John Colicos (Dec 10, 1928-Mar 6, 2000) was a Greco-Canadian actor, known for portraying Prince Mikkos Cassadine, a role which he originated, and his look-alike cousin Petros Cassadine, on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.
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He is also known for his portrayal of Klingon Commander Kor on the Star Trek Franchise and Count Baltar on the original Battlestar Galactica.
He portrayed Mikkos from August 10, 1981-September 18, 1981. Mikkos is characterized as one of General Hospital 's greatest villains of all time. He appeared again, this time as Mikkos' lookalike cousin Petros Cassadine, from January 4-15, 1985.
In the summer of 2006, it was rumored that the show was considering recasting the role with Daytime legend, Joseph Mascolo; however Mascolo returned to his famous role as Stefano DiMera on NBC's Days of Our Lives.
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The spelling of his name was sometimes shown as John Collicos.