John McCook
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John McCook | |
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| Born | John Thomas McCook June 20, 1944 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Marilyn McPherson
(m. 1962; div. 1971) |
| Children | 4, including actress Molly McCook |
John Thomas McCook (born June 20, 1944) is an American actor best known for his roles on daytime soap operas.
Career
In 1985 he played Larry Hutchins, the brother of the President of the United States who assigns his brother to assemble a covert team of female counter-intelligence operatives reporting only to him, in the short-lived NBC television series Code Name: Foxfire starring Joanna Cassidy.
Since March 1987, he has played the role of Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. He portrayed the character of Lance Prentiss on The Young and the Restless from October 1975 to February 1980, leaving at the time the show moved to the hour format. In addition, he has appeared as a guest in episodes on dozens of primetime series. B&B co-star Winsor Harmon once starred with McCook on an episode of Acapulco H.E.A.T. filmed in Mexico.[1] Harmon told Soap Opera Digest about their guest stint on H.E.A.T.:
"I hung out with John McCook the whole time and I kept watching all these people from other countries asking for his autograph. I'm thinking to myself, 'Who the hell is this guy?' So one night, we were drinking Coronas and I asked him why he had so many fans and he explained how B&B was so popular around the world. I had no idea. The more he talked about it, the more I was thinking, 'I want to be on that show.'... The first time I drove into the parking lot, there was John, just pointing at me and laughing. He asked what I was doing here and I told him that I was Thorne. That's when he told me that he was going to be playing my dad. That was just too wild."[2]
Currently McCook and Katherine Kelly Lang are the show's two longest-serving actors, and both debuted in the first episode. McCook is only seven years older than Ronn Moss, who formerly played his son on the show.
McCook was dressed as F. Scott Fitzgerald in a costume-party scene in an episode of Magnum, P.I.
In 2001, 2012, and 2018, McCook received a Daytime Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actor category for his portrayal of Eric Forrester.
Personal life
John McCook has been married since 1980 to former actress Laurette Spang,[citation needed] with whom he has three children, Jake Thomas (born 1981), Rebecca Jeanne (born 1983), and Molly (born July 30, 1990) who is also an actress.[3]
He was married twice previously, including to dancer/actress Juliet Prowse (1972–1979), by whom he had one son, Seth, born in August 1972.[citation needed]
John McCook lives with his family in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| Soapy Awards | Most Exciting New Actor | The Young and the Restless | Nominated | ||
| Soap Opera Update MVP Award | Best Actor | The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | ||
| Soap Opera Digest Award | Outstanding Story Line - “Brooke’s Affair with Eric” - (shared with Katherine Kelly Lang) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Soap Opera Digest Award | Best Wedding — “Eric and Brooke” (shared with Katherine Kelly Lang) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Soap Opera Digest Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor | The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Telvis Award | Most Popular Television Stars in Finland (shared with Hunter Tylo) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | ||
| Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Soap Awards France | Best Couple of the Year — "Quinn and Eric" (shared with Rena Sofer) |
The Bold and the Beautiful | Nominated |
References
- ^ Owens, Devin. "Relatively Speaking". Soap Opera Digest. Retrieved 2007-09-10.[dead link]
- ^ Soap Opera Digest Insider, September 6, 2007
- ^ Adebowale, Temi (October 12, 2018). "Who Is Molly McCook? All About the 'Last Man Standing' Actress Who Plays the New Mandy". Country Living. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ a b c d e "Awards List". The Bold and the Beautiful. 2011. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ^ "Regis tracks two Emmys". Variety. Los Angeles. March 13, 2001. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- ^ "The 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. New York. May 9, 2013. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ "The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF). New York: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Soap Awards France 2018 : Sharon Case, Clément Rémiens, Fanny (Elsa Esnoult), Demain nous appartient... le palmarès complet". France: toutelatele.com and Médiamétrie. March 28, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
External links
- John McCook at IMDb
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