{"id":6416,"date":"2026-07-15T05:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:36:19","slug":"as-the-world-turns-popular-actor-was-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6416","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;As The World Turns&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Popular&#8217; Actor Was 68"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/scott-bryce\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scott-bryce\" data-tag=\"scott-bryce\">Scott Bryce<\/a>, who starred as Craig Montgomery on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/as-the-world-turns\/\" id=\"auto-tag_as-the-world-turns\" data-tag=\"as-the-world-turns\">As the World Turns<\/a> <\/em>in the 1980s, returned to the CBS soap in ensuing years, was a regular on The WB dramedy <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/popular\/\" id=\"auto-tag_popular\" data-tag=\"popular\">Popular<\/a> <\/em>and guested on dozen of shows during a 35-year screen career, has died. He was 68.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHis son Jackson confirmed the news on social media, saying his father died July 12 after a long battle with cancer. \u201cThis evening my father lost his long-fought battle with cancer,\u201d he wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dat2A8dDF2U\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">on Instagram<\/a> in part. \u201cWhat began as stage three esophageal cancer eventually spread and became brain tumors that took his life away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBryce earned back-to-back Daytime Emmys noms for Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1986 and 1987 for his turns as the power hungry and promiscuous Montgomery in <em>As the World Turns.<\/em> He played role regularly from early 1982 to mid-1987, returning for several stints in the late \u201980s, 1990s and later 2000s. Bryce later had an arc roles the ABC daytime drama <em>One Life to Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/lists\/daytime-emmy-nominations-2026\/\">Daytime Emmy Nominations 2026: The Complete List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe also was a series regular on the Ryan Murphy-created WB series <em>Popular, <\/em>playing the father of lead Brooke McQueen (Leslie Bibb). His engagement to the mother of co-lead Sam McPherson (Carly Pope) forces the two girls to share a house. Bryce appeared in all 43 of the show\u2019s episodes from 1999-2001.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((576\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=178,100 178w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=660,370 660w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=296,166 296w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=248,139 248w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=270,152 270w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=60,34 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=352,198 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=110,62 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=285,160 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Popular.jpg?resize=800,450 800w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">From left: Lisa Darr, Carly Pope, Leslie Bibb and Scott Bryce in \u2018Popular\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Touchstone Television\/Everett Collection<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBorn on January 6, 1958, in New York City, Bryce got his screen start with a four-episode role as Rick Bonner on  NBC\u2019s <em>The Facts of Life<\/em> in 1988. Along with his <em>As the World Turns <\/em>role, he went on work steadily in TV, guesting on such popular series as <em>The Golden Girls, The Commish, Who\u2019s the Boss?<\/em> and <em>L.A. Law. <\/em>He also had a recurring role on <em>Murphy Brown <\/em>as the husband of Faith Ford\u2019s Corky Sherwood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBryce had a handful of feature and TV movie credits but spent most of his career guesting on series. His 1990s credits include <em>Matlock, Law &amp; Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Spin City, Boston Common, Early Edition <\/em>and <em>Pacific Blue<\/em>, ahead of his stint on <em>Popular<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe 2000s saw Bryce appear in episodes of such hit shows as <em>Judging Amy, ER, 30 Rock <\/em>and <em>Reba<\/em>. He later appeared on <em>Homeland, Gossip Girl, Chicago P.D., Law &amp; Order: SVU, The Good Fight, The Blacklist <\/em>and <em>Blue Bloods.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tInformation on Bryce\u2019s survivors other than his son was incomplete.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Bryce, who starred as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns in the 1980s, returned to the CBS soap in ensuing years, was a regular on The WB dramedy Popular and guested on dozen of shows during a 35-year screen career, has died. He was 68. 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