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 Writers	Kate Hall and Chris Van Etten
Executive Producer	Frank Valentini
Network	ABC
Running Time	30 Minutes (1963-1976) 45 Minutes (1976-1978) 60 Minutes (1978-present)

Contract Cast

as of 12/27/2024 (per ABC end credits)

ACTOR	CHARACTER
	Maurice Benard	Sonny Corinthos
	Nancy Lee Grahn	Alexis Davis
	Rebecca Herbst	Elizabeth Webber
	Laura Wright	Carly Spencer
	Chad Duell	Michael Corinthos
	Maura West	Ava Jerome
	Donnell Turner	Curtis Ashford
	Kirsten Storms	Maxie Jones
	Josh Swickard	Chase Harrison
	Eden McCoy	Josslyn Jacks
	Genie Francis	Laura Collins
	Katelyn MacMullen	Willow Corinthos
	Cynthia Watros	Nina Reeves
	Sofia Mattsson	Sasha Corbin
	Finola Hughes	Anna Devane
	Amanda Setton	Brook Lynn Quartermaine
	Brook Kerr	Dr. Portia Robinson
	Dominic Zamprogna	Dante Falconeri
	Cameron Mathison	Drew Cain
	Kristina Wagner	Felicia Scorpio
	Tajh Bellow	TJ Ashford
	Tanisha Harper	Jordan Ashford
	Tabyana Ali	Trina Robinson
	Josh Kelly	Cody Bell
	Evan Hofer	Dex Heller
	Jane Elliot	Tracy Quartermaine
	Kate Mansi	Kristina Corinthos-Davis
	Steve Burton	Jason Morgan
	Giovanni Mazza	Giovanni Palmieri
	Kristen Vaganos	Molly Lansing-Davis
	Jonathan Jackson	Lucky Spencer
	Swandi Wilson	Dr. Isaiah Gannon
	Charles Mesure	Jack Brennan
	Jens Austin Astrup	Kai Taylor
	Alexa Havins Bruening	Lulu Spencer
	Braedyn Bruner	Emma Drake

Recurring Cast

• Cosette Abinante as Scout Cain
• Bradford Anderson as Damien Spinelli
• Asher Antonyzyn as Danny Morgan
• Finn Carr as Rocco Falconeri
• Colin Cassidy as Aiden Webber
• Jay & Joey Clay as Ace Prince U/5
• Dioni Michelle Collins as Deanna Sirtis
• Kendrick Cross as Detective Bennet
• Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte Cassadine
• Lily Fisher as Georgie Spinelli
• Gary James Fuller as James West
• Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford
• Van Hansis as Dr. Lucas Jones
• Rick Hearst as Ric Lansing
• Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller
• Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe
• Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri
• Adam Huss as Nikolas Cassadine
• Cassandra James as Dr. Terry Randolph
• Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey
• Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault
• Wally Kurth as Ned Quartermaine
• Eva LaRue as Natalia Ramirez
• Jon Lindstrom as Dr. Kevin Collins
• Lisa LoCicero as Olivia Quartermaine
• Lydia Look as Selina Wu
• Carlo Rota as Jenz Sidwell
• Ava & Grace Scarola as Avery Corinthos
• Parry Shen as Brad Cooper
• Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin
• Stephen A. Smith as Brick
• Rena Sofer as Lois Cerullo
• Scarlett Spears as Donna Corinthos
• James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine
• Easton Rocket Sweda as Leo Falconeri U/5
• Vernee Watson as Stella Henry
• Viron Weaver as Wiley Corinthos Quartermaine U/5
• Hudson West as Jake Webber
• John J. York as Mac Scorpio

U/5 - Under five lines typically are uncredited

Production Staff

Executive Producer: Frank Valentini

Supervising Producers: Michelle Henry, Mary-Kelly Weir

Coordinating Producers: Jeffrey Sierks, Cherie Wall

Senior Producer: Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon,

Post Production Supervisor: Peter Fillmore

Editor: Marika Kushel

Associate Directors/Editors: Christine Magarian-Ucar, Marika Kushel, Teresa Cicala, Nate Hapke

Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Kyle Bell

Casting Director: Mark Teschner

Casting Coordinator: Lisa Booth

Art Directors: Jennifer Elliott, Andrew Evashchen

Costume Designer: Shawn Reeves

Assistant Costume Designer: William H. Hoffman, Jr.

