Adam Chandler, Sr.
Actor History
David Canary (Fall 1984 to April 23, 2010)
Lifeline
Born in May 24, 1945
Occupation
Co-Owner and Co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises
Owner, IncredibleDreams.com
Former owner and operator of "Adam's Place," a bar formerly known as "The Pit."
Former Owner of WRCW
Former owner of a fertility clinic
Former owner of Tempo Magazine
Former producer of the movie Raising Kane
Resides At
Chandler Mansion (300 River Road)
Marital Status
Single/Divorced from Annie Novak [Engaged: Aug 4, 2009; Married: Nov 9, 2009; Divorced: Jul 30, 2010]
Past Marriages
Althea (divorced)
Erica Kane (Divorced)
Brooke English (Invalid))
Dixie Cooney (Invalid; deceased)
Natalie Marlowe (Invalid)
Erica Kane (Vow renewal)
Gloria Marsh (Divorced)
Liza Colby (Divorced)
Liza Colby (Divorced)
Arlene Vaughan (Divorced)
Liza Colby (Married: Mar 13, 2001; Divorced)
Krystal Carey (Married: Sep 21, 2005; Renewed Vows: Mar 23, 2006; Divorced: Dec 24, 2007)
Annie Novak (Engaged: Aug 4, 2009; Married: Nov 9, 2009; Divorced: Jul 30, 2010)
Relatives
Stuart Chandler (twin brother)
Charlotte Chandler (sister; deceased)
Ross Chandler (nephew)
Scott Chandler (nephew; via adoption)
Julie Rand Chandler (great-niece)
Children
Hayley Vaughan (daughter; with Arlene)
Adam Chandler Jr. (son; with Dixie)
Anna Claire Chandler (daughter; with Gloria; deceased)
Unnamed Child (with Liza; miscarriage)
Colby Chandler (daughter; with Liza)
Miguel Reyes (son; with Sonia)
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; with Annie)
Lorenzo Hector Santos (grandson)
Adam Chandler III (grandson)
* Adam and Althea had previously adopted Skye Chandler Quartermaine
Flings & Affairs
Joy Hawkins
Kaye Campobello
Dixie Cooney
Arlene Vaughan
Sonia Reyes
Kaye Campobello
Mary Smythe
Crimes Committed
Had Stuart locked up in the West Wing of the Chandler Mansion for years
Tried to drive Dixie crazy, in order to get custody of their son, Adam, Jr.
Hired a thug to shoot Palmer Cortlandt
Paid Natalie to spy on Palmer
Faked his own death to test Erica
Stole Natalie's money by having her sign papers she didn't know she was signing
Blackmailed Erica into marrying him again
Illegally divorced Erica (had Stuart stand in for him)
Kidnapped Erica and took her to Canada
Rigged a pregnancy test to show that Jeremy was the father of Natalie's baby
Told An-Li that she had to marry Brian Bodine in order to get her green card, just to keep Brian away from Hayley
Staged his own kidnapping to test Gloria's loyalty
Locked a pregnant Gloria in an abandoned building because he didn't believe her pregnancy was in danger
Swapped Jake's sperm specimen with his own so that Liza would have his child
Bribed a judge to grant custody of Max to Mateo rather than Raquel
Switched Colby's stem cells with another infant's so that his genetic link to Colby would not be revealed
Plotted to buy a controlling percentage in WRCW so that he could ruin Tad's career
Blackmailed Leo du Pres into having Paolo Caseli seduce Marian (to break up Marian and Stuart's marriage)
Sabotaged the Colmar Tower and caused it's destruction
Tossed Arlene's lifeless body overboard from the Fidelity after believing that Hayley had killed her
Forged Arlene's name on divorce papers
Jailed for bribing a police officer; plea bargain arranged for community service [Mar 2001]
Lying to the police; Claimed he was driving a car that crashed instead of Adam JR [May 17, 2001]
Assault; clobbered David Hayward [Jun 12, 2001]
Adultery; Slept with Kaye Campobello while married to Liza. [Jul 2001]
Bribery/Judicial Tampering; Slept with Kaye Campobello so that David Hayward would be found not guilty. [Jul 2001]
Cited for contempt [Aug 8th, 2001]
Assault; clobbered David Hayward [Mar 28, 2002]
Ambushed Vanessa at the hospital [Apr 5, 2002]
