Scott Bryce, actor known for 'As the World Turns,' dies at 68

Scott Bryce, the histrion champion known for originating the relation of Craig Montgomery connected the soap opera “As the World Turns,” has died. He was 68.

Bryce died Sunday evening “surrounded by his loving woman Jodi Stevens-Bryce and loving lad Jackson Bryce,” his cause Ken Melamed told The Times by email connected Tuesday. “He was beloved by all!”

The histrion revealed past twelvemonth that helium had been diagnosed with Stage 3 esophageal and tummy crab successful 2024.

“This evening my begetter mislaid his long-fought conflict with cancer. What began arsenic signifier 3 esophageal crab yet dispersed and became encephalon tumors that took his beingness distant from him,” Bryce’s son, Jackson, wrote successful a tribute posted Sunday to Instagram. He said his begetter approached his treatments with “pride and courage, and an unshakable content that somehow, everything would enactment out.”

“May his spot and relentless content everlastingly unrecorded wrong me,” helium added. “He fought the hardest and astir honorable combat I person ever witnessed.”

Born Jan. 6, 1958, successful New York, Bryce followed successful the footsteps of his histrion parents. His father, Ed, portrayed Bill Bauer connected the daytime play “Guiding Light” for years, portion his mother, Dorothy, was known for her relation connected the infirmary soap “The Doctors.”

Bryce made his tv debut arsenic Craig Montgomery connected CBS’ long-running soap “As the World Turns” successful 1982. He received 2 Daytime Emmy nominations for his portrayal of the charming but ruthless businessman, whom helium portrayed disconnected and connected from 1982 to 2008. The quality was known for his ambition and mysterious concern dealings but besides had a estimation for being unlucky successful love. One aboriginal romanticist involvement was Betsy Stewart, who was portrayed by Meg Ryan from 1982 to 1984.

Finn Carter, who played Montgomery’s wife, Sierra Esteban, connected the show, shared a tribute to Bryce connected Instagram Monday.

“My sadness knows nary bounds. My gratitude for Scott knows adjacent fewer,” Carter wrote. “Scott was the champion hubby a pistillate could inquire for. As an histrion helium was fearless, kind, generous and everlastingly looking for ways to grow. And what a consciousness of humor!”

Over the people of his decades-long career, Bryce appeared connected shows specified arsenic “The Facts of Life,” “The Golden Girls,” “Murphy Brown,” “L.A. Law,” “The Good Fight,” “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

He besides portrayed Mike McQueen, the begetter of a cheerleader (Leslie Bibb) connected the millennial teen play “Popular.” McQueen marries the parent of his daughter’s precocious schoolhouse rival (Carly Pope) successful the series, which ended connected a cliffhanger successful 2001 aft its cancellation.

“When asked what helium wanted radical to retrieve astir him, helium said, ‘I was a one-take actor. Two takes, max,’” Jackson Bryce wrote successful his tribute. “In moving with Dick Wolf connected NBC, directors would docket him astatine the extremity of the time due to the fact that they knew it wouldn’t instrumentality long.”

In summation to his onscreen work, Scott Bryce was a theatre histrion arsenic good arsenic a manager and a producer, with credits including the 2010 tv movie “Frederick Douglass, From Slavery to Freedom” and the satirical web bid “Steamboat.”

“My dada besides made definite I knew his top accomplishment that came astatine 50 years old, becoming a Dad,” lad Jackson said successful his tribute. “He is simply a portion of everything I’ve done and everything I volition do.”