Don Hastings | |
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 Hastings as the Video Ranger on DuMont's Captain Video and His Video Rangers | |
| Born | April 1, 1934 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1940–2010 |
| Spouse |
Nan Hastings
(m. 1957, divorced)Leslie Denniston (m. 1980) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Bob Hastings (brother) |
Donald Francis Michael Hastings (born April 1, 1934)[1] is an American television actor, singer, and writer. He is best known for his 50-year role as Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1960 to 2010). For his work on As the World Turns, Hastings received an Editor's Award at the Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1998 and a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. In the 1940s, he appeared on Broadway in I Remember Mama, On Whitman Avenue, A Young Man's Fancy, and Summer and Smoke. He also starred as the Video Ranger on DuMont's Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949 to 1955) and as Jack Lane on the CBS soap opera The Edge of Night (1956 to 1960).
- ^ "About the Actors: Don Hastings". Soap Central. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2024.