Spoiler : Born in Lincoln, Nebraska 3/21/1923; died 2/23/1998 of cancer in Los Angeles, California. Father of television director David Abbott Alexander. Abbott was educated at the Pasadena Junior College and served as a bomber pilot during WWII. Broadway debut in Harvest Of Years. Screen debut in The Bachelor Party (1957). John Collier on The House on High Street for NBC-TV (1959-60). Doctor Dan Walton on the NBC-TV soap, Search For Tomorrow (1961-1963). Arthur Ward on The F.B.I. for ABC-TV (1965-1974). John Franklin in the ABC-TV miniseries, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976). Doctor Alex Baker on the ABC-TV soap, General Hospital (?-1987-?).