David Canary
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Biography
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Notes
About his roles on "All My Children": "It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected." --David Canary, ABC PR
Biography
Silver-haired soap star David Canary began his career on the Broadway stage, debuting in Jose Quintero's 1962 production of "Great Day in the Morning," starring Colleen Dewhurst. The former college football player resumed his theatrical career after military service and soon found his way into TV and film, playing Dr. Russ Gehring on ABC's "Peyton Place" and acting in "Hombre" (his film debut) and "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (both 1967) before landing a regular role on NBC's "Bonanza" as Candy, the ranch hand who practically became a member of the Cartwright family. Although he appeared in three movies in 1975 (Cornel Wilde's "Shark's Treasure," Kirk Douglas' "Posse" and "Johnny Firecloud"), Canary's love for the theater brought him back to NYC where he reteamed with Quintero for the 1980 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Clothes for a Summer Hotel," among other plays and musicals. No stranger to daytime TV, having portrayed Stephen Frame in NBC's "Another World" from 1981 to 1983, he joined the cast of "All My Children" (ABC) in 1983 as the powerful and mercurial Adam Chandler, and his responsibilities doubled when he assumed the role of Adam's shy, gentle twin, Stuart. For his daytime efforts, Canary has received four Emmy Awards as Lead Actor in a Drama Series out of 11 nominations. Canary retired from the show and from acting in general in 2010. David Canary, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, died of natural causes on November 16, 2015. He was 77 years old.
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Life Events
1962
Made Broadway debut in Jose Quintero's production of "Great Day in the Morning", with Colleen Dewhurst
1965
Appeared as Dr. Russ Gehring on "Peyton Place" (ABC)
1967
Made feature debut in Martin Ritt's "Hombre"
1967
Portrayed ranch hand Candy on the popular NBC Western "Bonanza"
1973
Made TV-movie debut, "Incident on a Dark Street" (NBC)
1975
Acted in three features: Cornel Wilde's "Shark's Treasure", Kirk Douglas' "Posse" and "Johnny Firecloud"
1978
Appeared in the CBS miniseries "The Dain Curse"
1980
Returned to Broadway in Tennessee Williams' "Clothes for a Summer Hotel", opposite Geraldine Page and Kenneth Haigh as Zelad and F Scott Fitzgerald; production directed by Quintero
1983
Played the powerful and mercurial Adam Chandler and his shy, mentally-impaired twin Stuart on the ABC daytime drama "All My Children"
1989
Starred with Marian Seldes in independently produced comedy film, "In a Pig's Eye"
1994
Acted in Matthew Huffman's award-winning student short, "Secret Santa", portraying an unconscious Santa Claus stumbled upon by a seven-year old
1997
Made guest appearance on the AMC series "Remember WENN"
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Notes
About his roles on "All My Children": "It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected." --David Canary, ABC PR
