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Richard Shoberg (also credited as Dick Shoberg, born March 1, 1950, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actor and writer.

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He first appeared in soap operas as Mitch Farmer on Somerset from 1971 to 1972. After leaving Somerset he returned to daytime as the Kevin Jameson #1 on The Edge of Night from 1972 to 1975.

He is married with 2 children and resides in New York.

Shoberg's most famous role to date is former football player-turned-restaurateur Tom Cudahy on All My Children , [1] [2] [3] a part he played from July 1977 to April 1995, with a return for some appearances between 2004 and 2005. [4]

Shoberg played for more than ten years until 2019 Inspector Ascher in off-Broadway's longest running show, Perfect Crime . [5] [6] [7]

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  2. "tk from The End for Erica Kane?". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. "All My Children: 15 Classic Moments". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. "AMC Vet Shoberg Back as Tom Cudahy". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. Richard Shoberg at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
  6. "Off-Broadway's Perfect Crime to Welcome Lunney Sept. 29" by Adam Hetrick, Playbill , September 26, 2008
  7. "Emmy Nominated Grant Aleksander Joins Perfect Crime Off-Broadway", BroadwayWorld , January 14, 2019