General Hospital welcomes a veteran home, Days of Our Lives recasts a memorable villain and more big casting news as of December 1.

Also returning to the soap is Wes Ramsey, who portrayed Owen Kent in 2009. His diabolical character kidnapped Stephanie under orders from EJ during the height of the DiMera-Kiriakis feud and was prosecuted and sent to prison, but escaped while being transported there. Ramsey was last seen as Peter August on General Hospital .

Eric Braeden’s long career has taken him from the small screen to the big screen and back again — and it taught him that soap opera actors don’t get enough respect. In the clip, Rikaart, 48, says that though some former soap opera stars who moved on ...

While Kent Murray played a crucial role in Hamill's early development, it was his portrayal of Luke Skywalker that would ultimately define his career. After his stint on soap operas, Hamill was cast in George Lucas's groundbreaking film, "Star Wars," and his life was forever changed.

Hamill recalled his soap opera days on a recent visit to Live! With Kelly and Mark, the daytime talk show hosted by All My Children alumni Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, when he was promoting his role as The Flying Dutchman in The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePant s.

Daytime TV may not be as popular today as it once was, but there are still plenty of actors who’ve made millions starring in soap operas. Some you may recognize from iconic roles they played every weekday for years – even decades. Others, like Shemar ...

More than 40 years after it first aired, the final credits will roll on the iconic soap Neighbours — again. In fine soap opera tradition, the long-running show survived being axed in the 1980s and again in 2022, but this time, it is different.

TWO young Irish actors have landed their dream roles after being cast in the world’s longest running soap opera, Coronation Street. Aodhan Fleming, from Lurgan, and Coen Carter, from