John Callahan (actor)
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John Callahan (born December 23, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, best known for his work as Edmund Grey on the soap opera All My Children.
While his work on soaps stretches back over twenty years (including stints on Falcon Crest and Santa Barbara), it is the role of Edmund that has brought him the most fame and acclaim. He played on All My Children from 1992 to 2005, when the character of Edmund was controversially killed off. His death caused an uproar, mainly because another tie to All My Children's history was cut.
Along with former co-star Esta TerBlanche, he played his All My Children role in an episode of the sitcom Spin City in 1997 called My Life is a Soap Opera.
Callahan experienced an on-set romance with AMC co-star Eva LaRue, who also played Edmund's wife on the show, Dr. Maria Santos Grey. The two co-hosted both the Miss America pageant and Lifetime's Weddings of a Lifetime and married on November 30, 1996 on the island of Lanai in Hawaii. They have a daughter, Kaya. It was the second marriage for both, and they have since divorced.
Callahan appeared on the 1990 revival of the television game show To Tell the Truth as a celebrity panelist.
He is twice divorced. He was married to a woman named Linda. He and Eva La Rue are now divorced.