Hired a photographer to take pictures of Anna and David and published that they were married [Apr 5th, 2002]
Gaslighting Liza (making her believe she was crazy/ill) [Jun 12, 2002]
Blackmailed Trey Kenyon [Jul 2002]
Arrested for breaking and entering into a doctor's office as Pine Valley Hospital [Dec 24, 2003]
Arrested for the possible murder of Michael Cambias [Feb 6, 2004]
Had a videotape altered to make it appear as though Babe had threatened to kill JR and used the tape to blackmail Babe [Oct 2004]
Kidnapped Krystal's baby and planned to sell it on the black market [May 2007]
Arson; burned down Tad Martin's house after learning that Tad was the father of Krystal's baby [Fall 2007]
Threatened to frame Pete Cortlandt for rape if Pete didn't keep quiet about Colby being involved in a car accident [Jul 18, 2008]
Obstruction of justice; falsely reported his car being stolen to cover up that Colby had possibly run over Richie Novak [Jul 2008]
Participated in (or rather an accomplice to) the tainting of Bella perfume with Pete Cortlandt [Sep 2008]
Blackmailed Krystal into testifying in JR's favor during Little A's custody hearing [Apr 2009]
Assault; hit Tad Martin with a fire poker [May 15, 2009]
Held Annie at gunpoint [Jul 24, 2009]
Paid off a judge to have Annie released from the ankle monitor and undergo psychiatric treatment
Shot and killed his brother, Stuart [May 15, 2009; revealed Oct 23, 2009]
Arrested for the murder of Stuart Chandler [Nov 20, 2009]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Suffered from high blood pressure
Suffered a stroke
Was poisoned by Gloria Marsh
Experienced light-headedness and unexplained headaches; Possible transient ischemic attack [Apr 2005]
Hospitalized in Philadelphia after collapsing [Mar 2009]
Suffered bruises when he crashed his car into a tree [Apr 3, 2009]
Collapsed after suffering a seizure while being taunted by JR Chandler [May 1, 2009]
Suffered a heart attack and "died" during his wedding [Nov 9, 2009]
Brief Character History
Adam Chandler, a Pigeon Hollow native, came to Pine Valley in 1984. He grew up with Pete Cooney (a.k.a. Palmer Cortlandt) and they were rivals because of a past relationship Pete had with Adam's sister, Lottie. Adam first got involved with Erica in New York. Over the years, Adam was always involved with dirty dealing, such as swindling Natalie, blackmailing Erica, and trying to drive Dixie insane to get custody of Adam, Jr. He needed complete control over his children and wives, and would use every dirty trick in the book to get what he wanted. Manipulation was his strongest suit.
At the end of 1996, Adam and Liza developed a scheme to make the objects of their desires (Tad and Brooke) jealous. In the scheme, the two would get married and hope that either Tad or Brooke would stop the wedding. Part of the scheme saw Liza receiving ownership of half of WRCW. When she found out that Adam didn't own WRCW and that she was going to get nothing, she decided to forgo the plans to leave Adam at the altar and go through with the wedding.
Dimitri Marick managed to turn a loan to Stuart into a way to steal ownership of WRCW. He allowed Stuart to use WRCW as collateral for the loan then turned around and demanded to have Stuart repay the loan on the spot. Because Stuart didn't have the cash to pay back Dimitri, Dimitri and his bigwig lawyer coaxed Stuart into signing over ownership of WRCW to Dimitri.
Adam and Liza were in denial of their love for one another. As things progressed Liza tried to scam her way into Adam's bed to consummate their marriage. At one final attempt Adam and Liza were finally intimate, but by that time Liza had fallen deeply in love with Adam and didn't care about his money. As it ended up, their one night of passion resulted in Liza getting pregnant. Revealing the shocking news to Adam, he then knew his feelings for Liza and the unborn baby were true.
