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Article: Edward Mallory Soap Opera A ...
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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Edward Mallory, 76, who portrayed angst-ridden Dr. Bill Horton on
the NBC daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" for 14 years, died April
4. No cause of death was reported.
Mr. Mallory, of Salisbury, Pa., appeared on the soap opera from
1966 to 1980. He played an underdog surgeon who pined for and
eventually married his brother's wife after years of keeping the
secret that he had fathered her son.
In 2002, Mr. Mallory told the Frostburg (Md.) State University
alumni magazine that he loved Shakespeare but jumped at the chance
to work in television and movies, including in the 1962 feature
films "Diamond Head" and "Birdman of Alcatraz." He also directed
several daytime serials and wrote, directed ...