Tad Martin
Actor History
Matthew Anton (1973 to 1977)
John E Dunn (1978 to 1981)
Terrell Anthony (1990)
Michael E. Knight (1982 to 1986, 1988 to 1990, 1992 to Present)
Other Names
Tad Gardner (until his 1978 adoption)
Thadeus Martin (full name)
Lifeline
Born September 1st, 1963
Occupation
Partner in Martin and Devane Private Investigators
Former private investigator (License revoked Mar 2005)Former Co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises (Fired Apr 22nd, 2003)
Former Producer and Host of Nothing But the Truth
Former Producer and Host of The Cutting Edge
Former head of Orsini Vineyards
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
Former employee of The Glamourama
Resides At
646 Holland Avenue
Marital Status
Married (Krystal Carey) [December 24th, 2007 (Renewed Vows: January 18th, 2008) to Present]
Past Marriages
Dottie Thornton
Hillary Wilson
Dixie Cooney (married December 1989; divorced; deceased)
Brooke English (married 2003; divorced)
Dixie Cooney (married May 1994; divorced; deceased)
Dixie Cooney (married May 1999; divorced; deceased)
Relatives
Ray Gardner (biological father)
Joseph Martin Sr. (adoptive father)
Opal (biological mother)
Ruth Parker (adoptive mother)
Robert Gardner (biological uncle)
Jenny Gardner (biological sister)
Adrian Sword (biological half-brother)
Peter Cortlandt (biological half-brother)
Jeff Martin (adoptive half-brother)
Tara Martin (adoptive half-sister)
Bobby Martin (adoptive half-brother)
Philip Brent (adoptive half-brother / adoptive maternal cousin)
Joseph Martin Jr. (adoptive brother)
Henry Martin (adoptive grandfather; deceased)
Kate Martin (adoptive grandmother; deceased)
Paul Martin (adoptive paternal uncle)
Amy Parker (adoptive paternal aunt)
Elizabeth Martin (adoptive paternal cousin; deceased)
Charlie Brent (adoptive half-nephew / adoptive first cousin once removed)
Kelsey Jefferson (adoptive half-niece)
Joshua Madden (adoptive half-nephew)
Samuel Carlos Jefferson (adoptive great-half-nephew)
Children
James Edward Martin (with Brooke)
Unnamed Child (with Brooke; ectopic pregnancy)
Unnamed Child (daughter; with Dixie; miscarriage)
Kathy Mershon (daughter; with Dixie; given up for adoption)
Jenny Colby Carey (daughter; with Krystal; born 2007)
* Dixie and Tad refer to their unnamed daughters as 'Bess' and 'Kate'
Flings & Affairs
Pam Coulson (Dated in high school)
Leslie Coulson's cousin (Name unknown; Dated in high school)
Liza Colby
Marian Colby (simultaneously with daughter Liza)
Dottie Thornton
Barbara Montgomery
Skye Chandler Quartermaine
Liza Colby
Gloria Marsh
Leslie Coulson
Simone Torres (lovers)
Krystal Carey (lovers)
Di Henry (broken engagement)
Crimes Committed
Smoked marijuana
Stole money to pay for his pot smoking habit
Stole and crashed the Martin station wagon
As a teenager ran away from home
Fabricated evidence to get Brooke acquitted for killing Jim (although no one except Dixie knows it).
Roughed up David Hayward in the staff lounge at Pine Valley Hospital.
Assaulted Sweeney [Jul 12th, 2001]
Jailed for the murder of Dwight Sweeney [Jul 20th, 2001]
Assaulting a police officer (Sweeney) [Jul 24th, 2001]
Escaping from jail. [Jul 24th, 2001]
Destruction of property: destroyed the TV set in his hotel room when he saw that David's Libidizone charges were dropped.
