Alexa & Zoe Fisher
Sarah Roberts
1991-92

Alexa and Zoe were the first Sarah. {Feb. 1992}

Jason Alexander Fischer
Al Holden
1995-1997

When Jason took over the role, Al had a new mother, Luna, who he loved very much. He also had two new siblings, Frankie and Leslie, whom he took care of. He was very sad to lose Luna when she was murdered. He supported his father's relationship with Maggie Carpenter but after his mother was released from jail he decided to move in with her.

Al, Max {James DePaiva} and Luna {Susan Batten}. {photo by Ann Limongello}

 

Laurence Fishburne
Joshua West Hall
1973-1976

Larry was born in Augusta, Georgia in July 30, 1961. He was 12 years old when he joined OLTL. Larry left the show in 1976 to sign a Hollywood contract. He is one of OLTL's most famous alumni. He has become a very succesful actor and the number of movies and productions he has participated in is big. Some of his famous roles are: Cowboy Curtis in Pee Wee Herman's Show, Max in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, Othello in the movie Othello, Morpheus in Matrix and MANY MANY others. Besides being a great actor, Larry had also been an executive producer in the movies Miss Evers' Boys in 1997, Hoodlum the same year, and Always Outnumbered in 1998.

Josh was a street kid; he sold Eileen Siegel illegal painkillers on the street and stole things here and there. Lt. Ed Hall and his wife Carla couldn't stand still and decided to adopt him. Of course Josh agreed and was very fond of his new parents. Once he was loved, everything changed for him.

 

Gregory Fountain
Frankie Holden
1998

In order to get back at Max, RJ Gannon ordered Max's twins kidnapped. He had no idea what the guys who kidnapped them meant to do with them. They were sold to a Canadian family and the kidnappers faked their death. Max didn't believe that his kids were dead and didn't rest until they were found in Canada. Later on they went to live with Luna's family in NC.

 

Danielle Harris
Sammie Garretson
1985-1987

After Sam Garretson was electrocuted in the hot tub, she was clinically dead, but they told her family that she was pregnant and that the baby could be saved. Her friend Delilah offered to carry the baby in her womb (a procedure that wasn't invented yet in the early 80s). Sammie was born to Delila and Rafe and attended their wedding. She's dealt with her mother being kidnapped once and her father working over time.

After Danielle left the show she played Jamie Lloyd Carruthers in the movie Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers in 1988 and in 1989 she continued this role in the movie Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. In 1992 she joined the cast of the series "Roseanne" as Molly Tilden. In 1993 she played Priscilla in The Woman Who Loved Elvis and in 1994 she played the role of Jessica in Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography. She participated in more movies such as: Wish Upon a Star, Daylight, Dizzyland & Poor White Trash. She gave her voice to Debbie Thornberry and other characters in the series "The Wild Thornberrys".

 

Ariella and Natalie Jamnik
Starr Manning
Febuary 1996 - January 1998

When Starr was born her father was thought to be dead, so Blair went through the pregnancy all alone. When Todd came back he decided not to let everyone know he was alive and he kidnapped Starr. Todd was stopped, but after Blair lost her baby and was paralyzed, Todd asked for custody of Starr. They stopped the battle when Starr was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Eventually they found a donor, Alex, for Starr and she got well. But then Todd thought of a new way to get custody of her; he married his lawyer, Tea, and together they made it look like Starr would be better with them. They succeeded and Todd got custody of her.

Ariella {left} and Natalie {right} began acting when their mother's friend, a talent agent, needed twins to send out on auditions. They were born in 1996 and began on the show when they were 6 weeks old. Their mom, Esther, spoke about life on the set. She said when the girls are on camera, with toys or blankets, those "realistic" props are theirs. Regarding their costars, Esther commented that "Kassie plays with the babies a lot" but, "Roger Howarth doesn't do too much of the goo-goo, ga-ga stuff on the set, because I think he always wants to be fresh with the babies once they start taping." In general, when on the set, "These actors, whom you see on-screen as really mean and nasty people, all of the sudden see this baby and they turn into mush. It's very funny to see people completely go out of character when a baby is around." If a scene called for a lot of passing around, or one of the babies would have to be waken up, Esther always chose Natalie, who was known to "wake up better." Otherwise, both girls shared screen time fairly equally. Esther was very pleased with how friendly her girls became because of their experience on the set. {Photo and info courtesy SOW}

Ariella and Natalie played Starr for two years. They were recast with a slightly older actress, who was replaced two months after that with an even older actress. Ariella and Natalie have not worked on any other projects since leaving OLTL. Pictured to the left and right with on-screen mom {Blair-Kassie DePaiva} and dad {Todd-Roger Howarth}. Left photo courtesy of The Todd, Blair and Starr Page, right photo courtsey of The Manning Building

 

Ryan Janis
Kevin Riley Buchanan
1982-1990

Kevin was glad to attend Vki and Clint's wedding and was happy when Clint offered to adopt him. Since then he has become a real Buchanan. As a child he needed to deal with his mother's Multiple Personality Disorder and Niki divorcing Clint. Later he had the joy of attending his parents' second wedding and welcoming his new sister Jessica into the world. He also earned another brother when it turned out Cord was Clint's son from an earlier relationship. There was a time when Clint was thought to be dead, but fortunately he wasn't. He gained another sister when Megan turned out to be Viki's long lost daughter.

Ryan played Kevin longer than any other actor (8 years!). He was born on May 18, 1976. After he left OLTL he participated in two movies: In & Out in 1997 (along with Chris McKenna) and A Civil Action in 1998.

 

Eddie Karr
Alonzo (Al) Holden Buchanan
1994

Eddie was born on October 16, 1987. His role on OLTL was his first big break after appearing modeling in print ads. He later appeared on Saturday Night Live in a comedy skit. In recent memory, he appeared on the Gerald McRaney drama, Promised Land, which ran for one season in 1996. He played Nathaniel Green on that show. {Photo on left courtesy Star Galaxy, photo on right and some info courtesy promised.com}

 

Ty Keegan
John Cramer "Jack" Manning
late 2001-early 2002

Ty was a backup baby in the role of Jack during his first few months. Since screen time for infants is so limited, OLTL had to use additional babies if they needed the baby in scenes for a longer time than the law allowed. So, Ty stepped in on at least two occasions. (The first is on the left and the second was a scene with Todd, where Jack was sitting on his lap as Todd had a conversation with him about their family.) Ty is no stranger to showbiz. He also originated the role of Jude Bauer on GL. His modeling includes work for Simplicity, Macy's, Lilly's Kids and Price Waterhouse. {pics courtesy http://tykeegan.actorsite.com/}

 

John Paul Learn
Joey Buchanan
1983-1990

While John was on OLTL he took a part in the movie Agent on Ice in 1985.

Joey needed to deal with his mother's Multiple Personality Disorder and support her through this ordeal. He was glad to attend his parents' second wedding and welcom his new sister Jessica into the family. He was granted another sibling when it tuned out Cord was Clint's son from a previous affair. There was a time when Clint was thought to be dead, but fortunately he wasn't. He gained another sister when Megan turned out to be Viki's long lost daughter.

 

 

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