Wayne Alan Northrop (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor known for his parts in

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s such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Northrop portrayed chauffeur

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on ''

'' from the pilot episode, "

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" (1981), until the season one finale, " The Testimony" (1981). He returned in the seventh season premiere " The Victory" (1986), and left again in the 1987 episode " The Sublet". Northrop is best known as

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on ''

'', a character he played from 1981–1984, and again from 1991–1994. He next portrayed Rex Stanton on ''

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'' from 1997 to 1998. In August 2005, Northrop returned to ''Days'' as a new character named Dr.

Alex North Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (one of the first jazz-based film scores), '' Viva Zapata!'', '' S ...

Television filmography

* ''

'' as

(1981, 1986–87) (original cast) * ''

'' as

(1981–84, 1991–94) * ''Days of Our Lives'' as

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(1983) * ''

'' as Rexford "Rex" Stanton (1997–98) * ''Days of Our Lives'' as Alex North (2005–06)

Personal life

Northrop was born in Sumner, Washington, and earned a

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in communications from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

. He married actress

Lynn Herring Sheryl Lynn Herring (born September 22, 1958) is an American soap opera actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lucy Coe on the long-running soap opera ''General Hospital'' which she has played on and off since 1986. Early life Herri ...

on May 9, 1981, in

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. They have two sons: Hank Wayne, born on January 9, 1991, and Grady Lee, born on July 20, 1993.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Northrop, Wayne 1947 births Living people American male soap opera actors American male television actors Male actors from Washington (state) People from Sumner, Washington