Port Charles is dropping a popular denizen. Gregory Harrison, who first joined Normal Hospital in 2020, has left the sudser.
His final episode aired Could 21.
Harrison, finest recognized to boomers for his long-running function on Trapper John, M.D., performed Gregory Chase, the daddy of Finn (Michael Easton) and Chase (Josh Swickard). His character died in his sleep after affected by ALS.
Easton paid tribute to his co-star on Instagram by saying “One of many most interesting actors I’ve ever had the privilege of working with and an excellent higher human being. I realized a lot from you, my buddy, and it was an absolute honor to get to share a stage with you these previous three years. Your expertise, grace and highly effective presence shall be drastically missed across the studio.”
Harrison advised Cleaning soap Opera Digest in 2023 that he had many alternatives through the years to hitch a daytime drama — particularly All My Youngsters. However “it scared me so dangerous.”
However after the pandemic, Harrison was supplied the half on GH and instantly stated sure. “It was virtually like an out-of-body expertise, as a result of I used to be simply determined to go do what I like to do,” he advised the outlet. “After which after I hung up the telephone, I went, ‘Oh, my God, what did I simply say sure to?!’ You recognize, ‘Why did you wait until you had been 70-something to check your mind with 30 pages of dialogue an evening? What, are you loopy? Are you out of your thoughts?’ I went by terror for a few weeks after which I began the present… The phobia ended after two or three weeks.”
A longtime journeyman actor, Harrison’s different TV credit embody stints on One Tree Hill, CSI: NY, Ringer and Joey.
