Ethan Winthrop
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Eric Martsolf as Ethan Winthrop
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| Duration | 1999–2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | July 5, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | August 7, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | James E. Reilly | ||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Hidden Passions | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Final; regular | ||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Ethan Crane | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Attorney | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Crane Mansion 14 Raven Hill Road Harmony, New England |
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Travis Schuldt as Ethan Winthrop
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| Parents |
Sam Bennett Ivy Winthrop |
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| Stepfather | Julian Crane (until 2001) |
| Siblings |
Noah Bennett Kay Bennett Jessica Bennett Fancy Crane Fox Crane Pretty Crane |
| Spouse | Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (2008–) |
| Children |
Ethan Winthrop II Jane Winthrop Jonathan Winthrop |
| Grandparents |
Samuel Bennett Harrison Winthrop Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton |
| Aunts and uncles | Hank Bennett |
| Nieces and nephews |
Maria Lopez-Fitzgerald Sam Bennett III |
Ethan Winthrop is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Ethan is played by both Travis Schuldt (July 5, 1999—July 3, 2002) and Eric Martsolf (July 8, 2002—August 7, 2008). Rib Hillis temporarily portrayed the role in 2004 when Martsolf was on paternity leave.
Ethan is the only child of Sam Bennett and Ivy Winthrop. He was born during the mid-1970s. His mother was deeply in love with his father, but Ethan's grandfather, former governor Harrison Winthrop, saw to it that the young lovers stay separated. Ivy and Sam discovered her father's treachery on Ivy's wedding night to Julian Crane, and the two made love, resulting in Ethan's conception. When Ivy learned she would have nothing if she remained with Sam, she chose to stay with Julian and pass Ethan off as a Crane.
As a Crane, Ethan lived a life of luxury and power. Being Julian's first-born son, he was bred to be the heir to the Crane fortune. This, coupled with his mother's favoritism of Ethan over her other three children with Julian, caused Ethan's half-siblings to deeply resent him, especially his half-brother, Fox.
Unknown to him at the time, Ethan and Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald once met each other when they were children, something that wasn't revealed until much later, and he was unknowingly in love with her since childhood.
At the age of twelve, Ethan met Gwen Hotchkiss at a joint mixer for both of their schools. The two became fast friends, and soon started dating. The two then went on to attend Choate Rosemary Hall boarding school.
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