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Hank Gannon

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Portrayed by
  
Nathan Purdee

Created by
  
Michael Malone

Brother
  
R. J. Gannon

Residence
  
Chicago

TV show
  
One Life to Live

Duration
  
1992–2003 2009

Played by
  
Nathan Purdee

Creator
  
Michael Malone

Significant other
  
Nora Hanen Buchanan

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First appearance
  
January 31, 1992 (January 31, 1992)

Last appearance
  
April 8, 2009 (April 8, 2009)

Introduced by
  
Linda Gottlieb Frank Valentini (2009)

Similar
  
R J Gannon, Josh Hall, Rachel Gannon, Vince Wolek, Sam Rappaport

Hank Gannon is a fictional character from the American ABC soap opera One Life to Live.

Contents

Casting

The role of Hank was originated by actor Nathan Purdee on January 31, 1992. Purdee continued regularly appearing in the role until 2003, and he returned for three episodes in April 2009.

Storylines

Divorced attorney Hank Gannon arrives in fictional Llanview hired to defend Sarah Gordon Buchanan (Jensen Buchanan) in the murder of Carlo Hesser (Thom Christopher). In 1993, he finds himself as the prosecuting district attorney head-to-head against ex-wife Nora Hanen (Hillary B. Smith) in the infamous Todd Manning and Marty Saybrooke rape trial. Nora throws the case upon uncovering evidence implicating Todd in the rape, although Todd never serves jail time.

After years of prosecuting Llanview criminals, Hank leaves his post as District Attorney in 2003 after mishandling of the Mitch Laurence (Roscoe Born) murder case. He returns to Llanview with his daughter Rachel in April 2009 upon the news that Nora's son Matthew (Eddie Alderson) was paralyzed in a car accident.

References

Hank Gannon Wikipedia