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Days of Our Lives Comings and Goings: Beloved Soap Vet Makes His Salem Debut

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of Our Lives (DOOL)?

Are any favorite performers from yesteryear returning to the daytime drama, this week, or in the near future?

Have any new actors or actresses been cast on the show in contract, recurring or day player roles? Are any well remembered stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join Days of Our Lives fold in surprise new parts?

Here’s the latest casting news from the NBC soap.

The week of March 26, 2018

Greg Rikaart, best known for his role as Kevin Fisher on The Young and the Restless, debuts as Leo on Tuesday, March 27. His character, who harbors a mysterious secret, is set to date with Sonny (Freddie Smith).

Americus Abesamis turns up as the hotel security chief on Monday, March 26. Her previously played a bouncer named Stan on The Young and the Restless in 2017.

After a long break, James Eckhouse is back as Judge Simms. Look for the character to be back in court, when he presides over Gabi’s (Camila Banus) trial for the murder of Andre (Thaao Penghlis). Simms made his last appearance on the soap back in 2013.

Days of our Lives (DOOL) airs weekdays on NBC. Check your local listings for air times.

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Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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