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All My Children CAST - Tad Martin
Full detailed profile on Tad Martin Played by Michael E. Knight on All My Children Daytime Soap Opera.
Michael E. Knight
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Tad Martin
Actor: Michael E. Knight Who played Tad Martin over the yearsMatthew Anton (1973 - 1977) Useful information on Tad Martin* Marital Status - Single/Divorced. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Past: Partner in Martin and Devane Private Investigators
Past: Private investigator (License revoked Mar 2005)
Past: Co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises (Fired April 22, 2003)
Past: Producer and Host of Nothing But the Truth
Past: Producer and Host of The Cutting Edge
Past: Head of Orsini Vineyards
Past: Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
TAD MARTIN'S HISTORY
Tad was born to Opal and Ray Gardner, and until he was ten and his father pushed him out of a car near Pine Valley and deserted him, he was under the influence of an abusive dad. Ruth and Joe Martin became Tad's legal guardians while they searched for relatives. Ray reappeared, offering to sell Tad to the Martins for $15,000, when they refused, he raped Ruth. Charges were pressed and Ray went to jail. The Martins legally adopted Tad.
Tad went from a troubled teen to a con artist, and managed to have simultaneous affairs with Liza Colby and her mother, Marian. While involved with the two women, he was paid by Edna Thornton to date her daughter, Dottie, who became pregnant, but miscarried. The woman who Tad really wanted, Hilary Wilson, marred his best friend. Ted left town around that time.
He returned and had a brief affair with Barbara Montgomery, but met and fell for Dixie Cooney, when he rescued her from the mental institution to which Adam Chandler had had her committed. Dixie, her son JR (by Adam) and Tad became a happy family. Alas, Dixie's Uncle Palmer and Tad's biological mother, Opal were set on breaking the two apart. Palmer paid a woman to lie and say she slept with Tad, sending Dixie packing. When she learned that Tad had fallen in the consoling arms of his old friend, Brooke English, Dixie divorced him.
Tad and Dixie found their way back together, but crazy, Billy Clyde Tuggle, kidnapped her. Tad rescued her, but on the day of their wedding, Billy Clyde and Tad fought, and both fell from a bridge into the roiling river below. Billy Clyde's body was found, but not Tad's. Dixie was devastated because she lost the love of her life, and Brooke because she was pregnant with Tad's child. She later gave birth to James Martin (AKA Jamie).
Tad returned not knowing his real identify, but believing he was a Napa Valley Wine grower named, Ted Orsini. Brooke helped him regain his memory, and although he still was very much in love with Dixie, he married Brooke to be a father to Jamie. Without the love needed to sustain their union, the two eventually divorced, setting Tad free to marry Dixie.
A tornado raged through town almost killing Tad, but it wasn't nearly as devastating as old flame Liza Colby, when she blew back into Pine Valley. Tad and Dixie had hit a rough patch, and he slept with Liza. Dixie found out, took JR and moved back to Pigeon Hollow. Tad reverted to his old self, lusting after nurse, Gloria Marsh, while fighting his attraction to Liza. Unfortunately, Adam married Liza and Dimitri Marick wed Gloria, and Tad was left alone.
He was reeling from the loss of a new love interest, Camille, when Dixie returned to town. Based on their previous failed attempts at love, they skirted one another, avoiding entanglement. When they finally admitted their feelings and kissed, they set up a romantic rendezvous in New York, planning to meet on the roof of a building and start over one last time. Dixie's kidneys failed and she failed to show. Tad left with the mistaken belief that she had gotten cold feet and changed her mind. In actuality, she had been hospitalized and developed a heart condition, and chose to remain silent about her condition.
Tad fell apart and resumed his 'caddish' ways, but no one compared to his Dixie. He coerced her to go to New York, where he declared his love yet again, and proposed. Dixie accepted, and in the spring, she learned she was pregnant. Despite her medical condition and her doctor urging her to terminate the pregnancy, Dixie planned to carry the child to term. Tad didn't like the idea, but reluctantly agreed, but she eventually miscarried.
