Ric Lansing

**Richard "Ric" Lansing** is a fictional character on *General Hospital*. He is the son of late attorney and mobster, Trevor Lansing and his late mistress/fiancée Adela Corinthos, the half-brother of mob boss Sonny Corinthos, and the father of his only child and assistant district attorney Molly Lansing-Davis who is following in his footsteps as Assistant District Attorney.

The character was portrayed by soap opera veteran Rick Hearst from 2002 to 2009, and returned from 2014 to 2016. The character was later recast by actor Chris Messina who is the exact age.

## Casting

Rick Hearst originated the role in 2002.

On June 14 and June 15, 2007; the role of Ric Lansing was played by Nick Kiriazis when Hearst had throat surgery.

In 2004, Hearst won a Daytime Emmy Award as "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for the role, at the 31st Daytime Emmy Awards.

He won again in 2007 in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" category.

Hearst was taken off contract in April 2009, and left the show on June 25, 2009 to return to *The Bold and The Beautiful* as Whipple Jones III and be replaced by Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller for nearly five years. He left *B&B* again on June 16, 2011.

On January 24, 2014; it was announced that Hearst would be returning to *GH* as Ric. He returned from February 24 to June 13, 2014 after being replaced by Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller.

He returned again on December 23, 2014.

Hearst, who hadn't been seen since April 2016 and was seen again on July 20, 2016 but hasn't been seen since as the actor moved out of California.

Chris Messina took over the role in 2016 with the exact age as the character is back on contract.

## Storylines

* 2002-07
* 2008-09
* 2014-16
* 2017-18
* 2019-20
* 2021-22
* 2023-24

Five months after he arrives in Port Charles, he reveals to Sonny that he is actually his half-brother. After years of a tumultuous relationship with his brother he no longer wants revenge on his brother. Through the years, Ric has constantly wanted to drive a wedge through Sonny and Jason's brotherly relationship. Upon arriving, he flirts with Carly Corinthos as a way of getting to Sonny. He soon dates Elizabeth Webber, whom he marries in 2003.

In 2007, Ric knew that Jerry Jacks and his men and women including Lorenzo Alcazar, Franco and Liesl Obrecht were involved in a hostage crisis because Ric was the District Attorney because Ric's job was to arrest criminals and villains while he had commissioner Mac Scorpio with him as Diane Miller who came to Port Charles was scared along with Sonny's children Michael, Morgan, and Kristina making Ric as the hostage negotiator. The aftermath left Sonny injured, Diane and Ric worried sick along with Sonny's children as Port Charles Mayor Garrett Floyd was interviewed by the press and leading security at Metro Court Hotel to be tightened afterwards. Three months later, Jake Spencer was born.

On February 24, 2014; Ric returns to Port Charles showing up at Alexis' home where Rafe is watching Danny. It is revealed that Ric and Alexis have shared custody of Molly since Ric knew Diane Miller from the start. He resumes a connection with his ex-wife Elizabeth and the two begin dating. In May, Julian Jerome told the police that Ric was his boss when in fact Ric was being framed. On June 12, Ric and Anna fake his death in order to smoke out Julian's real boss.

Ric also gets a vision of his brother's longtime friend Robin Scorpio-Drake and says that she's held hostage and against her will by his brother Sonny's enemies in a conspiracy like Jerry Jacks, Paul Hornsby, Ava Jerome, and Johnny Zacchara.

After Jerry Jacks was sentenced to life in prison in Pentonville Penitentiary for his crimes against Robin and the citizens of Port Charles, Ric and his family and friends became happy, so did his client Shawn Butler. That forced Diane Miller to believe that Jerry Jacks was back and move away from Port Charles to Los Angeles on December 22, 2015. The aftermath allowed Ric bring in Shawn's release.

When everyone got held hostage at the All Saints Church that night including his brother Sonny by Landon Dixon who he would've made Kyle Sloane and Helena Cassadine very happy if they were alive and also in favor for Liesl Obrecht, Ric was not surprised about what happened that night and neither was his client Shawn. As a result, he and Sonny filed a lawsuit against Liesl Obrecht in civil court she owed him and Sonny a lot of money because Judge Chua is present as Judge David Walters was absent from the civil court case in the aftermath of that event and everyone at the church getting interviewed by the police and the district attorney. Not even Mayor Janice Lomax could declare the entire city in the state of emergency because she failed to do so and was revealed that Mayor Lomax violated everybody's rights except T.J. Ashford, it left him unharmed along with Epiphany.

