Michael Zaslow Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Michael Joel Zaslow (November 1, 1942 — December 6, 1998) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as villain Roger Thorpe on CBS's Guiding Light, a role he played from 1971 to 1980 and again from 1989 to 1997. Zaslow played Dick Hart on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow and Dr. Peter Chernak on Love is a Many Splendored Thing. He also played David Renaldi on ABC's One Life to Live from 1983 to 1986, and in 1998. Zaslow was also a writer for the NBC soap opera Another World. Zaslow guest starred on a number of other television shows and soap operas, including Barnaby... MORE

Michael Joel Zaslow (November 1, 1942 — December 6, 1998) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as villain Roger Thorpe on CBS's Guiding Light, a role he played from 1971 to 1980 and again from 1989 to 1997. Zaslow played Dick Hart on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow and Dr. Peter Chernak on Love is a Many Splendored Thing. He also played David Renaldi on ABC's One Life to Live from 1983 to 1986, and in 1998. Zaslow was also a writer for the NBC soap opera Another World. Zaslow guest starred on a number of other television shows and soap operas, including Barnaby Jones and Law & Order. In the episode "The Man Trap," the series' September 8, 1966 premiere of Star Trek, he played Crewman Darnell, the first Starship Enterprise crew member to be killed off. He also appeared as "Jordan" in the episode "I, Mudd". He also costarred in the 1977 feature film You Light Up My Life. Zaslow's Broadway theatre credits included Fiddler on the Roof, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Onward Victoria. Zaslow was also the godfather of film and television actor Christian Slater. However, it was for his work as Roger Thorpe on "Guiding Light" that Zaslow was always best known. One of the LESS