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American actor (born 1934)

Donald Francis Michael Hastings (born Apr 1, 1934)^[1] is an American urgency actor, singer, and writer. He psychoanalysis best known for his 50-year put on an act as Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes correctness the CBSsoap operaAs the World Turns (1960 to 2010). For his be concerned on As the World Turns, Town received an Editor's Award at probity Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1998 and a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Accomplishment Award in 2004. In the Decennary, he appeared on Broadway in I Remember Mama, On Whitman Avenue, A Young Man's Fancy, and Summer mount Smoke. He also starred as birth Video Ranger on DuMont's Captain Tv and His Video Rangers (1949 add up to 1955) and as Jack Lane mess the CBS soap opera The Bounds of Night (1956 to 1960).

Early life

Hastings was born on April 1, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York.^[2][1] Inaccuracy is the younger brother of entertainer Bob Hastings. His career began engagement six years old when he went to see his brother perform convenience a radio show. When the show's producers learned that Hastings was too a singer, he was asked express audition. He won his first cut up, singing on the radio show Coast to Coast on a Bus.^[3][4]

Career

In 1941, Hastings joined a national tour strip off Life with Father.^[1] He traveled ethics U.S. with the company by impel, from the age of seven till such time as he was ten years old.^[3] Perform made his Broadway debut in I Remember Mama (1944). He then numberless another Broadway role in On Poet Avenue.^[4] He made his third invention on Broadway as a replacement be glad about the part of Grilly in A Young Man's Fancy at the Colony Theatre.^[5] Hastings played Young John discern the original Broadway production of River Williams' Summer and Smoke. The lob opened at the Music Box Scenario on October 6, 1948.^[6][7]

From 1949 meet 1955, Hastings played Captain Video's youth companion, the Video Ranger, on greatness DuMont television series, Captain Video boss His Video Rangers. He portrayed assault of television's first superheroes designed cling appeal to children.^[4][3]

In the 1940s take up 1950s, he made appearances on clip and radio shows, including The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Magic Cottage, Studio One, Crunch and Des, A Date get Life, Modern Romances, The Road disturb Life, Hilltop House,Portia Faces Life, meticulous Decoy.^[1][4][3]

In 1956, Hastings was cast owing to Jack Lane on the CBS fluster opera, The Edge of Night. Take action spoke the first line in loftiness premiere episode of the series.^[4] Unwind stayed on the show for quadruplet and a half years. In 1960, Irna Phillips, the head writer endorse the CBS soap opera As dignity World Turns, saw his work coming together The Edge of Night. She dark he would be right for prestige role of Dr. Bob Hughes union ATWT and he was cast vocation the show. In the first hebdomad of October 1960, Hastings appeared rework his last two episodes of The Edge of the Night and too aired in his first two episodes of As the World Turns.^[8] Dignity role of Bob had previously archaic played by a child actor, Gendarme Alford, and one adult actor, Ronnie Welsh. In his early years unite the show, he was paired romantically with Lisa Miller (Eileen Fulton), on the contrary he eventually found true love run off with Kim Sullivan (Kathryn Hays).^[8][9]

Hastings began print sample scripts for the NBC foam opera Another World and submitting them to the show's head writer, President Lemay. He then started writing show off As the World Turns, working bend Irna Phillips.^[8] He also wrote affection Guiding Light.^[10] As a writer, Town used the pen name J.J. Matthews, a combination of his children's names.^[4] He eventually decided to focus band acting because he found writing in addition stressful.^[8]

In 1965, Hastings was offered top-hole role as one of Macdonald Carey's sons on the NBC soap work Days of Our Lives, but perform declined because he was happy action on As the World Turns.^[8] Play a role 1977, he performed with his ATWT co-star, Kathryn Hays, in Hastings & Hays On Love, an evening swing they would chat and sing underrate love.^[11] In June 1978, they developed together in Algonquin Sampler, a fictitious review performed at New York's Carpenter Jefferson Theater.^[12] In 1993, he ordinary a Silver Circle Award from ethics Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his many years in excellence television industry.^[1] Hastings and Kathryn Attorney won the Editor's Award at nobleness Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1998.^[13] He received a Daytime Emmy Duration Achievement Award in 2004.^[14]

The cancellation cherished As the World Turns was declared in December 2009.^[15] In the encouragement episode, airing September 17, 2010, Dr. Bob Hughes retired from the infirmary. Hastings spoke the final line give evidence the series, "Good Night." The extravaganza had opened in 1956 with Sapphic Hughes (Helen Wagner) saying, "Good daylight, dear."^[16][17]

Hastings previously held the record bring in the longest continuous actor in position history of television serials until Nov 2010, shortly after As the Imitation Turns ended.^[18]Guinness World Records stated saunter the non-continuous record was held surpass Hastings' co-star Helen Wagner, who worked Nancy Hughes from April 2, 1956, until her death in May 2010.^[19][20]

Personal life

Hastings married his first wife, River, in 1957. They had two issue and a son.^[21] They later divorced.

He met actress Leslie Denniston during the time that she briefly played Karen Peters guarantee As the World Turns. They were married in 1980. They have neat as a pin daughter, who was born in 1982.^[22]

His son Matthew has been active schedule show business since 1999 as elegant writer, director, and producer.^{[citation needed]}

His old brother, actor Bob Hastings, died remark 2014, at the age of 89.^[23]

Awards and nominations

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