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	Dan O'Connor 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 4/29/2022 (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
	Maura West	Ava Jerome	05/08/2013-present
	Roger Howarth	Dr. Austin Gatlin-Holt	05/27/2021-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
	Josh Swickard	Chase Harrison	02/21/2018-present
	Eden McCoy	Josslyn Jacks	10/14/2005-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
	Cynthia Watros	Nina Clay	06/17/2019-present
	Sofia Mattsson	Sasha Gilmore	09/18/2018-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
	Nicholas Chavez	Spencer Cassadine	07/01/2021-present
	Avery Kristen Pohl	Esme Prince	08/16/2021-present
	Cameron Mathison	Drew Cain	08/16/2021-present
	Charles Shaughnessy	Victor Cassadine	09/02/2021-present
	Inga Cadranel	Harmony Miller	02/11/2019-08/10/2020; 08/02/2021-present
	Kristina Wagner	Felicia Scorpio	08/07/1984-02/13/2003; 03/01/2004-06/08/2005; 12/20/2007-01/22/2008; 04/27/2012-05/15/2015; 01/07/2016-present
	Tajh Bellow	TJ Ashford	11/20/2018-present
	Tanisha Harper	Jordan Ashford	03/02/2022-present
	Tabyana Ali	Trina Robinson	03/25/2022-present
	Robert Gossett	Marshall Ashford	10/18/2021-present
	Michael Kruse	Rory Cabrera	03/29/2022-present

