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Curtis Byron Ashford[9] is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.
He has been portrayed by actor Donnell Turner since the character's debut on November 30, 2015.
Casting
On November 19, 2015, Soap Opera Digest broke the news that Donnell Turner had been cast as Curtis Ashford, who would prove to be a valuable resource for a scheming Hayden Barnes (Rebecca Budig).[10]
While his character is not a doctor, Turner appeared in the recurring role of Dr. Aiden Williams on Days of Our Lives in 2010.[11]
Turner's other credits included recurring role of a doctor on The Young and the Restless, as well as appearances on prime time dramas How to Get Away with Murder and Revenge.[12]
He made his first appearance on November 30, 2015.
Background
Curtis' parents - Marshall & Irene
Curtis & his Aunt Stella who raised him
With wife Portia and their daughter Trina
Prior to coming to Port Charles, Curtis had been recruited by Jordan to work for the D.E.A., but it didn't end well, as he got addicted to cocaine and got fired from his job.
In 2015, it was revealed that he is a friend of Shawn Butler.
He is also T.J. Ashford's uncle since T.J.'s legal father, Tommy Ashford was Curtis' brother.
He used to be in a committed relationship with his former sister-in-law Jordan Ashford and during the 2018 Nurses Ball, he and Jordan got engaged. In November 2018, he and Jordan got married.
On December 17, 2020, Curtis learned that Jordan knew Marcus Taggert was alive after he was supposedly killed in late February 2020. Curtis and Jordan officially separated in February 2021 and later filed for divorce. After Stella stole the divorce papers, she had a stroke at Kelly's and the papers were messed up and thrown away, so Curtis and Jordan have no idea that they're still legally married. In September 2021, after Jordan was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, Curtis was heartbroken.
On May 30, 2018, Curtis and close friend Sam McCall opened up a P.I. business together and they named it, Ashford and McCall but unfortunately Curtis dissolved his partnership with Sam on June 26, 2019, leaving the P.I. business to become head of security at Aurora Media.
On March 10, 2020, it was revealed that he and Dr. Portia Robinson were lovers, however he broke things off with her when she revealed to Curtis that she was married. It has been hinted that Curtis is the biological father of Portia's daughter Trina Robinson. In 2021, after separating from Jordan, he and Portia began dating again.
On October 18, 2021, a mysterious man began stalking Curtis and asking people questions about him. On November 15, it was revealed that the mysterious man's full name is Marshall Thomas Ashford and he's Curtis and his late brother Tommy Ashford's father. Curtis wanted nothing to do with his father because in his eyes, Marshall abandoned him, Tommy and their mother. Marshall claimed that he didn't leave them because he wanted to, he left them because he had to. On December 17, it was revealed that Stella Henry knew that Marshall had faked his death but she never thought she would see him again.
Storylines
Curtis and T.J.
Curtis comes to Port Charles in November 2015 to help Hayden Barnes find evidence about the shooting that landed her in a coma.
On January 21, 2016 he calls Hayden and tells her to pay up or he will tell Nikolas Cassadine everything. Hayden, later meets him outside of Kelly's to give him the money and he gives her information on the shooting.
Later on, Curtis runs into his widowed sister-in-law Jordan Ashford at Kelly's and he tells her that he has every right to see his nephew. Jordan wants Curtis to leave town. Later on, T.J. Ashford finds out his uncle is in town when he runs into him and his mother at the Metro Court Restaurant.
Curtis and Hayden
On February 4, he and Officer Valerie Spencer play pool at the Floating Rib and she kicks his butt. Later on, he asks Valerie out on a date and she accepts. Curtis meets Valerie for a date at the Floating Rib. When Jordan finds out that his date is Valerie, she gets angry because she does not want him to hurt Valerie. Then he tells Jordan, that he "won't hurt Valerie like you hurt Thomas and Shawn". Later on, Curtis introduces Valerie to his nephew T.J.
Curtis meets Dr. Andre Maddox. Later on, when he continues his date with Valerie he asks her if Jordan was bothering her. She tells him no then, she asks if he has a cocaine problem. To, which he replies, "I used to but not anymore". On February 25, he runs into Hayden on the docks.
Eventually he and Valerie start dating and end up having sex but she breaks up him because he lies to her.
After Morgan Corinthos is killed in a car bombing, Curtis starts working with Drew Cain (aka "Jason Morgan") to find the killer and they become best friends.
