Ned Quartermaine

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**Edward Lawrence "Ned" Quartermaine** is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera *General Hospital*. He is the son of Lord Larry Ashton and his ex-wife Tracy Quartermaine. Originally known as **Ned Ashton**, Ned legally changed his last name to Quartermaine in order to disassociate himself from his scheming father.

He was portrayed in 1979 by an unknown child actor, from 1988-91 by actor Kurt McKinney, and from 1991-2007 and 2012-present by actor Wally Kurth.

## Casting

Ned Quartermaine was first seen being portrayed by an unknown child actor in 1979.

Actor Kurt McKinney took over the role of Ned on September 7, 1988. After 3 years with the series; McKinney last appeared on August 30, 1991.

The role was quickly recast with Wally Kurth who made his first appearance on September 9, 1991.

In February 2005, Kurth was dropped to recurring status, and he departed from the series in July 2007.

He has reprised the role for brief stints in November 2007, November 2012; and January 24, 2013.

He returned again in April of 2014. That next March, it was revealed that Wally Kurth was leaving GH after signing a contract with *Days of our Lives* where he portrays Justin Kiriakis. He departed the series on May 19, 2015.

He returned for one episode on October 19, 2015.

On March 1, 2016; Soap Opera Digest broke the news that since Kurth was dropped to recurring status on *Days*, he would return to *GH* on recurring status as well.

He returned on March 29, 2016.

On November 15, 2019; Soaps.com confirmed that Kurth will return to *GH* during the week of November 18 despite being on contract status on *Days* after being replaced by Elizabeth Hendrickson as Margaux Dawson. He returned on November 19 after Elizabeth Hendrickson returned to *The Young and the Restless* as Chloe Mitchell.

## Health and Vitals

* Held hostage at gunpoint at the Floating Rib by Chris and Paul Gentry demanding her and others in the room, including Olivia Falconeri, Ava Jerome, and Lucy Coe to hand over their belongings under Valentin Cassadine's orders in revenge for Olivia Jerome [Mar 29-30, 2017; the men were later arrested, lawyered up, and sentenced to life in prison by judge Horace Sanchez offscreen]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Larry Ashton - Ned's father
* Dante Falconeri - Ned's stepson
* Jason Morgan - Ned's cousin (deceased)
* Brook Lynn Quartermaine - Ned's daughter with Lois
* Dillon Quartermaine - Ned's maternal half-brother
* Olivia Quartermaine - Ned's wife
* Tracy Quartermaine - Ned's mother

* Leah Adams
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* Aaron Benjamin
* John Bentley
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles and Ned's successor
* Kevin Collins
* Alexis Davis - Former District Attorney
* Margaux Dawson - Ned's friend and female counterpart, his maternal half-brother Dillon's father and Tracy's ex-husband Paul Hornsby's successor, and former District Attorney now living in Seattle
* Patrick Drake - Now living in Berkeley
* Pres Floyd - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Russell Ford - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff (deceased)
* Mary Pat Ingles - Former Nurse at Ferncliff Asylum (deceased)
* James Harper
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
* Janice Lomax - Former Mayor of Port Charles, Pres' successor, and Ned's predecessor
* David Noyes
* Natalie Rawles
* Horace Sanchez - Court judge
* Mac Scorpio - Current Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - Now living in Berkeley
* Henry Sullivan - Chris and Paul Gentry's attorney
* Bruce Webber
* Nathan West - (deceased)

* Diego Alcazar - (deceased)
* Lorenzo Alcazar - (deceased)
* Luis Alcazar - (deceased)
* Frank Anderson - Faison's former accomplice (imprisoned)
* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh (deceased)
* Peter August - Faison's son with Alex, Britt and Nathan's paternal half-brother, and Nelle's male counterpart (deceased)
* Greg Barnes - Faison's former accomplice (imprisoned)
* Nelle Benson - Michael's ex-girlfriend and Peter's female counterpart (deceased)
* Michael Carson - Michael of a different stripe (imprisoned)
* Helena Cassadine - Valentin's mother (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - (deceased)
* Valentin Cassadine - Potential candidate for Mayor of Port Charles to follow the footsteps of Ned's predecessor former Mayor Janice Lomax
* Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father (deceased)
* Steven Culp - Former editor of *The Invader* and Peter and Nelle's friend
* Ryan Chamberlain - (deceased)
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber in revenge for the late Peter August
* Russ Delvin - Faison's former accomplice (hospitalized and later imprisoned)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Faison's son with an unknown woman
* Chris Gentry - Armed robber in revenge for the imprisoned Olivia Jerome (imprisoned)
* Paul Gentry - Armed robber in revenge for the imprisoned Olivia Jerome (imprisoned)
* The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are conceal for most of 2022 until New Year's Eve 2023 later revealed to be Heather Webber (captured)
* Paul Hornsby - Dillon's father and Jerry's former accomplice (imprisoned)
* Jerry Jacks
* Olivia Jerome - Olivia of a different stripe, Faison's female counterpart, Nelle's former sister-in-law, Nikolas' former sister-in-law, and Spencer's former aunt by marriage (imprisoned)
* Daisy Kwan - Now living in Beechers Corners
* Harmony Miller - (deceased)
* Shawn Phillips - (imprisoned)
* Cassandra Pierce - (deceased)
* Cyrus Renault - Ned's new enemy from Seattle, Washington who bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison and Cassandra's male counterpart who later became the chairman of the board at General Hospital before and after being reimprisoned and changing his appearance to look like Ned's former stepson Johnny Zacchara 25-30 years later and bore an uncanny resemblance to the late Victor Cassadine
* Winston Rudge - Olivia Jerome's accomplice and Valentin Cassadine's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
* Eric Watson - Armed robber in revenge for the late Peter August
* Heather Webber - aka "The Hook" (imprisoned)
* Anthony Zacchara - Ned's former stepfather and his daughter Brook Lynn's former step-grandfather (deceased)
* Johnny Zacchara - Ned's former step nephew and his daughter Brook Lynn's former stepcousin (imprisoned)