On January 25, 2020, it was reported that actor Johnny Wactor would join the cast of GH in the recurring role of Brando Corbin.[4] He made his first appearance on January 30, 2020.
Wactor was on recurring status from January 30 through August 24, 2020, and was bumped up to contract status as of September 3, 2020.[5]
On May 22, 2022, Soap Opera News reported that Wactor was filming the movie "American Sognare".[6]
On May 26, 2022, it was revealed that the role would temporarily be recast with actor Brad Schmidt while Wactor was unavailable.[7] Schmidt appeared as Brando from June 7 to June 9, 2022.
On June 23, 2022, Wactor said he was back[8] as Schmidt has left the role.[9] Wactor returned as Brando on June 27, 2022.
On September 11, 2022, Soap Dirt reported a rumor that Brando might be killed off and Wactor could be exiting GH during the week of September 19, but nothing has been confirmed yet.[10]
On September 19, 2022, it was confirmed that Wactor is exiting the role of Brando.[11] He made his last appearance on September 20, 2022 when his character was killed off. (Wactor was credited on contract through January 6, 2023 in the show's closing credits.)
Dedication to Johnny Wactor (2024)
On May 25, 2024, it was revealed that Wactor was shot and killed in Los Angeles, California.[12]
At the end of the June 11 episode, there is a picture of Wactor next to a dedication "In loving memory of Johnny Wactor".
Background[]
Brando Corbin was first mentioned on June 25, 2019 by Mike Corbin. Mike mixes up Dev Cerci with Brando, the son of Mike's cousin Gladys. He says Brando's father was some deadbeat who never married Gladys and he didn't stick around.
Sonny Corinthos gets the idea to pass off Dev as Brando's son, โDevin Corbinโ. Sonny tries to pay off Gladys to claim that her son Brando had a fictional wife who he married in Iraq and brought back to the U.S. where his wife died giving birth to Dev. Gladys argues that Brando died during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq in 2003 and he didn't have any kids. After Sonny offers her more money, Gladys agrees to the deal.
On January 30, 2020, Brando was revealed to be alive and he saved Carly Corinthos from an ambush by Cyrus Renault's men, but he got shot in the process. It was later revealed that Gladys knew he was alive all along and claimed that he was dead since they had a fight over him being mixed up with some bad people.
On September 14, 2022, Brando was stabbed by a mysterious killer using a hook. Although he eventually woke up in the hospital, he coughed up blood and had a fatal seizure which led to his death.
Storylines[]
Brando is shot defending Carly
On January 30, 2020, it is revealed that Brando is alive and he was disguised as one of Sonny's warehouse men. He is shot during a gunfight in Sonny's coffee warehouse while protecting Carly. Sonny's warehouse man Tony tells Carly that the man who saved her doesn't work for Sonny. Then Gladys comes out of hiding and recognizes her son Brando.
Carly discovers the picture of Dev and Gladys
Brando recovers from being shot
On January 31, as Brando recovers from his wound at General Hospital, Carly finds a picture of Gladys and Dev within Brando's belongings. On February 3, Carly tells Sonny about the picture. Gladys is questioned by Sonny and she explained that Brando was dead to her since he had gotten involved with some bad people. Brando tells Sonny that he got in a big fight with Gladys and left Bridgeport. He followed Gladys on her MyFace page and she mentioned that she was staying with Mike's son Sonny. Brando saw the Christmas picture of Gladys and her โgrandson' Dev online. Sonny threatens Gladys about telling Brando that Dev is being passed off as his son. Later Brando asks Gladys who the boy in the picture is and she tells him Dev is his son.
Sonny and Jason set up a job for Brando working as a mechanic
Sonny gives Brando a job as a car mechanic in Johnny's old garage Xtreme Motors. His first customer is Harmony and the next one is Molly, whom he then had a one night stand with. Cyrus Renault stops by to talk to Brando about working for him and another customer Jason Morgan needs repairs on his motorcycle. After getting his bike fixed, Jason gets into an accident. Brando is blamed but it was later revealed that Cyrus was behind the accident.
Since Brando turned down Cyrus' offer to work for him, Cyrus sent two men to Brando's garage. One was Cyrus' henchman who had just sabotaged Jason's motorcycle and the other henchman was named Tommy Cordero. They took turns holding back Brando as the other one punched him in the stomach.
