Posts Tagged ‘Falcon Crest’


Inside Soap – 17-23 September 2005



Loose Lips – The Stars . . . In Their Own Words

Simon MacCorkindale

“I feel my time as as actor and leading man is now”

At the grand old age of 53, Simon is more content than ever with his impressive acting career.

 

“They put us up against Dallas on a Friday night. It was suicide!”

One of Simon’s most bizarre roles was as a professor with the power to turn into animals. Sadly, Manimal was axed after three months in 1983!

 

“The farm provides us with two contrasting lifestyles – it’s restful after a hectic day”

The actor and his wife, Susan, Live on a large farm in Exmoor, Devon where they breed Georgian Arabian horses.

 

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Radio Times – 2nd to 8th November 2002



TV CV

Simon MacCorkindale

Casualty Saturdays BBC1
Name Simon MacCorkindale
Age 50
Education Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, Studio 68 of Theatre Arts, London
Role Call Could easily have been typecast as an urbane hunk, but has achieved a diverse gallery of roles – from classics to soaps – in TV, film and theatre.  Also a writer, director and producer who runs his own production company, Amy International, with his actress wife, Susan George

 

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Special Tele – December 1991



Simon MacCorkindale

Simon MacCorkindale: “I’m not jealous of my wife’s past”

Translated from the original French, so readability is a little strange.  Translated by SMCFP Member Nadeia

Simon MacCorkindale seems to be predestined for TV shows. Before he asserted his discrete but effective charm in Falcon Crest, where he seduced Ana-Alicia, for example, the athletic actor had already been noticed thanks to Manimal, in which he could transform into any animal to solve mysteries. Since he left Falcon Crest, Simon MacCorkindale hasn’t appeared in any TV shows. In Counterstrike, a new detective TV show, he plays a member of action team charged to solve mysteries.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – The Cataclysm



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep29 – The Cataclysm
First Aired: 22 May 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Chase has a hemorrhage after being shot and requires immediate surgery. Eric and Melissa’s alliance is destroyed by Angela and Lance. Jordan is bailed out of jail by her mother and Greg and her alter ego is in complete control. Jordan gets the help she needs. Richard’s search for Cassandra reaches a climax when he finds her grave in England. He learns that she died while giving birth and Damon Rossini disappeared with the baby. Sabrina Cross shows up with his son, Michael back in San Francisco. A major earthquake hits the valley leaving the lives of many in danger.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Captive Hearts



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep28 – Captive Hearts
First Aired: 16 May 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Chase and Cole manage to find the cabin where Jeff is holding Maggie. Chase is shot though as they interrupt Maggie’s bid to escape. Angela stops her daughter and Dwayne’s wedding and tells them they can have a proper wedding back home. Li-Ying’s prediction of an earthquake in the valley comes true. Lance is ordered by Angela to break up Melissa and Eric’s partnership. Jordan is arrested.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Consumed



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep27 – Consumed
First Aired: 9 May 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Maggie becomes Jeff’s prisoner. Jeff then reads aloud to her the grizzly last chapter of his novel to her. Emma comes up with a solution for her and Dwayne’s housing problem. Angela follows them when they leave for Reno to get married. Jordan ends up accepting help from her mother. Terry ends up admitting to Chase about Richard’s dealings with Miss Jones.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Cease and Desist



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep26 – Cease and Desist
First Aired: 2 May 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Chase manages to get a restraining order stopping Jeff from going anywhere near his wife. Jeff leaves notes for Maggie and she realizes he is secretly watching her. Peter isn’t happy when Angela throws his son out of the house. Cole confronts Li-Ying when he catches her trespassing and surveying for earthquakes. Wicker is asked by Chase to investigate the financing of Tuscany Downs.

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helenheart.com – L.A. Drive Guide – May 1986



Susan George and Simon MacCorkindale
Wedded to the Screen and Each Other

This site looks like it’s no longer online, so here is the full article.

