Stephen Clay was a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital and its spinoff Port Charles.
He was portrayed by actor Michael Easton on the General Hospital spin-off, Port Charles from May 11 to December 3, 2001; and again from October 25, 2002 until the series finale on October 3, 2003.
Easton reprised the role on General Hospital from February 4 to March 4, 2013 replacing Steve Burton as Jason Morgan and Anders Hove as Cesar Faison before Marcus Toji debuted as Brad Cooper also replacing Steve Burton and Anders Hove and also replacing Kimberly McCullough as Robin Scorpio-Drake before being replaced by Parry Shen as recast of Brad Cooper two months later.
Casting[]
He was originated by Michael Easton on the now defunct spinoff Port Charles in 2001. He was portrayed by Easton from May 11 to December 3, 2001; and again from October 25, 2002 until the series' end on October 3, 2003.
Easton is most known for portraying John McBain on the defunct ABC soap opera One Life to Live (2003-12) and General Hospital (2012-13). When several former PC characters and actors returned to GH in 2013, writers decided to revisit the vampire storyline from PC as a way to pay tribute.
They put their own spin on it, and Easton started playing a dual role of John and an adapted version of Caleb from February 4 to March 4, 2013 replacing Steve Burton as Jason Morgan after the character's death. Easton later departed the role of John on March 20, 2013.
Easton was portraying Dr. Silas Clay, the brother of Stephen Clay from May 13, 2013 until the character's death on July 31, 2015.
He portrayed Dr. Hamilton Finn from March 21, 2016 to June 27, 2024 when the character was checked into rehab and later left town for Seattle.
Storylines[]
Lucy Coe arrived in Port Charles in January 2013 and encountered John McBain whom she mistook for Caleb after the death of Jason Morgan and the imprisonment of Cesar Faison. At the time, he was hanging out with Sam Morgan and Lucy mistakes her for Livvie. However, they don't know who she is, and try and walk away. But Lucy stabs John later, thinking she's killing Caleb, to protect "Livvie." She ends up getting arrested and sent to Ferncliff Sanitarium, after being declared insane where she meets Heather Webber.
Alison later arrives with her teenage son Rafe Kovich Jr. She ends up dead by the silver arrow/spear that she gave to Rafe. John McBain arrives on the scene and takes Rafe to the PCPD. Rafe is processed and booked. Rafe says he did not kill his mother and initially points to McBain as the murderer when Police Commissioner Anna Devane asks who killed his mother. The murder weapon is tested for fingerprints and the results show that Alison, Rafe, and "John's" prints are on the murder weapon.
John McBain starts to warm up to the possible idea that there might be someone that looks like him and decides to work with Rafe to possibly find out who could be the true killer. At the same time, Caleb is shown returning to the crime scene. Lucy escapes Ferncliff with Todd Manning and Heather Webber and goes to Wyndemere right where Helena Cassadine and Jerry Jacks were at. Todd and Heather soon after head out after convincing Lucy to take a nap. Lucy is awoken by Caleb, which possibly could be a dream. Caleb goes to the jail cell that Rafe is being held in and takes him, with some help with a guard, to the crime scene. Caleb decides to re-construct the crime in order to kill the guard. He tries to disappear with his son afterwards, but Rafe refuses to go anywhere and escapes.Crimes Committed[]
- Choked and threw Heather Webber into the water off Pier 52 [Feb 14, 2013]
Health and Vitals[]
Relationships[]
- Hank Archer - Stephen's nephew-in-law (deceased)
- Nelle Benson - Stephen's niece (deceased)
- Ace Cassadine - Stephen's cousin-in-law once removed
- Ryan Chamberlain - Stephen's uncle-in-law (deceased)
- Silas Clay - Stephen's brother (deceased)
- Wiley Cooper-Jones - Stephen's great nephew (deceased)
- Amelia Corinthos - Stephen's great niece
- Michael Corinthos - Stephen's nephew-in-law
- Wiley Corinthos - Stephen's great nephew
- Kiki Jerome - Stephen's niece (deceased)
- Rafe Kovich, Jr. - Stephen's son (deceased)
- Esme Prince - Stephen's cousin-in-law (deceased)
- Willow Tait - Stephen's niece
- Cesar Faison - Stephen's ally and Danish counterpart (deceased)
- T.J. Ashford
- Shawn Butler - Sonny Corinthos and the late Duke Lavery's former associate/enforcer of the Corinthos mob family and former owner and publisher of The Invader now living in San Francisco
- Joseph Campbell - Former District Attorney now living in Atlanta
- Lucy Coe
- Kevin Collins
- Brad Cooper
- Michael Corinthos - His great nephew Wiley and great niece Amelia's father
- Sonny Corinthos
- Alexis Davis - Former District Attorney
- Anna Devane - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
- Emma Drake - Now living in Berkeley attending the University of California in Berkeley
- Patrick Drake - Now living in Berkeley
- Felix DuBois
- Dante Falconeri - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
- Epiphany Johnson - Former Head Nurse at General Hospital (deceased)
- Maxie Jones
- Eve Lambert - (deceased)
- Molly Lansing-Davis - Assistant District Attorney
- Duke Lavery - (deceased)
- Janice Lomax - Former Mayor of Port Charles, former receptionist at The Invader, and current owner of The Invader
- Todd Manning
- John McBain
- Sam McCall - (deceased)
- Jason Morgan - The late Esme Prince's maternal first cousin once removed and Ace Cassadine's maternal first cousin twice removed
- A.J. Quartermaine - (deceased)
- Monica Quartermaine
- Olivia Quartermaine
- Sabrina Santiago - (deceased)
- James Scorpio - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
- Robin Scorpio-Drake - Now living in Berkeley
- Luke Spencer - (deceased)
- Damian Spinelli - Private investigator
- Ellie Trout
- Heather Webber - His late cousin-in-law Esme Prince's biological mother and his cousin-in-law once removed Ace Cassadine's maternal grandmother now living in Sedona, Arizona
- Britt Westbourne - (deceased)
- Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)