Walt Willey will be joining a new soap opera.
On Wednesday Soap Opera Digest reported that the actor will be reprising his All My Children character Jackson Montgomery for another soap opera, General Hospital.
Willey, 72, confirmed the news on his Facebook account.
‘Been sitting on this one for a while but now I’ve been given the clearance to announce that Jackson Montgomery is visiting Port Charles!’ he shared.
‘I’ll be doing a few episodes of General Hospital, due to air in mid-July. ‘
Same character, new show: Walt Willey will be joining a new soap opera. On Wednesday Soap Opera Digest reported that the actor will be reprising his All My Children character Jackson Montgomery for another soap opera, General Hospital. Seen in 2011
His costar: Here the actor is seen with Susan Lucci on All My Children
He added, ‘So excited to reprise my character and see and work with old friends! I’ll keep you posted on any details. Jackson in Port Charles… who would have thought it? Let me, and ABC, know what you think about it!’
Willey portrayed Montgomery on All My Children from 1987 to the show’s end in 2011
This is not the first time Willey has portrayed the district attorney on a series outside of All My Children. In 1996 he played Jackson on seven episodes of The City.
He follows the lead of several other All My Children stars who have gone on to appear in General Hospital, including Finola Hughes, Robin Scorpio, Michael E. Knight, Cameron Mathison, Rebecca Budig, and James Patrick Stuart.
Plot details are still unknown, but it is believed his character, who is an attorney, will be giving well-needed legal advice to one of the characters in General Hospital.
During his General Hospital stint, Willey will be reunited with Hughes, whom he previously worked with from 2001 to 2003 on the series All My Children.
More recently, Willey portrayed the role of Gregory Ashford on the soap opera Tainted Dreams.
Initially released on YouTube and later on Prime Video, the series received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2014.
Big announcement: Willey, 72, confirmed the news on his Facebook account. ‘Been sitting on this one for a while but now I’ve been given the clearance to announce that Jackson Montgomery is visiting Port Charles!’ he shared. ‘I’ll be doing a few episodes of General Hospital, due to air in mid-July’
Multi-talented: In addition to acting, Willey has built a name as a stand-up comic and was welcomed into the Friars Club in 2001; seen in 2018
Seen in 2005: Alicia Minshew (Kendall), Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Lucci (Erica), Willey (Jackson), Colin Egglesfield (Josh), Vincent Irizarry (David) and Rebecca Budig (Greenlee) on All My Children
The star began his acting career in 1983 when he appeared on The Edge of Night.
He then appeared on As the World Turns, Ryan’s Hope, and Another World, among many others.
Outside of acting, Walt is a published satirist and cartoonist and has been a frequent columnist and cartoonist for Soap Opera Update and Soap Opera Weekly.
In 1990, Walt began performing as a stand-up comedian across the country, headlining at famous comedy clubs such as the Comedy Store in LA, Caroline’s in New York, and Zanies in Chicago.
He is still touring across the country, and he was inducted into the esteemed Friars Club in 2001 with the support of his friend and fellow comic, The View’s Joy Behar.
Walt released his first comedy DVD in 2006 titled Wild and Willey, which channeled the humor of Robin Williams and Richard Pryor, in a major departure from his more refined and beloved Jackson Montgomery character.
His comedy routine touches on wide-ranging topics, including his views on love, sex, life, kids, and fame.
