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Post by safeandsound on Jun 14, 2021 6:24:39 GMT -8
Daytime Column May 28, 1976
After 3½ yeas of playing "scheming inconsequential opportunists" on daytime television, John Gabriel has become a good guy.
Gabriel wanted to portray a character "with whom I could identify with and admire" and has fulfilled that desire by taking the role of Seneca Beaulac, a superstar researcher on the daytime series "Ryan's Hope seen Monday through Friday, 1 to 1:30 pm on ABC-TV.
"Seneca", according to Gabriel, "is a dark slightly-graying handsome man, is a person who has confidence and doesn't need to impress anyone, has a sense of humor about himself, is dedicated to his profession, and is extremely moral."
He is a far cry from Teddy Holmes in General Hospital and Link Morrison in Love of Life, whom Gabriel portrayed. Both these men used their appeal for selfish gains, he said. They were womanizers with a long line of women as their victims.
"But that didn't that bother me as much as the"
Gabriel wasn't the only one to dislike the characters. Teddy Holmes, for example, received a great deal of hate mail.
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