Palmer Cortlandt is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, played by James Mitchell from 1979 to 2010.
28 Facts About Palmer Cortlandt
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Palmer Cortlandt changed his name to Palmer Cortlandt and made a success of himself.
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Palmer Cortlandt had kicked her out when he had discovered that she was having an affair.
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Palmer Cortlandt enlisted the help of nurse, Sybil Thorne, who seduced Cliff and became pregnant with their son Bobby.
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When his first wife Daisy Cortlandt came back from the dead, Palmer tried to kill her by threatening her with dobermans.
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Shortly after arriving in Pine Valley, Palmer Cortlandt became interested in and married ex-hooker Donna Beck, thinking that he could make her into the worldly woman that he longed to have on his arm.
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Palmer Cortlandt was thrilled but Palmer was suspicious because he was sterile due to a polo accident years earlier.
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Not wanting to arouse suspicions, Palmer Cortlandt played out the role of doting husband and father.
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Palmer Cortlandt was thrilled with the attention of this attractive young brunette and genuinely developed a bond to her teen-age son, Andrew, who Palmer envisioned as the heir to Cortlandt Electronics.
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When Palmer Cortlandt was shot by a thug hired by Adam Chandler, he hired nurse Natalie Marlowe to look after him.
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When Natalie was attacked by Silver Kane and accidentally shot her, Palmer Cortlandt hid the body in a pond on his property and blackmailed Natalie into reconciling with him.
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Palmer paid Tad's mother Opal Cortlandt to help him break them up, and they succeeded.
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On Christmas Day 1992, Opal and Palmer Cortlandt welcomed the birth of their son, Peter.
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Adrian forced Palmer Cortlandt into signing a divorce decree that was very generous to Opal.
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Palmer Cortlandt became taken by Pine Valley socialite, Vanessa Bennett, the mother of the nefarious Dr David Hayward.
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Palmer Cortlandt admitted to Erica that he didn't really love Vanessa, but said that having an attractive woman on his arm is never a bad thing.
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Palmer Cortlandt believed that this young man, Leo du Pres, was Vanessa's lover.
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Palmer Cortlandt had Leo kidnapped and set up a plot that would make it look like Leo had killed Vanessa in a jealous rage.
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Palmer Cortlandt jumped in front of Vanessa and took the bullet.
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Vanessa learned that Palmer Cortlandt had plotted to kill her and used the shooting as leverage for months.
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The charges against Leo were subsequently dropped after Palmer Cortlandt hired someone to "lose" the evidence in the case, though no one ever spoke publicly of what Vanessa had done.
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Palmer Cortlandt used Vanessa's involvement against her, just as she had used his murder plot against him.
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Palmer Cortlandt was happy to see his grandson Bobby back in town, until he realized that Bobby had never really grown up.
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Palmer Cortlandt believed what she was saying and was devastated when it turned out that she was lying.
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Palmer Cortlandt relocated to Switzerland in August 2008 and in March 2009, it was revealed Palmer Cortlandt invested with someone who swindled him out of all of his money, leaving him, Pete, and Opal broke.
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Palmer Cortlandt was unable to be reached when Opal tried to contact him regarding what had happened to their money.
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Palmer Cortlandt quietly returned to Pine Valley in April 2010 and he planned to surprise Opal.
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Palmer Cortlandt was welcomed into the white light by a vision of Dixie.