Curtis and Jordan kiss
It was also revealed that Curtis and Jordan have a thing for each other and they kiss. The two eventually start dating and she offers him a job at the P.C.P.D., which he turns down to continue working as a PI (and with Drew aka "Jason").
Curtis learns Drew can't be his best man
In November 14, 2018, Curtis asked Nina Reeves to become his "best person" in his wedding to Jordan after Drew had to step down so he can deal with his family issues.
In November 2018, the Haunted Star yacht is host to his and Jordan's wedding reception. However the celebration was cut short, when the body of Kiki Jerome was found on board having been murdered by Ryan Chamberlain.
In February 2019, Curtis and Jordan go over the serial killer case and how Franco Baldwin was framed and Jordan promises to throw the book at him. Jordan and Franco began working together to draw the killer out of hiding by having Franco plead guilty to the murders, but Jordan is accidentally ran down with a car that Drew was driving after suddenly losing consciousness and going blind. The next day, Drew apologized to Curtis for hitting Jordan but Curtis said that it wasn't his fault and stuff happens.
In March, Franco was finally proven to be innocent as Ryan Chamberlain was revealed to be alive and was exposed as the killer. Curtis sat by Jordan's side when she is released from GH and put on dialysis because there wasn't a match available for her much-needed kidney transplant since one kidney suffered grade-4 damage and the other suffered a grade-2. When Ryan had been presumed dead in Niagara Falls, Jordan tasked Curtis to investigate in Canada for any proof that Ryan could still be alive but he initially came up empty.
In May, Curtis and Laura Collins worked together to find Ryan in Canada and they found a nurse named April Tremblay murdered. Ryan knocked Curtis out and attacked Laura before tying them up in that cabin which was rigged to blow up, but they escaped alive. Ryan returned to Port Charles eventually before Laura and Curtis and Ava Jerome were planning to kill Ryan since he killed Ava's daughter Kiki Jerome but Curtis stopped her since Ryan was a kidney match for Jordan. Eventually, Ryan was arrested but Ava stabbed him in the back.
After Ryan recovered, Curtis threatened Ryan into giving his kidney to Jordan but although he initially refused, eventually he said he will in exchange for the charges against him dropped. Curtis did not agree to his deal.
On June 12, it was revealed that Curtis conspired with Ryan's twin brother Dr. Kevin Collins, Nurse Elizabeth Webber, Valerie Spencer, Franco, and Dr. Hamilton Finn to steal Ryan's kidney and give it to Jordan.
After Jordan got out of the hospital, Curtis sadly dissolved his partnership with close friend Sam McCall at Ashford & McCall P.I. since he was going to be Head of Security at Aurora Media. However, he was actually working for Valentin Cassadine to get information on Jasper Jacks.
On July 31, Curtis found that Drew's office was broken into and when Drew found out, he saw that the flash drive was gone. They deduced that Hank Archer (aka "Shiloh") stole it though had no idea why. On August 2, Drew and Curtis learned that while in Afghanistan, Hank conspired with a Navy SEAL named Charles "Tex" Owen, who was on Drew's team, to sell stolen fuel on the black market and Drew was going to turn them in but got abducted before he could.
Later that day, Drew teamed up with Curtis to track down Shiloh and his accomplice, Dr. Arthur Cabot and they bust down the door at Shiloh's motel room with guns in their hand but found a golden hand with blood on it. Drew told Sonny that there was no sign of Shiloh and they were going to track him down.
Later that evening, Drew told Curtis that the P.C.P.D. was hunting down Shiloh and that Commissioner Mac Scorpio alerted authorities across the state. They discussed what Drew could have possibly known that Shiloh was after and Drew knew this was personal since Shiloh literally had his life in his hands. They later went to talk to Lucy Coe about Arthur Cabot and asked if she knew him and she said she didn't but then recognized him on a picture when she said his name was "Stellan Bergman." She then mentioned that the address of the place he rented was 721 Dewitt and then they thanked her and left.
Curtis and Drew bust down the door at 721 Dewitt and Drew attacked Shiloh before freeing Cameron Webber. As Curtis grabbed Shiloh and held him in a chokehold, Drew pulled out his gun, aimed it at Cabot and threatened to kill him if he didn't turn off the memory mapping computer that was implanting Drew's memories into Franco and Cabot explained the process cannot be stopped or reversed but there was a chance it could fail. After the program ended, Curtis and Drew tied Cabot and Shiloh's hands behind their backs before Elizabeth Webber showed up with Det. Harrison Chase who arrested Shiloh first and Cabot next.
