| Adam Chandler, Sr. | |||||||||||||||
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| David Canary as Adam Chandler in the All My Children opening sequence. | |||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | David Canary | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | December 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Agnes Nixon | ||||||||||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Founder, owner, Chairman, CEO of Chandler Enterprises Owner of IncredibleDreams.com Former owner and operator of "Adam's Place", a bar formerly known as The Pit Former owner of WRCW Former owner of a fertility clinic Former owner of Tempo Magazine Former producer of the movie "Raising Kane" |
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| Title | CEO | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Chandler Mansion 300 River Road Pine Valley, Pennsylvania |
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Adam Chandler, Sr. is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children, portrayed by David Canary since 1983. The series details other characters considering him to be one of the most devious individuals within town. His business dealings have been witnessed to get him in severe trouble. He was given a close relationship with his family and especially to his identical twin brother Stuart by the series. He is a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family.
Adam has been one of Pine Valley's most frequently married characters. His home was scripted at Chandler Mansion (300 River Road), and since September 21, 2005 to late 2007, he had been married to Krystal Carey. He was given a long-standing feud with Palmer Cortlandt; although the feud quieted down when Palmer's appearances within the show significantly decreased. He paid schemer Ava Benton to break up the romance of his own daughter (Colby) and her boyfriend (Sean Montgomery), and after she found out about her father paying Ava, she moved out of his house. On August 9, 2007, he posed as Stuart to be close to Krystal, and held her baby daughter, Jenny Carey, for the first time. His son, JR, cut off ties with him on December 27, 2007 when he found out that Adam had evidence that could dismiss the charges brought against him for the supposed murder of Zach Slater, but did nothing to present such vital information. They later made up in early 2008.
Four of Adam's five children have survived into adulthood: Antoinette "Skye" Chandler-Quartermaine, Hayley Vaughan Santos, JR Chandler and Colby Chandler. Through them he has three grandchildren, Skye's daughter Lila Rae Alcazar, Hayley's son Lorenzo "Enzo" Santos and JR's son Adam "Little Adam" Chandler III. Skye, Hayley and JR have been battling alcoholism; Colby briefly followed the same path.
Recognized beyond fiction, Adam has been cited by scholars as one of the "most powerful male figures in television",[1][2] as well as one of its most complex villains, said to "combine ruthlessness in business and love with wit and sometimes true tenderness".[3] In May 2009, the character was presumed dead after being shot, but it was revealed that he survived and his twin brother Stuart was the victim.
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Crimes and misdeeds committed
| Crime/Misdeed | Detail |
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| Imprisonment | Had Stuart Chandler locked up in the West Wing of the Chandler Mansion for years. |
| Gaslighting | Tried to drive his wife Dixie Cooney crazy, in order to get custody of their son. |
| Attempted murder | Hired a thug to shoot Palmer Cortlandt. |
| Spying | Paid Natalie Marlowe to spy on Palmer. |
| Faked his death | Wanted to test then-wife Erica Kane. |
| Theft | Stole Natalie's money after forcing her to sign papers without her being aware of the consequences. |
| Blackmail | Blackmailed Erica into marrying him again. |
| Illegal divorce/fraud | Illegally divorced Erica (had Stuart stand in for him). |
| Kidnapping | Kidnapped Erica and took her to Canada. |
| Faked paternity | Rigged a pregnancy test to show that Jeremy was the father of Natalie's baby. |
| Green card deception | Told a woman named An-Li that she had to marry Brian Bodine in order to get her green card, just to keep Brian away from daughter Hayley Vaughan. |
| Staged his own kidnapping | To test Gloria Marsh's loyalty. |
