Franco Walker was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.
He was portrayed by Vic Stagliano from February 19 to December 2, 2020 before and after often being replaced by Andi Chapman as Dolores Maloney and Dan Buran as Linc Brown and later replacing Andi Chapman as Dolores when she was no longer Sam McCall's parole officer and before being replaced by Dan Buran as Linc before his arrest in 2023; Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri Tamashevich, an unknown actor as Jerome Grisham, Kimberly J. Brown as Marie Hopkins before her death, Nicholas Chavez as Spencer Cassadine and Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince in 2021 before their presumed deaths in 2024.
Storylines[]
On February 19, 2020, Franco Walker is first seen coming out of Cyrus Renault's warehouse on 457 Water Street.
On February 28, Gabriel Jenkins and Dolores Maloney's brother Jeffrey also appear and join Franco in a gun battle with Taggert, Jason, and soon after, Curtis. Franco is upset that Taggert didn’t come alone. Franco and Gabriel escape the warehouse and run away as his friend Dolores Maloney continues to deny any involvement working with Cyrus.
On April 15, Jason tells Sonny that Franco visited Cyrus at his Cosmopolitan suite after Cyrus is released from Pentonville.
On April 27-28, Franco is seen with Cyrus on Pier 55 during a meeting with Sonny and Jason. Jason and Franco almost start fighting a few times but Cyrus holds back Franco. Cyrus and Franco are next seen at the Metro Court Hotel together.
On August 7, Franco visits Cyrus at his new suite at The Cosmopolitan and asks how the meeting with Jordan Ashford went. Cyrus said she isn’t happy but will comply. Franco asks if she is plotting against them and Cyrus says he would be disappointed if she wasn't but he doesn’t want Franco to do anything to her yet.
On September 3, Franco visits Cyrus at Turning Woods for a brief chat after becoming the Chairman of the board at General Hospital after Valentin Cassadine became the CEO of ELQ before Sonny came. After his visit at Turning Woods, he comes to Xtreme Motors to meet with Brando Corbin after Brando got a visit with officer Oliver Williams the same day that Monica Quartermaine and Bobbie Spencer were fired from General Hospital by his boss Cyrus in revenge for Nelle Benson.
Franco later meets Cyrus in the park and informs him that Brando didn't accept his deal. Cyrus says that it is time for the next step. Franco tells Cyrus that the guy Cyrus hired to rig Jason's bike failed. He can't get to Sonny if Jason is still alive.
On December 2, when Cyrus' driver Brando leaves Cyrus' apartment, Franco comes out of hiding and asks Cyrus if he thinks Brando believes Cyrus about not having anything to do with the Floating Rib bombing that killed Brando's legal son Dev and injured Lulu Spencer over two months after Dolores Maloney was no longer Sam's parole officer and over a month after Britt Westbourne was hired by Cyrus and adopted her as his new daughter where Franco gains Britt as his new friend.
Crimes Committed[]
- Various criminal activities for Cyrus Renault after working with Cesar Faison, Hank Archer aka Shiloh, and Cassandra Pierce [revealed on Feb 19, 2020]
- Kidnapped Cameron Webber and Trina Robinson under Cyrus' orders by posing as their rideshare driver in revenge for Faison, Shiloh, and Cassandra [Feb 26-28, 2020]
- Held a gun on Cameron and Trina until they gave up their phones [Feb 27, 2020]
- Engaged in a gun battle with Marcus, Jason Morgan, and Curtis Ashford [Feb 28, 2020]
Health and Vitals[]
- Tied up by Jason Morgan at gunpoint (along with Gabriel Jenkins) [Feb 19, 2020]
Relationships[]
- Zahra Amir - Franco's defense attorney
- Hank Archer - aka Shiloh
- Nelle Benson - (deceased)
- Cassandra Bryant - Former Head Nurse at General Hospital
- Sienna Colby
- Suzanne Cottle
- Cesar Faison - (deceased)
- Mason Gatlin - (imprisoned)
- Mallory Gentry - Franco's former attorney
- Gabriel Jenkins
- Dolores Maloney - The late Sam McCall's former parole officer, Franco Walker's friend, and the late Jeffrey Maloney's sister
- Jeffrey Maloney - Dolores' brother (deceased)
- Harmony Miller - Franco's female counterpart (deceased)
- Dean Murdock - Franco's former attorney
- Jeffrey Nash - Franco's former attorney
- Cassandra Pierce - His boss Cyrus' female counterpart (deceased)
- Hank Smith - Franco's former attorney
- Erich Sydney - (imprisoned)
- Britt Westbourne - Franco's new friend, Former Chief of Staff at General Hospital, and Cyrus' former henchwoman/illegal adoptive daughter (deceased)
- Elisha Adams - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
- Owen Anderson - Sam's former parole officer
- Curtis Ashford
- Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
- Franco Baldwin - Former criminal, General Hospital Art Therapist, Elizabeth's husband, and Cameron's stepfather (deceased)
- Shawn Butler - Moved to San Francisco
- Nikolas Cassadine - His former boss Cyrus' nephew (imprisoned)
- Sonny Corinthos
- Lucy Coe
- Brad Cooper - Lab manager at General Hospital and the late Britt Westbourne's best friend
- Dante Falconeri - Sonny's son with Olivia, Lulu's ex-husband, and Cyrus' ex-nephew-in-law
- Hamilton Finn
- Paul Kelly - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
- Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney, Sonny's maternal half-brother; Sonny, Jason, and Sam's attorney
- Richard Lowe - Court judge
- Sam McCall - (deceased)
- Jason Morgan - (deceased)
- Liesl Obrecht - The late Britt Westbourne's biological mother
- Ned Quartermaine - Former Mayor of Port Charles
- Olivia Quartermaine
- James Scorpio - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
- Mac Scorpio - Former Commissioner and current Chief of Detectives of the Port Charles Police Department
- Robert Scorpio - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, former WSB agent, and current District Attorney
- Ellen Scully - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
- Jim Searcy - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
- Lulu Spencer - His former boss Cyrus' niece (hospitalized)
- Damian Spinelli - Private investigator
- Marcus Taggert
- Willow Tait
- Wayne Vickers - Court judge
- Elizabeth Webber - Nurse at General Hospital, Franco's widow, and Cameron's mother