List of The Bold and the Beautiful cast members
"The Bold and the Beautiful" is an American television soap opera, created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It first aired on March 23, 1987. Currently, John McCook (Eric Forrester) and Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) are the two longest-running cast members, having appeared on the show when it first aired. The following list is of cast members who are currently on the show: the main cast and recurring, or who are upcoming, returning or departing from the series.
Brad Carlton
Don Diamont portrayed the role of Brad for the character's entire run on the series. He first appeared on April 7, 1985, as the new Abbott family gardener. In 1993, the role was temporarily recast to Russell Todd. The character also briefly crossed over to "The Bold and the Beautiful" that same year. He departed in 1996, and returned after two years on July 28, 1998. Ten years later in December 2008, news broke that Diamont had been let go from "The Young and the Restless". Fellow cast member Eric Braeden, who portrays Victor Newman, spoke out on Diamont's firing, saying:
Diamont shot his final scenes for the series in January 2009, and his final airdate was on February 5 when he drowned after falling in a frozen lake. Shortly after, it was announced that Diamont had been hired on "The Bold and the Beautiful". He was to portray Bill Spencer Jr., created specifically for him by head writer Bradley Bell. "It's funny how one door closes and another opens," Diamont said. "I had a lot of emotion tied to "Y&R". My entire adult life had been there, including so many relationships. Little did I know that such a great character and work situation was literally around the corner." Diamont briefly reprised the role eight months after the character's death as a hallucination by his daughter, Colleen.