Ned Quartermaine (Wally Kurth)

Edward Lawrence Quartermaine "Ned" Ashton is the son of Tracy Quartermaine and Larry Ashton, a British aristocrat. He was played from 1988-1991 by McKinney, and from 1991-2007, 2012, and 2013 by Wally Kurth.

Storylines
Ned has had a number of relationships over the years. He was first introduced as having an affair with Dr. Monica Quartermaine, the wife of his uncle Alan. She didn't recognize him because he had been sent to boarding school as a child and she didn't see him again until he was an adult. He later married and annulled Monica's daughter Dawn Winthrop, divorced Spencer cousin Jenny Eckert, and band manager and recording company executive Lois Cerullo, the mother of his daughter Brook Lynn Ashton. He was also briefly married to Katherine Bell because she was blackmailing the family. The marriage was invalid, because at the same time, he was married to Lois as Eddie Maine. He had a long affair with Alexis Davis, but she left him at the altar on their wedding day.

He had a platonic marriage to Chloe Morgan, who was a distant cousin of his grandmother Lila, and later was engaged to Alexis's long-lost sister, Kristina Cassadine, whose death he and Alexis blamed on Sonny Corinthos. Most recently, Ned had a relationship with Skye Chandler. For a time he pretended to be the father of Alexis's daughter, Kristina Davis, and had custody of the little girl when Alexis was on trial for murdering Luis Alcazar and was later sentenced to probation. Alexis didn't want the Quartermaines to be involved in the girl's life, and he later decided to give up contact with her. Ned has been a back burner character in recent years, living quietly in Los Angeles and Brooklyn at once.

He returned in November 2007 to attend Emily's funeral.

He also returned in November 2012 to attend the Quartermaine's Thanksgiving andhis grandfather Edward's funeral. On the 22nd, he visits his mother Tracy in the family mausoleum and then heads to the mansion. He is part of the argument between his mother Tracy, Monica, A.J. and himself until Michael intervenes. He witnesses Heather attack on Skye. He supports his mother in the battle of CEO when A.J. tries to take control of ELQ Enterprises. He leaves town for awhile.

He returned in January 24, 2013 to see and help his mother Tracy keep her CEO position in aftermath of Lucy Coe's vampire-hunting attack on John McBain. He intially proposes to Tracy that she steps aside in the battle for ELQ because Ned doesn't want to see Tracy get hurt. Ned says that he will continue to support his mother.

Crimes Committed

 * Sent Paul on a wild goose chase in search of baby Dillon in order to have Jenny to himself
 * Set it up to appear that he was the one driving the car instead of a drunken A.J. when Jason was brain damaged.
 * Bigamy; married Katherine Bell while still married to Lois Cerullo
 * Lied to Sonny Corinthos about the paternity of his daughter, Kristina [winter 2002]
 * Accused of sexually assaulting a young woman in 1994, while working as Eddie Maine; not guilty [Sep 2003; charges dropped]
 * Attempted to bribe the fire marshal into covering up the cause of the PC Hotel fire [2004]
 * Got into a full-scale fist fight with Julian Jerome [Oct 22, 2014]

Health and Vitals

 * Injured while trying to rescue Kristina from the burning Gatehouse
 * Held at gunpoint and almost killed by Fluke [May 22, 2014]
 * Got into a full-scale fist fight with Julian Jerome [Oct 22, 2014]