| Imprisonment | Locked a pregnant Gloria in an abandoned building because he didn't believe her pregnancy was in danger. |
| DNA tampering | Swapped Jake Martin's sperm specimen with his own so that Liza would have his child. |
| Bribery | Bribed a judge to grant custody of Max to Mateo Santos rather than Raquel. |
| DNA tampering | Switched Colby Chandler's stem cells with those of another infant so that his genetic link to Colby would not be revealed. |
| Career snatching | Plotted to buy a controlling percentage in WRCW so that he could ruin Tad's career. |
| Blackmail | Leo du Pres into having Paolo Caseli seduce Marian (to break up Marian and Stuart's marriage). |
| Vandalism | Sabotaged the Colmar Tower and caused its destruction. |
| Crime scene tampering | Tossed Arlene Vaughan's lifeless body overboard the Fidelity after believing that Hayley had killed her. |
| Forgery | Arlene's name on divorce papers. |
| Bribery | Jailed for bribing a police officer; plea bargain arranged for community service (March 2001). |
| Lied to the law | The police; he claimed he was driving a car that crashed instead of J.R. (May 17, 2001). |
| Assault | Clobbered David Hayward (June 12, 2001). |
| Bribery/Judicial Tampering; | Had sex with Judge Kaye Campobello so that David Hayward would be found not guilty (July 2001). |
| Adultery | Had sex with Judge Kaye Campobello while married to Liza (July 2001). |
| Cited for contempt | August 8, 2001. |
| Assault | Clobbered David Hayward (March 28, 2002) |
| Gaslighting | Liza Colby (Making her believe she was crazy/ill) (June 12, 2002). |
| Blackmail | Trey Kenyon (July 2002) |
| Breaking and entering | Into a doctor's office at Pine Valley Hospital (December 24, 2003). |
| Murder suspect | Arrested for the possible murder of Michael Cambias (February 6, 2004). |
| Framing/Blackmail | Had a videotape altered to make it appear as though Babe Carey had threatened to kill J.R., his son. He used the tape to blackmail Babe (October 2004). |
| Death threat | Held a gun to Dixie and tried to force her to leave Pine Valley forever (2006). |
| Arson | Burned down Tad Martin's house (2007). |
| Freed a mental patient | Broke Janet Dillon out of the mental hospital to plan Jenny Carey's kidnapping (2007). |
| Kidnapping | Abducted Krystal Carey's newborn daughter Jenny to give her up for adoption (2007). |
| Obstructed search for missing child | Concealed the fact that Kathy Mershon is actually Kate Martin, the missing daughter of Tad and Dixie (2007–2008). |
| Obstruction of justice | Destroyed his daughter Colby's automobile after learning that she was a passenger in the car when her friend Dre Woods accidentally ran over Richie Novak (2008). |
| Accidental shooting | Shot and killed his identical twin brother Stuart Chandler while under forced influence of drugs, and thought he was shooting himself (2009). |
Maladies and hospitalizations
| Medical detail | |
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| Suffers from high blood pressure. | |
| Suffered a stroke (1989). | |
| Poisoned by Gloria Marsh (1994). | |
| Experienced light-headedness and unexplained headaches; Possible transient ischemic attack (April 2005). | |
| Suffered a heart attack (April 2007) | |
| Suffered a series of panic attacks originally thought to be a heart attack (April 2008). | |
| Was poisoned by David Hayward (March-May 2009) | |
| Suffered a heart attack when he realized that Stuart could have been murdered in his place (May 2009) |
References
- ^ Henry Jenkins, Tara McPherson, Jane Shattuc (2002). Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture. Duke University Press. p. 792 pages (specific page). ISBN 0822327376.
- ^ David Mansour (2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 0740751182.
- ^ Dorothy Catherine (1999). Other Worlds: Society Seen Through Soap Opera. Broadview Press. p. 171 pages (specific page). ISBN 1551111039.
Further reading
- Jennifer Hayward (1997). Consuming Pleasures: Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to .... University Press of Kentucky. p. 232. ISBN 081312025X.
- Christopher Schemering (1985). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345324595.
External links
- Adam Chandler's Character Bio from ABC.com
- Adam Chandler from soapcentral.com
- Adam Chandler at All My Children Blog
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