In early 2017, Ric found out from Jason and Curtis that Olivia Jerome is alive and has abducted his client Robin. He also found out that Sonny had been framed by Olivia Jerome in covering her tracks. He was happy that Sonny had been exonerated. After Olivia's arrest, he found out that her attorney was Nora Buchanan out of Llanview sometime after meeting her before the family court case of Sonny's step-granddaughter Charlotte with Judge Walters' female counterpart Judge Natalie Rawles as David was absent from the family court case. After Judge Horace Sanchez sentenced her to a mental asylum, it was over. One week later, an armed robbery at the Floating Rib took place by Chris and Paul Gentry wanting revenge for the imprisoned Olivia Jerome. After it was over, he became the victims' clients with the help of his associates from the East and West Coasts temporarily while Henry Sullivan is representing Chris and Paul Gentry as they are revealed that they're both fit to stand trial unlike Olivia Jerome. The brothers were given life in prison without parole.

In March 2018, an earthquake hits Port Charles one month after the deaths of Cesar Faison and Nathan West. He heard sirens after the quake and he can't call his clients, family, nor Diane who is living in Los Angeles as his daughter Molly who suffered a broken rib after being pinned down by some rubble during an earthquake because the phone lines are dead. He went to General Hospital with Shawn, T.J., and Molly.

In May 2019, he attends the Nurses' Ball along with his family and friends.

In June 2019, he comes in contact with Shiloh and his foreign attorney Zahra Amir in the family court case after the Nurses' Ball.

On January 2, 2020; Ric walks Jason out the door because Sam's parole officer was Dolores Maloney.

In February 2020, Ric was not surprised after the three shootouts occurred in revenge for Faison, Shiloh, and Cassandra Pierce as he, Sonny, Jason, and Sam gained a new enemy named Cyrus Renault who bores an uncanny resemblance to Cesar Faison. They know that he operated in Seattle in the Pacific Northwest.

On April 6, Ric calls Sonny on the phone saying that Cyrus Renault was being released from Pentonville Penitentiary with a full exoneration making parole officer Dolores Maloney and music producer Linc Brown happy. After Cyrus was released from prison, Cyrus' friend and former cellmate Paul Hornsby was left all alone until Brad Cooper became Paul's new cellmate.

On May 5; Ric heard that Diane has traveled to Seattle from Los Angeles for a meeting with Cyrus Renault's former attorneys. Cyrus' former attorneys are Mallory Gentry, Dean Murdock, Jeffrey Nash, and Hank Smith.

On May 11, Ric and his family are at family court hearing of Wiley Quartermaine-Corinthos as the attorney for the Corinthos family with judge Richard Lowe presiding the case after Ric met Nelle's attorney Martin Grey. Ric was even surprised that Nelle married Sam's father Julian Jerome.

On June 4; Ric became happy that Cyrus Renault was arrested along with Jason, Carly, Sam, Britt, Liesl, and Dante. Afterwards, he meets Cyrus' children Andrew and Liz Renault before they changed their surnames to Grey to honor the family name.

On November 19, Ric became devastated that Jason is dead on Cassadine Island after a tunnel collapse.

In May 2022, Ric got word that Diane was back in Port Charles spending time with her children Sally and Keith.

On September 26, Ric began his own investigation to figure out what the person's identity is since the person goes by The Hook whose face and identity are concealed. Joining Ric on the investigation is fellow attorney Martin Grey knowing if Jason Morgan were around, Ric found out that Jason would go after and confront "The Hook". Ric and Martin are working through the article on *The Invader* and the photographs. They even wrote down names to figure out the identity. Diane's children Keith and Sally, and his own daughter Molly are helping Ric and Martin on the investigation on who attacked Diane since there were no leads after Molly became an intern at the district attorney's office.

Ric and the others narrowed down the gender of the attacker which was a woman after Diane was able to identify the gender of the attacker.

After Diane went back to Los Angeles, Ric meets Diane's children Keith and Sally for the first time after Alexis identified The Hook as Heather Webber who is best known to conceal her face and identity for most of 2022 after the nightmare of Ryan Chamberlain and Heather Webber aka "The Hook" is over before the death of Epiphany Johnson.

After Epiphany's memorial service, Ric Lansing is knowing about the upcoming Nurses' Ball with Linc Brown attending just like Cyrus did three years prior to it before Linc's arrest by his nephew Dante Falconeri after revealing that Linc Brown had an alibi for The Hook attacks.

On September 11, Ric defends Sonny with the presiding judge Ron Jarrett present who is likely friends with J.B. Brown in and out of the courtroom just like Brown is friends with Judge Albert Kim while his daughter Molly is recused from the case when it came to Sonny because Molly needed to spend time with T.J., Keith, and Sally.

On October 13, Ric gains Nina Reeves as his sister-in-law at the same time that Cyrus Renault was released from prison. He, Molly, Carly, and Sonny confounded Cyrus that he is the mysterious boss that Mason Gatlin is working for.