The next day, it was revealed that the procedure worked and Franco now believes he is "Chief Andrew Cain" so they continued to work together to find a way to undo what had been done to Franco. After talking to Elizabeth and Hayden, Drew suggested that they find Andre Maddox so that he can try to undo what Cabot did. On August 21, Drew left town to return Shiloh's stolen money to Afghanistan and Curtis eventually gave Elizabeth a message from Drew about his latest mission.
On August 28, Jax fired Curtis after learning that he was working for Valentin, who had offered to pay him $5 million dollars to find the neurotic and hypochondriac villainess Cassandra Pierce and bring her to him.
On September 9, everyone learned that Drew never made it to Afghanistan and that the plane crashed and there were no signs of survivors. Curtis consoled Sam by saying this was Drew they were talking about and to not count him out yet.
Hayden eventually hired Curtis to help her and Jax find the missing codicil to Mikkos Cassadine's will that could prove that Valentin is not the rightful Cassadine heir. Curtis eventually brought Laura Collins in on the search for the codicil and they looked on the Haunted Star. Eventually, Curtis opened the door to a closet and found Cassandra Pierce in there and she held them at gunpoint. As Cassandra ordered Curtis and Laura to tie themselves up to each other, Curtis disarmed her and tied her up as Laura held her at gunpoint. Realizing she lost the upper hand, Cassandra tried to form an alliance with them to take down Valentin but Laura had her arrested.
On October 8, Curtis was upset since Valentin had used him as part of his plan to trick Nina into thinking Sasha Gilmore was Nina's daughter although Sasha never confirmed that Valentin set the whole thing up. Curtis began to investigate what happened and suggested to Brad Cooper and Dr. Lucas Jones that they could retest the samples that originally "proved" that Sasha was Nina's daughter and that this time they have them tested with trusted lab technicians to see if it comes back a match or not. On October 21, Finn shared his suspicions with Curtis that Hayden might have lied about miscarrying in 2017 and that his child could be alive, so Curtis agreed to keep it quiet but he might have tipped Hayden off by suggesting if she needed to get anything off her chest she can.
On March 18, 2020, it is revealed that Portia and Curtis had an affair before 2003. When Curtis found out Portia was married, he ended the affair. On January 4, 2022, Curtis reveals that their affair was 20 years ago.
On February 19, 2021, Portia Robinson and Curtis Ashford arrive at a local nightclub. Portia had agreed to tag along with Curtis to the club as he checked on a possible cheating spouse on Valentines Day.
Curtis sees the club owner talking to the woman of interest. They are clearly having an affair and not hiding it. Curtis follows the couple to take many pictures as proof for his client.
When he is finished, Portia doesn't want to leave yet. Curtis had been apart from his wife Jordan Ashford for the last two months after she lied to him. Portia convinces Curtis to not call the client on Valentines Day and wait until the next day. Curtis says he is thinking of changing things up, hinting that he may be possibly purchasing the nightclub.
On February 25, Curtis brings his P.I. partner Sam McCall to the nightclub, which she admires. He admits to wanting out of other peoples problems, and wants to buy the nightclub instead. Sam reminds him that being a bar owner means he'll still hear those problems. He responds that at the end of the night he can close up shop and go home and never think about those people again. As Sam wants to be more involved in their P.I. business, he suggests she buy his half, for sole ownership, gaining his contacts, files, client list, etc...and he use the money to close on the nightclub, to which she agrees.
On March 17, Curtis tells his nephew T.J. Ashford that he bought the nightclub but hasn't decided what to call it yet.
On March 23, Curtis is inspecting the nightclub and tells Portia it will be opening in a few weeks.
On April 12, Curtis tells Jordan he decided to call his nightclub The Savoy.
On May 6, Curtis hired a bartender named Angela to be a mixologist. She fixed Portia and Curtis a drink called "Between the Sheets" which they enjoy together.
On July 2, bartender N'neka Garland is working at The Savoy during a graduation party for Trina Robinson.
July 15 was the official grand opening of The Savoy.
On July 27, Curtis offers the newly freed Shawn Butler a job managing the nightclub. Shawn points out he still has to figure out what he wants to do - and that he managed a restaurant, not a nightclub. He agrees anyway, when Curtis tells him he has a place at his nightclub in the meantime.
On October 18, Curtis' father Marshall Ashford comes to town and goes to The Savoy. Curtis is upset to find out his father faked his death for decades and won't explain why.
