Josh Hall (One Life to Live)

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Josh Hall
One Life to Live character
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Laurence Fishburne as Josh Hall
Portrayed by
Duration
  • 1973–77
  • 1985–86
First appearanceApril 1973 (April 1973)
Last appearance1986 (1986)
Classification Former, regular
Created by Agnes Nixon
Introduced by
In-universe information
Other names
  • Joshua West
  • Joshua Hall
Occupation Physician
Adoptive father Ed Hall
Adoptive mother Carla Gray
Sons Jared Hall
Grandmothers Sadie Gray (adoptive)

Josh Hall is a fictional character on the American soap opera One Life to Live , originated by actor Laurence Fishburne from 1973 until 1976. [1] [2] Todd Davis assumed the role in 1977. [3] [4] [5] Josh reappeared in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania in 1985 as a doctor, [6] played by Guy Davis from 1985 until 1986. [7] [8]

Background and reception

One Life to Live creator Agnes Nixon created Joshua West, adopted as Joshua "Josh" Hall, as the first television or film role for eleven-year-oldchild actor Laurence Fishburne (credited as "Larry Fishburne") in 1973, first appearing in April. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Fishburne was cast for his premiere television role with Nixon by casting director Joan D'Incecco. [14]

Fishburne's 1973–74 portrayal of troubled teenaged youth Joshua West adopted by newly-married couple Ed Hall (Al Freeman Jr.) and Carla Gray (Ellen Holly) earned him the "Best Juvenile Actor" honor at the 1974 "Afternoon TV Writers and Editors Awards." [15] The family unit of Freeman's Ed, Holly's Carla and Fishburne's Josh was heralded as "daytime television's first African American family." [16]

While a castmember of One Life to Live, Fishburne starred in the 1975 film, Cornbread, Earl and Me . He left the series in 1976 at 14-year-old [13] to accept a role in the Francis Ford Coppola film, Apocalypse Now . [11] Fishburne lied to Coppola about his age to win the Apocalypse Now role of 17-year-old Vietnam War Navy PBR crewmember Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller. [10] [17]

Todd Davis took over the role from Fishburne briefly in 1977. The character became a friend of Samantha Vernon.

Guy Davis played the character, who had become a medical doctor, from 1985 until its last appearance in 1986. [7]

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