James Storm (born August 12, 1943) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Gerard Stiles on the 1960s horror soap opera ''

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''. Storm's first television appearance was as the second Dr. Larry Wolek on ''

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'' for which replaced actor,

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, a role Storm played from 1968 to 1969. His brother,

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, followed him in the role. In the storyline, Jim's Larry Wolek was badly burned in a fire and underwent plastic surgery, and Michael's Larry Wolek was revealed when the bandages were removed. This new plot device would prove so successful that many other shows, including ''

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'' (and ''One Life to Live'' itself in later years), would use it when recasting key characters. He next portrayed Gerard Stiles on ''

'' from 1970 to 1971, appearing in 79 episodes. He played a different character with the same name in the 1971 spinoff film ''

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''. His next soap role was on ''

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'' starting in 1971, and then he moved on to '' The Doctors'' (1979), ''

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'' (1980-1981), ''

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'' as

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(1983-1986), ''

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'' (1986), ''

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'' as Bill Spencer (1987-1994) and '' Sunset Beach'' (1997-1998), with some returns to ''B&B'' in the 2000s. In 2010, it was announced that he would be appearing in the audio mini-series '' Kingdom of the Dead''.

Family

Storm is the elder cousin of playwright John Steppling. He is married to Dr. Valerie J. Pronio-Storm.

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