On April 4, 2022, mobster Selina Wu revealed to Dr. Britt Westbourne that she knew her father, the late terrorist and villain Cesar Faison and that he and Britt had committed a crime in 2016 while in Lisbon. Selina blackmailed Britt into letting her manipulate Britt's best friend and Selina's nephew, Brad Cooper, into working for her. Selina wants Brad to manage poker games at The Savoy instead of his preferred job, being an orderly at the hospital. When Curtis turned down Selina's request to use the backroom for legal poker games and she sent him a money tree as a reminder of a story about her grandfather that she had told him.
On April 5, with Deception Cosmetics going public, Selina buys stock to become a major investor. She surprises everyone by showing up at The Savoy celebration, where she continues to attempt to persuade Curtis Ashford to allow poker games for her select friends like Judge Abbott to help keep the peace around town.
Eventually Curtis agrees to allow the poker games in his club when Selina gets him Marshall's sealed arrest records. He knew his father had been arrested during a protest in the 80s but he didn't know why. He finds out his father was diagnosed with schizophrenia after he was arrested and sent to a mental institution. His aunt Stella and late mother Irene Ashford knew about Marshall's decision to fake a heart attack and leave town to convince his boys he is dead.
On August 24, 2022, Curtis and Portia get engaged.
On February 14, 2023, Curtis and Portia get married at All Saints Chapel and have the reception at the Metro Court Hotel.
After the fallout from learning he might be Trina's father at their wedding, Curtis and Portia became estranged and he moved out temporarily. However, On May 25, 2023, he agreed to work on their marriage and move back in - at least to the guest room.
On April 12, 2024, Drew Quartermaine and Michael Corinthos offer Curtis a job. Drew explains he's been doing research on how much money the wellness industry is making. They would like Curtis to lead the operation as his recovery has been impressive. Curtis suggests creating a high end fitness club by buying up small gyms. They are interrupted when Nina Reeves storms in and claims that Carly Spencer is sleeping with Agent John Cates.
On September 9, the Wellness Center officially opens. As owner, Curtis is onsite. Ric Lansing shares that he'll sign up for a membership, and tells Curtis how much he was impressed by T.J. and their whole family. He's grateful to Curtis and his family for being there for T.J.'s domestic partner Molly Lansing-Davis.
Curtis himself asks how Ric could represent "the woman who terrorized my daughter" if he's so grateful to his family. Ric knows Curtis may despise Heather Webber, but she's not at fault for the faulty hip implant. Heather's not the only one who was poisoned. If Ric drops the case, someone else will take it. Would he rather have a shark he doesn't know represent Heather or someone who knows and respects them and will do what he can to do right by them all.
Ric states that he's bringing a civil rather than criminal case; and he wants the makers of the device to pay - plus he's already started lowering Heather's expectations.Crimes Committed
- Former cocaine addict [pre-2011]
- Entered the P.C.P.D. evidence locker with help from a friend who worked there [Nov 2015]
- Broke into Claudette Beaulieu's room at the Metro Court Hotel [Jul 2016]
- Broke into Sonny Corinthos' office [Oct 27, 2016]
- Took a picture of a confidential file [revealed Nov 2, 2016]
- Threatened Winston Rudge with death [Dec 14-15, 2016]
- Broke into the Asian Quarter (along with "Jason Morgan") [Jan 9, 2017]
- Broke into the tomb that Olivia Jerome was supposedly laid to rest in (along with "Jason") [Feb 24, 2017]
- Punched Jared Preston, Jr. [Aug 16, 2017]
- Fought with Dr. Andre Maddox [Nov 29, 2017]
- Arrested for breaking and entering [Mar 1, 2018]
- Break and entering; broke into Wyndemere Castle (along with Sam McCall) [Jun 13, 2018]
- Briefly held Ryan Chamberlain at gunpoint to stop him from picking up a knife [May 24, 2019]
- Assaulted and threatened Ryan [May 31, 2019]
- Conspired with Kevin Collins, Hamilton Finn, Franco Baldwin, Elizabeth Webber, and Valerie Spencer to steal Ryan's kidney and donate it to Jordan Ashford [revealed Jun 12, 2019]
- Held "Shiloh" in a chokehold so he would not escape custody [Aug 9, 2019]