Recurring Cast

• Lexi Ainsworth as Kristina Corinthos Davis
• Bradford Anderson as Damien Spinelli
• Real Andrews as Marcus Taggert
• Bonnie Burroughs as Gladys Corbin
• Leslie Charleson as Dr. Monica Quartermaine
• Dioni Michelle Collins as Deanna Sirtis
• Enzo De Angelis as Aiden Spencer U/5
• Risa Dorken as Amy Driscoll
• Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson
• Kathleen Gati as Dr. Liesl Obrecht
• Joyce Guy as Phyllis Caulfield
• Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller
• Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe
• Cassandra James as Dr. Terry Rudolph
• Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey
• Wally Kurth as Ned Quartermaine
• Jon Lindstrom as Kevin Collins / Ryan Chamberlain
• William Lipton as Cameron Webber
• Lisa LoCicero as Olivia Quartermaine
• Lydia Look as Selina Wu
• Jophielle Love as Violet Barnes
• Haley Pullos as Molly Lansing-Davis
• Tristan Rogers as Robert Scorpio
• Marc Samuel as Felix DuBois
• Ava/Grace Scarola as Avery Corinthos U/5
• Parry Shen as Brad Cooper
• Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin
• James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine
• Easton Rocket Sweda as Leo Falconeri U/5
• Teddy & Lincoln Sykes as Bailey Jones U/5
• Vernee Watson as Stella Henry
• Hudson West as Jake Webber
• 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 (32 Nominations/14 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, 2021, 2022
• Directing Team (27 Nominations/12 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, 2021, 2022
• Writing Team (26 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, 2021, 2022
• Lead Actor (44 Nominations/12 Wins)
  • Maurice Benard (1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021)
  • John Beradino (1974, 1975, 1976)
  • Steve Burton (2005, 2020, 2021)
  • Tyler Christopher (2016)
  • Stuart Damon (1982, 1983, 1984)
  • Michael Easton (2018)
  • Anthony Geary (1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016)
  • Peter Hansen (1974)
  • Jon Lindstrom (2019, 2020)
  • Brad Maule (1995)
  • Billy Miller (2018)
  • Jason Thompson (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Dominic Zamprogna (2021)
• Lead Actress (37 Nominations/3 Wins):
  • Denise Alexander (1976)
  • Rachel Ames (1974, 1975)
  • Tamara Braun (2004)
  • Sarah Brown (2010)
  • Leslie Charleson (1980, 1982, 1983, 1995)
  • Genie Francis (1997, 2021)
  • Nancy Lee Grahn (2003, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018, 2021)
  • Finola Hughes (1990, 1991, 2016, 2020, 2021)
  • Kelly Monaco (2006)
  • Cynthia Watros (2022)
  • Maura West (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Laura Wright (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
  • Jacklyn Zeman (1998)
• Supporting Actor (53 Nominations/13 Wins):
  • Bradford Anderson (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Gerald Anthony (1993)
  • Maurice Benard (1997)
  • Sean Blakemore (2012, 2016)
  • Steve Burton (1998, 2000)
  • Tyler Christopher (2005, 2006)
  • Stuart Damon (1991, 1996, 1997, 1999)
  • Chad Duell (2015, 2017)
  • Max Gail (2019, 2021)
  • Peter Hansen (1979)
  • Rick Hearst (2004, 2005, 2007)
  • Jonathan Jackson (2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Jeff Kober (2021, 2022)
  • Wally Kurth (2018)
  • David Lewis (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988)
  • Brad Maule (1997)
  • Anthony Montgomery (2018)
  • Jeffrey Vincent Parise (2017)
  • Doug Sheehan (1982)
  • Kin Shriner (1990, 1991, 1993)
  • John Stamos (1983)
  • James Patrick Stuart (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Michael Sutton (1996)
  • Jason Thompson (2011, 2012)
  • Dominic Zamprogna (2014, 2016, 2019)
• Supporting Actress (43 Nominations/10 Wins):
  • Rachel Ames (1979)
  • Julie Marie Berman (2013)
  • Loanne Bishop (1984)
  • Tamara Braun (2020)
  • Sarah Brown (2000)
  • Susan Brown (1979)
  • Rebecca Budig (2020)
  • Rosalind Cash (1996)
  • Mary Jo Catlett (1990)
  • Robin Christopher (2003, 2005)
  • Norma Connolly (1985)
  • Jane Elliot (1981, 1993, 2014)
  • Genie Francis (2007)
  • Nancy Lee Grahn (2000, 2011, 2012, 2022)
  • Carolyn Hennesy (2010, 2021)
  • Briana Nicole Henry (2021)
  • Rebecca Herbst (2007, 2012)
  • Lynn Herring (1990, 1992)
  • Finola Hughes (2015, 2017)
  • Natalia Livingston (2005)
  • Lisa LoCicero (2015)
  • Vanessa Marcil (1997, 1998, 2003)
  • Robin Mattson (1983)
  • Rena Sofer (1995)
  • Kelly Sullivan (2014)
  • Kelly Thiebaud (2022)
  • Vernee Watson (2019)
  • Sharon Wyatt (1994)
  • Jacklyn Zeman (1981, 1995, 1997)
• Younger Actor (31 Nominations/7 Wins):
  • Nicolas Bechtel (2016)
  • Chad Brannon (2003, 2004)
  • Steve Burton (1997)
  • Scott Clifton (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • Tyler Christopher (1998)
  • Bryan Craig (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Chad Duell (2011, 2012, 2014)
  • Drew Garrett (2010)
  • Jonathan Jackson (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
  • William Lipton (2019)
  • Nathan Parsons (2012)
  • Tequan Richmond (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Garren Lake Stitt (2019)
  • Jack Wagner (1985)
  • Hudson West (2018)
  • Jacob Young (2002)
• Younger Actress (31 Nominations/10 Wins):
  • Lexi Ainsworth (2011, 2017)
  • Kristen Alderson (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Julie Marie Berman (2007, 2009, 2010)
  • Sarah Brown (1997, 1998, 1999)
  • Hayley Erin (2018, 2019)
  • Rebecca Herbst (1999)
  • Chloe Lanier (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Adrianna Leon (2005)
  • Eden McCoy (2019)
  • Kimberly McCullough (1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997)
  • Lindsey Morgan (2013)
  • Haley Pullos (2015)
  • Brooklyn Rae Silzer (2016)
  • Kirsten Storms (2009)
  • Alicia Leigh Willis (2003, 2004)
• Younger Performer (8 Nominations/0 Wins)
  • Tahj Bellow (2021)
  • Nicholas Chavez (2022)
  • William Lipton (2022)
  • Katelyn MacMullen (2020, 2021)
  • Eden McCoy (2020)
  • Sydney Mikayla (2021, 2022)
• Guest Perfomer (9 Nominations/3 Wins)
  • Patricia Bethune (2019)
  • Kim Delaney (2021)
  • Don Harvey (2017)
  • Michael Knight (2020)
  • Briana Lane (2021)
  • Donna Mills (2015)
  • Linda Elena Tovar (2015)
  • Dee Wallace (2016)
  • Vernee Watson (2018)

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

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)