Anthony Herrera (born January 19, 1944, Wiggins, Mississippi) is an American actor.
Among roles in various movies, he is most known for his role as James Stenbeck on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he has played off and on from 1980 to 1984, from 1986 to 1989, in 1996, from 1997 to 1999, in 2001 and 2002-2005. After a three year absence from the show, Herrera reprised the role of James in August, 2008.
However, on September 28, 2008 Herrera left once again when James Stenbeck fell to what appears (as of 2009) to be his final and real death. However, on May 22nd of 2009 it was reporterd that Herrera will return to ATWT in August. Herrera returned to the role of Stenbeck on August 6, 2009 and is currently a contract player. Herrera also played Mark Galloway in 1974 and 1975 on the same show. From the fall of 1975 to 1977, he played Jack Curtis, a college professor who cheated on his wife, driving her to obesity, on The Young and the Restless, and played Dane Hammond on Loving from 1984-1986 and again in 1990-1991.
Cancer
Herrera was declared in remission in 1999 from mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive and normally lethal type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He relapsed a year later, but has steadily improved without treatment through his new immune system thanks to a transplant from his brother. Anthony Herrera wrote a book in 2005 about his experiences, The Cancer War.
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