His acting career spans six decades and boasts some very impressive projects, including several films.

Eugene suffers from mental illness and becomes infatuated with Marlena.

When the police find Marlena, Eugene confesses to being the killer.

John de Lancie on the red carpet.

The character is hospitalized and treated for his mental health issues.

After looks like Eugene has his life together, he begins dating Trista Evans.

However, he’s haunted by myths about his family supposedly being cursed.

John de Lancie poses for a photo.

When people close to Eugene begin to die, he becomes increasingly worried about his well-being.

The pair’s fake relationship only lasts a few days before they call off the sham of a marriage.

Marlena even names her daughter Sami after Eugene.

John de Lancie talking

Later, Eugene moves on to find love with Calliope Jones.

The couple begin dating and later become engaged.

The two become one of the zaniest couples to ever appear in Salem.

Sadly, the couple’s relationship hits some problems when money troubles plague Eugene’s family.

He is forced to take a job at the newspaper and even marries a wealthy woman named Madeline Rutherford.

However, after that marriage falls apart, Eugene and Calliope end up back together.

They get married on New Year’s Eve 1985, and honeymoon in Finland.

Eugene and Calliope have an interesting romance, to say the least.

They even famously held awedding for their dogin a soapy storyline.

After getting used to married life with Calliope, Eugene begins to work on inventing a time machine.