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Casting notes for small roles on Days of our Lives.

Days of our Lives has cast a few smaller roles for the NBC soap opera in 2020. Keep in mind, the show tapes far in advance so most roles, some for one appearance, others recurring, won’t likely be seen for around six months. Soaps.com has some spring 2020 dayplayer roles to watch out for and take a look at the Days winter dayplayer roles for what’s still ahead.

Kidnapper

Chuma Gault will appear as Jimmy on Days of our Lives during the week of June 1 as one of the men involved in Gabi’s (Camila Banus) kidnapping.

Hired hands

Rafael Cabrera will appear as a thug on Days of our Lives during the week of May 25.

Roberts Jekabsons has been cast on Days of our Lives as a thug and will appear during the week of May 25.

Salem officer

Patrick Robert Smith will appear on Days of our Lives as Officer Harry Sullivan on May 18. The actor first turned up on the NBC soap back in 2008 as a cop and played Bruce on General Hospital in 2015.

Stefano’s goon

Owen Saxon appeared as Stefano’s (Stephen Nichols) goon on Days of our Lives in scenes with Abigail (Kate Mansi) and Anna (Leann Hunley) on Monday March 30. He also had a small role on General Hospital as Shawn Phillips in 2018.

Salem University Hospital lab tech

Jayme Andrews has been cast on Days of our Lives as a lab tech. He will first appear in scenes at Salem University Hospital with Xander (Paul Telfer), Nicole (Arianne Zucker) and Eric (Greg Vaughan) on Tuesday March 24.

Rolf stunt double

Trampas Thompson will appear on Days of our Lives as a stunt double for William Utay’s Rolf during the week of March 9.

Contest winner

Judi Harness won a contest to appear on Days of our Lives on Monday March 9 in scenes at Salem University Hospital.

Prison warden

John Eric Bentley returns to Days of our Lives to play Statesville’s Warden Floyd beginning March 2. He first appeared as the warden in 2018 and played a fire chief in 2012. Back in 2008, Bentley appeared as Detective Calvert on Young and Restless and as a prison guard and Darryl on Bold and Beautiful in 2006.

Prison doc

Karthik Srinivasan plays the prison doctor on Days of our Lives and has a role in Ben Weston’s death penalty storyline starting March 2.

Hope’s stunt double

Lisa Catara will return to Days of our Lives as a stunt double for Hope/Princess Gina (Kristian Alfonso) during the week of February 10. She last appeared on the NBC soap opera in the position in 2017.

Marlena’s stunt double

Suzanne Rampe appears on Days of our Lives during the week of February 10 as Marlena’s (Deidre Hall) stunt double.

Meeting with Gabi

Chaz Kao has booked a role as Chris on Days of our Lives and will be in scenes with Casey Moss (JJ), Camila Banus (Gabi), in regards to Julie’s (Susan Seaforth Hayes) pacemaker, as well as with Kate Mansi (Abigail) and Billy Flynn (Chad) beginning Thursday February 13.

Prison guard

Cirroc Lofton will appear as a prison guard on Days of our Lives on Friday February 7. The actor is most recognized for playing Jake on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Stevano’s stunt double

Tim James appeared as Stevano’s (Stephen Nichols) stunt double during the week of January 27 on Days of our Lives and will turn up again the week of February 10. He also took part in stunts on Days in 2016, as well as on General Hospital and Young and the Restless in 2017.



Sarah and Kristen’s babies

The Kamienski triplets appeared in the role as Sarah (Linsey Godfrey) and Kristen’s (Stacy Haiduk) babies during the week of January 20 in which Days revisited last year’s Mother’s Day tragedies. However, as of January 27, Josephine and Rosalind May are playing baby Mickey.

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Victoria Platt will appear as Dr. Raynor on Days of our Lives during the week of January 20 and will return mid-March, then will last be seen April 2. Platt played Corinne Elroy on All My Children and Vicky Spaulding on Guiding Light and is married to soap alum Terrell Tilford, best known for his role as Dr. Greg Evans on One Life to Live.

Cassie Lee Minick will be in scenes on Days as Haley Chen’s stunt double during the week of January 20.

Ludwig Chaves will act as a medical consultant during the week of January 20 on Days of our Lives, as well as the week of February 10.

Chad’s expert

On December 11 episode of Days, Chad DiMera told Abigail that he knew a guy who could help them figure out if the CCTV footage of Jennifer’s fall over the balcony at The Bistro was real. On December 13, Abigail meets Buck, who takes a look at the footage. Buck is played by Clayton Ferris who has been seen on primetime shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, and Scream Queens.

EMT

Kurt Oberhaus appears as an EMT in the Tuesday March 31, 2020 episode of Days of our Lives. He will first appear in the role on Friday December 27, 2019.

Christine Kellogg-Darrin will make a brief appearance on Days of our Lives beginning Thursday April 23, 2020 as Jeanne Marie. The actress has had roles on Shameless, Criminal Minds and Grey’s Anatomy to name a few.

Handsome masseurs

Days of our Lives hired Karim El Jirari (Georgio) and Thomas Canes (Luca) as masseurs that Kristen hires for her and Lani in a hotel in Rome. They’ll be seen in the December 17, 2019 episode.