Although born only in the late 1950s, Dan Stewart was fully grown and a doctor by the late 1960s on AS THE WORLD TURNS. Actor John Colenback played the role the longest, and was approximately the same age as Patricia Bruder, who played his mother, Ellen Lowell Stewart. Dan was involved in two of ATWT's most memorable love quandrangles, the Paul/Liz/Dan/Susan story of the late 1960s/early 1970s and the John/Kim/Dan/Susan story of the mid-1970s. Dan sired two daughters, Betsy and Emily, both of whom named their children after him.
Although Dan's death in 1979 paved the way for Kim and Bob's marriage, wouldn't it be nice to have Dan around today, as a legacy character with connections to many of Oakdale's residents? And does anyone know what happened to John Colenback? IMDB gives him only a handful of post-ATWT acting credits in the 1980s (BERRENGER'S, CAPITOL, FALCON CREST).
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