'All My Children' Actor Adam Mayfield Returns to Daytime in 'Days of our Lives' Recurring Role

Adam Mayfield

Adam Mayfield is returning to daytime in a recurring role on NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, according to his official website.

Mayfield's updated bio includes the following news: "Since last fall, Adam has kept busy with the theatrical release of the psychological thriller, Would You Rather? He starred alongside Haley Duff and Constance Marie in Sweet Surrender, which made its premiere this January. And was most recently cast as Jenny Garth's husband 'Michael' in the new ABC Family comedy Mystery Girls. He also returned to daytime this fall to stir up some trouble on Days of our Lives."

Days of our Lives tapes five months ahead so look for Mayfield to debut in 2015.

Mayfield is best known to soap fans for his portrayal of Scott Chandler on ABC's All My Children from 2009-2010.

Mayfield watched Days as a kid. He told We Love Soaps about it in our 2009 interview.

"I got addicted to Days of our Lives [when] I was 13 or 14 years old. It was summer vacation. Both my parents were working at the time, and I was stuck around the house doing chores. Before long doing chores evolved into folding laundry every day between twelve to one watching Days of our Lives and getting really sucked into the story. I remember Bo and Hope were really heavy into the story at that time, and Patch and Kayla. I remember them more than anybody, those two couples really stuck in my mind. So there I was glued to the TV from twelve to one everyday. And by no means there’s anything wrong with that. But when you’re a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, a little stigma is attached. I thought, 'This is something I’ll need to put away when school starts.' And that’s exactly what happened. The only reason I quit was because I had to go back to school."

PREVIEW: 'Matchmaker Santa' Starring Lacy Chabert, Forence Henderson, Adam Mayfield, Thad Luckinbill

The world movie premiere of Matchmaker Santa will air Saturday, November 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. The film stars Lacy Chabert, Florence Henderson, John Ratzenberger, Adam Mayfield, Donovan Scott and Thad Luckinbill.

As a little girl, Melanie Hogan (Lacy Chabert, PARTY OF FIVE/ALL MY CHILDREN) wished to find her own prince charming just like her parents found true love. Now an adult, Melanie is running her own bakery and dating a handsome CEO, Justin (Thad Luckinbill, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS). Although things seem perfect when Justin asks Melanie to spend the holidays together at his beautiful lake house upstate—and meet his mother. Melanie finds herself spending more time with Justin’s best friend and loyal assistant, Dean (Adam Mayfield, ALL MY CHILDREN), who just might be harboring a secret crush on her.

Broadway Cares 2010 - Adam Mayfield Interview

We Love Soaps had the profound privilege of attending the Broadway Cares Equity Fight AIDS benefit concert in New York back on March 21, 2010, and speaking to many ABC stars about their reasons for participating in this event. Please enjoy this series of interviews spotlighting the commitment and devotion of these talented stars.

ADAM MAYFIELD (Performed “I Slept With Someone Who Slept With Lyle Lovett" from "High Fidelity")

We Love Soaps: Adam! We haven’t talked since you went back to L.A.  How is it to be back there?
Adam Mayfield: It was weird at first.  I wasn’t expecting to be back so soon.  Not to mention following in love with New York made it strange to come back.  But I’m over it.  I have a million friends out there, I’ve reconnected with everybody.  I’ve got a great place, it takes me just as long to drive to the studio there as it did to walk the studio here. 

We Love Soaps: You told me in our interview that one of the things you were looking forward to most about moving back to California was being able to go camping.  Have you been?
Adam Mayfield: No, I haven’t had any time yet.  But I’m going to Yosemite two weeks from now.  I’ve never been to Yosemite, and I’m stoked.

The Adam Mayfield Interview, Part Two

In Part One of my interview with Adam Mayfield, the actor shared his process of auditioning and getting hired on ALL MY CHILDREN. In Part Two, Mayfield delves more into how his own grief/loss issues have impacted his performance, and struggles with his own insecurities and self-doubts.

We Love Soaps: One thing I’ve noticed as a long-term soap fan is that your presence in scenes, especially following Stuart’s death, has been phenomenal. I wasn’t a fan of the plot, but it gave many of the actors, including yourself, an opportunity to do some amazing work. What was that like for you?
Adam Mayfield: [Pause] I pulled from my Dad. He died when I was 16. He died of a heart attack just like that [snaps]. He was there one day, gone the next, just like Stuart’s death, a total shocker. I pulled a lot from that experience. I went “method” on that. Because I had that experience and as soon as I read [the script] it brought back the memories. I don’t want to say it was easy to pull on, but it was accessible because I had had a parallel experience. And that’s essentially what I did in many of those scenes, I pulled from that experience. When I first go the morgue and J.R. tells me, I just remember feeling so much grief, anger and denial all at the same time before walking in and seeing [Stuart] on that slab. And that was exactly my reaction when my mom told me that my dad had died. It was the exact same experience I had when I was sixteen.