Liza wanted to prove that she deeply loved and cared for Adam, so she wanted to buy him a real wedding ring, one with meaning. Marian and Liza took off on a shopping trip via a Transglobal jet. As luck would have it, the jet came to an abrupt hard landing, causing Liza to lose the baby. After learning the faulty turbine blades, made by a company Adam owned, were responsible for the crash,, Liza instantly blamed Adam for the loss of the baby. Liza left Adam and filed for divorce. Adam tried to protest his love for Liza in any way he could, but Liza went through with the divorce.
Adam had a mild stroke after an altercation with Liza and was hospitalized. He was released and was back at Pine Valley Hospital almost immediately, suffering from a bigger stroke. Liza became concerned and was at his bedside. Adam was given a lethal dose of drugs, which caused his blood pressure to elevate and his heart to beat faster.
Dr. Hayward came to the rescue and claimed to be the hero for saving Adam, even though this "hero doctor" was the one who injected him with the drugs in the first place. Dr. Hayward was hell-bent on seeing to it that Jake was held responsible for it. Adam filed a lawsuit against Jake. As for the divorce between Adam and Liza, Adam refused to sign---claiming that he and Liza would get back together.
Adam still teetered back and forth on whether or not to grant Liza a divorce. On the day of the divorce hearing, Liza found out the real reason why she lost the baby, Fifth Disease. Joe Martin told her that a woman in the hospital had it and that Liza could have been in contact with her at any time during her pregnancy. With that news, Liza ran to tell Adam that it was not his fault about the baby. However, both were too proud to come out and say that they didn't want the divorce, so the divorce went through.
While at the 1997 Crystal Ball, Adam saw a vision of a woman-a woman whom he recognized from his "carny days." He and Stuart had rescued Joy from her abusive husband, Lee, and she and Adam fell in love. However, Joy's husband continued to torment her, and in order to get her free from Lee's control, Adam and Stuart faked her death. Adam was further confused when he continued to see this image of Joy in various places; as well, he began to hear voices, urging him to confess.
Unbeknownst to Adam, the young woman was actually Joy's daughter, Camille. Her father, Lee, had convinced Camille that Adam had killed Joy, and Camille was determined to avenge her mother's death. Adam found strange things happening wherever Camille was--like an elevator that trapped Marian and Stuart and a fuse box that electrocuted--and nearly killed---Scott. Adam wanted everyone in his family to be aware that Camille was out to harm them, and even went so far as to bring Junior back to Pine Valley from Pigeon Hollow to keep him safe.
However, what Adam was unaware of was that Camille was not really the one behind the threats on his family---her father, Lee, was. Camille had discovered that her father had lied to her, and was trying to stop him. Shortly after Dixie and Junior's arrival in Pine Valley on the Fourth of July, Lee rigged a boiler at Holidays to explode. Camille learned of his plans and rushed over to Holidays. She tried to warn everyone to flee for their lives, but no one believed her. She tried to fix the boiler, but was unable to stop it from exploding. She lost her life trying to save the dozens of partygoers in the upstairs restaurant.
Knowing Camille was dead, Adam believed his family was safe. However, the horror was only beginning. Lee kidnapped first Junior, then Hayley, and held them hostage, planning to kill them (as revenge for Camille's death). Junior managed to escape, and with Tad, Edmund, and Mateo's help, they rescued Hayley, but not before she received a tattoo from Lee which caused her blood to be poisoned for months, which meant she had to wait to become pregnant.
Adam was not pleased when he learned of Stuart and Marian's growing relationship, and went to great lengths to break them up. One of his schemes included gathering a collection of Marian's old flames at a dinner party, and parading them in front of Stuart, to show him how unsuitable Marian was. Liza was furious at him for hurting her mother, and worked long and hard to get him to accept Marian and Stuart's relationship. Marian and Stuart were later married, with Adam's blessing.
