The return of Laurence Lau...

Thanks to reader Terry Cromwell, I now have the identity of the actor who has just joined "As the World Turns" as the potential love interest of Luke's grandmother Lucinda. He, of course, is the very handsome - and ageless - Laurence Lau who I never, ever forgot as Greg from "All My Children" so many years ago.

Here is what Terry wrote about him: Yep, that's Laurence Lau, who played Greg to Kim Delaney's Jenny - one of All My Children's most popular couple ever. He returned to the show earlier this year for a handful of episodes sans Delaney who's character is dead. Delaney moved on to prime-time television; He moved on to play Jaime Frame on the now-defunct Another World, opposite Anne Heche, who too went on to prime time glory (and temporary/occasional insanity).
He then moved on to One Life To Live, replacing Kale Brown (who played his father in law on Another World) in the role of Sam Rapapport. But don't be fooled by his youthful good looks, Lau, who looks a radiant mid-forties is actually ten years older. So while I find the matching of he and Lucinda a little jarring, the age distance between he and Hubbard (who portrays Lucinda on ATWT) is smaller than it might appear. Now Lau hasn't just done daytime television. Before his stint on AMC, he appeared on such shows as Eight Is Enough and The Waltons, and later on such shows as Jag, Martial Law and Law and Order. Lets hope Lau will stick around Oakdale for a while.
Here is a video tribute of Laurence's "All My Children" days:

This one is a hoot: it's with Anne Heche...

And finally, here is a video of some of his prime-tine performances: