OLTL Alums David A. Gregory and John Wesley Shipp Visit The Locher Room
Father Knows Best: One Life to Live alums David A. Gregory (ex-Robert Ford) and John Wesley Shipp (ex-Eddie Ford) are set to reunite.
On Thursday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, former One Life to Live cast members David A. Gregory and John Wesley Shipp, who played troubled father and son Robert and Eddie Ford, respectively, on the ABC soap, will reunite with host Alan Locher on The Locher Room. They will be discussing the latest project they are working on together.
Another Life to Live
OLTL isn’t the only time these two have worked together. Their on-screen chemistry continued with the award-winning Western noir podcast Powder Burns, and now, they’re teaming up again for the Judson Theatre Company’s production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial by Herman Wouk. The play will run from April 24-27 at Bradshaw Performing Arts Center’s Owens Auditorium in North Carolina. (You can find out more about it and purchase tickets by clicking here.)
Gregory made his mark as Robert Ford on One Life to Live before going on to roles in The Good Fight, Insatiable and more. He is also an accomplished writer and creator — his podcast, Powder Burns, received critical acclaim for its unique storytelling, winning a SOVAS Award for Outstanding Storytelling & Performance.
Shipp is a daytime television icon. He first came to the attention of daytime fans for his beloved role on Guiding Light as Kelly Nelson from 1980-84. Next, he played the notorious Doug Cummings, Kim Hughes’s stalker, from 1985-86 on As the World Turns, winning the 1986 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He followed that up with his role as Martin Ellis on Santa Barbara in 1986, winning another Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 1987. In 1992, he played Carter Jones on All My Children and briefly crossed that character over to Loving that same year. OLTL brought him back to soaps in 2010 for a short arc to play deplorable father Eddie Ford, who was so bad, he ended up getting killed. He returned briefly in 2011 and 2012.
Shipp is also a veteran of prime-time TV, first making his mark as the titular character on The Flash, playing Barry Allen from 1990-1991. He would later play Henry Allen (and after Henry’s death, he played Jay Garrick) on the reboot of The Flash in 2014, making appearances in each of its nine seasons. He reprised Barry Allen on Arrow in 2018. Shipp also starred as Mitch Leery, father to James Van Der Beek’s Dawson, on Dawson’s Creek from 1998-2001, and has made many other prime-time appearances throughout his career.
Join the two actors as they reminisce about their time in Llanview, their award-winning podcast and this new collaboration on the stage on Thursday. To participate in the livestream interview, click here.
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