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- Franco is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. James Franco originated the character in November 2009, after seeking out a soap opera role. He continued to portray the character in intermittent guest stints through January 2012. The character of Franco is a multi-media artist and serial killer who becomes fixated on Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), a known hitman. Franco terrorizes Jason, along with his friends and family. Jason supposedly kills Franco in January 2012, after Franco allegedly rapes Jason's wife Sam (Kelly Monaco). The character is mentioned often after his alleged death, and for a time it was believed that he was Jason's twin brother. In May 2013, Roger Howarth assumed the role when the character was revealed to be alive. Franco's return brought about the revelation that his biological parents are Scott Baldwin (Kin Shriner) and Heather Webber (Robin Mattson). In March 2021, the character was written off after being fatally shot by Peter August (Wes Ramsey). James Franco's casting on General Hospital was met by surprise and mixed reviews. Franco also used his time on the series to create a documentary that was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival, and turned a scene filming at MOCA into a live performance piece. The attention Franco garnered boosted publicity for General Hospital and the soap opera genre. (en)
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- Franco Baldwin (en)
- Robert James Frank (en)
- Drew Cain(2019) (en)
- Franco Quartermaine (2013) (en)
- Jason Morgan(2013) (en)
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- (en)
- Drew Cain (en)
- Jason Morgan (en)
- Franco Baldwin (en)
- Franco Quartermaine (en)
- Robert James Frank (en)
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- Roger Howarth as Franco (en)
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- Robert Guza, Jr., James Franco and John Carter (en)
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- (en)
- Alice Grant (en)
- David Bordisso (en)
- Lee Baldwin (en)
- Meg Bentley (en)
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- (en)
- Logan Hayes (en)
- Steven Webber (en)
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- Christina Baldwin (en)
- Karen Wexler (en)
- Serena Baldwin (en)
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- Roger Howarth as Franco Baldwin.png (en)
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- (en)
- Frank Valentini (en)
- Jill Farren Phelps (en)
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- Art therapist (en)
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- Scott Baldwin (en)
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- James Franco (en)
- Roger Howarth (en)
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- “Franco is an artist who works with death. He works in a lot of different ways. He does graffiti, performances, photographs. He creates installations based on murder scenes featuring murders he possibly was involved with. He's interested in pushing the boundaries of art – both aesthetically and ethically – and he will go way too far." (en)
- “James Franco's guest stint – or metaphysical investigation into the hall-of-mirrors recursion of celebrity, take your pick – on General Hospital was one of the few times in recent history that daytime television broke out into mainstream discussion, and it's hard to argue that the spotlight wasn't a boo[n] for the genre." (en)
- “I disrupted the audience's suspension of disbelief, because no matter how far I got into the character, I was going to be perceived as something that doesn't belong to the incredibly stylized world of soap operas. Everyone watching would see an actor they recognized, a real person in a made-up world." (en)
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- Susan Moore (en)
- Drew Cain (en)
- Jake Webber (en)
- Jason Morgan (en)
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- —Franco in 2010, on his character (en)
- —Franco, in 2009 (en)
- —Keith Staskiewicz of Entertainment Weekly (en)
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- General Hospital: Night Shift (en)
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- (en)
- Cameron Spencer (en)
- Aiden Spencer (en)
- Jake Spencer (en)
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- Franco is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. James Franco originated the character in November 2009, after seeking out a soap opera role. He continued to portray the character in intermittent guest stints through January 2012. The character of Franco is a multi-media artist and serial killer who becomes fixated on Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), a known hitman. Franco terrorizes Jason, along with his friends and family. Jason supposedly kills Franco in January 2012, after Franco allegedly rapes Jason's wife Sam (Kelly Monaco). The character is mentioned often after his alleged death, and for a time it was believed that he was Jason's twin brother. In May 2013, Roger Howarth assumed the role when the character was revealed to be alive. Franc (en)
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- Franco (General Hospital) (en)
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