GUIDING LIGHT Timeline
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Alan (Christopher Bernau) and Hope (Elvera Roussel).
— CBS
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Return Of The Prodigal Son
1981-83:
Alan-Michael was born to wealthy Alan Spaulding (Christopher Bernau) and working-class Hope Bauer (Elvera Roussel). When he was 2, his mother became fed up with his father's womanizing, so she divorced Alan and moved to New York City.
1987:
Eighteen-year-old Alan-Michael returned to town by parachuting into the 1987 Bauer barbecue. He was jealous of Alan's relationship with Phillip. He started dating Dinah Marler, whom he was driving around one day when he hit Frank Cooper's car. Frank's sister, Harley, was in labor, so Alan-Michael and Dinah delivered the baby.
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Alan-Michael (Carl T. Evans) and Harley (Beth Ehlers).
— Nora Feller
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1988:
Alan-Michael (Carl T. Evans) was engaged to Harley (Beth Ehlers) while the rivalry between him and Phillip continued.
1989:
Phillip got control of Spaulding when Alan-Michael rushed to Venezuela to persuade their father to return to town to reclaim his assets. Alan-Michael married Harley. He later teamed up with Roger, Ross and Phillip to expose Alan as the person who shot Phillip during his wedding to Blake. He also helped Harley kidnap her daughter, Susan, which landed him in community service.
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Blake (Sherry Stringfield) and Alan-Michael (Rick Hearst).
— Ed Geller
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1990:
Alan-Michael (Rick Hearst) and Harley divorced. Alan-Michael slept with Blake (Sherry Stringfield) and eventually married her. He divorced her later that year upon learning she had faked a pregnancy.
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Alan-Michael (Rick Hearst) and Eleni (Melina Kanakaredes).
— Robin Platzer/Twin Images
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1991:
Alan-Michael learned that Roger had stolen money from Spaulding. When he recovered the cash, he nominated himself to be president of the company. Vanessa wound up as president instead, due to Alan-Michael's scheming with ex-wife Blake. Later that year, he fell in love with Eleni Andros (Melina Kanakaredes) and tried to win her over, resorting to setting up Frank with a prostitute so that Eleni would get over Cooper. When Eleni wasn't allowed into the country after a trip to France, Alan-Michael persuaded her to marry him.
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Robin London
— Frank (Frank Dicopoulos), Alan-Michael (Rick Hearst) and Eleni (Melina Kanakaredes).
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1992:
Eleni and Alan-Michael remarried in a traditional wedding in Greece. He continued to scheme against Vanessa and took responsibility for a division of Spaulding. When the prostitute he had paid to set up Frank (Frank Dicopoulos) appeared in town, he hired a man named Pierre to get rid of her. Pierre planted a bomb in Towers, which seriously injured Mallet. He took Eleni away to convince her that he had nothing to do with the bomb. During their trip, he switched her birth control pills with placebos. She later became pregnant and admitted to him that she knew all about his schemes.
