‘Common Hospital’ Actor Chris Robinson Useless at 86

“Common Hospital” and “The Daring and the Lovely” star Chris Robinson has died.

The actor handed peacefully in his sleep early Monday morning at his ranch close to Sedona, Arizona, his collaborator and good friend MJ Allen introduced on Fb. Allen mentioned his official reason behind loss of life is coronary heart failure, which he had been coping with for “a while.”

They notably labored collectively on what can be his remaining movie credit score — 2022’s “Only for a Week.”

Chris loved a prolific profession that spanned 8 a long time and had greater than 100 credit to his identify, together with his starring function as a World Conflict II bomber pilot on the Sixties ABC drama “12 O’Clock Excessive” — but it surely was his profitable runs on “Common Hospital” and “The Daring and the Lovely” that solidified his standing as a family identify.

Throughout his run as Dr. Rick Webber on “Common Hospital,” he infamously appeared in a business for Vicks Components 44 cough syrup and uttered the long-lasting phrase … “I’m not a physician however I do play one on TV.”

Although he was the unique face of the catchphrase, some could keep in mind he was dismissed from his contract with Vicks on account of his earnings tax evasion scandal. The function then went to Peter Bergman, who performed a physician on the daytime cleaning soap “All My Youngsters.”

Chris had artistry in his blood — the Florida native landed his first performing gig when he was a teen as an uncredited boy at a dance in 1957’s “The Midnight Story.” The remainder, as they are saying, was historical past.

Different notable credit embrace “One other World,” “Homicide, She Wrote,” “Fantasy Island,” “The Dream Retailers,” “Primus,” “Perception” and extra.

He’s survived by his spouse of 14 years, artist Jacquie Shane-Robinson, sons Shane, Coby, Christian, Taylor, Christopher Robinson, Christopher Lance and his adopted son, Robb Walker. He had 5 grandchildren.

Chris was 86 when he died.