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Post by safeandsound on Jun 14, 2021 6:00:06 GMT -8
Sad news Prayers to his family RIP, John www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-gabriel-dead-ryans-hope-1234967378/John Gabriel, Actor on ‘Ryan’s Hope,’ Dies at 90 He portrayed Dr. Seneca Beaulac on the ABC soap opera after playing The Professor on the original pilot for 'Gilligan's Island.'BY MIKE BARNES Plus Icon JUNE 13, 2021 John Gabriel, the actor and singer who portrayed the controlling Dr. Seneca Beaulac for the first 10 years of the ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope, has died. He was 90.
Gabriel’s death was announced on Instagram by his daughter, actress Andrea Gabriel (Lost). “It is with an unspeakably heavy heart that I share the news of my father’s passing,” she wrote. “John Gabriel was my hero, my role model, and my champion, but above all, my daddy. … I will love you forever.”
No details of his death were immediately available.
Gabriel appeared in the John Wayne starrer El Dorado (1966) — and co-wrote the film’s title song with Nelson Riddle — and had a recurring role as WJM-TV sportscaster Andy Rivers on CBS’ The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
He played The Professor on the original pilot for CBS’ Gilligan’s Island, filmed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai in November 1963, but Russell Johnson wound up with the part when the show made it to the air the following September. (Two other actors, Nancy McCarthy and Kit Smythe, were dumped as well.)
“It was the first time in my adult life that I remember weeping,” he once said. “And I think part of that has to do with the fact that I built this thing up to such a degree it was going to be my breakthrough.”
Gabriel portrayed Seneca, chief of staff at New York’s Riverside Hospital, on Ryan’s Hope from 1975 through 1985, then returned as the show was wrapping up in 1988-89. He received an Emmy nomination for outstanding actor in a daytime drama series in 1980.
At the start of the show, Seneca had come to New York in pursuit of his wife, Nell (Diana Van der Vlis), who had left him. After he participated in her mercy killing, he married attorney Jill Coleridge (Nancy Addison Altman), who had defended him in the murder trial.
Gabriel was born on May 25, 1931, in Niagara Falls, New York. His parents owned a grocery store. He acted in plays at UCLA and, after a stint in the U.S. Air Force, was signed to a contract at 20th Century Fox, where he was given small roles in the 1958 films The Young Lions and The Hunters.
He appeared on such TV series as Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip and The Flying Nun and worked on Broadway in The Happy Time — as Robert Goulet’s standby — and Applause before landing on Ryan’s Hope.
Gabriel acted on other soaps, too, including Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Loving, The Bold and the Beautiful and Generations, and on other shows like Murder, She Wrote, Seinfeld and Law & Order.
He also produced Charles Grodin‘s talk show for CNBC in 1995 and released an album of pop standards, From John With Love, in 1998. (He served as an opening nightclub act for Joan Rivers.)
In addition to daughter Andrea, survivors include his wife of 52 years, actress Sandy Gabriel, who played Edna Thornton on ABC’s All My Children; another actress daughter, Melissa; and two grandsons.
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Post by safeandsound on Jun 14, 2021 6:06:36 GMT -8
nypost.com/2021/06/14/john-gabriel-emmy-nominated-ryans-hope-star-dead-at-90/John Gabriel, Emmy nominated ‘Ryan’s Hope’ star, dead at 90 By Rob Bailey-MilladoJune 14, 2021 |John Gabriel, the salt-and-pepper-haired actor-singer famed for playing domineering Dr. Seneca Beaulac on ABC’s soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” for more than a decade, has died. The Daytime Emmy nominee was 90.
His daughter, “Lost” actress Andrea Gabriel, confirmed his passing — although no cause of death has been revealed at this time.
“It is with an unspeakably heavy heart that I share the news of my father’s passing,” Andrea, 42, posted to Instagram. “John Gabriel was my hero, my role model, and my champion, but above all, my daddy … I will love you forever.”
Gabriel was born Jack Monkarsh on May 25, 1931 in Niagara Falls to immigrant parents. His father was born in then-Mandatory Palestine, now Israel, to Polish Jewish parents. His mother was of Polish Jewish/Russian Jewish descent.
The veteran actor’s stage and screen career spanned six decades, but he was best-known as as Dr. Beaulac from 1975 and 1985, and again in 1988 and 1989. He earned his Emmy nod for the part in 1980. However, long before his soap career gave him household name status among daytime devotees, Gabriel was already a footnote in pop culture history: He played the “Professor” in the unaired pilot of “Gilligan’s Island” in 1964.
“It was the first time in my adult life that I remember weeping,” he once said of losing the role to Russell Johnson, according to his IMDB.com profile. “And I think part of that has to do with the fact that I built this thing up to such a degree it was going to be my breakthrough.”
However, Gabriel would go on to appear on the iconic “Mary Tyler Moore Show” from 1973 to 1975 in the recurring role of WJM-TV sportscaster Andy Rivers, in addition to appearances on “The Untouchables,” “Days of Our Lives,” “77 Sunset Strip,” “General Hospital,” “Kate & Allie” and many more classic TV shows.
His film credits include the 1966 John Wayne film “El Dorado,” for which he also wrote the title song, under the famed baton of bandleader Nelson Riddle. His Broadway credits include Kander and Ebb’s 1968 musical “The Happy Time” and “Applause,” opposite Lauren Bacall in 1972.
His last credited role was a voiceover part in the popular video game “Red Dead Redemption” in 2010.
Gabriel also carved out a career as an accomplished singer, performing on top talk shows of the day such as “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “The Merv Griffin Show,” “The Mike Douglas Show” and “Regis and Kathie Lee.”
In 1995, Gabriel moved behind the scenes to produce the late actor-turned-political commentator Charles Grodin’s eponymous talk show for CNBC.
Gabriel is survived by his his wife, actress Sandy Gabriel (“All My Children”), his daughter Andrea and Melissa, and two grandsons.
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Post by krort on Jun 14, 2021 6:07:18 GMT -8
A fine gentleman and great actor. He will not be forgotten, may he rest in peace.
He and Sandy appeared just this last January on Alan Locher Show on YouTube, he looked great.
Wanda
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Post by safeandsound on Jun 14, 2021 6:19:20 GMT -8
A fine gentleman and great actor. He will not be forgotten, may he rest in peace. He and Sandy appeared just this last January on Alan Locher Show on YouTube, he looked great. Wanda John and Sandy were very sweet together on Alan's show
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Post by safeandsound on Jun 14, 2021 15:11:31 GMT -8
One of my favorite descriptions of Seneca, on the show, was from Siobhan. While she was checking in on sick little Edmund at the hospital, she met Seneca for the first time - she then went back home and told Maeve, Johnny, and Mary that "he's a cuddle"- of course, they did not see him that way.
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Post by Fia on Jun 21, 2021 8:02:49 GMT -8
Sad news indeed. RIP Mr. Gabriel.
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