James Turner Pritchett Jr. (October 27, 1922 – March 15, 2011) was an American actor , best known for his role as Dr. Matt Powers on the soap opera The Doctors . For his role as Powers, he won the Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in 1978.
4-465: James Pritchett may refer to: James Pritchett (actor) (1922–2011), American actor James Pritchett (footballer) (born 1982), football player for New Zealand James Pigott Pritchett (1789–1868), British (York) architect James Pigott Pritchett Jr (1830–1911), British (Darlington) architect [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
8-559: The roles of Jeff Nichols on The Secret Storm and Bruce Elliott on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns , a not-so-popular character who was having an affair with the married vixen Lisa Hughes ( Eileen Fulton ). He began playing Dr. Matt Powers on the soap opera The Doctors in 1963 and would play the role until 1982. He was the soap's central cast member, with the Powers character being one of
12-530: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Pritchett&oldid=1152523634 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Pritchett (actor) Before creating his role on The Doctors , Pritchett played
16-627: The serial's "tentpole" characters. In 1978, he won the Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor . Pritchett was given an audience with then-President Jimmy Carter in 1978 along with a few other select soap opera actors, such as Eileen Fulton , Susan Lucci , and Dorothy Malone . After The Doctors , Pritchett did a short term role on another CBS soap, Guiding Light . Pritchett was born in Lenoir, North Carolina in 1922. He met his future wife, actress Cynthia Arnold during
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