Contract Cast List, in chronological order

[Finn McCool]

Hey everyone,

I recently put together a cast list of all the contract actors who appeared on RH during its run, so I thought I'd post it here since people frequently ask questions concerning when a character will first appear on the RH reruns. This list goes in chronological order by month and year. I got the months from various weekly newspaper summaries, Soap Opera Digest write-ups, and tapes.

Again, this list only has contract actors, so non-contract recurring actors such as Malachy McCourt (Kevin), Gloria Cromwell (Georgia), etc. along with most of the show's child actors such as Jadrien Steele (Johnno #1) are not included.

Hope someone can find some use for this list. :-)

Sean
http://www.geocities.com/ryanshope75/

***ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS***
[in alphabetical order]

Nancy Addison Altman
as Jillian Coleridge Beaulac Ryan
(July 1975 - January 1988; January 1989)

Bernard Barrow
as Johnny Ryan
(July 1975 - January 1989)

Faith Catlin
as Dr. Faith Coleridge #1
(July 1975 - May 1976)

Justin Deas
as Dr. Bucky Carter
(July 1975 - July 1978)

Michael Fairman
as Nick Szabo
(July 1975 - June 1976)
*Appeared in one January 1977 episode.

John Gabriel
as Dr. Seneca Beaulac
(July 1975 - 1985; 1988 - January 1989)

Helen Gallagher
as Maeve Ryan
(July 1975 - January 1989)

Malcolm Groome
as Dr. Patrick Ryan #1
(July 1975 - July 1978; January 1983 - Summer 1988; December 1988 - January 1989)

Rosalinda Guerra
as Ramona Gonzalez, R.N.
(July 1975 - December 1975)

Ron Hale
as Dr. Roger Coleridge
(July 1975 - January 1989)

Michael Hawkins
as Frank Ryan #1
(July 1975 - November 1976)

Earl Hindman
as Bob Reid
(July 1975 - December? 1984; January 1989)

Ilene Kristen
as Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge Crane Coleridge #1
(July 1975 - January 1979; March 1982 - November 1983; September 1986 - January 1989)

Frank Latimore
as Dr. Ed Coleridge
(July 1975 - March 1976)

Michael Levin
as Jack Fenelli
(July 1975 - January 1989)

Kate Mulgrew
as Mary Ryan Fenelli #1
(July 1975 - January 1978; April 1983; April 1986; January 1989)

Hannibal Penney, Jr.
as Dr. Clem Moultrie
(July 1975 - May 1978)

Diana van der Vlis
as Dr. Nell Beaulac
(July 1975 - March 1976)

as Sherry Rowan
(February 1988 - January 1989)

***END OF ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS***

Ty McConnell
as Kenneth Castle
(November 1975 - May 1976)

Dennis Higgins
as Sam Crowell
(January 1976 - June 1976)

Julia Barr
as Reenie Szabo
(February 1976 - June 1976)

Nancy Barrett
as Dr. Faith Coleridge #2
(July 1976 - August 1976)

Ed Evanko
as Dr. Alex McLean
(September 1976 - February 1977)

Catherine Hicks
as Dr. Faith Coleridge #3
(September 1976 - March 1978)

Andrew Robinson
as Frank Ryan #2
(November 1976 - January 1978)

Ana Alicia Ortiz
as Alicia Nieves
(March 1977 - July 1978)

Thomas MacGreevy
as Tom Desmond
(April 1977 - September 1979)

Jose Aleman
as Angel Nieves
(June 1977 - January 1978; May 1978)
* Off-contract after January 1978

Louise Shaffer
as Rae Woodard
(September 1977 - May 1984; January 1989)

Wesley Addy
as William Price Woodard
(September 1977 - January 1978)

Mary Carney
as Mary Ryan Fenelli #2
(January 1978 - June 1978)

Daniel Hugh-Kelly
as Frank Ryan #3
(January 1978 - September 1981)

Karen Morris-Gowdy
as Dr. Faith Coleridge Desmond #4
(April 1978 - December 1983; January 1989)

Kathleen Tolan
as Mary Ryan Fenelli #3
(June 1978 - January 1979)

Lisa Sutton
as Nancy Feldman #1
(June 1978)

Sarah Felder
as Siobhan Ryan Novak #1
(July 1978 - July 1980)

Megan McCracken
as Nancy Feldman #2
(July 1978 - October 1978)

