Walt Willey Talks with Maurice Benard 35 Years After AMC
Former Pine Valley co-stars reunited on State of Mind.
Walt Willey joined Maurice Benard on State of Mind.
Even though he acknowledged difficulties regarding the video and audio quality, Maurice Benard hoped fans were still going to enjoy the program they recorded at Graceland, and he was not mistaken. It was a double-deal featuring doctors Dr. Charles Noonan as well as former All My Children star -who is now appearing in General Hospital — Walt Willey.
Walt Willey Joins State Of Mind
Doctor. Noonan re-entered Benard’s life in the year prior to his appearance at the Graceland stage, when he stunned his former patient who was diagnosed more than 30 years ago and, this year, He turned the to his fellow Daytime Emmy winner when he did the interview. Benard has been open about the fact that Dr. Noonan transformed his life after it was possible to tell the doctor what was happening with his health. On Graceland the doctor. Noonan prompted Benard to discuss numerous interesting topics, including the way he played Desi Arnaz in the film, he was acting as his fatherbecause the two actors were very similar, although one had a superior voice.
This led to a discussion after Benard contacted his father about his belt when he was a young. Being open about his vulnerability at the time, Benard tried to get his father to accept that this was a form of abuse, and was eventually able to get an apology from the father. His father acknowledged that it was his knowledge and that led to interesting discussions on cutting off the chain.
Benard was eventually able to welcome Willey on Willey on the State Of Mind scene and greeted the crowd with telling them how hilarious the co-star from his former AMC co-star was. However, there was more than laughter. He spoke about to progress from extra to under-five, then to daytime player to day player, etc. in various soaps on the daytime, including getting to meet his future Pine Valley brother, the late Larkin Malloy at the time he was an actor for Edge of Night (where Malloy was the character Sky Whitney), things turned serious.
Willey talked about his birth to parents who were older, having a stutter and how his art played a major contribution to making him the person he has become. Willey talked about his long-term union, the raising of two children and what his daughter does as a designer, and their son has a career as an artist who “is on the spectrum somewhere.” Willey told an amazing story of being a part of Ving Rhames in Another World, about having Benard stay at his house while they drove to AMC and numerous other fascinating stories about working in the field.
