Today is his birthday and he would have been 84.

Happy birthday, Professor Stokes! (I picture him in a fog shrouded wood, with a baleful howling in the background and a full moon, making his way to Collinwood on some urgent and probably supernatural business).

Was he the one married to Nancy Barrett in real life?

Was he the one married to Nancy Barrett in real life?

Nope, at least not according to the infallible Wikipedia. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thayer_David

Nope, at least not according to the infallible Wikipedia. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thayer_David
Thanks - I read on a DS website that the co-star Nancy Barrett (Carolyn) married in real life was David Ford (Sam). They divorced after only 2-3 years of marriage.