General Hospital Comings and Goings: Mass Returns & One Sad Goodbye..

Who’s coming and who’s going from General Hospital (GH)? 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 con-tract, recurring or day player roles? Are any well remembered or beloved stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join the General Hospital fold in surprise new parts?

Are any well remembered or beloved stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join the General Hospital fold in surprise new parts?

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

The week of August 14, 2017
After long breaks, Roger Howarth and Ashley Jones finally resurface, this week, as Franco and Parker, respectively.

Howarth shares touching reunion scenes with Rebecca Herbst’s Elizabeth, while Jones immediately mixes things up with Lexi Ainsworth (Kristina) and Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis).

Finola Hughes’s Anna returns from California with her granddaughter, Brooklyn Rae Silzer’s Emma in tow.

Risa Dorken is back as Amy following a trip out of town to help her brother recover from surgery.

Christopher B. Duncan is playing DA Campbell, the prosecutor at Julian’s (William deVry) trial.

Rebecca Budig wraps up her stint as Hayden, when her character skips town. Budig had been with the soap since March 2015.

Also slated to be off the canvas for a bit is Ryan Paevey (Nathan). The actor is off filming the Hallmark Channel movie, Harvest Love in Langley, British Columbia.

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