He took over the role from Jeff Trachta in December 1996 and stayed with the show for 20 years.

He has made appearances on Baywatch Nights and Acapulco H.E.A.T..[2] Harmon told Soap Opera Digest about his 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.

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.

[4] Harmon was one of the first to know that Mark Consuelos and co-star Kelly Ripa were dating and had secretly gotten married in Las Vegas.