The Young and the Restless alum Daniel Goddard is headed to Port Charles to play Henry Dalton, a professor at Port Charles University. Daniel had been playing Cane Ashby on The Young and the Restless from 2007 to 2019 and will make his General Hospital debut on Tuesday, April 15.
The actor posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, on set of the show. In the footage, he walks the hallways of the hospital and works his way outside, looking to the camera and telling his followed to “shh” as he shows a blue logo that reads: “General Hospital.”
He captioned the post: “1,973 days later. #CBS #YR #Cane —> #ABC #GH #Dalton [red heart and prayer hands emojis].”
Daniel’s fans replied to the post, all happy that one of their favorite soap actor’s is back. One person wrote: “Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing what the professor does.” Another person posted: “Welcome back to soap land and welcome to Port Charles!!!” A third user wrote: “Welcome to the GH family! Looking forward to seeing what your new character is like.” A fourth posted: “Welcome to GH!! So happy for you and so excited to see what’s in store for your character. Good luck [raising hands and heart hands emoji].”
Dan told TV Insider: “He teaches environmental physics, and it seems there are some things in his past that he’s done that have left him in a position of some form of investigation. And from there, it’s an absolute mystery to me.”
He opened up about how his decision came about to come back to the daytime world.
Dan said: “It goes back to in 2010 when Cane was killed off and fans banded together, rented an airplane, and flew it over CBS with a banner saying, ‘Bring Daniel Goddard back as Cane’ and I never realized, up until that moment, how the fans of daytime are truly the greatest fans in the world.”
He continued: “They see you as the character because you’re in their lives on such a regular basis, and then as the years pass by, they get to know you as your real name. And then you form these relationships through social media and going to fan events, and it’s just a phenomenal fan base that was wonderful.”
