Including Rick Springfield, the following celebrities once appeared in the long-running soap “General Hospital.”
Of course, the cast and crew wanted the iconic actor on their set!
Though Taylor only appeared in five episodes, her legacy has truly lived on.
His first appearance as Dr. Noah Drake on the soap opera was in 1981 and continued through 1983.
However, that wasn’t the last time that fans got the chance to see him in scrubs.
In 2005 a whopping 23 years after his initial appearance Springfield was asked to return to the soap.
He went on to appear on the series off and on throughout the next three years.
It seems as though Springfield was in high demand in the soap opera world at the time.
However, scheduling conflicts prevented the star from taking a role on the show.
“That was a time of intense adrenaline,” he told Soap Opera Digest.
“Living here in Los Angeles and going into that studio every day was very heavy, you know?
I really enjoyed it.”
“It was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
I don’t have a bad thing to say about it.”
Tamblyn essentially grew up on the set, spending the majority of her teenage years working on the series.
“It was just the most loving, amazing experience.
I love you, GH, forever!”
His character left the series after Blackie was sent to prison for the death of Lou Swenson in 1984.
Throughout his three years on the series, Stamos says he learned a lot about show business.
Stamos' portrayal of the drummer Blackie Parrish even earned him major accolades.
“Without ‘General Hospital’ I wouldn’t be talking to you,” Stamos told TV Insider.
“I guarantee it.”
“I was fully faking it till I made it,” she later admitted toInterview Magazine.
“I had no clue what I was doing.”
In 1982, she signed on for the original “General Hospital” role of investigative journalist Jackie Templeton.
In 2020, the series surprised fans when it was announced that Jackie Templeton would be returning to town.
As Moore told Interview, “The soap opera was not where I wanted to be.
It was just a starting-off point.”
It’s quickly revealed that he was working for a mobster in the Asian quarter named Chaing Wu.
From there, the actor went on to star as Hikaru Sulu in the “Star Trek” series.
Jonathan Jackson
“General Hospital” makes up a big part of Jonathan Jackson’s acting career.
All throughout that time, Jackson became incredibly close with his co-stars.
In the series, Jackson played the character Lucky Spencer, the son of Luke and Laura Spencer.
“It was such a gift for me.
I’ll carry their influence over me for the rest of my life.”
Jackson’s portrayal of the young Lucky Spencer made him a Daytime Emmy winner.
These days, he tours the world with his band Enation.
It was then that the character “Franco,” an artist and serial killer, was born.
(Funnily enough, his character was obsessed with Steve Burton’s character.)
Clearly, he left an impression on the crew.
In 2011, she got her big break in the TV series “Suits.”
However, that hasn’t stopped her from appearing on the small screen.
In 2022, she and Harry released and starred in the docu-series “Harry & Meghan.”
The couple also signed a massivemulti-million dollar dealto continue creating content with Netflix.
Kristin Davis
ActorKristin Davisentered the soap opera scene in 1991.
It was then that she appeared as the character Nurse Betsy Chilson on “General Hospital.”
“But years apart, years apart,” the actor clarified in an interview onABC.
“Or I would have been following him around the halls.”
It seems, however, that Simmons simply couldn’t stay away from “General Hospital.”
“Off to do General Hospital this morning,” he teased fans onTwitterat the time.
“What fun!”