In 2024, Ric finds out that Jason is alive.

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Baby Ashford Lansing-Davis - Ric's legal grandson or granddaughter (miscarriage)
* Adela Corinthos - Ric and Sonny's mother (deceased)
* Amelia Corinthos - Ric's great niece, Sonny and Carly's granddaughter
* Michael Corinthos - Ric's adoptive nephew
* Morgan Corinthos - Ric's nephew (deceased)
* Sonny Corinthos - Ric's maternal half-brother
* Wiley Corinthos - Ric's great nephew, Sonny and Carly's grandson
* Dante Falconeri - Ric's nephew
* Rocco Falconeri - Ric's great nephew, Sonny and Olivia's grandson, and son of Dante and Lulu
* Josslyn Jacks - Ric's step niece by marriage of Carly and Sonny
* Avery Jerome-Corinthos - Ric's niece, Sonny's daughter with Ava, and Carly's stepdaughter
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Ric's daughter with Alexis
* Trevor Lansing - Ric's father (deceased)
* Danny Morgan - Ric's great nephew, his daughter Molly's nephew
* Nina Reeves - Ric's sister-in-law

* Elisha Adams - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Haley Adams
* Leah Adams
* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* T.J. Ashford - His daughter's current boyfriend and the commissioner's son
* Scott Baldwin - Ric's predecessor
* Cody Bell
* Asher Bellamy - FBI agent
* Gerald Brodin - Captain of the S.W.A.T. team
* J.B. Brown
* Nora Buchanan - Nelle's former out-of-state attorney
* Shawn Butler - Friend of his brother Sonny and Ric's client now moved to San Francisco and is replaced by Valentin and Victor Cassadine while Shawn is the owner and publisher of *The Invader*
* Drew Cain - Former Navy SEAL
* Edward Caldwell - FBI agent
* Harrison Chase
* Amber Chua - Court judge
* Silas Clay - Kiki's father and Nelle's biological father (deceased)
* Lucy Coe
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles
* Alexis Davis - Ric's ex-wife and former District Attorney
* Nicolas Dean - FBI agent
* Anna Devane - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Emma Drake - Patrick and Robin's daughter now living in Berkeley and is replaced by Charlotte Cassadine
* Patrick Drake - Ric's client and Robin's husband now living in Berkeley and is replaced by Valentin Cassadine
* Hamilton Finn
* Pres Floyd - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Russell Ford - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff (deceased)
* Marion Fowler - Officer of the New Jersey States Police
* Andrea Gates - Ric's grandchild's surrogate
* Mallory Gentry
* Russell Green
* Andrew Grey - Cyrus' son with an unknown woman, Laura and Martin's nephew, and Lulu and Nikolas' cousin
* Liz Grey - Cyrus' daughter with an unknown woman, Laura and Martin's niece, and Lulu and Nikolas' cousin
* Martin Grey - Nelle's former attorney and Cyrus' brother
* Audrey Hardy - Former General Hospital Head Nurse
* James Horowitz - Court judge
* Tara Horowitz - FBI agent
* Jasper "Jax" Jacks - Ric's client and Carly's ex-husband
* Kiki Jerome - (deceased)
* Epiphany Johnson - Former Head Nurse at General Hospital (deceased)
* Stan Johnson - (deceased)
* Janet Kershaw
* Kelly Lee
* Janice Lomax - Former Mayor of Port Charles, later Valentin and Charlotte Cassadine's friend, and Ned's predecessor
* Richard Lowe - Court judge
* Andre Maddox
* Anthony Malone - Officer of the New Jersey State Police
* Shane McAvoy
* Sam McCall - Ric's client and his daughter Molly's sister
* Diane Miller - Ric's friend, his brother Sonny's former lawyer, and his daughter Molly's former babysitter who never became the District Attorney at all, but bores a striking resemblance to Ric now living in Los Angeles
* Keith Miller - Diane's son with an unknown man
* Sally Miller - Diane's daughter with an unknown man
* Jason Morgan - Ric's client
* Dean Murdock
* Jeffrey Nash
* Delores Padilla
* Alan Quartermaine - Jake's biological grandfather (deceased)
* Brook Lynn Quartermaine
* Dillon Quartermaine
* Emily Quartermaine - (deceased)
* Monica Quartermaine - Jake's adoptive grandmother
* Ned Quartermaine - Former Mayor of Port Charles and Janice's successor
* Natalie Rawles - Court judge
* Portia Robinson
* Trina Robinson
* Heather Roth - Court judge
* Horace Sanchez - Court judge
* James Scorpio - Robert and Anna's son, Robin's brother, and Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Mac Scorpio - Current Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robert Scorpio - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, former WSB agent, current District Attorney, and Robin and James' father
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - His brother Sonny's longtime best friend, Ric's client, and James' sister
* Ellen Scully - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Hank Smith
* Jake Spencer - Elizabeth's son with Jason
* Lulu Spencer - Laura's daughter, Cyrus and Martin's nephew, Nikolas' maternal half-sister, Andrew and Liz's cousin, and Esme's stepcousin (hospitalized)
* Henry Sullivan
* David Walters - Court judge
* Aiden Webber - Elizabeth's son
* Cameron Webber - Elizabeth's son
* Elizabeth Webber - Ric's ex-wife
* Mary Wells - Current Head Nurse at General Hospital
* Selina Wu
* Zatanna Zatara

