Jim Storm (actor)

James Storm (born August 12, 1943) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Gerard Stiles on the 1960s horror soap opera Dark Shadows.[1]

Jim Storm
Born
James Storm

(1943-08-12) August 12, 1943
Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActor
SpouseValerie Pronio-Storm
RelativesMichael Storm (brother)
John Steppling (cousin)

Career

Storm's first television appearance was as the second Dr. Larry Wolek on One Life to Live for which replaced actor, Paul Tulley,[2] a role Storm played from 1968 to 1969. His brother, Michael, followed him in the role.[3] He next portrayed Gerard Stiles on Dark Shadows from 1970 to 1971, appearing in 79 episodes.[4] He played a different character with the same name in the 1971 spinoff film Night of Dark Shadows.

Storm's next soap role was on The Secret Storm starting in 1971, and then he moved on to The Doctors (1979), Texas (1980–1981), The Young and the Restless as Neil Fenmore (1983–1986), Capitol (1986), The Bold and the Beautiful as Bill Spencer (1987–1994) and Sunset Beach (1997–1998), with some returns to B&B in the 2000s.[1]

In 2010, it was announced that he would be appearing in the audio mini-series Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead.

Personal life

Storm is the brother of Michael Storm and the elder cousin of playwright John Steppling. He is married to Valerie Pronio-Storm.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1971 Night of Dark Shadows Gerard Styles
1977 Blue Sunshine Tommy
1983 Without a Trace Reporter
2001 Firetrap Jack Calloway
2001 Venomous Sheriff Jack Crowley
2007 Dark Mirror Frank
2008 Chain Link Duncan
2009 Sex Drugs Guns Scott Farber
2011 Dispatch Charlie
2013 Blood of Redemption Senator Roswald
2013 Spanners Herodotus
2014 Falcon Song Jabez
2015 Benjamin Troubles Mason Ramsay
2016 The Veil Gatekeeper
2016 The American Gandhi Brad
2017 The Monster Project Richard
2018 4/20 Massacre Rick
2022 Vice & Virtue Virtue
TBA Demon Lake Sheriff Bo

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1970–1971 Dark Shadows Gerard Styles 81 episodes
1973 The Invasion of Carol Enders Man who attacks Carol Television film
1974 Kung Fu Joe Billy Episode: "Empty Pages of a Dead Book"
1974 Scream of the Wolf Boy Television film
1974 Murder in the First Person Singular Savage Hawk
1974 Planet of the Apes Romar Episode: "Tomorrow's Tide"
1975 Trilogy of Terror Eddie Nells Television film
1975 The Kansas City Massacre Larry De Vol
1976 Barnaby Jones Resident Episode: "The Fatal Dive"
1976 Police Woman Minister Episode: "The Lifeline Agency"
1977 The Rockford Files Officer Episode: "Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You"
1977 Dog and Cat Change Maker Episode: "Pilot"
1977 The Amazing Spider-Man Group Member Episode: "Spider-Man"
1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor Attendant Television film
1979–1980 The Doctors Dr. Michael Powers 143 episodes
1980 Farewell to the Planet of the Apes Romar Television film
1981 Texas Jack Brent 3 episodes
1983 Hardcastle and McCormick Patrick Sheldon Episode: "Hotshoes"
1983 Automan Driver Episode: "Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever"
1983–1984 The Young and the Restless Neil Fenmore 3 episodes
1983, 1986 St. Elsewhere Dr. Oliver George 2 episodes
1986 Blacke's Magic David Barr Episode: "Breathing Room (Pilot)"
1987 Hotel Dan Kates Episode: "Unfinished Business"
1987–2009 The Bold and the Beautiful Bill Spencer 460 episodes
1997–1998 Sunset Beach Charles Lakin 13 episodes
2006 Freddie Frank Episode: "The Search for Grandpa Four"
2007 Bone Eater Dick Krantz Television film
2009 When Actors Need Money Jim Storm
2012 ATSN: Stop the Threat Lawyer / Office Worker Episode: "The Office
2014 Fatal Acquittal Tony Television film
2021 A Dark Shadows Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit

References
  1. Hamrick, Craig; Jamison, R.J. (2012). "James Storm". Barnabas & Company: The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1475910346.
  2. LaGuardia, Robert (1977). From Ma Perkins to Mary Hartman: The Illustrated History of Soap Operas. Ballantine Books. p. 307. ISBN 9780345255624 – via Google Books.
  3. Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 159. ISBN 0-345-35344-7.
  4. Pierson, Jim; Scott, Kathryn Leigh, eds. (2000). The Dark Shadows Almanac: Millennium Edition. Pomegranate Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0938817185.
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