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BIRTHDAY

August 25, 1938

Elwood, Indiana, United States

RECENT CREDITS

The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV) May. 20, 2005

Intimate Portrait: Kelly Ripa (TV) Dec. 3, 2001

Touched By an Angel (TV) Oct. 15, 2000

Law & Order (TV) Nov. 18, 1998

Soap Opera Update Awards (TV) Sep. 7, 1997

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BIOGRAPHY

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Silver-haired soap star David Canary began his career on the Broadway stage, debuting in Jose Quintero's 1962 production of "Great Day in the Morning", starring Colleen Dewhurst. The former college football player resumed his theatrical career after military service and soon found his way into TV and film, playing Dr. Russ Gehring on ABC's "Peyton Place" and acting in "Hombre" (his film debut) and "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (both 1967) before landing a regular role on NBC's "Bonanza" as Candy, the ranch hand who practically became a member of the Cartwright family. Although he appeared in three movies in 1975 (Cornel Wilde's "Shark's Treasure", Kirk Douglas' "Posse" and "Johnny Firecloud"), Canary's love for the theater brought him back to NYC where he reteamed with Quintero for the 1980 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Clothes for a Summer Hotel", among other plays and musicals. No stranger to daytime TV, having portrayed Stephen Frame in NBC's "Another World" from 1981 to 1983, he joined the cast of "All My Children" (ABC) in 1983 as the powerful and mercurial Adam Chandler, and his responsibilities doubled when he assumed the role of Adam's shy, gentle twin, Stuart. For his daytime efforts, Canary has received four Emmy Awards as Lead Actor in a Drama Series out of 11 nominations.

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Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced

Mar. 14, 2001

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 14, 2001 -- In a special ceremony broadcast from the Rainbow Room on NBC News' Today Show, the 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards nominations were announced. Maury Povich of the Maury Povich Show and John Cannon, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences hosted the ceremony. The list of nominees for Outstanding Drama Series includes ABC's ...

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