Date of Birth 10 August 1952, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA Height 6' 0½" (1.84 m) Spouse Kathryn Ruscio-Kelly (? - present) 1 child Trivia It was while doing a test for the daytime soap "General Hospital" that ABC decided instead to cast him in "Ryan's Hope". Received his BA from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. After touring for a year with The National Players, the oldest classical touring company in the nation, was offered a scholarship to pursue his MFA at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Went to New York in 1977 and one of his first roles was in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "Miss Margarita's Way" starring Estelle Parsons. Starred in the acclaimed Broadway revivals of "Born Yesterday" opposite 'Madeline Kahn (I)' and as Brick opposite Kathleen Turnerin "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Virile, curly-haired American leading man from the 70s stage who earned initial notice on a daytime TV hunk (Frank Ryan in _"Ryan's Hope" (1975)), then moved to primetime in the 80s with his own series ("Hardcastle and McCormick" (1983) opposite Brian Keith.