Adam found out that Liza wanted to be artificially inseminated by Jake Martin. Adam wanted to put a stop to that, and, in typical Adam Chandler style, bought the fertility clinic and switched Jake's sperm sample with his own. Liza remained completely oblivious to the switch, and accepted Adam's marriage proposal, which put Adam on Cloud Nine. However, dastardly Dr. David Hayward had proof of Adam's paternity of the baby and threatened to expose the truth to Liza. If Adam thought about killing David, David had already made contingency plans: copies of the DNA report linking baby Colby and Adam would be sent to the police and to Liza. Adam was forced to play along with the notion that Jake was really the child's father, something that wasn't easy for him to do.
Adam and Liza were married. They went away to Adam's secluded fishing cabin, where Liza went into labor. David, still hell-bent on toying with Adam about the sperm switch, followed them and helped Liza through the birth of a baby girl, Colby. David continued to play with Adam, leaving town for a few days so that David's lawyer, Leslie Coulson, showed up at the Chandlers' with proof that David had given her, to be presented to Liza and Derek Frye in the event of David's disappearance or death. Liza just missed finding out about Adam's deception, but Erica snatched up the papers and discovered the truth. David convinced her to keep quiet.
Adam resented Jake for spending time with "his" daughter and went about attempting to control all his children. When Hayley split with Mateo, he moved her into his mansion and tried to keep her friends and family from seeing her. He got more possessive of Colby, and publicly ranted and raved when Liza and Jake agreed to give some of Colby's stem cells to a terminally ill Dimitri Marick. Yet again, he broke into hospital records to keep his paternity secret safe.
Chandler next moved on to young Adam, Jr. Adam was outraged that the Martins were taking his children from him, at least in his mind. He was horrified that Tad had a bigger place than him as a father figure in Junior's life, and afraid that his son would grow up "to be a fool like Tad Martin." Adam attempted to talk his son into going off to a boarding school, and when that didn't work, he tried to trick him into going. Junior ran away, terrified of his father. Tad, Dixie, and Liza blew up at Adam, and when Junior was finally found, he didn't even want to speak to Adam.
When Ryan's Incredible Dreams venture hit rough water, he was forced to hand the business over to Adam. With Adam at the reigns, Ryan was forced to walk a thin line and run the business as Adam wanted. After Gillian's death in 2001, Ryan quit his post at IncredibleDreams.com after Adam refused to give him time away from the job to mourn Gillian.
At about the same time, Adam's son, J.R., began experimenting with drugs. His drug use spiraled out of control and JR was caught on videotape admitting that he had stolen drugs from David Hayward's room. David threatened to turn JR in to the police if Adam didn't help get him off on all of the Libidozone-related charges against him after he drugged all of Pine Valley on The Fidelity. Adam agreed to bribe the judge presiding over the case -- but money didn't quite work. Instead, Adam was forced to sleep with Judge Kaye Campobello. Accordingly, the judge found David not guilty. Liza had planned to get rid of Adam once and for all by divorcing him. She had secret meetings with an attorney, but Liza later decided to back off of those plans because Adam showed true signs of change, signs that were picked up by some of his biggest critics.
Adam took town troublemaker Mary Smythe into his home after Mary was cut off from her family's cash supply. The two grew closer, as Adam wanted someone to share his life with and Mary wanted another meal ticket. Mary tried to endear herself by breaking up the marriage of newlyweds Adam Chandler, Jr., and Babe Carey. Adam loathed Babe, who he felt was only after his son's money. Try as they might, Adam and Mary were unable to split the pair up. When Adam found out that Jamie had slept with Babe -- and Babe later found out that she was pregnant -- Adam tried to enlist Jamie into breaking up the marriage. That, too, failed.
Although not happy about the circumstances, Adam was pleased when his granddaughter, Bess, was born. It devastated him when Erica came to him with her belief that the baby was really Bianca's daughter, but he agreed to bring the baby to the hospital for the DNA test that proved it was not J.R.'s child. Seeing J.R. lose Bess devastated Adam, but he was rejuvenated when they learned, shortly after, that Babe and J.R.'s son was alive and well. Jamie and Babe had kidnapped him, but J.R. and Adam managed to get him back.