Costume Supervisor: Julianna Bolles Morrison

Lighting Directors: Melanie Mohr, Bob Bessoir, George Webster

Production Associates: Kelli Kuschman, Elizabeth McCann

Assistant to the Executive Producer: Steve Rosenberg

Production Coordinator: Caroline Kauffman

Script Coordinator: Ally Lardner

Writers Assistant: Will Gavett

Vice President of Production & Administration: Dominick Nuzzi

Senior Production Manager: Tom Rotolo, Tanya Boonsukha

Technical Directors: Kevin Carr, Chuck Abate

Property Masters: Matthew Markham, Ian Bramer, Ronald Dearman, Jr., Alex Ishii, Alejandro Padilla II

Electricians: Maria Green, George Webster, Matt Kemp, Kelly Kippen, Salvador Flores, Francisco Sedano, Jr.

Head Carpenter: Phil Gonzalez

Audio: Gary Ellis

Senior Video: Antonio F. Simone, Barry Long

Cameras: Craig Camou, Dean Cosanella, Vicky Walker, Bruce Cooperman

Boom Operators: Tom Byrne, Jimmy Chang

Utility: Stanely Magnone, Tay Lee, Andrew Michaels, Gary Ellis Jr., Robert Clark, Justin Webster

Special Effects: Robert Krstevski

Costumers: Alice Volonino, Margaret Lousen, Christine Shahverdian, Elizabeth Jerome, Asantewa Young, Maria Uribe, Christina Lim, Alethia Del Monaco

Make-Up: Karol Young Moses, Luiza Adzhiya, Samantha Barrows, Gayatri Bhamidipaty, Priscilla Castro-Preciado, Wendy Fisher, Alexandra Fleck, Heather Pepe, Jacklyn Quackenbush, Stephanie Riley

Hair Stylist: Anzhela Adzhivan, Gabriella Di Pinto, Aura Moreno, Wendy Pineda, Priscilla Quiroz, Abraham Rivera, Feanna Smith

On-Line Editor; Steven Gonzalez

Re-recording Mixer: Alex Layne, Nicholas S. Marcus, Jimmy Chang

Program/Media Manager: Kristy Turdo-Basciano

Engineering Maintenance: Casimiro Acheta, Greg Dolphin

Senior Manager, Accounting: Hilda Recio

Security: Umugali “Emma” Sultanova

Original Music By: Paul S. Glass, Kurt Biederwolf

Music Directors: Paul S. Glass, Dave Macleod

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

Writing and Directing Staff

Co-Head Writer: Kate Hall and Chris Van Etten

Associate Head Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio

Script Writers/Breakdown Writers: Lucky Gold, Elizabeth Korte, Scott Sickles, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Barbara Bloom, Lisa Seidman, Dave Rupel, Shannon Pace

Directors: Frank Valentini, William Ludel, Gary Tomlin, Phideaux Xavier, Denise Van Cleave, Tina Keller, Robert Markham, Allison Reames Smith

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
10/29/2019-3/14/2024	Chris Van Etten Dan O'Connor	3/15/2024-8/6/2024	*Elizabeth Korte & Patrick Mulchaey
8/7/2024-present	Elizabeth Korte & Chris Van Etten

Daytime Emmy Awards and Nominations

Preceded by Guiding Light (1980, 2007); The Young and the Restless (1983, 2004, 2007, 2016, 2021) 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, 2021, 2022

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)