Sam Behrens (born July 24, 1950) is an American television actor, best
known for his roles as Jake Meyer on the ABC daytime soap opera
General Hospital, Danny Waleska in the CBS prime time soap opera Knots
Landing and as Gregory Richards in the NBC daytime soap opera, Sunset
Beach.Behrens was born Stanley Birnbaum to a Jewish family in
Brooklyn, New York. He is of German ancestry on his paternal side. He
has been married to Shari Belafonte since December 31, 1989.Behrens
began his soap opera career on ABC's Ryan's Hope, playing Dr. Adam
Cohen from 1979 to 1980. In 1980s. he moved from New York to Los
Angeles, when was cast as Jake Meyer on General Hospital from 1983 to
1987. After recurring role on the NBC legal drama series, L.A. Law,
Behrens was cast as Danny Waleska, Valene Ewing's (Joan Van Ark) new
husband. He won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain: Prime
Time for this role in 1991. Behrens also guest starred on The Facts of
Life and Murder, She Wrote, and played major roles in a number of made
for television movies in early 1990s. He also had the recurring role
in the ABC drama series, Homefront in 1993. In film, Behrens had
supporting parts in American Blue Note (1989), and Alive (1993).From
1997 to 1999, Behrens starred alongside Lesley-Anne Down and other
actors in the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach produced by Aaron
Spelling. He received two additional nominations for Soap Opera Digest
Award for Outstanding Villain: Daytime.
known for his roles as Jake Meyer on the ABC daytime soap opera
General Hospital, Danny Waleska in the CBS prime time soap opera Knots
Landing and as Gregory Richards in the NBC daytime soap opera, Sunset
Beach.Behrens was born Stanley Birnbaum to a Jewish family in
Brooklyn, New York. He is of German ancestry on his paternal side. He
has been married to Shari Belafonte since December 31, 1989.Behrens
began his soap opera career on ABC's Ryan's Hope, playing Dr. Adam
Cohen from 1979 to 1980. In 1980s. he moved from New York to Los
Angeles, when was cast as Jake Meyer on General Hospital from 1983 to
1987. After recurring role on the NBC legal drama series, L.A. Law,
Behrens was cast as Danny Waleska, Valene Ewing's (Joan Van Ark) new
husband. He won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain: Prime
Time for this role in 1991. Behrens also guest starred on The Facts of
Life and Murder, She Wrote, and played major roles in a number of made
for television movies in early 1990s. He also had the recurring role
in the ABC drama series, Homefront in 1993. In film, Behrens had
supporting parts in American Blue Note (1989), and Alive (1993).From
1997 to 1999, Behrens starred alongside Lesley-Anne Down and other
actors in the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach produced by Aaron
Spelling. He received two additional nominations for Soap Opera Digest
Award for Outstanding Villain: Daytime.
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