Tommy grabbed a wrench to finish off Brando but he is stopped by the saboteur who heard someone heading towards the garage. Tommy dropped the wrench and both men ran off before they were caught.
Spinelli had planted a camera in the garage earlier while pretending to need Brando's help. He witnessed the attack on camera along with Jason and Sam who went to bring Brando to the hospital.
Brando later made a plan with Sonny to agree to work as Cyrus' driver in order to get inside information. He brought Sasha to the hospital when she overdosed on coke that Cyrus gave her. Cyrus had wanted Brando to get rid of her body.
Brando is later informed that his โson' Dev has been killed after Cyrus bombed the Floating Rib with Julian's help.
When Sasha is discharged from the hospital, she tells Brando her plan to bring down Cyrus after finding more coke as evidence. He informs Cyrus that Sasha was in Cyrus' apartment looking for more coke. Sasha is mad at Brando for telling on her but Brando was just protecting her and preserving his cover.
After Sasha gets clean, she breaks up with Michael and grows closer to Brando.
On April 15, 2021, Sasha visits Brando at the Xtreme Motors Garage, where she deduces that Cyrus is blackmailing Brando into working for him using the late Dev Cerci's illegal status and his closeness to Brando. After revealing she and Michael broke up, she and Brando finally kiss and have sex in the car he is working on.
On May 19, Brando confronts Sasha about her pregnancy and she admits it is his baby. They decide he will quit his job as Cyrus' driver and they prepare to talk to Cyrus together. Brando eventually quits as Cyrus' driver and Cyrus is taken to prison.
On June 23, Brando and Sasha go on their first date at Kelly's.
In July, after Sasha told him she doesn't want her child around the mob, he decides commit himself her her, their baby, and his job at Xtreme Motors. He point-blank tells his mother he's choosing Sasha and the baby over a possible job with the Corinthos Organization. The following week, he kicks his mother out of his apartment to have room for the baby.
Crimes Committed[]
Got mixed up with some really bad people [2003-20; revealed on Feb 3, 2020]
Stole a check from his mother [2003; revealed on Feb 10, 2020]
Served 5 years of a 20-year prison term for an unknown crime [pre-2015; revealed on Feb 10, 2020]
Fraud; pretended to be Dev Cerci's father in order to keep Dev in the country and keep him safe [Feb 17-Nov 23, 2020; immune from prosecution]
Tried to assault Laura Collins after Laura slapped Cyrus [Dec 1, 2020; Cyrus stopped Brando]
Grabbed Sasha Gilmore by the arm and revealed to Cyrus that she tried to search his apartment for drugs (Brando only did this to protect Sasha) [Dec 14, 2020]
Held Jason Morgan at gunpoint in Cyrus' defense [Dec 30, 2020]
Lied to Commissioner Jordan Ashford about Jason shooting him [Feb 19, 2021]
Held his mother, Gladys at gunpoint and almost killed her under Cyrus' orders [May 25, 2021; disobeyed order]
Tried to shoot Cyrus [May 25-26, 2021; the gun was unloaded]
Beaten up by Tommy Cordero and another one of Cyrus' henchmen under Cyrus' orders [Sep 3-4, 2020; hospitalized]
Almost killed by Tommy with a wrench [Sep 4, 2020]
Blackmailed into working only for Cyrus and keeping him safe or Brando's knowledge of Dev being in the country illegally will be made known to the authorities [Dec 29, 2020-May 26, 2021]
Had guns pointed at him by Jason and the guards Carly brought with her on Jason's orders [Dec 30, 2020]
Ordered to the ground at gunpoint (along with Cyrus) and threatened to be killed by Jason if they came after him again [Dec 30, 2020]
Punched in the face by T.J. Ashford [Jan 11, 2021]
Threatened to be "terminated" by Cyrus if he failed to produce his missing mother for him [Feb 18, 2021]
Shot in the back of the leg by Jason to be protected from Cyrus [Feb 18, 2021; hospitalized; details revealed on Feb 19, 2021]
Held at gunpoint and almost killed by Cyrus [May 26, 2021]
