Frank Smith (Joe Cortese)

Frank Smith was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Frank was most recently played by Mitchell Ryan.

Background
In 1979, Frank Smith hired Luke Spencer to manage his money-laundering operation, the Campus Disco. He was grooming Luke to become a mobster and wanted to test his loyalty. So, he asked him to kill politician Mitch Williams, which would be a suicide mission. Luke's friend Roy DiLucca attempted it for him, however, but failed, and supposedly died. It later turned out that he was alive though.

Laura Baldwin, the woman with whom Luke was in love, later heard an incriminating conversation of Frank's, and that put a target on her. Frank told Luke that if he married his daughter, Jennifer Smith, he would spare Laura's life. Luke and Jennifer were set to marry on a yacht, but Laura's husband Scotty found out that Luke had raped Laura and he crashed the wedding and attacked Luke. Luke went overboard and was presumed dead. He ended up on shore with Laura though, and they ran away together. Frank sent a hitman after them. He then wound up in prison, from where he continued to run his mob organization. He later hired Sonny Corinthos as his front man.

Frank never stopped searching from Luke and Laura. When he found them in Canada running a diner, he had it bombed. The Spencers, along with their son Lucky, decided to hide in plain sight back in Port Charles. Frank's son, Damian Smith, told Luke on behalf of his father that he and his family would be safe if he helped him smuggle people into the country, with Sonny Corinthos as a liaison. Luke agreed, just so he could stall for time to figure out how to get rid of Frank.

Luke and Sonny helped Frank escape from prison, and Luke ultimately killed him.