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walt children '' . willey as jackson montgomery on '' all my -lsb- http://www.waltwilleyworld.com walt willey official website -rsb- 1983 -- present ottawa , illinois , u.s. 26 january 1951 walt willey
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walt willey

walt willey -lrb- born january 26 , 1951 -rrb- is an american actor .
he is best known for playing jackson montgomery on the soap opera `` all my children '' from 1987 to 2011 .
willey was born in ottawa , illinois and was a member of the class of 1974 at ottawa township high school .
he attended southern illinois university , where he majored in sculpture .
while in college , he played baseball against drake hogestyn , another future soap opera actor .
in 1981 , he left illinois for new york city .
his first soap opera role was that of joe novak on `` ryan 's hope '' .
after numerous off-broadway productions , including `` dust off '' with dan lauria , and stints on `` another world '' and `` ryan 's hope '' , willey joined the cast of `` all my children '' .
willey branched out into stand-up comedy in 1989 , entertaining across the country .
he headlined at famous comedy clubs such as caroline 's in manhattan and the comedy store in california .
he was a `` people 's choice award '' nominee in 1992 , and was named `` all my childrens ` most valuable player ' by soap opera update 's reader 's poll .
he was again awarded this honor in 1993 .
willey regularly hosts charity fundraisers , and developed the ` willey world endowment fund ' , benefiting children 's charities .
when not working , walt resides in santa fe , new mexico , with his son , chance , and daughter , merit .
when susan lucci hosted `` saturday night live , '' phil hartman parodied willey as jack montgomery .
in 2009 , willey starred in a live theater performance of `` the odd couple '' with fellow `` all my children '' star jill larson at ottawa township high school in ottawa , illinois .
he played felix unger in three performances on july 24 -- 26 .
walt will play oscar in the upcoming production of the same show at surflight theatre in beach haven nj -lrb- october 21 to nov 1 -rrb- .
he continued to produce community theatre in ottawa , presenting `` arsenic and old lace '' , `` plaza suite '' , `` harvey '' , `` deathtrap '' , and `` auntie mame '' .
in july 2013 , willey joins a brand new soap `` tainted dreams '' as gregory ashford an easy-going , talented leading man who plays jason vanderbilt on painted dreams .
he has his hands full with his `` on camera '' wife who also happens to be his `` real life '' wife .
in october 2013 , stage and screen actor walt willey joined the cast of indie soap award-winning web series `` thurston '' .
the longtime all my children fan favorite will play edmund snead , father of the outlaw snead boys and husband to colleen zenk 's `` madam '' character , agnes .
willey has already shot several scenes as edmund .
