Brian Wheatley
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Laurence Lau as Brian Wheatley
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| As the World Turns character | |||
| Portrayed by | Laurence Lau | ||
| First appearance | August 18, 2008 | ||
| Last appearance | March 12, 2009 | ||
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| Occupation | Businessman Former Executive Director of the Luke Snyder Foundation |
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| Spouse | Carolyn Wheatley (divorced) Lucinda Walsh (divorced; 2008-2009) |
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Brian Wheatley is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama As the World Turns. He is portrayed by veteran daytime actor Laurence Lau from August 18, 2008 to January 14, 2009 and again on March 12, 2009.
Laurence Lau joined the cast as new character Brian Wheatley in order to aggravate the character Luke Snyder and his recent coming out storyline. Lau had previously portrayed the roles of Greg Nelson on ABC soap opera All My Children from 1981-1986 and again in 2008. He was successfully paired with Kim Delaney, who now stars on the Lifetime series Army Wives. The pair was considered to be a supercouple and the status booted Lau to stardom. He also had roles on NBC's Another World as Dr. Jamie Frame from 1986-1990 and ABC's One Life to Live as Sam Rappaport from 2001-2003, taking over for actor Kale Browne. Lau is also well known within the theater, having appeared on stage productions such as Arrivals, Spine, The Exonerated, The Goat, Becky's New Car, Scituate,God of Carnage, and in Psycho Therapy.
Lau's character was to show the evolution of a man who is forced to realize his true attraction towards people of the same sex. The show's executive producer Christopher Goutman used Brian as a device to show that while Brian may at first be seen as an implausible man, his actions were simply of a person struggling to accept who he was. Following the end of his stint on ATWT, Lau booked the pilot Upstate, which filmed on location in Syracuse, New York. However, the pilot was not picked up by a network in time for the next television season. Lau also made memorable appearances on primetime television shows including ABC's The Love Boat, CBS' The Waltons,NBC's Frasier, and CBS' JAG and Diagnosis: Murder.
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