vernee Watson as Stella Henry
• John J. York as Mac Scorpio
• Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer

U/5 - Under five lines typically are uncredited

Cast Changes

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Production Staff

Executive Producer: Frank Valentini

Producers: Mercer Barrows, Michelle Henry, Mary-Kelly Weir

Coordinating Producer: Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon

Post Production Supervisor: Peter Fillmore

Editors: Penny Pengra, Christine Magarian Ucar, Denise Van Cleave

Associate Directors: Christine Magarian Ucar, Denise Van Cleave, Penny Pengra, Peter Fillmore, Dave MacLeod, Paul Glass.

Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft

Production Associates: Allison Reames, Marika Kushel, Jillian Dedote

Technical Directors: Kevin Carr, Chuck Abate

Casting Director: Mark Teschner, C.S.A.

Production Designer: Chip Dox

Costumer Designer: Shawn Reeves

Original Music By: Paul S. Glass, Kurt Biederwolf

Music Directors: Paul S. Glass, Dave Macleod

Theme Music By: Paul S. Glass, Steven Hopkins, Jack Urbont

Writing and Directing Staff

Co-Head Writer: Chris Van Etten and Dan O'Connor

Associate Head Writers: Elizabeth Korte

Script Editor: Elizabeth Korte

Script Writers/Breakdown Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio, Dan O'Connor, Katherine Schock, Christopher Whitesell

Directors: Scott McKinsey, Craig McManus, William Ludel, Phideaux Xavier, Penny Pengra, Larry Carpenter, Gary Tomlin, Christine Magarian, Peter Fillmore, Dave MacLeod

Executive Producer and Head Writer History

Executive Producers

Duration	Name
1963	Selig J. Seligman
1963-1975	James Young
1975-12/1977	Tom Donovan
01/02/1978-01/1987	Gloria Monty
01/1987-11/30/1989	H. Wesley Kenney
12/03/1989-02/12/1991	Joseph Hardy
02/13/1991-01/24/1992	Gloria Monty
01/27/1992-01/22/2001	Wendy Riche
01/23/2001-01/31/2012	Jill Farren Phelps
02/01/2012-present	Frank Valentini

Head Writers

Duration	Name
April 1, 1963 - Late 1963	Theodore Ferro Mathilde Ferro
Late 1963-1973	Frank Hursley Doris Hursley
1973-1975	Bridget Dobson Jerome Dobson
1975	Richard Holland Suzanne Holland
1976-1977	Eileen Pollock Robert Mason Pollock
1977	Richard Holland Suzanne Holland
1977	Irving Elman Tex Elman
1977-1978	Douglas Marland
1978-1979	Douglas Marland Frank Salisbury
1979-09/1981	Pat Falken Smith Margaret DePriest During WGA Writers Strike in 1981 - Gloria Monty and Thom Racina
09/1981-05/1982	Thom Racina Leah Laiman
05/1982-06/1982	John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington
06/1982-02/1985	Anne Howard Bailey
02/1985-01/1987	Pat Falken Smith Norma Monty
01/1987-12/1988	Ann Marcus Norma Monty
Late 1988 during WGA Strike	H. Wesley Kenney
01/1989-1991	Gene Palumbo
1991	Gene Palumbo Norma Monty John Whelpley
1991-01/1992	Norma Monty
01/1992-04/1992	Maralyn Thoma
05/1992-01/1993	Maralyn Thomas Bill Levinson
01/1993-08/1993	Bill Levinson
08/1993-03/1996	Claire Labine
03/1996-10/1996	Robert Guza Jr. Karen Harris
10/1996-05/1997	Richard Culliton Karen Harris
05/1997-12/05/1997	Janet Iacobuzio Christopher Whitesell
12/08/1997-12/2000	Robert Guza Jr. Meg Bennett
01/2001-04/2001	Elizabeth Korte Michele Val Jean
04/2001-06/12/2002	Megan McTavish
06/13/2002-03/10/2006	Robert Guza Jr. Charles Pratt Jr.
03/13/2006-01/2007	Robert Guza Jr.
01/2007-10/2007	Robert Guza Jr. Meg Bennett
10/2007-01/03/2008	Robert Guza Jr.
01/04/2008-03/14/2008 during WGA Writers Strike	Garin Wolf
03/17/2008-07/25/2011	Robert Guza Jr.
07/26/2011-01/06/2012	Garin Wolf
01/09/2012-02/20/2012	Garin Wolf Shelly Altman
02/21/2012-10/05/2015	Ron Carlivati
10/06/2015-10/06/2017	Jean Passanante (Passananate only on 10/06/2015) Shelly Altman
10/09/2017-10/28/2019	Shelly Altman Chris Van Etten
10/29/2019-present	Chris Van Etten Dan O'Connor

Daytime Emmy Awards and Nominations

Winners noted in bold:

