| Adam Chandler | |||||||||||
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 David Canary as Adam Chandler |
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| All My Children | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | David Canary (1983-present) | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 1983 | ||||||||||
| Created by | Agnes Nixon | ||||||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Founder, former co-owner, and former co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises Founder, former co-owner, and co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises Owner of IncredibleDreams.com Former owner and operator of "Adam's Place", a bar formerly known as The Pit Former owner of WRCW Former owner of a fertility clinic Former owner of Tempo Magazine Former producer of the movie "Raising Kane" |
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| Residence | Chandler Mansion 300 River Road Pine Valley, Pennsylvania |
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Adam Chandler is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children, portrayed by David Canary, from 1983 to present. Adam is one of the richest men in the community of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. He can be considered one of the most devious individuals on the show. His business dealings can and have gotten him into a lot of trouble. He has a close relationship with his family. He is especially close to his identical twin brother, Stuart; however, Stuart's tendency to act the part of Adam's conscience can be wearing. Adam is one of Pine Valley's most frequently married characters. He resides at Chandler Mansion (300 River Road) and since September 21 2005 to late 2007, had been married to Krystal Carey. He has had a long-standing feud with Palmer Cortlandt; although that front has somewhat quieted down, since Palmer is not seen very often. Adam paid schemer Ava Benton to break up the romance of his daughter (Colby) and her boyfriend (Sean Montgomery), and after she found out about her father paying Ava, she moved out of his house. On August 9 2007, he posed as Stuart to be close to Krystal, and held her baby daughter, Jenny Carey, for the first time. His son, J.R., cut off ties with him on December 27 2007 when he found out that Adam had evidence that could dismiss the charges brought against him for the supposed murder of Zach Slater, but did nothing to present such vital information. Recognized beyond fiction, Adam has been cited by scholars as one of the "most powerful male figures in television",[1][2] as well as one of its most complex villains, said to "combine ruthlessness in business and love with wit and sometimes true tenderness."[3]
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Brief character detail
Crimes and misdeeds committed
| Crime/Misdeed | Detail |
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| Imprisonment | Had Stuart Chandler locked up in the West Wing of the Chandler Mansion for years. |
| Gaslighting | Tried to drive his wife Dixie crazy, in order to get custody of their son. |
| Attempted murder | Hired a thug to shoot Palmer Cortlandt. |
| Spying | Paid Natalie Marlowe to spy on Palmer . |
| Faked his death | Wanted to test then-wife Erica Kane. |
| Theft | Stole Natalie's money after forcing her to sign papers without her being aware of the consequences. |
| Blackmail | Blackmailed Erica into marrying him again. |
| Illegal divorce/fraud | Illegally divorced Erica (had Stuart stand in for him). |
| Kidnapping | Kidnapped Erica and took her to Canada. |
| Faked paternity | Rigged a pregnancy test to show that Jeremy was the father of Natalie's baby. |
| Green card deception | Told a woman named An-Li that she had to marry Brian Bodine in order to get her green card, just to keep Brian away from Hayley Vaughan. |
| Staged his own kidnapping | To test Gloria's loyalty. |
| Imprisonment | Locked a pregnant Gloria Marsh in an abandoned building because he didn't believe her pregnancy was in danger. |
| DNA tampering | Swapped Jake Martin's sperm specimen with his own so that Liza would have his child. |
| Bribery | Bribed a judge to grant custody of Max to Mateo Santos rather than Raquel. |
| DNA tampering | Switched Colby Chandler's stem cells with those of another infant so that his genetic link to Colby would not be revealed. |
| Career snatching | Plotted to buy a controlling percentage in WRCW so that he could ruin Tad's career. |
| Blackmail | Leo du Pres into having Paolo Caseli seduce Marian (to break up Marian and Stuart's marriage). |
| Vandalism | Sabotaged the Colmar Tower and caused its destruction. |
| Crime scene tampering | Tossed Arlene Vaughan's lifeless body overboard the Fidelity after believing that Hayley had killed her. |
| Forgery | Arlene's name on divorce papers. |
| Bribery | Jailed for bribing a police officer; plea bargain arranged for community service (March 2001). |
| Lied to the law | The police; he claimed he was driving a car that crashed instead of J.R. (May 17 2001). |
| Assault | Clobbered David Hayward (June 12 2001). |
| Bribery/Judicial Tampering; | Had sex with Judge Kaye Campobello so that David Hayward would be found not guilty (July 2001). |
| Adultery | Had sex with Judge Kaye Campobello while married to Liza (July 2001). |
| Cited for contempt | August 8 2001. |
| Assault | Clobbered David Hayward (March 28 2002) |
| Gaslighting | Liza Colby (Making her believe she was crazy/ill) (June 12 2002). |
| Blackmail | Trey Kenyon (July 2002) |
| Breaking and entering | Into a doctor's office at Pine Valley Hospital (December 24 2003). |
| Murder suspect | Arrested for the possible murder of Michael Cambias (February 6 2004). |
| Framing/Blackmail | Had a videotape altered to make it appear as though Babe Carey had threatened to kill J.R., his son. He used the tape to blackmail Babe (October 2004). |
| Death threat | Held a gun to Dixie and tried to force her to leave Pine Valley forever (2006). |
| Arson | Burned down Tad Martin's house (2007). |
| Freed a mental patient | Broke Janet Dillon out of the mental hospital to plan Jenny's kidnapping (2007). |
| Kidnapping | Krystal Carey's newborn daughter to give her up for adoption (Jenny, with the help of Janet, 2007). |
Maladies and hospitalizations
| Medical detail |
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| Suffers from high blood pressure. |
| Suffered a stroke (1989). |
| Poisoned by Gloria Marsh (1994). |
| Experienced light-headedness and unexplained headaches; Possible transient ischemic attack (April 2005). |
| Suffered a heart attack (April 2007). |
References
- ^ Henry Jenkins, Tara McPherson, Jane Shattuc (2002). Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture. Duke University Press, 792 pages (specific page). ISBN 0822327376.
- ^ David Mansour (2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 560. ISBN 0740751182.
- ^ Dorothy Catherine (1999). Other Worlds: Society Seen Through Soap Opera. Broadview Press, 171 pages (specific page). ISBN 1551111039.
Further reading
- Jennifer Hayward (1997). Consuming Pleasures: Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to .... University Press of Kentucky, 232. ISBN 081312025X.
- Christopher Schemering (1985). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345324595.
External links
- Adam Chandler's Character Bio from ABC.com
- Adam Chandler from soapcentral.com
- Adam Chandler at All My Children Blog
| All My Children | ||
| Characters (Current contract cast only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ava Benton | Angie Baxter | Babe Carey | Krystal Carey | Adam Chandler | Colby Chandler | J.R. Chandler | Stuart Chandler | Palmer Cortlandt | Aidan Devane | Amanda Dillon | Myrtle Fargate | Kendall Hart Slater | Del Henry | Jesse Hubbard | Erica Kane | Annie Lavery | Jonathan Lavery | Ryan Lavery | Dre Lerman | Josh Madden | Dr. Joe Martin | Tad Martin | Jackson Montgomery | Lily Montgomery | Sean Montgomery | Hannah Nichols | Richie Novak | Julia Santos | Zach Slater | Greenlee Smythe | ||
| Important crew | ||
| Created by: Agnes Nixon | Headwriters: James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten | Executive producer: Julie Hanan Carruthers | ||
| Related topics | ||
| Pine Valley, Pennsylvania | List of cast members of All My Children | List of All My Children characters | ||