Adam was thrilled when J.R. won custody of the boy in court and renamed him Adam Chandler III. Adam was more than eager to help J.R. keep Babe far away from Little Adam, but David offered to locate Liza and Colby for him if Adam would soften up to Babe. Adam was suspicious of Di, the new nanny that J.R. hired for Little Adam, who later claimed to be Dixie. Adam got what he wanted when Babe offered to prove that Di was an imposter.
Babe, however, had a price -- she wanted Adam to free Krystal, who was doing jail time for the baby switch fiasco. Adam agreed to get Krystal out, but a DNA test seemed to prove that Di was telling the truth, and Krystal and Adam decided to take a deeper look into Di's past -- which resulted in a drunken wedding between the two of them. Krystal took advantage of her position as Adam's wife to get Babe more time with Little Adam. Despite himself, though, Adam soon found himself falling for his new bride, and the two renewed their vows at J.R. and Babe's remarriage ceremony.
Adam was thrilled when Krystal announced her pregnancy, looking forward to finally having the chance to raise one of his children. Adam was crushed when he found out that it was Tad, not he, who had fathered Krystal's baby. Adam decided to break things off with Krystal and left her to give birth to her daughter all alone. However, Colby came along and helped Krystal deliver Jenny.
Adam wanted to get revenge on Tad and Krystal for their one-night stand. He teamed up with Janet Green to kidnap Jenny. Adam planned to sell Jenny on the black market, but he did not succeed. Krystal and Tad found out and blasted Adam for it. JR also told Adam how disappointed he was in his father. Along with Jenny's kidnapping, Adam also burned down Tad's house.
Adam was in for a world of pain when he found out that JR had been kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded a huge ransom, so Adam went to Zach for help in paying the kidnappers. Zach loaned him the money but, in return, he got Adam's house and Chandler Enterprises. JR confessed to Adam that he had orchestrated his kidnapping all along, and Adam told JR he was no longer a son to him. Eventually, JR and Adam reconciled.
Adam filed for divorce from Krystal and he was granted a divorce. What he also realized was that Kathy Mershon was really Tad and Dixie's daughter. He kept this a secret from Tad, but Ghost Dixie taunted Adam into confessing who Kathy really was. Adam told Tad that Kathy was Kate. In a rare moment, Tad shook Adam's hand for doing the right thing.
Adam teamed up with Pete Cortlandt to sabotage Fusion so he could get it for himself. Adam made JR believe that he would take over Fusion for him but Adam really wanted the company. Adam, with Pete's help, tainted Fusion's new perfume, Bella, and this caused many people to suffer allergic reactions to the perfume, and they subsequently filed lawsuits against Fusion. Fusion took Bella off the market and the FDA closed them down so they could investigate what was going on at that time.
Meanwhile, Adam started to reconnect with his ex-wife, Erica Kane. When Adam and Erica were trapped together during the tornado, Adam told Erica that he tainted Bella so as to get Fusion for himself. Erica, being an owner of Fusion, since Kendall gave her proxy (and Kendall was in a coma), managed to get the lawsuits filed against Fusion dropped.
In the early part of 2009, Adam began to suffer from memory loss and unusual behavior. He was hospitalized, but it was unclear exactly what was causing his health issues. David Hayward asserted himself into Adam's treatment and had Adam's heart medicine swapped out with some sort of concoction that he'd put together in his own lab. At about the same time, Adam's financial health also took a downward spiral. Desperate to general some good publicity for Chandler Industries, Adam allowed an experimental heart valve to be implanted into Zach Slater and Kendall Hart's son, Ian. The valve malfunctioned and little Ian nearly lost his life. On a dark and stormy night, nearly everyone in town had a reason to want Adam dead -- but only one pulled the trigger. What no one knew, was that Adam had not been killed. It was his twin, Stuart, who met with an untimely demise.
