Ryan Lavery is a fictional character from the American daytime drama
All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from 1998 to 2002
and from 2003 to 2011. He has a daughter with ex-wife Annie Lavery, a
son with Kendall Hart, a deceased daughter with Madison North, and is
married to Kendall's best friend and sometimes enemy Greenlee
Smythe.In January 1998, Cameron Mathison debuted on All My Children as
con man Ryan Lavery. He remained with the series until 2002 when the
actor decided to leave the series. In 2003, Mathison returned. At the
time, the actor was already considering rejoining the show, but news
of Megan McTavish’s return as head writer convinced him. "I worked
really well with [McTavish] and she obviously knows the character â€"
she created him!" Mathison said.In 2009, All My Children’s
production moved from New York to Los Angeles. Mathison debated
whether or not to move his family to California in order to continue
working on the show. "At ABC and All My Children, I'm a real family
member", he said. "But at the same time, I didn't want to feel like,
"Without a question, I have to drag myself across the country for this
show". After planning out how they could viably stay in New York
without All My Children, he and his wife, Vanessa, decided to move
with the show. In 2011, ABC Daytime President Brian Frons announced
the cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live. The
production company Prospect Park planned to pick up the soap operas
and air them online. Mathison and Lindsay Hartley (Dr. Cara Castillo)
were the first actors from the show to join the new production. In
November 2011, Prospect Park called off plans to produce the soap
operas online.Ryan Lavery arrives in Pine Valley in January 1998 as a
con man seeking riches. After getting hired at WRCW, he begins a
scheme involving kickback funds. When station manager Liza Colby
discovers this, she threatens Ryan with jail time. She says that she
will send him to jail unless he marries Gillian Andrassy, who is about
to be wed to her nephew, Scott. Ryan and Gillian go through many ups
and downs, but eventually fall deeply in love. However, their romance
ends in tragedy, when a hit man takes Gillian's life while trying to
kill Anna Devane.
All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from 1998 to 2002
and from 2003 to 2011. He has a daughter with ex-wife Annie Lavery, a
son with Kendall Hart, a deceased daughter with Madison North, and is
married to Kendall's best friend and sometimes enemy Greenlee
Smythe.In January 1998, Cameron Mathison debuted on All My Children as
con man Ryan Lavery. He remained with the series until 2002 when the
actor decided to leave the series. In 2003, Mathison returned. At the
time, the actor was already considering rejoining the show, but news
of Megan McTavish’s return as head writer convinced him. "I worked
really well with [McTavish] and she obviously knows the character â€"
she created him!" Mathison said.In 2009, All My Children’s
production moved from New York to Los Angeles. Mathison debated
whether or not to move his family to California in order to continue
working on the show. "At ABC and All My Children, I'm a real family
member", he said. "But at the same time, I didn't want to feel like,
"Without a question, I have to drag myself across the country for this
show". After planning out how they could viably stay in New York
without All My Children, he and his wife, Vanessa, decided to move
with the show. In 2011, ABC Daytime President Brian Frons announced
the cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live. The
production company Prospect Park planned to pick up the soap operas
and air them online. Mathison and Lindsay Hartley (Dr. Cara Castillo)
were the first actors from the show to join the new production. In
November 2011, Prospect Park called off plans to produce the soap
operas online.Ryan Lavery arrives in Pine Valley in January 1998 as a
con man seeking riches. After getting hired at WRCW, he begins a
scheme involving kickback funds. When station manager Liza Colby
discovers this, she threatens Ryan with jail time. She says that she
will send him to jail unless he marries Gillian Andrassy, who is about
to be wed to her nephew, Scott. Ryan and Gillian go through many ups
and downs, but eventually fall deeply in love. However, their romance
ends in tragedy, when a hit man takes Gillian's life while trying to
kill Anna Devane.
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