On this date in...1912: Arthur Peterson Jr. was born. He would go on to play Reverend John Ruthledge when THE GUIDING LIGHT debuted on the radio in 1937. Ruthledge and his congregation at the Little Church of Five Points, Illinois were the main focus of the show. It's title referred to the oil lamp in his character's study window that served as a beacon toward help for anyone seeking comfort.
In April 1944, Peterson enlisted and served in the Third Army in Europe, under the command of General George Patton. To explain his absence from THE GUIDING LIGHT, the writers had his character Reverend Ruthledge serve in the US Army as a chaplain. Peterson returned from Europe in May 1945 to resume his role on the show.The show's writers "killed off" his character in 1946. Peterson had a recurring role on GH in the late '60s before playing "The Major" on ABC parody SOAP in the late '70s. He died of Alzheimer's disease in 1996.
1957: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, doctors realized that Mary's coma was a result of a drug overdose, rather than head injuries.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Anne Sargent (ex-Connie, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS) - 88
Brenda Vaccaro (ex-Julia, PAPER DOLLS) - 72
Linda Evans (ex-Krystle, DYNASTY) - 69
Susan Sullivan (ex-Lenore, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Nancy, A WORLD APART; ex-Maggie, FALCON CREST) - 69
Peter Brouwer (ex-Alex, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Brad, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Joe, LOVE OF LIFE) - 66
Glenn Walken (ex-Mike, GUIDING LIGHT) - 66
Jameson Parker (ex-Dale, SOMERSET; ex-Brad, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 64
Gilles Kohler (ex-Gilles, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 63
Andrea Marcovicci (ex-Betsy, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING) - 63
Shari Shattuck (ex-Ashley, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Heather, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 51
Paul Korver (ex-Chris, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 40
Jake Abel (ex-Adam, SUPERNATURAL) - 24
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