* Diego Alcazar - (deceased)
* Lorenzo Alcazar - (deceased)
* Mark Ambrose - Victor's henchman
* Sherri Anderson
* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh who bores a striking resemblance to the late Nathan West (deceased)
* Peter August - Nelle's male counterpart (deceased)
* Franco Baldwin - Heather's son with Scott, Jerry Jacks' look-alike, and former Art Therapist at General Hospital (deceased)
* Trent Beech - Cyrus' henchman (deceased)
* Nelle Benson - Heather's younger counterpart, daughter of Silas Clay and Nina Reeves, niece of Stephen Clay, legal niece of Nathan West, and former sister-in-law of Ava and Olivia Jerome (deceased)
* David Boyd - Victor's African-American henchman
* John Brennan - Former director of the WSB after Pikeman Security Group arranged a hostile takeover of the WSB after Ellen Garten left for Texas (captured)
* Helena Cassadine - Faison's accomplice, his daughter Molly's step-grandmother, Ric's ex-stepmother-in-law, Stavros and Valentin's mother; Nikolas, Donald, and Charlotte's paternal grandfather, Ava's ex-grandmother-in-law, and Spencer's great-grandmother (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - Helena's son with Mikkos, Nikolas' father, Ava's ex-father-in-law, and Spencer's paternal grandfather (deceased)
* Valentin Cassadine - Helena's son with Victor, Donald and Charlotte's father, and Nikolas' uncle
* Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father, Donald and Charlotte's paternal grandfather, Nikolas' great uncle, Ava's ex-great uncle-in-law, Spencer's great-great uncle, and Avery's ex-step great-great uncle (deceased)
* Ryan Chamberlain - (deceased)
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber
* Landon Dixon - Man would've made Kyle Sloane and Helena Cassadine very happy; leaving Ric and Shawn not surprised (captured)
* Jane Edwards - Victor's henchwoman and Ace's villainous nanny (deceased)
* Cesar Faison - His brother's longtime enemy and was in a war with Sonny's assets (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Faison's son with an unknown woman
* Chris Gentry - (imprisoned)
* Paul Gentry - (imprisoned)
* Hadley - (deceased)
* Jim Harvey - (deceased)
* Mark Hay - Victor's henchman
* Bryce Henderson - (deceased)
* The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are concealed and is revealed to be Heather Webber (captured)
* Paul Hornsby - When Robin was held against her will in a conspiracy with Jerry, Ava, and Johnny; former District Attorney, and Margaux's predecessor (imprisoned)
* Jerry Jacks - Ric's enemy during Metro Court Hotel hostage crisis during Ric's time as District Attorney
* Ava Jerome - Nikolas' ex-wife, Spencer's ex-stepmother, Nelle's former sister-in-law, and Lulu's former sister-in-law
* Julian Jerome - Sam's father, Jason's ex-father-in-law, Nikolas' ex-brother-in-law, Spencer's former uncle by marriage, and Nelle and Dolores' friend (deceased)
* Olivia Jerome - 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
* Elmer Lewis - Victor's henchman
* Harmony Miller - (deceased)
* Damon Montague - (captured)
* Raj Patel - Stavros' younger counterpart (deceased)
* Cassandra Pierce - Cyrus' female counterpart (deceased)
* Carl Pine - Cyrus' African-American henchman (deceased)
* Cyrus Renault - Ric's new enemy from Seattle, Washington who bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison and former Chairman of the Board at General Hospital before changing his appearance to look like Johnny Zacchara 25-30 years later and the late Victor Cassadine
* Tobias Richard - Victor's henchman
* Carlos Rivera - (deceased)
* Winston Rudge - Olivia Jerome's henchman and Valentin Cassadine's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
* Bill Watkins - Victor's henchman
* Eric Watson - Armed robber
* Rupert Watson
* Heather Webber - Faison's former accomplice aka "The Hook" (imprisoned)
* Anthony Zacchara - (deceased)
* Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)