


Among them was Terri Arnett, whose husband David, a doctor, had been killed in Vietnam. In 1976, several new characters were introduced to General Hospital. The General Hospital website at ABC.com: Summary of Dr. Selected video of Richard's appearance is available in the Video Gallery Richard Dean Anderson arrived in Port Charles to join the cast of General Hospital in the spring of 1976, and remained as Dr. Under the stewardship of Gloria Monty, who took over as producer in the late 1970s, ratings climbed steadily, and from 1979 through 1987 General Hospital was TV's top-rated daytime drama. It expanded to forty-five minutes on Jand to sixty minutes on January 16, 1978. It began as a half-hour daytime drama on ABC television, and premiered on April 1, 1963, the same day as another medically oriented serial, The Doctors. One of daytime television's biggest success stories, General Hospital was created by Doris and Frank Hursley. Jacklyn Zeman as Barbara (Bobbie) SpencerĪssociate Producers: Jerry Balrue, Dick Dunn Maggie Sullivan as Kathryn (Katie) Corbin Dante Valerie Starrett (Brooke Bundy) as Diana TaylorĪnna Stuart (Donna Bacalla) as Dr. Georganne La Piere (Mary O'Brien) (Robin Mattson) as Heather Grant Webberĭavid & Daniel Prather as P.J. Genie Ann Francis as Laura Vining Faulkner Webber Baldwin Jane Elliot as Tracy Quartermain Williams Peter Comfort (Bradley Greene) as Tommy Baldwin
