Actor and longtime SAG activist Yale Summers died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 78. Summers served more than 27 years on the SAG National Board of Directors, 18 years on the National Executive Committee, was national recording secretary and past national treasurer for the guild, and was an emeritus director and a past member of the SAG Foundation board and a trustee of the SAG Pension & Health Funds. He also served 24 years on both the Los Angeles Local Board and National Board of Directors of AFTRA. He also helped found and produce the SAG Awards. Summers made his acting debut with a small part in the 1961 film Mad Dog Coll but did most of his acting on television, playing Dr. Bob Ayres on General Hospital, Jack Dayne on Daktari and Rodney Harrington on Return To Peyton Place.
- 5/7/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Taina Elg (ex-Olympia, One Life To Live; ex-Ingrid, Guiding Light) - 80
Joseph Gallison (ex-Neil, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Steven, Return To Peyton Place; ex-Tom, One Life To Live; ex-Bill, Another World) - 76
Charles Siebert (ex-Wally, As The World Turns; ex-Stuart, Another World; ex-Peter, Search For Tomorrow) - 73
Jaime Lyn Bauer (ex-Lorie , The Young And The Restless; ex-Laura, Days Of Our Lives) - 62
Lauren Koslow* (Kate, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Margo, The Bold And The Beautiful; ex-Lindsey, The Young And The Restless) - 58
Kerr Smith (ex-Ryder, As The World Turns) - 39
Brittany Snow (ex-Susan, Guiding Light) - 25...
Joseph Gallison (ex-Neil, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Steven, Return To Peyton Place; ex-Tom, One Life To Live; ex-Bill, Another World) - 76
Charles Siebert (ex-Wally, As The World Turns; ex-Stuart, Another World; ex-Peter, Search For Tomorrow) - 73
Jaime Lyn Bauer (ex-Lorie , The Young And The Restless; ex-Laura, Days Of Our Lives) - 62
Lauren Koslow* (Kate, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Margo, The Bold And The Beautiful; ex-Lindsey, The Young And The Restless) - 58
Kerr Smith (ex-Ryder, As The World Turns) - 39
Brittany Snow (ex-Susan, Guiding Light) - 25...
- 3/9/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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