Celebrities come and go in Hollywood. Those who stay possess something unusual, something more than just talent. Wits may call it luck, and perhaps sometimes luck does make a difference. But mostly what makes the difference is business smarts talent plus an ability to grasp the complex imperatives that drive both the industry and careers.If any two people working in the entertainment industry possess that extra “plus” it’s Susan George and Simon MacCorkindale, whose 1984 marriage on the island of Fiji made international headlines. MacCorkindale, who first drew major audience attention in Death on the Nile, has labored as lawyer Greg Reardon on the hit nighttime soap Falcon Crest for the last two years. Susan George has been delighting audiences worldwide from her debut in Michael Game’s Billion Dollar Brain through over two dozen screen appearances to 1984’s hit film The Jigsaw Man, also with Michael Caine.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Dangerous Ground



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep25 – Dangerous Ground
First Aired: 11 April 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Maggie discovers some distressing facts about Jeff. Angela is able to maneuver Chase and Jeff into a confrontation. Furthermore, Jeff has purchased a powerful deer rifle. Greg finds out about Jordan sleeping with Lance and he later meets her alter ego ‘Monica’. Richard wants Jordan to represent Julia in her retrial. Chao-Li is shocked when the daughter he has never met pays a visit. Emma and Dwayne look for a property to buy. Angela attempts to make a deal with Richard for The New Globe. Melissa and Eric struggle to keep their relationship strictly business.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Unholy Alliances



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep24 – Unholy Alliances
First Aired: 4 April 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela and Peter are married after Angela finds out he took her money to stop her from being prosecuted for arranging the hijacking of Chase’s wine. Angela has to spend a short amount of time in jail until her bail is paid. Maggie is concerned about Jeff’s arrival in the valley. Angela learns that she is now Richard’s partner in Tuscany Downs. Angela isn’t happy when she finds out that Dwayne has moved into Falcon Crest. She also catches Lance in bed with Jordan.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – In Absentia



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep23 – In Absentia
First Aired: 14 March 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela returns to Falcon Crest and is furious when she finds out what Peter has been up to. Peter has disappeared with a large sum of Angela’s money. Richard finds out that Jordan has been talking to his wife about his financial problems and he also finds out that Peter has bought the mortgage on Tuscany Downs. Jeff follows Maggie back to the valley. Melissa tries to get Eric to go into partnership with her so that she wont have to sell her wine to Falcon Crest.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Hidden Meanings



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep22 – Hidden Meanings
First Aired: 7 March 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Lance is convinced that Peter is hiding something as he believes Angela would never give up control of Falcon Crest. Jeff’s advances are rejected by Maggie and he begins to have fantasies about her. Eric enjoys spending time with Melissa. Peter fires Greg after he refuses to follow his orders.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Law and Ardor



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep21 – Law and Ardor
First Aired: 28 February 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela disappears and Cole moves back home. Jeff follows Maggie around the country on her tour. Richard and Chase disagree on how to acquire more vineyards. Jordan turns to Greg for help and Terry hires a detective to follow her. Peter makes a dramatic return to Falcon Crest with Angela’s power of attorney. Lance learns something about Angela’s disappearance.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Flesh and Blood



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep20 – Flesh and Blood
First Aired: 21 February 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Peter is surprised when his children show up to see him at Falcon Crest. Angela manages to heal the rift between Peter and his daughter. Maggie meets Jeff Wainright when her book tour takes her to New York. Terry follows Jordan and sees what she is up to. Chase is determined to get his hands on his wine. At the custody hearing, Cole admits that he and Melissa would not make good parents to the baby.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Finders and Losers



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep19 – Finders and Losers
First Aired: 14 February 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Sofia finds herself in the same predicament as Lance and her father when she tries to reason with Phillippe. Following a shootout everyone is freed. When Lance fails to contact her, Angela flies to Europe with Greg to look for him. Emma and Dwayne are able to find Ursula in Mexico and rescue her with the help of a local police captain. Chase puts a plan into action to get even with Angela. Jordan continues to be concerned about not being able to remember things she has done. Maggie has a tour set up to promote her book. Melissa and Cole’s continual disputes cause Joseph to react violently.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Gambit Exposed



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep18 – Gambit Exposed
First Aired: 7 February 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Lance manages to pass himself off as a gambler in Monte Carlo and gets invited to a game at a chateau where he finds Peter is being held a prisoner. Lance finds himself in danger when he tries to help Peter escape. Chase beats Angela in a wine contest and announces his partnership with Richard. The paternity test states that Cole is the father of Robin’s baby. Jordan cant remember the things she has been doing but Terry knows what she has been up to.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Shattered Dreams



Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep17 – Shattered Dreams
First Aired: 31 January 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: To protect herself from what has happened, Jordan develops a split personality. Lance leaves for Europe to look for Peter. When Robin asks Angela for help in keeping her child, she sees it as an opportunity to get back at Melissa. Chase and Richard work together to bring Angela down and they open Terry’s winery.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Collision Course



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep16 – Collision Course
First Aired: 24 January 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Robin returns home with Maggie and the baby but still refuses to give u p her child. Angela tells Cole what she saw and she asks him to keep Melissa away from her grandson. Melissa and Christopher deny that anything is going on when confronted by Cole. Cole wants a paternity test performed on the baby. Jordan admits the truth about her father to Greg. Jordan’s father commits suicide after she confronts him.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Checkmate



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep15 – Checkmate
First Aired: 17 January 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela brings Julia home for a visit but her hopes that she will influence Father Christopher backfire when Julia ends up defying her. The search for Robin and the baby has no leads. Maggie receives a call from Robin for help who ends up admitting to her that Cole is not the baby’s father. Richard’s plan to fleece Terry doesn’t go to plan. Dwayne wants Emma to run away with him and get married. Richard wants to work with Chase to bring down Angela. Jordan confronts her father. When Angela catches Father Christopher and Melissa together she misreads the situation.

Simon also directed this episode

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Fair Game



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep13 – Fair Game
First Aired: 3 January 1986
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Father Christopher moves into Falcon Crest and lets Lance know that his inheritance could be affected if he leaves the priesthood. Melissa’s expectations with Father Christopher are crushed when he reminds her that she is a married woman. Both Richard and Greg try to discover Jordan’s secret. Angela wonders where Peter is when he disappears. Richard decides to ask Terry to marry him just so that he can provoke Angela.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – False Hope



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep12 – False Hope
First Aired: 20 December 1985
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Chase rallies around to support Cole and Melissa after the baby needs an operation. Maggie’s novel debuts in The New Globe and Angela decides to sue. Chase makes Dwayne an offer after he loses the distributor for his wine. Apollonia is offered a tour but Lance refuses to tag along. Father Christopher decides to quit the priesthood when he becomes confused about the way he feels towards Melissa. Richard is questioned by Terry about her share of the profits from Tuscany Downs. When she finds out what he has been up to she confronts him again.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Strange Bedfellows



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep11 – Strange Bedfellows
First Aired: 13 December 1985
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Emma enjoys spending time with Dwayne and Angela tries unsuccessfully to pay him off to leave her daughter. Angela reluctantly agrees to allow them to marry if Dwayne gives up his job. The valley’s agriculture inspector is blackmailed by Angela into getting Chase’s vineyards quarantined as she continues to try and shut down his operation. Lance shows Apollonia what Walker McDowell is really like. Cassandra, who is pregnant is jilted by Richard. Robin goes into labor.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Inconceivable Affairs



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep10 – Inconceivable Affairs
First Aired: 6 December 1985
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela finally sets a date to marry Peter on. In an effort not to loose Dwayne, Emma proposes to him. Richard asks Cassandra to marry him. Cole and Melissa agree to get married in a church but Melissa becomes upset when she finds out Father Christopher will perform the ceremony. Jordan agrees to go on a date with Greg. An advance check for a novel she doesn’t remember writing arrives for Maggie. A man from Apollonia’s past shows up.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – The Naked Truth



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep9 – The Naked Truth
First Aired: 29 November 1985
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela throws a party to celebrate her engagement to Peter and shocks the guests by letting everyone know that Cole is the father of Robin’s baby. Angela decides to sue Lance and Richard over their newspaper and radio station swap. So that he can showcase Apollonia’s songs, Lance changes his station to a rock station. Father Christopher urges Cole and Melissa to get married after Melissa’s annulment from Lance comes through. Jordan is asked questions by Richard about her past.

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SMCFP On This Day: Falcon Crest – Storm Warnings



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Series: Falcon Crest
Episode: S5Ep8 – Storm Warnings
First Aired: 22 November 1985
Character: Greg Reardon

Description: Angela throws Lance out after she finds out he has traded his share in newspaper for Richard’s share in the radio. After spending the night with Dwayne, Emma returns home. Richard and Cassandra plot. Melissa attempts to let Father Christopher know that she is developing feelings towards him. Chase and Maggie enlist the help of Sheriff Gilmore, Terry and Wicker in an effort to save their land.

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