Daytime has been hit with yet another death, as the family of beloved General Hospital and Ryan’s Hope vet Ron Hale announced that the actor passed way on August 27 at 78. An official obituary was published by Bryant Funeral Home, Inc. out of St. George, S.C.
Of his passing, the ABC soap stated, “The entire General Hospital family is saddened to hear of Ron Hale’s passing. We would like to extend our condolences to his loved ones during this difficult time. He was an incredible actor and an unforgettable colleague. May he rest in peace.”
Hale’s first role came in 1968 on N.Y.P.D. before he landed his daytime debut on Search for Tomorrow a year later as Walt Driscol and did two stints on Love Is a Many Splendored Thing as Dr. Jim Abbott. However, no one will ever forget his next soap, the one that landed him on the genre’s map. In 1975, Hale was cast as Dr. Roger Coleridge on Ryan’s Hope and stayed there until 1989.
From there, he went on to be the first actor to play Sonny’s father, Mike Corbin, on General Hospital from 1995 to 2010 and crossed his character over to the ABC soap’s spinoff Port Charles.
The actor also turned up on various primetime series and films such as Matlock, MacGyver, Trial by Jury and Easy, to name a few. In 2017, he appeared alongside Maurice Benard (Sonny) as Father Reinhart in the film The Ghost and the Whale, which followed the story of Joseph, who worked to exonerate himself after going to sea with the love of his life only to return alone.