- Assaulted, disarmed, and tied the hands of Cassandra Pierce in defense of himself and Mayor Laura Collins [Sep 17, 2019]
- Engaged in a gun battle with Walker, Jenkins, and Cyrus Renault's men [Feb 28, 2020]
- Shot a gun out of Walker's hand in defense of Marcus Taggert [Feb 28, 2020]
- Threatened Cyrus [Aug 11, 2020]
- Pretended to be a doctor to get Laura Collins (who'd faked a mental illness) falsely admitted into the Mountain Landing Long Term Care facility [Dec 2020]
- Assaulted a gym patron [Jan 26, 2021]
- Got into a scuffle with the intruder who killed Roger Barstow and punched him in the face, knocking him unconscious [Sep 8, 2021]
- Assaulted Joey Novak in defense of Carly Spencer [Nov 3, 2021]
- Assaulted Linc Brown [Nov 12, 2021]
- Agreed to let Selina Wu use the backroom of The Savoy for poker games if she gave him Marshall's medical records [Apr 2022]
- Stole Oz Haggerty's medical file [Aug 2, 2022]
- Not disclosing to the authorities that Portia Robinson changed serial killer Heather Webber's cobalt results to keep her in prison [Oct 14, 2024-present]
- Keeping quiet about Michael's insider trading [Dec 18, 2024-present]
Health and Vitals
- Recovering drug (cocaine) addict [2011]
- Shot in the chest[13] [prior to his 2015 arrival; revealed Jun 15, 2016]
- Thrown from "Jason Morgan"'s back and punched when he tried to stop a fight between "Jason" and Nikolas Cassadine [Apr 6, 2016]
- Was trapped in building set on fire by Winston Rudge (along with "Jason") but got out with minor smoke inhalation [Jan 9-10, 2017]
- Voluntarily got in an elevator with "Jason", while he ("Jason") was on a pressure plate (land mine) [Mar 10-13, 2017]
- Suffered a leg injury following the earthquake and had to be taken to the hospital [Mar 5, 2018]
- Knocked out by Ryan Chamberlain [May 15, 2019]
- Held hostage by Ryan in a cabin rigged with explosives (along with Mayor Laura Collins) [May 15-17, 2019; revealed May 17, 2019; they escaped]
- Jumped into cold water to save Dr. Liesl Obrecht (along with Jax) [Jul 9, 2019]
- Stalked by Cassandra Pierce (along with Laura) [Sep 13-17, 2019; revealed Sep 17, 2019]
- Held hostage at gunpoint by Cassandra (along with Laura) and was ordered to tie himself to her [Sep 17, 2019]
- Had a gunshot fired in his direction by Cassandra as he went to disarm her [Sep 17, 2019]
- Engaged in a gun battle with Walker, Jenkins and Cyrus Renault's men [Feb 28, 2020]
- Donated blood [Mar 10, 2020]
- Shot in the stomach by Cyrus [Jun 4, 2021]
- Stalked by his own father, Marshall Ashford [revealed Oct 18-Nov 15, 2021]
- Threatened by Selina Wu [Aug 24, 2022]
- Had genetic screening (does not have the markers for schizophrenia) [Nov 14, 2022]
- Shot in the back of his right shoulder blade by a bullet that ricocheted from a sniper belonging to intelligence operative Jack Brennan [Jul 10, 2023; Brennan's involvement revealed on Jan 26, 2024]
- Flatlined during surgery [Jul 13, 2023]
- Lack of feeling in his legs; possibly permanently paralyzed due to the bullet lodging near his spine [Jul 20, 2023-Apr 3, 2024]
- Had experimental surgery to enable him to walk again [Jan 2024]
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See also
- Curtis and Jordan Ashford
- Curtis Ashford and Portia Robinson
- Ashford family
- Aurora Wellness Center
- Baltimore Police Department
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- The Savoy
- Wu mob family
Trivia
- Curtis' astrological sign is Gemini
External links
References
- โ Stated on August 2, 2018. VP of Field Operations from UMHI.
- โ Jordan showed up at Curtis' door saying Happy Birthday, baby and brought him a present.
- โ Curtis' father left a 1985 family photo that Curtis remembers. Curtis was 3 when his father supposedly died.
- โ on 3/7/22, Curtis mentions his father needing to make up for 40 years of lost time with him
- โ His 50th was celebrated onscreen 6/14/23
- โ Stated August 3, 2018.
- โ http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/vernee-watson-ghs-stella-ball/
- โ Last name revealed on June 22, 2017.
- โ Stella uses his full name on 6/9
- โ NEW CONTRACT PLAYER FOR GH. American Media, Inc.. Retrieved on December 5, 2015.
- โ GH Castings News: New Contract Character on Hand to Help Hayden. Retrieved on December 5, 2015.
- โ Donnell Turner Checks In To General Hospital As New Mystery Man!. Retrieved on December 5, 2015.
- โ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ITiXD_DLyE
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