Arrested for unlawfully broadcasting a Fusion commercial over WRCW's national feed. [May 6th, 2003]
Tied up Michael Cambias and tossed him in a dumpster [Jul 25th, 2003]
Stole Michael Cambias' body from the funeral home and buried it at the garbage dump. [Nov 12th, 2003]
Filled Michael Cambias' empty coffin with stones. [Nov 12th, 2003]
Arrested for the possible murder of Michael Cambias [Feb 6th, 2004]
Blackmail; Threatened to turn in Adam Chandler for the murder of Michael Cambias unless Adam dropped trespassing charges against Maggie Stone and Jamie Martin. [Feb 9th, 2004]
Arrested for aiding and abetting a felony. [Jan 25th, 2005]
Charged with kidnapping, interfering in the custody of a child, conspiracy, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child. [Feb 3rd, 2005]
Knocked out Greg Madden, abducted him and buried him alive, which ultimately led to Madden's death. [2006]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Injured after the ceiling fell on himduring in a tornado [1994]
Brief Character History
In 1973, a 10 year-old Tad Martin was pushed out of the car and abandoned by his evil father, Ray Gardner, in a park near Pine Valley. In 1975, Ruth and Joe Martin became his legal guardians until his natural parents could be located. Ray Gardner came back to Pine Valley to "sell" Tad for $15,000 to the Martins. They refused, he raped Ruth, she pressed charges and Ray went to jail. In 1978, Tad officially became a Martin. In 1981, Tad was a troubled pot-smoking teen who stole to support his habit. After wrecking the family wagon, Tad ran away from home.
Tad returned to Pine Valley in 1983, a much wiser and street-smart con artist. His first affairs were with the young, innocent Liza Colby and her man-eating mother, Marian (simultaneously). In 1984, Tad was paid to date Dottie Thornton by her mother, Edna Thornton. While thus ensnared, he met and fell in love with the adorably sweet, Hillary Wilson. Upon learning this, Dottie quit her birth control and became pregnant with Tad's child. Hillary convinced Tad to "do the right thing" and marry Dottie. Dottie had a miscarriage, unbeknownst to Tad, while Hillary married Tad's best friend. In 1986, Tad finally got his act together. He married the then-single Hillary, but she soon divorced him when she learned of his knowledge of the Wade Matthews scam on her Aunt Phoebe. Once again, Tad left town in disgrace.
When Tad returned in 1988, he had a brief affair with Barbara Montgomery, after which he met and fell in love with little southern innocent Dixie Cooney, whom he rescued from the evil Adam Chandler. They were married and Dixie was finally "the love of Tad's life." Opal and Palmer (Tad's mother and Dixie's uncle, respectively), however, were not content to let the lovebirds live a happy life, and set about breaking them up. Palmer paid a woman to say she had slept with Tad; when Dixie heard this, she separated from him. Reeling from the loss of Dixie, Tad fell into bed with his old friend Brooke. When Dixie learned of his tryst with Brooke, she divorced him. Tad and Dixie reunited, however, after Tad rescued Dixie from nutcase Billy Clyde Tuggle, who wanted Dixie as his bride, and had kidnapped her when she turned him down. Plans were made for their second wedding, but on the day of the wedding, Tad and Billy Clyde got into a fight(Billy Clyde had a bomb), and they both tumbled off a bridge and into the raging river. Only Billy Clyde's body was ever found. Dixie and Brooke were both devastated by his death, especially since Brooke learned she was carrying Tad's child.
In 1992, an amnesiac Tad returned, believing he was a vineyard owner from Napa Valley, Ted Orsini. With Brooke's help, Tad regained his memory. Although he was still in love with Dixie, Tad married Brooke, wanting to be a good father. Tad and Brooke soon divorced and in 1994, he remarried his true love, Dixie. When the tornado swept through Pine Valley, Tad nearly died, and in his vision he saw his old friend Jesse and his sister Jenny, both of whom encouraged him to fight. All was well until 1996, when old flame Liza Colby returned to Pine Valley. While Tad and Dixie's marriage was going through a particularly rough spot, Tad slept with Liza. When Dixie found out about their one night stand, she divorced Tad, left Pine Valley(with son Junior), and moved back to Pigeon Hollow. With Dixie gone, Tad found himself lusting after Gloria Marsh while still "feeling something" for Liza Colby.
Tad was in for heartache - Liza married Adam and Gloria married Dimitri, and Tad was left with no one. Suffering from multiple-rebound-itis, Tad became fixated on a woman he first saw in a heavenly shadow. Tad finally learned her identity, and befriended Camille, but she was killed in the explosion that destroyed Holiday's. Tad was upset by his friend's death, but in the wake of the explosion, his one true love, Dixie, returned to town.