Dixie began working for David Hayward, who developed feelings for her. Tad asked her to quit her job, but she refused. Wanting Dixie for himself, David drugged Tad with something that made his libido run wild, and he helplessly ended up in bed with someone else. Dixie migrated toward David, but later learned of his underhanded scheme and went back to her husband. Tad's need to reciprocate against David went wrong and destroyed Dixie's trust. She flew to the Caribbean with plans of getting a divorce, but fell victim to her genetic heart disease. David Hayward was called upon, and using a genetic drug, he saved her life. Tad and Dixie returned to Pine Valley.
Dixie was pregnant, but kept it secret from Tad, knowing he would insist she terminate it to save her life. She made up a phony excuse to go to Switzerland, and after her third trimester, she sent Tad a letter explaining her prolonged stay. Tad looked forward to reuniting with his wife, but as he prepared to depart he learned that Dixie's car had gone off a cliff, killing her and her unborn child.
Devastated, Tad buried himself in his work, helping Edmund find his own presumed-dead wife, Maria. Of course, Tad's nemesis, David Hayward was involved up to his eyeballs.
A shared kiss between Tad and Liza resulted in Tad losing his job from Chandler Enterprises and starting his own private investigating services. He became involved with Simone Torres, which was supposed to be a non-committed relationship, but Simone fell hard. He tried to let her down gently.
Tad began investigating the new wife of JR Chandler when he learned that son, Jamie had slept with Babe. He met her mother, Krystal, who would eventually become his next romantic involvement. He swore off women for a while when he couldn't choose between Liza, Simone and Krystal.
His relationship with Krystal blossomed, but became strained when the great baby switch occurred. While Krystal was keeping Babe's secret that little Bess was really Miranda, Tad urged his father to do confirming blood tests. Tad proposed to Krystal, but her guilt kept her from accepting. He was stunned when he learned about her one-night-stand with David Hayward that had produced Babe, but at the same time, Tad worried about JR becoming more like his father, Adam. Tad detested the man, and helped Liza and Colby flee Pine Valley to escape his clutches.
Tad found Babe and Jamie when they returned from Llanview with Babe's real son. JR was still raising little Bess as his own, even though Babe had left a letter telling him the truth. Tad was part of the plan to deliver the truth to Bianca and help her recover her little girl, even though it meant hurting his step-son. He didn't want little 'James' to be raised in the Chandler household and turn out like JR. Tad was preparing to help Babe, Jamie and the little boy escape the country when they were caught and arrested.
While out on bail, Tad made preparations to help with Babe's custody battle, and mended fences with Krystal. Unfortunately, in order to keep her daughter from further separation from her child, Krystal took the rap and went to prison. JR got custody of his son and renamed him, Adam Chandler III, also called, Little A. Tad was Krystal's frequent visitor while she was incarcerated, but she made it clear they were over.
JR ended up hiring a nanny for his son, and a woman who had been in the 'pen' with Krystal, applied for and got the job. Tad couldn't explain the strange connection he felt for her, and when she lied and said she was Dixie, the strong love he felt for his missing wife erupted all over again. Strangely, when he learned the truth, he still cared about the impostor, Di. Their wedding plans came to an abrupt halt when the 'real' Dixie returned to Pine Valley.
He learned that Dixie had survived the crash and while healing, had given birth to baby daughter. The attending doctor, Greg Madden, had convinced Dixie she was dying and coerced her into surrendering the child. Dixie hunted for four years, and finally the trail led back to Pine Valley. Although Tad was furious, he took up the search for little Kate, while fighting those old feelings for Dixie.
Greg Madden made a lot of enemies in Pine Valley and was found dead. Dixie, along with Zach Slater, was arrested, but Tad, acting for the prosecution, concocted a story that cast enough doubt on the pair's guilt that they were set free. He had good reason.
Suspecting that Emma McDermott might be Kate, Tad and Dixie waited for a DNA test only to be disappointed when the test was negative. Tad finally confessed to Dixie that he was the one who killed Dr. Madden while trying to extract information from him to help find their daughter.
The demons of his guilt were driving Tad crazy, and he wandered out into the cold, snowy Christmas Eve night, and happened upon a 'mysterious' priest, who helped him find forgiveness. Now he and Dixie are continuing their search together, and what they don't know is that Kate may be closer than they think.
