Ric Lansing is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network.

Following a five-year absence, Hearst returned to the series on February 24, 2014, with a hiatus from June to December of the same year.

[1] Hearst was taken off contract in April 2009,[2] and left the show on June 25, 2009, to return to The Bold and the Beautiful as Whipple Jones III.

Just prior to arriving in Port Charles, Ric attended Harvard Law School.

Through the years, Ric has constantly wanted to drive a wedge through Sonny and Jason's brotherly relationship.

Luckily for Jason and Sonny, Carly and Josslyn's evil uncle Jerry Jacks find evidence that frees Jason after the Metro Court Hotel hostage crisis where Ric befriended his brother's longtime best friend Robin Scorpio where he and Diane Miller were worried sick and concerned.

Ric even tries to put Sonny's girlfriend, Kate Howard, in jail for six months as part of his revenge scheme.

Ric and Skye Quartermaine go to Nikolas Cassadine's Black and White Ball together, where he is impaled with a sword.

Ric also gets Johnny Zacchara acquitted of murder, leading John's sister Claudia Corinthos to reward him with sex.

On June 25, 2009, Ric flees Port Charles and moves to Los Angeles, in the hopes of leaving Sonny, Claudia, and all his demons behind.

Moments after hanging up, Claudia is run off the road and suffers a miscarriage months after the fire at General Hospital.

Ric returns to Port Charles in 2014 amidst an escalating mob war between Sonny and Julian Jerome.

After he was arrested for shooting someone because he was framed by an unknown criminal, his daughter Molly and half-brother Sonny visited Ric at the PCPD.

When it was learned that Julian had Ric framed as the man he worked for, Anna Devane arranged for him to stage his own death by having it appear he was shot dead by Nathan West in a fake jail break attempt.

Ric was later kidnapped from witness protection by Carlos Rivera under the orders of Johnny Zacchara.

He was appointed acting district attorney by Mayor Janice Lomax during the case of Silas Clay where Ric got to know Jordan Ashford.