For months, Tad and Dixie danced around their feelings for each other, but it wasn't until they chased Palmer to New York City that their emotions got the best of them, and they kissed. During their time in New York, Tad and Dixie confronted their past, and decided to move on with their lives. They decided that if they were ready to re-commit to each other, they would meet on the roof of the Statler building in 24 hours, a la "An Affair to Remember." Tad was the only one to show up on the roof, and as a result, believed that Dixie had stood him up and no longer loved him. When he heard from Adam that Dixie had gone to Paris, his fears were confirmed. Or so he thought. In truth, Dixie had fallen ill with kidney failure, and had been too sick to meet Tad. Dixie's kidneys got better, but she developed a heart condition, and, not wanting to worry Tad, decided to keep her illness a secret. Tad, devastated by the loss of Dixie once again, went into a tailspin, trying to return to his Tad the Cad ways. However, Dixie possessed all of his heart, and his attempts at dating all failed miserably. Tad started to pick up on Dixie's strange behavior, and finally learned her secret. Tad then whisked her away to New York. Once there, he declared his undying love for her, and proposed. Dixie accepted, of course, and they are now simply enjoying the pleasure of each other's company.
It turned out that Dixie wasn't the only person in Tad's life who was keeping a secret from him. Tad learned that he had a half brother, Adrian Sword, the result of Opal's love affair with Frank Dawson. Tad and Adrian took a instant dislike to each other when they first came face-to-face (not knowing that they were brothers), but Tad and Adrian grew closer because of their mutual love for Opal.
In the spring of 1999, Dixie learned that she was pregnant. Despite doctors' urgings, Dixie decided that she did not want to terminate the pregnancy --- even if it meant that her own health was at risk. Tad and Dixie were initially at odds over this decision, but Tad reluctantly agreed to accept Dixie's wishes. In August of the same year, however, Dixie suffered a miscarriage.
Tad was roped into Liza's revenge scheme against Adam in 2000 and ended up as co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises. Tad watched as Liza had Adam committed to a mental institution. Tad became uneasy of his wife's relationship with her new boss, David Hayward. Tad gently pressed for Dixie to quit her job, but Dixie refused. David enlisted the help of lawyer Leslie Coulson in his scheme to win Dixie. David asked Leslie, who had a crush on Tad since high school, to seduce Tad. Thanks to a drug called Libidozone, Tad ended up in bed with Leslie. Dixie and Tad grew apart and Dixie continued seeing David. Eventually, however, Dixie learned of David's antics and how he'd staged an elaborate setup to tear her way from Tad. Tad and Dixie found their way back to one another, but their happiness was to be short-lived.
Tad was determined to get back at David for destroying what he had with Dixie. He enlisted the help of Leslie Coulson to try to stick it to David. Leslie returned and tried to kill Tad; his plan had gone terribly wrong. Dixie was furious with Tad for bringing Leslie back into the lives and told him that she could no longer trust him.
In January 2002, Dixie quietly flew to the Caribbean and got a "quickie divorce" from Tad. Tad learned of what she'd done and demanded that he be allowed to go back to the islands with her and finalize the divorce properly. While there, Dixie nearly died from a genetic heart condition. David Hayward was flown to the island in the middle of a severe storm and helped heal Dixie using experimental therapy that he'd developed. Dixie and Tad returned to Pine Valley and though they were getting along quite well, Dixie was keeping a secret from Tad: she was pregnant. Rather than ending the pregnancy to spare her own life, Dixie arranged to stay at a clinic in Switzerland where she could have her baby under close guidance. Dixie's disappearance from Pine Valley caused Tad and JR a great deal of concern. While Dixie kept in contact with JR and even David Hayward, she shunned Tad completely. Tad made it his mission to find Dixie, but his searched were unsuccessful.
Dixie broke her silence after the successful completion of her third trimester. Dixie sent a letter to Tad to finally tell him that she was pregnant and carrying his daughter. A jubilant Tad made plans to reunite with Dixie, who made it clear that she wanted to return home to be with Tad. As Tad boarded a plan bound for Zurich, Opal received a call that would change everyone's lives forever: Dixie had been killed in an automobile accident. The severity of the accident -- her car had gone out of control and over a cliff -- left no trace of Dixie's body.