PAST MARRIAGES
Dottie Thornton
Hillary Wilson
Dixie Cooney (married three times)
Brooke English (married 2003 - divorced)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Pam Coulson (dated in high school)
Leslie Coulson's cousin
Liza Colby
Marian Colby (simultaneously with daughter Liza)
Dottie Thornton
Barbara Montgomery
Skye Chandler Quartermaine
Gloria Marsh
Leslie Coulson
Simone_Torres (lovers - deceased)
Krystal_Carey_Chandler (lovers)
Di_Henry (broken engagement)
RELATIVES
Ray Gardner (biological father)
Joseph Martin Sr. (adoptive father)
Opal (biological mother)
Ruth Parker (adoptive mother)
Jenny Gardner (biological sister)
Adrian Sword (biological half-brother)
Peter Cortlandt (biological half-brother)
Jeff Martin (adoptive half-brother)
Tara Martin (adoptive half-sister)
Bobby Martin (adoptive half-brother)
Philip Brent (adoptive half-brother / adoptive maternal cousin)
Joseph "Jake" Martin Jr. (adoptive brother)
Henry Martin (adoptive grandfather - deceased)
Kate Martin (adoptive grandmother - deceased)
Paul Martin (adoptive paternal uncle)
Amy Parker (adoptive paternal aunt)
Elizabeth Martin (adoptive paternal cousin - deceased)
Charlie Brent (adoptive half-nephew / adoptive first cousin)
Kelsey Jefferson (adoptive half-niece)
Joshua Madden(adoptive half-nephew)
Samuel Carlos Jefferson (adoptive great-half-nephew)
CHILDREN
James Edward Martin (with Brooke)
Unnamed Child (with Brooke - ectopic pregnancy)
Unnamed Child (daughter with Dixie - miscarriage)
Unnamed Child (daughter with Dixie)
* Dixie and Tad refer to their unnamed daughters as 'Bess' and 'Kate
PICTURES
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Wednesday, July 02 2008: I'm Gonna Kill Him!
Tad calls Krystal at the Chandler manse to tell her that they will find Babe. She says she'll bring little A home because she needs to be with him. Carmen arrives in her designer knock-off and Adam tells her to start cleaning. He asks her to pour a drink and she goes to the side table. Adam listens to the end of Krystal's conversation, upset. Krystal tells Carmen that Adam isn't supposed to drink and walks out. Adam questions Carmen about her work history; she says she is up to the job - especially the part where she takes care of Adam. She brings up the kiss and tells Adam that she won't tell anyone. Adam says the kiss didn't mean a thing. Carmen returns to the room a while later, wondering where her room is. Adam says she will stay near the mudroom, disappointing her.
Krystal arrives back home, torn up about the kiss. Tad thinks she is upset about Babe but the more she apologizes, the more he wonders what is really going on. Just then Babe calls and says she is okay. She won't say where she is or what is going on, though. After hanging up, Krystal worries that Richie may have made Babe make the call. Tad convinces her that Babe is fine, which leaves only the kiss for Krystal to worry about. She asks if Tad is really happy with their life and he says he loves every minute of it. Adam calls. She says it is just Kyle at work and ignores it.
Thursday, June 26 2008: Don't Forget Our Deal!
Tad and Krystal are having dinner at The Valley Inn. He keeps looking at pictures of Kathy on his phone. Krystal looks at the pictures as Tad talks about making Christmas cards with the kiddos. "Tad, it's June," she says but Tad says he has to keep trying for the perfect picture of the girls. He says he is happier now than he has ever been thanks to Jenny, Kathy and her! Krystal starts thinking about Babe and Richie; Tad reassures her that Babe will be fine. Colby calls, freaked out, because Kathy is missing!
Tad and Krystal arrive home. Colby is very freaked because she can't find Kathy anywhere. Tad tells Colby to call the police and starts searching for the kid. Tad and Krystal search the neighborhood but don't have any luck. When they get back, Kathy is hiding behind the sofa! Krystal takes Colby so Tad can have some time with Kathy. Tad asks her to come out and then hugs her. "Don't you ever do that to me again," he says. Tad says he understands how much she misses Julia and Wildwind and hugs her again.
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