1. Nicolas Dwynn Coster was an American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor with his role on series Santa Barbara and daytimes Another World as Robert Dulaney and on nighttime television series, such as Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, T J Hooker, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Nicolas Coster was raised in the United States, primarily in California.
Nicolas Coster returned to England to study acting at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Art.
Nicolas Coster studied acting with Lee Strasberg in New York City.
Nicolas Coster was in Twigs with Sada Thompson, Seesaw with Michele Lee, Otherwise Engaged with Tom Courtenay, and The Little Foxes with Elizabeth Taylor, which was staged on Broadway and the Victoria Theatre in London.
Nicolas Coster appeared in the NBC soap opera Young Doctor Malone.
Nicolas Coster created the role of Professor Paul Britton on The Secret Storm, a role he played in 1964 and from 1967 to 1968.
Nicolas Coster played John Eldridge in the prime time serialized drama Our Private World and on As the World Turns.
Nicolas Coster's first appearance on television was an episode of The US Steel Hour in 1959.
Nicolas Coster appeared more than 80 times on 36 television shows, notably in the role of David Warner, the father of character Blair Warner, on the sitcom The Facts of Life.
Nicolas Coster created the role of Robert Delaney on Somerset in March 1970 and later moved to Another World playing the same character.
Nicolas Coster played gangster-turned-informant Anthony Makana on One Life to Live, but left that series to create the role of Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara.
Nicolas Coster played kidnapper Steve Andrews on the ABC soap opera All My Children and returned to Another World for its 25th anniversary in 1989.
Nicolas Coster returned to his role on Santa Barbara in 1990 until the show was canceled in January 1993.
Nicolas Coster had portrayed the character of Lionel Lockridge in a total of 599 episodes.
Nicolas Coster appeared on As the World Turns from 1993 to 1995.
Nicolas Coster was a scuba diving instructor and maintained a foundation that organizes sailing trips and teaches scuba diving for people who are disabled, holding a captain's license.
Nicolas Coster married actress Candace Hilligoss, with whom he had two children.
Nicolas Coster died at a hospital in Florida on June 26,2023, at the age of 89, according to his daughter.