John Blazo
as Dr. Patrick Ryan #2
(July 1978 - July 1979)

Dianne Thompson
as Teresa Donohue
(September 1978 - January 1979)

as Poppy Lincoln
(March 1979 - June 1978)

Nana Tucker
as Nancy Feldman #3
(October 1978 - September 1979)

Patrick Horgan
as Thatcher Ross
(December 1978 - July 1979)

Nicolette Goulet
as Mary Ryan Fenelli #4
(January 1979 - December 1979)

Robyn Millan
as Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge #2
(January 1979 - February 1979)

Randall Edwards
as Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge #3
(February 1979 - March 1982)

Richard Muenz
as Joe Novak #1
(July 1979 - May 1980)

Robert Finoccoli
as Dr. Patrick Ryan #3
(July 1979 - October 1979)

Stanley Birnbaum
as Dr. Adam Cohen
(July 1979 - June 1980)

David Clarke
as Tiso Novotny
(August 1979 - May 1980)

Peter Ratray
as Dan Fox
(September 1979 - December 1979)

Kelli Maroney
as Kimberly Harris Beaulac
(October 1979 - September 1981; March 1982 - March 1983)

Michael Corbett
as Michael Pavel
(January 1980 - July 1981)

Christine Ebersole
as Lilly Darnell #1
(1980 - 1980)

Richard Backus
as Barry Ryan
(April 1980 - September 1981)

Trent Jones
as Ken George Jones
(May 1980 - October 1980)

Kaye de Lancey
as Amy Morris
(July 1980 - September 1980)

Rose Alaio
as Rose Pearse Melina
(August 1980 - July 1981)

Jenny-Rebecca Dweir
as Ryan Fenelli #2
(Summer 1980 - Spring 1984)
* JRD was listed as a contract player in 1983, but not from 1980-1982...Ryan returned from boarding school briefly around Christmas 1984; not sure if it was JRD or a transitional actress in the role.

Kathryn Dowling
as Lilly Darnell #2
(1980 - 1980)

Ann Gillespie
as Siobhan Ryan Novak #2
(January 1981 - January 1982)

Roscoe Born
as Joe Novak #2
(January 1981 - March 1983; 1988 - 1988)

MacKenzie Allen
as Sgt. Jim Speed
(July 1981 - 1982)

Paul Carlin
as Craig LeWinter
(August 1981 - September 1981)

Judith Barcroft
as Barbara Wilde
(September 1981 - January 1982)

Lester Rawlins
as Spencer Smith
(October 1981 - December 1981)

Maureen Garrett
as Elizabeth Jane Ryan
(October 1981 - September 1982)

Gordon Thomson
as Aristotle Benedict-White
(November 1981 - February 1982)

Will Patton
as Ox Knowles
(February 1982 - February 1983)

Patrick James Clarke
as Dr. Patrick Ryan #4
(March 1982 - January 1983)

Marg Helgenberger
as Siobhan Ryan Novak DuBujak #3
(March 1982 - January 1986)

Peter Haskell
as Hollis Kirkland III
(April 1982 - March 1983)

James Sloyan
as Mitch Bronsky
(1982 - February 1983)

Mary Page Keller
as Amanda Kirkland #1
(August 1982 - March 1983)

Christine Jones
as Catsy Kirkland
(December 1982 - March 1983)

Geoffrey Pierson
as Frank Ryan #4
(February 1983 - October 1985)

Felicity LaFortune
as Leigh Kirkland Fenelli
(March 1983 - July? 1985; February 1988 - January 1989)

Ariane Munker
as Amanda Kirkland #2
(March 1983 - June 1983)

Judith Chapman
as Charlotte Greer Ryan
(April 1983 - August 1983)

Roy Poole
as Neil MacCurtain
(June 1983 - August 1983)

Kathleen Widdoes
as Una MacCurtain
(June 1983 - August 1983)

Corbin Bernsen
as Ken Graham
(June 1983, 1984 - 1985)

David Sederholm
as Bill Hyde
(June 1983 - December? 1985)

Cali Timmins
as Maggie Shelby Greenberg Coleridge
(July 1983 - January 1988; January 1989)

Gloria DeHaven
as Bess Shelby
(July 1983 - 1987)

Robin Greer
as Sydney Price
(September 1983 - January 1985)

Michael Hennessey
as Joe Novak #3
(September 1983 - March 1984)

