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Anthony Geary

Anthony Geary (born Tony Dean Geary; May 29, 1947 – December 14, 2025) was an American actor. His career spanned more than four decades, and began in episodic television. He appeared as a guest on several primetime series and transitioned into a career predominantly in the soap opera genre. His first soap role was David Lockhart (1971–1972) on Bright Promise (1969–1972), and he later joined The Young and the Restless as George Curtis. His breakout role came in 1978 when he joined the cast of General Hospital as Luke Spencer. For his work as Luke, Geary went on to earn a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement. In addition to his role as Luke, Geary had a prominent supporting role in the "Weird Al" Yankovic comedy UHF (1989); other notable films include Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Disorderlies (1987), Scorchers (1991), Teacher's Pet (2004) and Fish Tank (2009).

Infobox

Born
Tony Dean Geary(1947-05-29)May 29, 1947Coalville, Utah, U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1970–2015, 2017
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Spouse
mw- Claudio Gama (m. 2019)
Relatives
Brendan Steele (nephew)
Died
December 14, 2025(2025-12-14) (aged 78)Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater
University of Utah

Tables

Acting roles · Filmography
1970
Role(s)
Tom Whalom
Notes
Episode: "Choose One & They Lived Happily/Unhappily Ever After"
1971
Role(s)
Roger
Notes
Episode: "Judging Books by Covers"
Role(s)
Redhead
1971–1972
Role(s)
Bright Promise
Notes
David Lockhart
1972
Blood Sabbath
Role(s)
David
Role(s)
Johnson
Notes
Episode: "Good Times Are Just Memories"
Role(s)
Greg Houser
Notes
Episode: "Ain't Loveth Grand?"
1973
Role(s)
Eddie Decken
Notes
Episode: "A Way to Dusty Death"
Role(s)
David Oliver
Notes
Episode: "Hit and Run"
Role(s)
George Curtis
Notes
Soap opera
1974
Role(s)
Dennis Graham
Notes
Episode: "The Carrier"
Sorority Kill
Role(s)
Tony
1971–1975
Role(s)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Notes
John Gavanelli
1974–1976
Role(s)
The Streets of San Francisco
Notes
Gary Jelinek / Cajun / Joe Markham
1975
Role(s)
Dennis
Notes
Episode: "Distant Early Warning"
1976–1977
Role(s)
Barnaby Jones
Notes
Deputy Blake Jeffries / Nelson Mosley / Wilson
1977
Role(s)
Chops
Notes
Episode: "The Driver"
1978
Role(s)
Darryl Biggs
Notes
Episode: "Sighting 4010: The Waterford Incident"
Role(s)
Delano
Notes
Episode: "The Trap"
Role(s)
Arta
Notes
Episode: "The Lost Island"
Role(s)
Luke Spencer
Notes
Series regular: 1978–1984, 1993–2015 Guest: 2017
1983
Shaft of Love
Role(s)
Doug Hathaway
Intimate Agony
Role(s)
Dr. Kyle Richards
1984
Antony and Cleopatra
Role(s)
Octavius Caesar
Sins of the Past
Role(s)
Lt. Malovich
The Impostor
Role(s)
Cade
1985
Kicks
Role(s)
Martin Cheevers
Role(s)
Eli Gilmour / Phil Tanner
Notes
2 episodes
1986
You Are The Jury
Role(s)
Sam Billings
Notes
Episode: "The State of Ohio vs. James Wolsky"
1987
Role(s)
Winslow Lowry
Role(s)
Serenghetti
1988
Role(s)
Tony
Role(s)
Stonewall
Role(s)
Wheel/Giuseppe's voice
Dangerous Love
Role(s)
Mickey
1989
UHF
Role(s)
Philo
Role(s)
John Devlin
Role(s)
Stephen Pugliotti
Role(s)
Dr. Jim Cole
Role(s)
Dockett
1989–1990
Role(s)
Murder, She Wrote
Notes
Eric Grant / KGB Lt. Fyodor Alexandrov
1990
Sunset Beat
Role(s)
Uncredited Role
Notes
Made For TV Movie
Sunset Beat
Role(s)
Uncredited Role
Notes
Episode: "One Down, Four Up" (TV Series)
1991–1993
Role(s)
General Hospital
Notes
Bill Eckert
1991
Role(s)
Lynch
Role(s)
Preacher
1993
Whistlestop Girl
Role(s)
Andy
1994
Role(s)
Luke Spencer
Notes
Episode: "Suck Up or Shut Up"
1995
Role(s)
Clayton Cole
Notes
Episode: "Who Killed the Centerfold?"
1998
Role(s)
Luke Spencer
2004
Role(s)
John / Juan
Notes
Voice
2005
Carpool Guy
Role(s)
Carpool Guy
2008
Role(s)
Luke Spencer
Notes
Episode: "Past and Presence – Part One"
2009
Role(s)
Van Man
2013
Alice and the Monster
Role(s)
George
Year
Title
Role
Notes
Ref.
1970
Room 222
Tom Whalom
Episode: "Choose One & They Lived Happily/Unhappily Ever After"
1971
All in the Family
Roger
Episode: "Judging Books by Covers"
1971
Johnny Got His Gun
Redhead
1971–1972
Bright Promise
David Lockhart
Soap opera
1972
Blood Sabbath
David
1972
The Mod Squad
Johnson
Episode: "Good Times Are Just Memories"
1972
The Partridge Family
Greg Houser
Episode: "Ain't Loveth Grand?"
1973
Mannix
Eddie Decken
Episode: "A Way to Dusty Death"
1973
Shaft
David Oliver
Episode: "Hit and Run"
1973
The Young and the Restless
George Curtis
Soap opera
1974
Doc Elliot
Dennis Graham
Episode: "The Carrier"
1974
Sorority Kill
Tony
1971–1975
Marcus Welby, M.D.
John Gavanelli
2 episodes
1974–1976
The Streets of San Francisco
Gary Jelinek / Cajun / Joe Markham
4 episodes
1975
The Wide World of Mystery
Dennis
Episode: "Distant Early Warning"
