Harlan Barrett
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| Harlan Barrett | |||||||||
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| General Hospital | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Michael Cole | ||||||||
| First appearance | 1991 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 1991 | ||||||||
| Cause/reason | Shot and killed by Bill Eckert | ||||||||
| Created by | Gene Palumbo | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Owner of Harlan Industries | ||||||||
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Harlan Barrett was a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama, General Hospital, played by Michael Cole in 1991.
[edit] Character history
In 1991 Harlan Barrett came to Port Charles to save the sunken vessel, the SS Tracy. Harlan noticed Bill Eckert had the initiative to raise the ship with a unique invention and quickly hired Bill as chief engineer of Barrett Industries.
Harlan was quite the ladies man and bragged quite often that he could have any woman he wanted. For now, he had his sights on Tracy Quartermaine who was very taken with the exuberant Harlan. Dating the wealthy socialite could prove very beneficial, as Harlan was after stock in ELQ. He made the mistake of angering Monica Quartermaine, Lucy Coe, and Tracy, who drugged him and held him captive overnight at the Quartermaine mansion.
Barrett, Leopold Taub, Faison, and Lord Ashton formed a cartel corner the market on international trade with the use of a dangerous carcinogen, carbon disulfide. This toxin was manufactured at a canning operation used as an elaborate ruse for their true purpose. The cartel strong-armed, newcomer Paul Hornsby to marry his way into the Quartermaine family and snatch up their assets. fed the cartel information about Robert's investigation.
Harlan had two daughters. The eldest was Julia, who had a head for business and was the head of marketing at Barrett Enterprises. She begins dating Bill Eckert. Brenda was the youngest and a spitfire teen and a premiere model for Lucy Coe's company, Deception Cosmetics.
Bill was brought into the Cartel, but a deliriously wicked Faison wanted Bill to prove himself before he was completely accepted. Bill's assignment was to kill Faison's nemesis, Robert Scorpio. By this time, Bill and Robert were good friends, so a "faux death" was arranged. Bill shot Robert on the waterfront, but Harlan wasn't fooled, so he decided to shoot Robert again. Bill shot and killed Harlan to protect his pal.
The cartel's illicit activities were suddenly squelched. On Founder's Day, Leopauld Taub was killed, Cesar Faison escaped. A grief-stricken Julia promptly ended her relationship with Bill.
