Tuesday, December 16, 2025 -Anthony Geary, the eight-time Emmy Award winner best known for playing antihero Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera “General Hospital,” has di£d at 78.
Geary di£d on Sunday, Dec.14 following complications from an
operation three days prior.
Geary was born on May 29, 1947 in Coalville, Utah. Prior to
landing his “General Hospital” role, he made his TV debut on the ABC drama
“Room 222” in 1970, on which he starred as Tom Whalom.
A year later, he for his standout role in “Bright Promise”
as the recurring character David Lockhart. And after that, he landed on “Young
and the Restless” as George Curtis in 1973.
His big come-up in Hollywood came with his “General
Hospital” casting in 1978. His time on the hit series lasted nearly 40 years
before he officially retired in 2015.
Along with starring as one of the lead characters, he also
played Luke’s look-alike cousin Bill Eckert. He came back for a brief cameo in
2017.
His career as Luke earned him eight Daytime Emmy awards for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
In a 2015 interview with TV Insider, the actor shared
that he’d be leaving the soap, noting that he didn’t want to “di£” on its set.
“I’m just weary of the grind and have been for 20 years,”
says the Emmy winner, who has won eight trophies for playing Luke Spenser since
1978. “I really don’t want to die, collapsing in a heap, on that GH set one
day. That wouldn’t be too poetic.”
Outside of “General Hospital,” Geary also starred in “All in the Family,” “The
Mod Squad,” “Mannix,” “The Partridge Family” and more.
Geary is survived by husband Claudio Gama. The two had no children.
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