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Encyclopedia > Jack Wagner (actor)

Jack Wagner (born October 3, 1959 in Washington, Missouri) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Washington is a city in Franklin County, Missouri, USA. The population was 13,243 at the 2000 census. ... An Emmy Award. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

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Career as an actor

Wagner's most famous role has been Frisco Jones on the soap opera General Hospital (1983-1988, 1989-1991, 1994, 1995). He was half of a very popular supercouple with Kristina Wagner's Felicia and played the father of Georgie and Maxie Jones. He also played Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara from 1991 to 1993. Frisco Jones and Felicia Cummings were a couple on the American soap opera General Hospital. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... General Hospital (GH) is the longest-running daytime American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ... The term supercouple in American soap opera, a neologism coined in the early 1980s to describe popular pairings, has two meanings. ... Kristina Wagner, in a still from General Hospital. ... Frisco Jones and Felicia Cummings were a couple on the American soap opera General Hospital. ... Georgie Jones is a fictional character on the American television series General Hospital. ... Maxie Jones, (born Maria Maximiliana Jones), is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. ... Santa Barbara was an American soap opera which ran on NBC for 2137 episodes from July 30, 1984 to January 15, 1993. ...


He appeared for many years on the nighttime soap Melrose Place as Dr. Peter Burns (1994-1999), and directed episodes as well. Since early 2003 he has played Dominick Marone on the CBS daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful. He also appeared in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000. Melrose Place is an American television series that ran between 1992 and 1999, created by Darren Star for the FOX network. ... Dominick Nick Payne Marone is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, played by actor Jack Wagner since 2003. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Yasmine Bleeth and Casper Van Dien Titans was a one-hour NBC short-lived, romantic-drama TV Series which debuted on (October 4, 2000). ... Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born June 14, 1968 in New York City) is an American TV and film actress. ...


Wagner hosted two editions of the Miss Universe Pageant: in Honololu, Hawaii in 1998; and in Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.


In 1985, Wagner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Juvenile Male" for his work on General Hospital, but lost to Brian Bloom from As the World Turns. He was nominated again in 2005 for "Outstanding Lead Actor" for The Bold and the Beautiful, but lost to Christian LeBlanc from The Young and the Restless. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... Brian Keith Bloom (born on June 30, 1970) is an American actor. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light),[1] airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956[2] at 1:30pm. ... Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor. ... For other uses, see Young and Restless. ...


Singer

He has recorded five albums and had a top 40 hit "All I Need" that reached #2 on the Billboard Pop chart in 1985. It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ...


His albums include:

    • ALL I NEED (Fall, 1984)
    • LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT (Fall, 1985)
    • DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB (April, 1987)
    • ALONE IN THE CROWD (1993)
    • DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT (2005)

Personal life

He is married to soap opera actress Kristina Malandro Wagner, who played opposite him on General Hospital as his love interest Felicia Cummings. The couple has been plagued by marital troubles; they have filed for divorce twice, most recently in 2005. He is now dating Heather Locklear who filed for divorce from Richie Sambora in Feb. 2006.[1] Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, best known for her role as the vixen Amanda in Melrose Place. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Trivia

  • His on-screen mother on The Bold and the Beautiful is only 5 years older than he is in real life.
  • He appeared as Tony in the touring company of West Side Story in 1987.
  • Portrayed Dr. Jekyll/Hyde in a run of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
  • Jack won the 2006 American Century Celebrity Golf Championship and is arguably considered the best natural player amongst Hollywood golfers. His wife Kristina and their children were there to support him when he was presented his award.
  • He was on Wheel of Fortune where he was part of the large one day winning team, getting $142,550 in cash and prizes which was donated to charity.
  • Jack also has a new album out called Dancing in the Moonlight. The title track is a cover of the popular King Harvest tune.

For The Games song, see Westside Story (song). ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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Jack Wagner Actor (2908 words)
Jack Wagner plays the brash and daring sea captain Dominick Payne, who shows up with a secret that even he is not aware of, on The Bold and the Beautiful.
JACK WAGNER: I imagine you could go to every daytime show and quote five of the actors that have been there for a while and all of them who have worked with character actors on films [would say] that those character actors fell apart on the set.
JACK WAGNER: I think he's going to inadvertently be connected to the head family somehow from the past with his mother that he is naive to.
Jack Wagner (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (342 words)
Jack Wagner (born October 3, 1959 in Washington, Missouri) is an American actor.
In 1985, Wagner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Juvenile Male" for his work on General Hospital, but lost to Brian Bloom from As the World Turns.
Jack also has a new album out called Dancing in the Moonlight which is a blues and jazz remix of a popular favorite.
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