1 9 7 5 – 1 9 8 9 (USA)
3,515 x 30 minute episodes
Ryan’s Hope was a daytime soap opera from ABC focusing on the Irish-American Ryan family who lived in Manhattan and ran a bar called (sensibly enough) Ryan’s Bar where most of the action of the series took place.
The show won 17 daytime Emmys and 11 Writers Guild awards.
After Maeve Ryan (Helen Gallagher) sang one last rendition of Danny Boy, the long-running soap faded to black on 13 January 1989 for the final time, leaving fans to wonder, who was Grace’s father?
Bernard Barrow, who played Johnny Ryan from 1975 to 1988, died of lung cancer in 1993. He was 65.
Jillian Coleridge Ryan
Nancy Addison
Johnny Ryan
Bernard Barrow
Dr Patrick Ryan
Malcolm Groome
Maeve Ryan
Helen Gallagher
Dakota Smith Ryan
Christopher Durham
Franklin Ryan
Michael Hawkins
Dr Faith Coleridge
Faith Catlin (1)
Catherine Hicks (2)
Karen Morris Gowdy (3)
Siobhan Ryan Novak
Marg Helgenberger
Teddy Malcolm
David Bailey
Angel Nieves
Jose Aleman
Jack Fenelli
Michael Levin
Ryan Fenelli Hyde
Yasmin Bleeth
Leigh Kirkland
Felicity Lafortune
Mrs Williams
Cynthia Belgrave
Ken Grahanti (Grantham)
Corbin Bensen
Mendenhall
Richard Briggs
Dr Bucky Carter
Justin Deas
Martha McKee
Tovah Feldshuh
Dr Seneca Beaulac
John Gabriel
Sydney Price
Robin Greer
Ramona Gonzalez
Rosalinda Guerra
Dr Roger Coleridge
Ron Hale
Delila Reid Ryan Coleridge
Ilene Kristen
