Donald Francis Michael Hastings (born April 1, 1934), is a longtime
American actor, singer, and writer best known for his 50-year role as
Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.
Hastings was the third actor to portray Hughes and is the longest
serving cast member of an American television soap opera, after the
death of matriarch Helen Wagner of the same series.Hastings has been
active in show business since 1940 and on television itself since
1947, primarily on soap operas. A rare exception was his appearance as
Dave Carter in the 1958 episode "The Savage Payoff" of Beverly
Garland's groundbreaking crime drama, Decoy.Born in the Brooklyn
borough of New York City, he lived his earliest years in the
Bedford-Stuyvesant district. He started working in radio at the age of
six, as a member of the "Bus Bunny" chorus on the serial Coast to
Coast on a Bus. From 1944 to 1948, he acted in four Broadway plays.
From 1949 to 1955, Hastings played Captain Video's teenaged companion,
the Video Ranger, on the DuMont television series, Captain Video and
His Video Rangers. He portrayed one of television's first superheroes
designed to appeal to children.Hastings was cast from 1956 to 1960 as
Jack Lane on the CBS soap opera, The Edge of Night. He played Bob
Hughes on As the World Turns from October 1960 until the show's final
airing on September 17, 2010, and spoke the series' final line: "Good
Night."
American actor, singer, and writer best known for his 50-year role as
Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.
Hastings was the third actor to portray Hughes and is the longest
serving cast member of an American television soap opera, after the
death of matriarch Helen Wagner of the same series.Hastings has been
active in show business since 1940 and on television itself since
1947, primarily on soap operas. A rare exception was his appearance as
Dave Carter in the 1958 episode "The Savage Payoff" of Beverly
Garland's groundbreaking crime drama, Decoy.Born in the Brooklyn
borough of New York City, he lived his earliest years in the
Bedford-Stuyvesant district. He started working in radio at the age of
six, as a member of the "Bus Bunny" chorus on the serial Coast to
Coast on a Bus. From 1944 to 1948, he acted in four Broadway plays.
From 1949 to 1955, Hastings played Captain Video's teenaged companion,
the Video Ranger, on the DuMont television series, Captain Video and
His Video Rangers. He portrayed one of television's first superheroes
designed to appeal to children.Hastings was cast from 1956 to 1960 as
Jack Lane on the CBS soap opera, The Edge of Night. He played Bob
Hughes on As the World Turns from October 1960 until the show's final
airing on September 17, 2010, and spoke the series' final line: "Good
Night."
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