Days cast in the 1950 census

[Jason47]

Here's Bill Hayes (Doug) in the 1950 census. He's listed as a 24-year-old "television entertainer", living in New York City with his wife and two children.

Here's Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie). Then known as Susan Seabold, she lived in Los Angeles with her mother, future Days head writer Elizabeth Harrower (then listed as an actress).

Here's Suzanne Rogers (Maggie) in the 1950 census. Rogers, then known as Suzanne Crumpler, was 6 years old and living with her family in Petersburg, Virginia.

Two-year-old twins Deidre Hall (Marlena) and Andrea Hall (Samantha/Hattie) lived with their parents in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.

Here's 3-year-old James Reynolds (Abe), living in Kansas City with his parents and two brothers.

 

[Jason47]

Here's Peggy McCay (Caroline), then 21, and listed as a legitimate theater actress. She lived in New York City with her parents.

Here's Frances Reid (Alice), and her husband, Philip Bourneuf. They were listed as radio/television actors living in New York.

Here's Macdonald Carey (Tom) and his family living in Los Angeles. Already a famous movie actor in 1950, the Careys employed both a live-in nurse/nanny for their newborn baby, as well as a live-in maid.

 

[Poirot]

Oh, wow, Jason, that is truly very interesting. Amazing you were able to dig these up. Thank you!

 

[Jason47]

Here's 6-year-old Josh Taylor (Roman), then known as Tim, living with his family in North Chillicothe, Illinois.

 

[Jason47]

Oh, wow, Jason, that is truly very interesting. Amazing you were able to dig these up. Thank you!

Of those I've looked for, John Aniston (Victor)-UPDATE: FOUND SEE BELOW; Joe Mascolo (Stefano) and John Clarke (Mickey) are being the tough ones to find.

 

[Jason47]

Here's John Aniston (Victor), then 16 and listed with his Greek last name Anastassakis, living with his family in Eddystone, Pennsylvania.

 

[Jason47]

1950 CENSUS: THE HORTON KIDS

MICKEY: John Clarke...Claremont, CA (Claremont verified as his high school hometown via newspapers)

MARIE: Marie Cheatham (Marie Hirth)...Houston, TX (new info confirmed with additional research: birth name is Marie Hatcher; parents divorced in 1941; father died in World War II in 1944; mother married Mr. Hirth by 1950; then mother married Odell Cheatham in 1952)

BILL: Edward Mallory (Edward Martz)...Cumberland, MD

TOMMY: John Lupton...New York, NY

ADDIE: Patricia Huston (Patricia Baker)...Tucson, AZ (at Chi Omega Sorority House as a student)

 

[Jason47]

BRIEFLY ON "DAYS"...FAMOUS ON OTHER SOAPS

CLAIRE McINTYRE: Marla Adams...Ocean City, NJ

PRISON WARDEN BAKER: Darlene Conley...Homewood, IL

 

[Jason47]

1960'S "DAYS" CAST...

SUSAN HUNTER: Denise Alexander...Queens, NY

LAURA HORTON: Susan Flannery...Key West, FL (living at Mary Imaculata Convent as a student) (Key West verified as an early residence via newspapers)

1970's "DAYS" CAST...

DON CRAIG: Jed Allan (Jed Brown)...Bronx, NY

NEIL CURTIS: Joseph Gallison...Boston, MA

ALEX MARSHALL: Quinn Redeker...Seattle, WA

 

[Jason47]

1980's "DAYS" CAST...

EUGENE BRADFORD: John deLancie...Philadelphia, PA

JO JOHNSON: Joy Garrett...Fort Worth, TX

HENDERSON: Ron Leath...Graves County, KY

LIZ CHANDLER: Gloria Loring (Gloria Goff)...New York, NY

ROMAN BRADY: Wayne Northrop...Sumner, WA

GRANDPA SHAWN BRADY: Frank Parker...Upper Darby, PA

 

[Jason47]

1990's "DAYS" CAST...

LAURA HORTON: Jaime Lyn Bauer (Norma Bauer)...Maricopa County, AZ

STELLA LOMBARD: Elaine Bromka...Irondequoit, NY

NANCY WESLEY: Patrika Darbo (Patrika Meeks)...Myrtle Beach, SC

VIVIAN ALAMAIN: Louise Sorel (Louise Cohen)...Los Angeles, CA

DR. ROLF: William Utay...Dallas, TX

 

[Jason47]

"DAYS" CREW IN THE 1950 CENSUS:

"Days" Theme Composer Charles Albertine (Rutherford, NJ), already working as a band musician.

"Days" Theme Composer Tommy Boyce, then 10 (Los Angeles, CA)

"Days" Theme Composer Bobby Hart (born Robert Harshman), then 11 (Phoenix, AZ).

Original staff director Joseph Behar, already working as a TV cameraman (Philadelphia, PA)

Original staff director Livia Granito, already working as a TV play supervisor (Brooklyn, NY)

 

[the look of love]

Amazing information!! I didn't know that James Reynolds was from my neck of the woods.

 

[Jason47]

Yeah, that was new info to me too. Up until this, I had his bio on my site saying he was born in Kansas. But he was actually born in Missouri and then raised in Kansas.