Stuart Damon
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Damon in November 2006
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Stuart Michael Zonis February 5, 1937 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Deirdre Damon |
Stuart Damon (born Stuart Michael Zonis; February 5, 1937) is an American actor. He is known for thirty years of portraying the character Dr. Alan Quartermaine on the American soap opera General Hospital, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1999. Outside the USA, he is better known for the role of Craig Stirling in The Champions.
Damon was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Marvin Leonard Zonis, who was a manufacturer. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, making their home in America after fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution. Damon has been married since 1961 to Deirdre Ann Ottewill. They have two children, Jennifer and Christopher, and adopted their grandson, Alexander, in 2000.
After a series of appearances on Broadway, Damon's appearance as the Prince in the 1965 version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella starring Lesley Ann Warren helped pave the way to a long career in television and soap opera. The very same year, he had a prominent featured role in the Broadway musical Do I Hear a Waltz? written by Richard Rodgers (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics). He had earlier appeared in an Off-Broadway revival of The Boys From Syracuse with music by Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Damon is prominently featured on the cast albums of these musicals, as well as the 1960 hit Irma La Douce.
Moving to Britain in the 1960s, Damon starred in the hit musical Charlie Girl with Anna Neagle in 1965 and appeared as secret agent Craig Stirling, alongside Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt, in the cult series The Champions. He also partnered with Roger Moore in an episode of The Saint which has been credited as an inspiration for the later series The Persuaders!, with Damon's role being played by Tony Curtis. In 1968 he appeared in the BBC TV adaptation of 'The £1,000,000 Bank Note' and played the starring role. Damon also played magician Harry Houdini in a lavishly staged London musical, Man of Magic.
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