Ray MacDonnell

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Raymond Arthur MacDonnell (b. March 5, 1928, Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Joe Martin on All My Children.

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[edit] Acting career

MacDonnell has played the character Dr. Joe Martin on the soap opera All My Children for over 35 years. He is one of only two actors remaining on the show who have played their roles since the very first episode in 1970 — the other being Susan Lucci (Erica Kane).

Prior to appearing on All My Children, he played Philip Capice on the soap The Edge of Night from 1961 to 1969.

In 1967, he played the title role of Dick Tracy in a live-action television pilot. The show was not picked up.[1]

MacDonnell received a Daytime Emmy award for Lifetime Achievement in 2004 (along with now deceased fellow All My Children castmate Ruth Warrick).

[edit] Personal

MacDonnell attended Amherst College and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He is married and has three children.[2]

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