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Don Hastings as Dr. Bob Hughes
Don Hastings as Dr. Bob Hughes

Donald Francis Hastings (born April 1, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. singer, and writer. Don Hastings, in a screenshot from As the World Turns. ... Don Hastings, in a screenshot from As the World Turns. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


He played Captain Video's teenaged sidekick, The Video Ranger in the DuMont television series Captain Video and His Video Rangers, which ran from 1949 to 1955. In this role, he played one of television's first superheroes designed to appeal to young children. DuMont Televisions Logo The DuMont Television Network was an American television network, beginning operation in 1946. ... The Video Ranger and Captain Video in space suits at the controls of the X-9 Captain Video and His Video Rangers was an American science fiction television series. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


From 1956 to 1960, he played the role of Jack Lane on the soap opera The Edge of Night, and since October 1960, he has portrayed Dr. Bob Hughes on As the World Turns; he is second only to co-star Helen Wagner in having the distinction of playing the same role for the longest period of time on television. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The Edge of Night title card from 1956-67. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30 in the afternoon. ... Helen Wagner Helen Wagner (born September 3, 1918) is an American actress. ...


As a writer, he wrote dialogue for As the World Turns and The Guiding Light using the name C. C. David.


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The exposure Hastings received from that radio role led to a part in the national company of the play "Life With Father" in 1941.
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Don Hastings and his wife, Betsy, have lived on their Roswell area farm for 37 years.
Hastings made the catalog an odd size so it would stick out in a stack of magazines and with heavy slick paper so it was less likely to end up as outhouse toilet paper.
It flew Don Hastings to Texas for processing the data, and because he held the only copy — in one box — the company insured him for $1 million.
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