Days of Our Lives Comings and Goings-Two Villains Down, One More Arriving

By Janet Di Lauro Oct 16, 2016 11:56 a.m. ET

Days of our lives coming and going

Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of our Lives? Here’s the latest casting news from the NBC soap.

The Week Of October 17
Two of the trio of escaped cons wreaking havoc in Salem have departed. James Read made his last appearance as Clyde on Thursday, October 13. Paul Telfer wraps up his run as Xander on Monday, October 1r.

Kurt Caceres turns up as Guillermo on October 20. The character is Blanca’s ex-boyfriend. Caceres, who previously appeared as Ed on The Bold and the Beautiful, will stick around for a few episodes.

Spencer Neville’s first day back as Derrick, the bellhop, is Friday, October 21.

Meredith Scott Lynn is back on the canvas as Anne on Wednesday, October 19.

Jennifer Jalene appears as Dr. Chen on Thursday, October 20. She’ll share scenes with John Aniston (Victor) and Suzanne Rogers (Maggie).

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Janet Di Lauro

Oct 16, 2016 11:56 a.m. ET 3,593 articles

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.