Gerit Quealy
as Jacqueline DuBujak Novak
(October 1983 - October 1985; January 1987 - February 1987)

Daniel Pilon
as Max DuBujak
(December 1983 - February 1987; Summer 1988)

Deveren Bookwalter
as Stamford Hutchinson
(January? 1984 - November? 1984)

Scott Holmes
as Dave Greenberg
(January 1984 - November 1985)

Fred Burstein
as Laslo Novotny
(January 1984 - October 1985)

Herb Anderson
as Jeremy Winthrop
(March 1984 - 1985)

Lauren O'Bryan
as Katie Thompson #1
(March 1984 - July 1984)

Traci Lin
as Pru Shepherd
(April 1984 - January 1985)
* Returned for Sydney Price murder trial?

Robin Mattson
as Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge Crane #4
(June 1984 - December 1984)

Harve Presnell
as Matthew Crane
(June 1984 - November 1984)

Franc Luz
as Steve Latham
(June 1984 - November 1984)

Grant Show
as Rick Hyde
(June 1984 - 1987)

Julia Campbell
as Katie Thompson Greenberg #2
(November 1984 - November 1985)

Duncan Gamble
as Tiger Bennett
(Early 1985 - September 1985)

Yasmine Bleeth
as Ryan Fenelli Hyde #3
(February 1985 - January 1989)

Marisa Pavan
as Chantal DuBujak
(March 1985 - November 1985?)

Betty Alley
as Betty Sherman
(September 1985 - December 1985)

Francine Tacker
as Dr. Gloria Tassky
(September 1985 - December 1985)

Christian Slater
as DJ LaSalle
(June 1985 - September 1985)

Susan Scannell
as Gabrielle DuBujak
(May 1985 - October 1985)

as Chessy Blake
(May 1985 - August 1985)

Christopher Durham
as Dakota Smith
(October 1985 - 1988)

John Sanderford
as Frank Ryan #5
(October 1985 - January 1989)

Nancy Valen
as Melinda Weaver Ryan
(December 1985 - 1987)

Leslie Easterbrook
as Devlin Kowalski
(January 1986 - 1987)

Tracey Ross
as Diana Douglas
(March 1986 - 1987)

Irving Allen Lee
as Dr. Evan Cooper
(March 1986 - 1988; January 1989)

Carrell Myers
as Siobhan Ryan Novak Dubujak #4
(April? 1986 - March 1987)

Lydia Hannibal
as Chris Hannold
(1986 - 1988)

Peter Love
as Mark D'Angelo
(1986 - 1988)

Jason Adams
as John Reid Ryan #3
(July 1986 - January 1989)

Catherine Larson
as Lizzie Ransome Ryan
(August? 1986 - January 1989)

Walt Willey
as Joe Novak [aka Erik] #4
(September 1986 - March 1987)

Tichina Arnold
as Zena Brown
(March 1987 - January 1989)

Lois Robbins
as Dr. Concetta D'Angelo Ryan
(March 1987 - 1988; December 1988 - January 1989)

Cynthia Dozier
as Emily Hall
(April 1987 - 1988)

James Wlcek
as Ben Shelby
(April 1987 - January 1989)

Brian McGovern
as Chaz Saybrook
(Summer 1987 - January 1989)

Lewis Arlt
as Richard Rowan
(September? 1987 - January 1988)

Maria Pitillo
as Nancy Don Louis
(October 1987 - January 1989)

Rosemary Prinz
as Sister Mary Joel #6
(March 1988 - January 1989)

Steve Fletcher
as Matthew Strand
(1988 - January 1989)

Michael Palance
as Robert Rowan
(1988 - January 1989)

Barbara Blackburn
as Siobhan Ryan Novak Dubujak Novak #5
(Summer 1988 - January 1989)

Casey Biggs
as Fenno Moore
(Summer 1988 - January 1989)

Cesare Danova
as Silvio Conti
(Summer 1988 - January 1989)

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Wow, an actual post that isn't selling some kind of on-line pharmaceutical! I just wanted to say that I watched the show originally and just recently found it on Soap net. They just began at the beginning again (even though they were nowhere near the end of the show, but maybe 1983, the Egyptian story line). I love the work you've done on this and hope to see more, especially the episode reviews. It's a GREAT read.
Is there any way as administrator to flush away all of the spam on this board, or is it a lost cause? I don't understand jerks that post that crap.