Emmy® Award winning actor Stuart Damon began playing the role of Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital in 1977. His portrayal garnered him his first Emmy® Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in May 1999, after four previous nominations. In February 1997 he received the Outstanding Supporting Actor trophy at the nationally televised Soap Opera Awards.

The actor's parents were struggling Russian immigrants who came to America during the Bolshevik revolution and settled in Brooklyn, NY, where Mr. Damon was born. As a child, Stuart loved making his family and others laugh. At age eleven he played the Cowardly Lion in a production of The Wizard of Oz, and later starred and sang in musical comedies at a summer camp near Danbury, CT.

Mr. Damon attended a private high school, continuing his studies at Brandeis University, where he obtained a B.A. degree in psychology. He was on his way to becoming an attorney, but got sidetracked when his involvement in acting turned into a professional pursuit. He began playing lead roles in summer stock with such stars as Jane Powell and George Gobel. In the next few years he gained experience in more than fifty musical comedies, washing a few dishes along the way to help with finances.

He landed his first Broadway role in the chorus line of Irma La Douce, where his dance partner was Elliott Gould. He also understudied the principals and, after two weeks, took over one of the leads. That break led to other Broadway shows.

In 1964 Mr. Damon was named Most Promising Performer of the Year by Theater World for his performance in The Boys From Syracuse. The following year he was brought to Hollywood to star with Lesley Ann Warren in the now-classic TV musical production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The program attracted worldwide attention. A lucrative offer to star on an English television series The Champions sent Mr. Damon to Great Britain with his British-born wife, actress Deirdre Ottewill-Damon, and their daughter, Jennifer. During the next twelve years, Mr. Damon starred on British television and played many roles on stage in London's West End.

Shortly after returning to the United States in 1977, Mr. Damon was signed as a series regular on General Hospital. Many other credits followed, including a starring role in the highly-rated TV suspense thriller Fantasies, an appearance in Bob Fosse's Star 80 and a cameo in the feature film Young Doctors in Love. He also guest-starred on several popular television series, including Fantasy Island, Hotel, Mike Hammer, Perry Mason and Diagnosis Murder.

Mr. Damon returned to the stage in 1982 to play King Arthur, opposite his wife in the role of Queen Guenevere, in a San Diego production of Camelot. It marked the first time the two had performed together in ten years.