• Drama Series (30 Nominations/13 Wins): 1974, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Directing Team (25 Nominations/11 Wins): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Writing Team (24 Nominations/4 Wins): 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Lead Actor (41 Nominations/11 Wins)
  • John Beradino (1974, 1975, 1976)
  • Peter Hansen (1974)
  • Anthony Geary (1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016)
  • Stuart Damon (1982, 1983, 1984)
  • Brad Maule (1995)
  • Maurice Benard (1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2019)
  • Steve Burton (2005, 2020)
  • Jason Thompson (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Tyler Christopher (2016)
  • Michael Easton (2018)
  • Billy Miller (2018)
  • Jon Lindstrom (2019, 2020)
• Lead Actress (32 Nominations/3 Wins):
  • Rachel Ames (1974, 1975)
  • Denise Alexander (1976)
  • Leslie Charleson (1980, 1982, 1983, 1995)
  • Finola Hughes (1990, 1991, 2016, 2020)
  • Genie Francis (1997)
  • Jacklyn Zeman (1998)
  • Nancy Lee Grahn (2003, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018)
  • Tamara Braun (2004)
  • Kelly Monaco (2006)
  • Sarah Brown (2010)
  • Laura Wright (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Maura West (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• Supporting Actor (48 Nominations/12 Wins):
  • Peter Hansen (1979)
  • David Lewis (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988)
  • Doug Sheehan (1982)
  • John Stamos (1983)
  • Kin Shriner (1990, 1991, 1993)
  • Stuart Damon (1991, 1996, 1997, 1999)
  • Gerald Anthony (1993)
  • Michael Sutton (1996)
  • Maurice Benard (1997)
  • Brad Maule (1997)
  • Steve Burton (1998, 2000)
  • Rick Hearst (2004, 2005, 2007)
  • Tyler Christopher (2005, 2006)
  • Bradford Anderson (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Jonathan Jackson (2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Jason Thompson (2011, 2012)
  • Sean Blakemore (2012, 2016)
  • Dominic Zamprogna (2014, 2016, 2019)
  • Chad Duell (2015, 2017)
  • Jeffrey Vincent Parise (2017)
  • Wally Kurth (2018)
  • Anthony Montgomery (2018)
  • Max Gail (2019)
  • James Patrick Stuart (2020)
• Supporting Actress (39 Nominations/10 Wins):
  • Rachel Ames (1979)
  • Susan Brown (1979)
  • Jane Elliot (1981, 1993, 2014)
  • Jacklyn Zeman (1981, 1995, 1997)
  • Robin Mattson (1983)
  • Loanne Bishop (1984)
  • Norma Connolly (1985)
  • Mary Jo Catlett (1990)
  • Lynn Herring (1990, 1992)
  • Sharon Wyatt (1994)
  • Rena Sofer (1995)
  • Rosalind Cash (1996)
  • Vanessa Marcil (1997, 1998, 2003)
  • Sarah Brown (2000)
  • Nancy Lee Grahn (2000, 2011, 2012)
  • Robin Christopher (2003, 2005)
  • Natalia Livingston (2005)
  • Genie Francis (2007)
  • Rebecca Herbst (2007, 2012)
  • Carolyn Hennesy (2010)
  • Julie Marie Berman (2013)
  • Kelly Sullivan (2014)
  • Finola Hughes (2015, 2017)
  • Lisa LoCicero (2015)
  • Vernee Watson (2019)
  • Tamara Braun (2020)
  • Rebecca Budig (2020)
• Younger Actor (31 Nominations/7 Wins):
  • Jack Wagner (1985)
  • Jonathan Jackson (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
  • Steve Burton (1997)
  • Tyler Christopher (1998)
  • Jacob Young (2002)
  • Chad Brannon (2003, 2004)
  • Scott Clifton (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • Drew Garrett (2010)
  • Chad Duell (2011, 2012, 2014)
  • Nathan Parsons (2012)
  • Bryan Craig (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Tequan Richmond (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Nicolas Bechtel (2016)
  • Hudson West (2018)
  • William Lipton (2019)
  • Garren Lake Stitt (2019)
• Younger Actress (31 Nominations/10 Wins):
  • Kimberly McCullough (1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997)
  • Sarah Brown (1997, 1998, 1999)
  • Rebecca Herbst (1999)
  • Alicia Leigh Willis (2003, 2004)
  • Adrianna Leon (2005)
  • Julie Marie Berman (2007, 2009, 2010)
  • Kirsten Storms (2009)
  • Lexi Ainsworth (2011, 2017)
  • Kristen Alderson (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Lindsey Morgan (2013)
  • Haley Pullos (2015)
  • Brooklyn Rae Silzer (2016)
  • Chloe Lanier (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Hayley Erin (2018, 2019)
  • Eden McCoy (2019)
• Younger Performer (2 Nominations/0 Wins)
  • Katelyn MacMullen (2020)
  • Eden McCoy (2020)
• Guest Perfomer (7 Nominations/2 Wins)
  • Donna Mills (2015)
  • Linda Elena Tovar (2015)
  • Dee Wallace (2016)
  • Don Harvey (2017)
  • Vernee Watson (2018)
  • Patricia Bethune (2019)
  • Michael Knight (2020)

Preceded by Guiding Light (1980, 2007); The Young and the Restless (1983, 2004, 2007, 2016) All My Children (1994, 1998); The Bold and the Beautiful (2011) Days of our Lives (2015)'

Drama Series Winner 1981, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2017

Succeeded by Guiding Light (1982, 2007); The Young and the Restless (1985, 2007); All My Children (1998); As the World Turns (2001); The Bold and the Beautiful (2009) Days of our Lives (2013; 2018)

Preceded by One Life to Live (1994, 2008); All My Children (1998); As the World Turns (2002)

Writing Team Winner 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009

Succeeded by All My Children (1996); The Young and the Restless (2000); As the World Turns (2004); The Bold and the Beautiful (2010)