Ron Hale obit

Ron Hale Dies: ‘General Hospital’ Actor Was 78

 

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Ron Hale, who is best known for his role as Mike Corbin on ABC‘s General Hospital and Port Charles, died August 27 in St. George, SC. He was 78.

Hale, a Michigan native, starred on General Hospital from 1995 to 2010 and Port Charles from 1997-2000. He also played Dr. Roger Coleridge on Ryan’s Hope from 1975 to 1989 and had a brief stint on Search for Tomorrow.

He received two Daytime Emmy nominations in 1979 and 1980 for Ryan’s Hope.

Outside the soap world, he played Frank Sturgis on All the President’s Men and had guest spots on TV shows like Matlock and MacGyver. His most recent role was in 2017’s The Ghost and the Whale.

According to a St. George, SC obit, Hale attended Furman University and appeared in plays with Columbia’s Trustus Theatre, which was started by his brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Kay Thigpen.

Hale is survived by his nieces and nephews Lori Brown (Janet Brabham), Max Brabham, Erin Wilson (Laurens) and Marc Brown (Betsy).

Days of Our Lives alum Billy Warlock (Frankie Brady), along with General Hospital, paid tribute to Hale on X.

 

Actor

The Ghost and the Whale (2017)

The Ghost and the Whale

4.3

Father Reinhart

2017

 

Easy (2016)

Easy

6.9

TV Series

Hookup Guy

2016

1 episode

 

The Adventures of Loop & Rhett (2011)

The Adventures of Loop & Rhett

8.8

Short

Townsperson

2011

 

Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Genie Francis, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rebecca Herbst, and Laura Wright in General Hospital (1963)

General Hospital

6.6

TV Series

Mike Corbin

Marco and Violet's Father

1995–2010

238 episodes

 

Jennifer Aspen, Amy Pietz, Nick Searcy, Oliver Davis, Matthew Josten, and Rodney Carrington in Rodney (2004)

Rodney

6.7

TV Series

Lonnie

2004

1 episode

 

Bo Derek and Stacy Keach in Sunstorm (2001)

Sunstorm

3.2

Jack

2001

 

Port Charles (1997)

Port Charles

6.8

TV Series

Mike Corbin

1997–2000

46 episodes

 

The Brothers Flub (1997)

The Brothers Flub

4.0

TV Series

Squish (voice)

1999

3 episodes

 

Shattered Steel (1996)

Shattered Steel

5.6

Video Game

(voice)

1996

 

The Lord Protector (1996)

The Lord Protector

4.0

Pentakis (as Ronald Hale)

1996

 

Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, and Armand Assante in Trial by Jury (1994)

Trial by Jury

5.4

Bailiff

1994

 

Original Intent (1990)

Original Intent

3.6

Video

Dr. Johnson (as Ronald Hale)

1990

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

Mike Travers

1990

1 episode

 

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.1

TV Series

Eldon Williams

1989

1 episode

 

Kate Mulgrew, Bernard Barrow, Helen Gallagher, Malcolm Groome, and Michael Hawkins in Ryan's Hope (1975)

Ryan's Hope

7.2

TV Series

Dr. Roger Coleridge

1975–1989

909 episodes

 

Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)

All the President's Men

7.9

Frank Sturgis

1976

 

Donna Mills, Robert Burr, and Shawn Campbell in Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967)

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

7.8

TV Series

Dr. Jim Abbott

1973

2 episodes

 

Jane Krakowski, Matthew Ashford, Domini Blythe, Colleen Dion, Terri Eoff, David Forsyth, Lee Godart, Louan Gideon, Marcia McCabe, Jeffrey Meek, Jacqueline Schultz, and Mary Stuart in Search for Tomorrow (1951)

Search for Tomorrow

7.1

TV Series

Walt Driscoll (1969)

1969

2 episodes

 

Patty Duke in Me, Natalie (1969)

Me, Natalie

6.4

Stanley Dexter (as Ronald Hale)

1969

 

Kirk Douglas and Sylva Koscina in A Lovely Way to Die (1968)

A Lovely Way to Die

5.1

(uncredited)

1968

 

N.Y.P.D. (1967)

N.Y.P.D.

7.4

TV Series

Second Boy

1968

1 episode