Stuart Damon Passes On

Stuart Damon, who played Craig Stirling on The Champions and Alan Quartermaine on the soap opera General Hospital, died on June 29 2021 at the age of 84. He had been suffering from renal failure for years.

Stuart Damon was born Stuart Michael Zonis on February 5 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his debut on Broadway in First Impressions  in 1959. He appeared several more times on Broadway in the Sixties. He appeared in the productions From A to Z, Irma La Douce, and Do I Hear a Waltz. He made his television debut in 1962 in an episode of Naked City. He appeared as the Prince in the television revival of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in 1965. He moved to Britain in the mid-Sixties where he appeared on the West End in the plays Charlie Girl and Man of Magic. In Britain he guest starred on episodes of ITV Play of the Week, The Bed-Sit Girl, The Saint, Brian Rix Presents, Department S, and Steptoe and Son. From 1968 to 1969 he starred on the British television series The Champions. He also appeared in the mini-series The £1,000,000 Bank Note.

In the Seventies, Stuart Damon starred on the show Yanks Go Home. He guest starred on UFO, Shirley's World, The Adventurer, The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Main Chance, Thriller, Space: 1999, and The New Avengers. He appeared in the movie A Touch of Class (1973).  He first appeared on General Hospital as Alan Quartermaine in 1977. He would continue on the show for decades.

In the Eighties Mr. Damon returned to the United States. He guest starred on Fantasy Island, Hotel, and Mike Hammer. He appeared in the movies Young Doctors in Love (1982), Star 80 (1983), and Silent Assassins (1988).  In the Nineties, in addition to appearing as Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital, he also appeared in the role on the soap opera's spin-off Port Charles.He guest starred on On Our Own and Diagnosis Murder.  He appeared in the movie Chairman of the Board (1998).

In 2010 Stuart Damon began appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and As the World Turns. In 2004 he guest starred on the show Strong Medicine. He made his last appearance as Stuart Damon on General Hospital in 2014. He appeared in the movie Rain from Stars (2013).

I am not a soap opera fan, but I know Stuart Damon was well-loved by fans of General Hospital. I know I enjoyed seeing him on The Champions and his many guest appearances. Anyone who has seen the 1965 version of Cinderella knows he had an amazing singing voice. He was certainly an actor of multiple talents.