A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between November 8, 1965, and the end of 1969.
Tony Merritt is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Richard Colla from 1965 to 1966, Don Briscoe in 1966, and Ron Husmann from 1966 to 1967.
Eventually, he told his father the truth on why he called his wedding and Craig stepped aside to let Marie and Tony have a second chance at love.
Craig Merritt is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by David McLean from 1965–67, and by Harry Lauter in 1966 temporary.
Ben Olson was a character from Days of Our Lives, who was the husband of Addie Horton, and portrayed by Robert Knapp.
After his father died in 1971, Steven remained in Paris to finish his schooling, even though his mother Addie returned to Salem.
After a time capsule revealed a diamond necklace belonging to Alice, as a gift from her daughter Addie, he privately revels how his grandmother kept it from him all those years.
He also has a son named Spencer who he reveals to Leo Stark is also gay and was willingly to set a meeting of the two if he wanted.
David eventually ended up marrying Julie's best friend Susan Hunter after discovering she was pregnant with their child.
ABC Daytime rushed to offer her a then-unheard of salary/perks package to join General Hospital as Lesley Webber.
In 2020, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows placed Susan at #20 on a list of the 35 most memorable characters from Days of Our Lives, saying "Wherever Denise Alexander’s troubled heroine went, heartache followed.
Over the course of a decade in Salem, she suffered through the deaths of both a marriage and a child, and a totally twisted triangle with the Peters brothers.
Dr. Elliot Knicaid is a character on the soap opera Days of Our Lives spanning from September 11, 1967 to October 8, 1969 before being written out of the show.
A doctor that Salem University Hospital, Elliot was pursued romantically by Kitty Horton until the emergence of long-thought dead husband Tommy.
Susan Martin (Denise Alexander) befriends the Bannings and often helps care for Janet and baby Brad.
[6] As Julie is set to divorce Scott in 1972, she plans to elope with Doug and honeymoon in Portofino and wants to bring David along.
However, Doug is not interested in parenthood and he spontaneously marries Julie's mother Addie Olson (Patricia Barry).
[8] The 18 year old David (Richard Guthrie) returns in the summer of 1975 with his new girlfriend Brooke Hamilton (Adrienne La Russa).
He left town not long after that happened, but later returned and began a residency at Salem University, while looking after his teenage sister, Jennifer.
Although Mike wanted to convert in order to make the relationship work, he eventually realized that wouldn't be fair to either of them and Robin left town to live in Israel.
Mike returned in 2022 where he made amends with Nancy Wesley and took Jennifer to rehab after she relapsed in her painkiller addiction.