Anthony Geary Biography

Anthony Geary is an American actor who is known for playing the role of Luke Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital.

Geary began playing the role of Luke in 1978. He received a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement.

He also had a prominent supporting role in the “Weird Al” Yankovic comedy UHF in 1989. His other notable films include; Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Disorderlies (1987), Scorchers (1991), Teacher’s Pet (2004) and Fish Tank (2009).

Anthony Geary Age and Birthday

Anthony was born on May 28, 1947. He celebrates his birthday on May 28 every year.

Anthony Geary Family, Parents and Siblings

Anthony is the son of Dana Anderson (mother) and Russell Dean Geary (father). Anthony’s father was a building contractor and owner of a construction company while his mother was a homemaker and assisted his father in the business as the bookkeeper.

His father was also a former mayor of Coalville, Utah and both his parents were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anthony has two sisters; Jana Geary Steele and DeAnn Geary Bond.

Anthony Geary Wife Elizabeth Taylor

Anthony has managed to keep many aspects of his personal life private. It is not known if he is married or not. He, however, has been romantically linked to women like Syren and Elizabeth Taylor.

Anthony Geary Gay

Anthony has been involved with gay rights for a long time now. He supports gay rights and he believes all individuals should be provided with the rights they deserve. Rumors had started doing rounds that Anthony is gay but that the rumors were brought off after he admitted to having a relationship with Elizbeth Taylor.

Anthony Geary Career

When Geary was 21 years old, he performed on the Las Vegas stage as a chorus boy with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. He scared his chin while performing there.

He made his first appearance on television in an episode of Room 222. Later on, Geary appeared in All in the Family, The Mod Squad, Mannix, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Streets of San Francisco and Barnaby Jones. From 1971 to 1972 he appeared in his first-day time role in NBC soap opera Bright Promise.

Geary also played the character of George Curtis, a rapist, in The Young and the Restless. Later in 1978, he was hired for a 13-week story arc to play Luke Spencer in ABC soap General Hospital.

Anthony Geary On General Hospital

In General Hospital, Anthony played as Luke Spencer. Luke is the middle child of the late, Tim Spencer and his late wife, Lena Spencer.

He was born and raised in Port Charles, New York to a low-income family near the docks. He was street smart and would constantly defend his sister Bobbie when they were growing up.

Luke’s father was an alcoholic and he regularly physically abused both Luke and Bobbie as well as their mother Lena. After the death of their mother, Lena, their father walked out on them. Anthony got the role of Luke in 1978 and later left the show in 1984.

In 1991, he returned to General Hospital as Luke’s cousin and look-alike Bill Eckert, due to the actor’s desire to play something other than Luke.

However, due to poor feedback from the viewing public, the character was killed off and Anthony resumed the role of Luke in 1993.

On Friday, May 8, 2015, he publicly announced that he would be leaving his role on General Hospital. He finished taping his last scenes on the General Hospital set on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. His last air date was July 27, 2015.

On May 4, 2017, he made a non-speaking cameo appearance to facilitate the retirement of co-star and former on-screen wife Jane Elliot.

Anthony Geary Net Worth

Geary has a net worth of $9 million. Through proceeds from his work as an actor, he has been able to accumulate a modest fortune. Geary is estimated to have a net worth of about $9 million as of 2020.

Anthony Geary Movies And TV Shows

• • Do You Know the Muffin Man? – Stephen Pugliotti
• • High Desert Kill – Dr. Jim Cole
• • Crack House – Dockett
• • You Can’t Hurry Love – Tony

• • Pass the Ammo – Stonewall
• • It Takes Two – Wheel
• • Dangerous Love – Mickey
• • P.I. Private Investigations – Larry

• • Disorderlies – Winslow Lowry
• • Penitentiary III – Serenghetti
• • Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam – Steve Reynolds
• • You Are The Jury – Sam Billings
• • Kicks – Martin Cheevers
• • Hotel – Eli Gilmour / Phil Tanner|

• • Sins of the Past – Lt. Malovich
• • The Impostor – Cade
• • Antony and Cleopatra – Octavius Caesa
• • Intimate Agony – Dr. Kyle Richards
• • General Hospital – Luke Spencer

• • Alice and the Monster – George
• • Fish Tank – Van Man
• • General Hospital: Night Shift – Luke Spencer
• • Carpool Guy – Carpool Guy
• • Teacher’s Pet – John / Juan
• • Port Charles – Luke Spencer
• • Burke’s Law – Clayton Cole

• • Roseanne – Luke Spencer
• • Whistlestop Girl – Andy
• • General Hospital – Bill Eckert (Also played by Geary in a Dual Role)
• • Night of the Warrior – Lynch
• • Scorchers – Preacher
• • Sunset Beat – Uncredited Role
• • Sunset Beat – Uncredited Role
• • Murder, She Wrote – Eric Grant / KGB Lt. Fyodor Alexandrov
• • UHF – Philo
• • Night Life – John Devlin