List of Ryan's Hope characters
Wikimedia list article
This is a list of characters that appeared in the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope.
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Sheik Haroun Al Raschid
(Played by Kaleel Sakakeeny, 1981)
Financial backer of archaeological excavations
Ken Alexander
(Played by Will Lyman, 1979)
Gordon Allison
(Played by Sam Stoneburner, 1981)
Roger Coleridge's stock broker
Amelia
(Played by Lauren Kristyne, 1981)
Daughter to Rose Pearse Melina, adopted by daughter of Alexei Vartova.
B
Treat Baker
(Played by Dan Marderosian, 1985–86)
Detective on the Riverside police force, who became rookie Rick Hyde's first partner.
Sam Banacek
(Played by Jack Palmer, 1987)
Private Detective Bauer
(Played by William Gleason, 1981)
Hired by Rae Woodard to find her daughter Kimberly Harris Beaulac and granddaughter Arley Beaulac.
Marguerite Beaulac
(Played by Gale Sondergaard, 1976; Anne Revere, 1977)
Mother of Dr. Seneca Beaulac.
Eleanor "Nell" Beaulac
(Played by Diana van der Vlis, 1975–76)
Dr. Seneca Beaulac
(Played by John Gabriel, 1975–1985, 1988–89)
Tiger Bennett
(Played by Duncan Gamble, 1984–85)
Dr. Evelyn Blair
(Played by Pamela Burrell 1981)
Riverside Hospital doctor
Chessy Blake
(Played by Susan Scannell, 1985)
Stanley Bosworth
(Played by Gregory Salata, 1983)
Mitch Bronski
(Played by James Sloyan, 1982–83)
Sal Brooks
(Played by Tony Schultz, 1981)
Joe Novak's henchman. Killed on orders of Alexei Vartova.
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