Phillip Chancellor II

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Phillip Chancellor II (Deceased)
Soap opera character

Address	Chancellor Estate 250 Foothill Rd. Genoa City
Date of birth	Unknown
Gender	Male
Parents	Unknown
Siblings	Unknown
Marriages	Katherine Shepard Jill Foster
Children	Ethan "Cane" Ashby (biologica son, with Jill Foster) Phillip Chancellor III (legal son, with Jill, deceased)
Occupation	Owner of Chancellor Industries
Portrayer	John Considine (1973-1974) Donnelly Rhodes (1974-75)

Phillip Robert Chancellor II was a fictional character on CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Phillip was played by two actors, first John Considine from 1973 to 1974. The second actor to play Phillip was Donnelly Rhodes from 1974 until 1975.

[edit] Character

Phillip Chancellor II was a wealthy pillar of the community and head of Chancellor Industries. When Phillip was first introduced, he was married to Katherine "Kay" Shepard (Jeanne Cooper) and they lived at the luxurious Chancellor Estate.

Phillip soon began an affair with Kay's hired help, Jill Foster (then played by Brenda Dickson), resulting in the birth of a son, Phillip (Daniel Goddard), whom a jealous Kay switched at birth with another baby, Ethan Ashby (Thom Bierdz), unbeknownst to Jill and Phillip. Phillip told Jill that although he knew he was falling in love with her, he would never leave Kay when she needed him.

[edit] His death

Upon Phillip's return from a trip, he was met at the airport by a drunken Kay, who offered to drive him home. Kay made a last-ditch effort to convince Phillip to change his mind about their marriage. But when he turned her down, she hit the accelerator while rounding a curve, and the car sailed off a cliff. Kay sustained serious injuries, and Phillip was in critical condition. Jill hovered at his bedside. Phillip asked the hospital chaplain to marry them, and soon afterward Phillip died.