General Hospital Patriarch John Ingle Dead at 84
The daytime soap opera community has been dealt another blow. John Ingle, who portrayed billionaire curmudgeon Edward Quartermaine on ABC's General Hospital on and off since 1993, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 16. He was 84.
Long before Ingle pulled off one of the most successful recasts in soap history—assuming the role of Edward following the retirement of the late David Lewis—the former English and theatre teacher taught some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including: Nicolas Cage, Albert Brooks, Richard Dreyfuss, Joanna Gleason, Barbara Hershey, Swoosie Kurtz, Stefanie Powers, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, and Julie Kavner.
In 2004, after being bumped to recurring status at GH, Ingle infamously jumped ship to NBC's Days of Our Lives where he played lusty lawyer Mickey Horton until 2006. He was replaced on GH by Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara and Beverly Hills, 90210 alum Jed Allan, much to the dismay of Ingle's diehard fans, who christened the recast "Jedward" online.
In a bittersweet twist of irony, Ingle recently reprised the role of Edward Quartermaine for what turned out to be his last time. The beloved character faced death amid the fictional town of Port Charles having being poisoned by a mad man. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ingle's family, friends and co-workers.
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29 March 2010
7 min 21 sec
RIP John Ingle
Sending my condolences and prayers to EET, sorry to hear about your father
24 November 2010
4 hours 5 min
I'm so very sorry to hear this news. A wonderful actor and an even better man. He will be missed.
7 March 2008
1 hour 27 min
RIP John Ingle you were my favorite Edward:(
5 May 2011
18 weeks 2 days
I am in tears hearing this even though I could see it coming after last week. I thank Frank and Ron for giving him (and us) the chance to say goodbye and with such a beautifully written episode. We don't often get that. I have every faith they will give him a beautiful send-off as he deserves.
I pray he is with his wife and they can spend eternity together.
4 May 2009
6 min 13 sec
His wife passed away in Feb. His five daughters lost both their parents in a span of months.
Just heartbreaking.
4 May 2009
6 min 13 sec
What a gift that like Ruth Warrick and James Mitchell, his last on air appearance aired within the month of his passing. That is really touching. Gets me a little misty.
What also gets me misty is anticipating what Jane Elliot will do with this. To know there are only a handful more times for Tracy to say "Daddy" is upsetting.
17 July 2009
19 min 53 sec
I'm going to miss the twinkle in John Ingle's eye. He played Edward so deliciously cantankerous and yet so loving at the same time. I hate to hear that he's passed, and I'm certainly keeping his children in my prayers. Thank you, Mr. Ingle, for so many wonderful years as the head Q. You had an uphill battle replacing David Lewis and you won it!
Thanks also to RC and FV for respecting John Ingle enough to leave the door open for his return (unlike the previous regime's treatment of Anna Lee), and especially for his last episode, in which we got to hear him say "I love you, too" and to give Tracy a thumbs up.
22 April 2008
20 weeks 4 days
I haven't been here in years because GH is just not the same to me anymore but I had to pay my respects to this amazing man. RIP John Ingle.
15 January 2009
2 hours 43 min
The man will be missed.
14 June 2011
14 min 27 sec
Godspeed Mr. Ingle. I will miss your lovable curmudgeon, sly as a fox with a glint iin your eye. An actor's actor to the bone. I am sad but know that you are with your beloved Grace. My thanks to FV and RC for bringing Edward back to pass the torch via story and have his portrayer on screen to be the one to do so. "I love you Daddy." "I love you too." And so do we...
18 February 2010
1 week 1 day
I am so saddened to hear of the passing of John Ingle. He was a joy to watch on screen for me as Edward Q. And from what many who knew him off screen has said, he sounded like a wonderful man in real life. John, I hope you are reunited with your beloved wife.
14 April 2011
1 day 1 hour
Very sad. RIP Mr. Ingle. I thought he did a great job as Edward Quartermine and its too bad he got sick. I kind of thought he would come back but I guess not. Its pretty tough replacing an iconic character but when David Lewis died, John Ingle came in and did a hell of a job.
Btw, did you know that John Ingle was on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210?I didnt know if people knew that.
29 December 2009
2 hours 33 min
I am so saddened by this news. My heart goes out to his family. JE will truly be missed on GH.
20 August 2012
13 hours 3 min
Very sad news.
Edward's last scenes with Tracy, Monica, Patrick and Emma were heart-breaking.
It was a wonderfully heroic exit and showed the compassion of the Edward character.
RIP Mr Ingle. A fine man and outstanding actor. You will be missed.
23 May 2012
2 hours 11 min
God Bless you and Rest In Peace John Ingles! Will miss you so much as Edward on GH. Thank You Frank V. and Ron C. for giving him that last scene, a week ago, from his death. I cried and somehow knew, as probably John Ingles knew, it would be his last appearance on the show. You were a CLASS ACT!!!