Steve Hardy
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John Beradino as Steve Hardy
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| General Hospital character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
John Beradino Jason Thompson (2015) |
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| Duration | 1963–96, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | April 1, 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | April 23, 1996 April 1, 2015 (flashback) |
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| Introduced by | Selig J. Seligman | ||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Robin's Diary | ||||||||||||||
| Crossover appearances |
One Life to Live | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Steven Hardy (full name) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Chief of Staff | ||||||||||||||
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| Family | Hardy |
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| Father | Lyle Hardy |
| Mother | Bernice Hardy |
| Spouse | Audrey Baldwin (1965–67, 1976, 1977–96) |
| Sons | Jeff Webber |
| Adoptive sons | Tom Hardy Sr. |
| Grandchildren |
Steve Hardy is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Former Major League Baseball infielder John Beradino originated the role of Steve Hardy on the show's April 1, 1963, premiere, portraying the character for 33 years until taken ill and last appearing on April 23, 1996. A leading presence on the series in over 4,300 episodes, Beradino received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, the same year GH celebrated its 30th anniversary.Jason Thompson portrayed the character in a flashback episode for the show's 52nd anniversary.
Dr. Steven Hardy works on the seventh floor of General Hospital. He is so devoted to his work that his fiancée, Peggy Mercer, leaves him because she knows his job will always come before her. Steve's first patient is Angie Costello (Jana Taylor), who had been in a severe car accident with her boyfriend Eddie Weeks. After the surgery, Angie's face is wrapped in bandages, and Steve and Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin) have to talk her out of suicide. In February 1964, a young flight attendant named Audrey March (Rachel Ames) comes to visit her sister Lucille and takes a job as a private nurse. Audrey and Steve fall in love and plan to marry, but Audrey realizes Steve loves his job more than her. She breaks their engagement and accepts the marriage proposal from her patient Randy. Before they marry, Audrey is diagnosed with lymphoma and Steve stays by her side through her radiation therapy. They reconcile and marry in February 1965. Audrey, thinking Steve is sterile and desperately wanting children, secretly undergoes artificial insemination and becomes pregnant. Audrey tells Steve during a car ride, and they get in an accident that causes her miscarriage. Audrey files for divorce and leaves town to aid orphans in Vietnam. In 1969, Audrey returns and marries Dr. Tom Baldwin, who rapes her when she refuses to consummate their marriage. She leaves Tom and tells everyone the baby is stillborn, while really having him live with his nanny Peggy Nelson. She later marries Dr. Jim Hobart after he performs open heart surgery on her child.
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