1. Stuart Damon was best known for his 30-year portrayal of Dr Alan Quartermaine on the American soap opera General Hospital, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1999.
17 Facts About Stuart Damon
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Stuart Damon's parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who made their home in America after fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution.
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Stuart Damon had earlier appeared in an Off-Broadway revival of The Boys From Syracuse with music by Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
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Stuart Damon is prominently featured on the cast albums of these musicals, as well as the hit Irma La Douce.
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Stuart Damon played magician Harry Houdini in a lavishly staged London musical, Man of Magic.
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Stuart Damon later spoke candidly about the fact that Barry did not want him in the series because of his height: at over six feet, he towered over the shorter Barry.
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Stuart Damon repeated the role on the short-lived GH spin-off Port Charles.
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In 1999, Stuart Damon won the Best Supporting Actor Emmy, for his portrayal of Alan, a physician addicted to the painkiller hydrocodone.
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In 2005, Stuart Damon was reunited with Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt for the first time in almost 40 years, to provide audio commentary on a DVD release of The Champions.
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In December 2006, it was reported that Stuart Damon had been fired from General Hospital and his last air date was scheduled for February 26,2007, when his character died.
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Stuart Damon remained with the show until December 23,2008, when Alan appeared to Monica on Christmas to tell her that he loved her.
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On September 18,2009, Stuart Damon began appearing on As the World Turns as Janet and Teri Ciccone's "Uncle" Ralph Manzo, a businessman most likely involved with the mob.
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Stuart Damon returned to General Hospital for two episodes, in which Alan appears in a fantasy sequence of Monica's.
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Stuart Damon returned again in November 2012 as a ghost when son AJ was announced to be alive, after son Jason's disappearance.
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Stuart Damon appeared, along with Rick Webber and Emily Quartermaine, as a hallucination shared by Tracy and Monica, for the show's 50th anniversary episode, which aired on April 2,2013.
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Stuart Damon married Deirdre Ann Ottewill, a former actress, singer, and dancer on March 12,1961.
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Deirdre Ottewill Stuart Damon died on December 25,2019, from Alzheimer's disease.