22 Facts About James Stenbeck

James Stenbeck is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama As the World Turns, portrayed by Anthony Herrera.

James Stenbeck caused Barbara to break her engagement with Tom Hughes.

However, the marriage turned out to be James Stenbeck' only means to an end.

James Stenbeck began pursuing other women outside of the marriage, including his mistresses Margo Montgomery and Dee Stewart.

The James Stenbeck family was very wealthy, seeing as how they were heirs to the Swedish throne.

When Barbara learned about all this, the marriage was put at risk; though James Stenbeck managed to calm her down for a time by having Margo sidelined and trying to be more of a husband to her, it soon became even rockier when Barbara grew more disenchanted with James Stenbeck.

James Stenbeck's ploys included trying to kill John Dixon by poisoning a jug of water so he would not expose he was not a biological "Stenbeck", and hiring a woman named Mme.

James Stenbeck attempted to take Barbara to court for attempted murder to gain Paul.

However, Barbara's court case for attempted murder went over as James planned, and he gained Paul and the Stenbeck fortune, but Karen, to get her hands on some money, blackmailed James into marrying her in 1982.

James Stenbeck was not about to let Paul slip away, and invited Barbara to a private bullfighting demonstration in which he planned to have her killed by having a bull trample her while she was in the ring.

Gunnar rescued Barbara as James Stenbeck took off to a castle where he would duel with Gunnar in a sword fight.

James Stenbeck returned to Oakdale on August 27,2008, much to the surprise of his family.

Paul, struggling to free himself of James Stenbeck's manipulations, got into a squabble with him inside a windmill while trying to rescue Meg and Dusty.

James Stenbeck shot at James, grazing Dusty while the two were struggling over the gun he had aimed at James's head; they struggled all the way to the windmill balcony.

Lucinda revealed she had known about Dusty faking his death, but did not know James Stenbeck had kidnapped him.

However, months later, it became evident that James Stenbeck had again faked his death and was very much alive.

James Stenbeck returned again in August 2009, much to Oakdale's surprise.

James Stenbeck was later arrested after Paul tipped off the police that James Stenbeck was back in town.

James Stenbeck was then placed in the Oakdale PD's custody.

James Stenbeck died when he was injected with a paralyzing agent by Audrey Coleman, causing his heart to go into an attack.

James Stenbeck's body had already been embalmed and prepared for burial.

On July 28,2010, Barbara was visited by a hallucination of James Stenbeck while being held captive in a party supply warehouse.