Nathan Purdee

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Nathan Purdee (born August 6, 1950 in Tampa, Florida) is an American actor, best known for his roles in popular soap operas.

Career

Purdee first rose to prominence as mobster-turned-private investigator

African American additions to the cast. In this period, while appearing on Santa Barbara, Purdee performed the first interracial kiss on American daytime television.[1][2] He left Y&R in December 1991 and moved to New York in January 1992 to play the role of District Attorney Hank Gannon on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role he would portray until 2003. Between Y&R and OLTL, he portrayed Youngblood "Superfly" Priest in The Return of Superfly, the third and final installment in the classic Super Fly trilogy.[3] On February 11, 2009 it was announced he would be returning to One Life to Live in April 2009.[3][4][5][6]

In 2017, it was announced that Purdee would return to the screen in Killian & the Comeback Kids with One Life to Live co-star Kassie DePaiva. The film would be written and directed by Purdee's son Taylor A. Purdee. [7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700789/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  2. ^ https://www.talkhouse.com/mix-tape/
  3. ^ a b Hank Gannon profile - Soaps.com Retrieved on February 17, 2009.
  4. Soaps.com. February 11, 2009. Archived from the original
    on August 14, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "OLTL: The Gannons Return to Llanview". Daytime Confidential. February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  6. ^ "Comings and Goings: Nathan Purdee (Hank Gannon)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 34. March 3, 2009. p. 19.
  7. ^ "Soap Vets Star In New Film". February 15, 2018.