1976–1977
Barnaby Jones
Deputy Blake Jeffries / Nelson Mosley / Wilson
3 episodes
1977
Most Wanted
Chops
Episode: "The Driver"
1978
The Return of Captain Nemo
Bork
1978
Project U.F.O. TV Series
Darryl Biggs
Episode: "Sighting 4010: The Waterford Incident"
1978
Starsky & Hutch
Delano
Episode: "The Trap"
1978
The Six Million Dollar Man
Arta
Episode: "The Lost Island"
1978
General Hospital
Luke Spencer
Series regular: 1978–1984, 1993–2015 Guest: 2017
1983
Shaft of Love
Doug Hathaway
1983
Intimate Agony
Dr. Kyle Richards
1984
Antony and Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar
1984
Sins of the Past
Lt. Malovich
1984
The Impostor
Cade
1985
Kicks
Martin Cheevers
1985
Hotel
Eli Gilmour / Phil Tanner
2 episodes
1986
You Are The Jury
Sam Billings
Episode: "The State of Ohio vs. James Wolsky"
1987
Private Investigations
Larry
1987
Disorderlies
Winslow Lowry
1987
Penitentiary III
Serenghetti
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Steve Reynolds
1988
You Can't Hurry Love
Tony
1988
Pass the Ammo
Stonewall
1988
It Takes Two
Wheel/Giuseppe's voice
1988
Dangerous Love
Mickey
1989
UHF
Philo
1989
Night Life
John Devlin
1989
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Stephen Pugliotti
1989
High Desert Kill
Dr. Jim Cole
1989
Crack House
Dockett
1989–1990
Murder, She Wrote
Eric Grant / KGB Lt. Fyodor Alexandrov
2 episodes
1990
Sunset Beat
Uncredited Role
Made For TV Movie
1990
Sunset Beat
Uncredited Role
Episode: "One Down, Four Up" (TV Series)
1991–1993
General Hospital
Bill Eckert
Series regular: 1991–1993
1991
Night of the Warrior
Lynch
1991
Scorchers
Preacher
List of acting awards and nominations · Awards and nominations
1980
Role(s)
Best Actor
Notes
General Hospital
1981
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
Role(s)
Best Actor
Notes
General Hospital
1982
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
Soapy Awards
Role(s)
Best Actor
Notes
General Hospital
1983
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
1993
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Notes
General Hospital
1994
Soap Opera Digest Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Notes
General Hospital
1997
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
1998
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
1999
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
Soap Opera Digest Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Notes
General Hospital
2000
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
Soap Opera Digest Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Notes
General Hospital
2003
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2004
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2006
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
Role(s)
Most Wonderful Wedding (shared with Genie Francis)
Notes
General Hospital
2007
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2008
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2009
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2012
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2015
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
2016
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
General Hospital
Year
Award
Category
Title
Result
Ref.
1980
Soapy Award
Best Actor
General Hospital
Won
1981
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
1981
Soapy Award
Best Actor
General Hospital
Won
1982
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
1982
Soapy Awards
Best Actor
General Hospital
Won
1983
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
1993
Soap Opera Digest Award
Outstanding Lead Actor
General Hospital
Nominated
1994
Soap Opera Digest Award
Outstanding Lead Actor
General Hospital
Nominated
1997
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
1998
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
1999
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
1999
Soap Opera Digest Award
Outstanding Lead Actor
General Hospital
Won
2000
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
2000
Soap Opera Digest Award
Outstanding Lead Actor
General Hospital
Won
2003
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
2004
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
2006
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
2006
TV Land Award
Most Wonderful Wedding (shared with Genie Francis)
General Hospital
Nominated
2007
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
2008
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
2009
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated
2012
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
2015
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Won
2016
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Nominated

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