Tad helped Brooke find Edmund's presumed-dead wife Maria Grey. Maria's return was surprising in another regard - she had known David all the years that she was gone from Pine Valley. Tad and Maria began to investigate David's involvement in Maria's life and uncovered some of David's dirty secrets. They discovered that David used an experimental drug on her to save her life after the plane crash, in which she was presumed killed. However, David walked away from the charges against him for his crimes against Maria, which angered Tad.
Tad and Liza shared a kiss that made Liza think twice about reconciling with her husband Adam. A furious Adam fired Tad from Chandler Enterprises. Tad began working as a private investigator. He started a no strings "bed buddy" relationship with Simone Torres, although the latter developed romantic feelings for Tad.
Tad was dismayed to learn that Jamie spent the night with JR's new wife Babe. Suspicious of Babe, Tad began investigating her past, leading to clashes with Babe's mother Krystal Carey. The two often found their arguments would lead to passion. Further complicating things was Liza, who publicly declared her renewed interest in Tad. Tad found himself torn between Simone, Liza and Krystal. Wanting to set a sound example for Jamie, Tad broke off with all three women. Krystal, however, remained a prominent presence in his life and he attempted to resist his feelings for her.
Tad discovered that Babe was still legally married to Paul Cramer. At Krystal's urging, he decided to keep the secret to protect JR while Krystal annulled Babe's marriage. Tad and Krystal grew closer and embarked on an official relationship. Tad was horrified to learn that Bianca Montgomery's daughter, Miranda, died shortly after birth. However, Tad was grateful that Babe and JR's daughter, Bess, survived. Unknown to Tad, Bess was really Miranda and Babe bore a son (Ace), who was being raised by Kelly and Kevin Buchanan (of One Life To Live). This was due to an elaborate plot on the part of Paul to help his sister Kelly secure a baby.
Shortly after Bianca, Babe and infant Bess were rushed to the hospital, Tad began to wonder if Paul had made a mistake or purposefully told Babe that Bess was her daughter, when she was really Bianca's. Tad convinced his father to do a DNA test on the baby to prove maternity. Krystal, who shared Tad's suspicions and wanted to prevent Babe from enduring the loss of a child, switched the DNA test results so that it read that Bess was Babe's daughter. She kept this from Tad. Tad and Krystal fell in love, but her secret created a distance between them.
Slowly, Tad began to realize that JR was exhibiting Adam-like behavior. When it became apparent that JR's desire to get Babe out of his life would lead to anything---including drugging Babe and indirectly resulting in Jamie getting stabbed-Tad found himself unable to stop JR's transformation into as deceitful and controlling a man as Adam was.
Tad proposed to Krystal, but her guilt over the baby switch secret prevented her from accepting. Tad called Krystal on her emotional distance, but she never gave Tad an answer that he believed was the truth. The tension between the two grew, as Krystal (along with Babe's newly discovered father, David) worked to keep the baby secret. Tad grew more suspicious that Krystal was keeping a secret, and David knew what it was.
Liza approached Tad for help to get out of town with a new identity. Seeing how JR had been corrupted by Adam, Liza feared the same for Colby, her daughter with Adam. Tad helped the two escape with new aliases, raising Adam's ire. As vengeance, Adam attempted to use a doctored videotape to frame Jamie for the attempted murder of JR. Tad negated the evidence by destroying all copies of the footage. Tad received a shock when Jamie announced he was in love with Babe. Soon, the two had left town without Babe's daughter Bess and only a goodbye note left behind.
Suspicious of Jamie's sudden declaration of love and Babe's decision to leave Bess, Tad confronted Krystal on what she knew. In the course of the confrontation, the baby switch secret came out. Tad lambasted Krystal, broke up with her and prepared to tell Bianca the truth. David stopped Tad by telling Tad that if Bianca knew the truth, it would mean a jail sentence for Jamie-for kidnapping and murder. David explained to a confused Tad that JR and Babe's son, Ace Buchanan was alive and that Jamie and Babe had kidnapped him. Further, David had spotted Jamie standing over the body of a dead Paul shortly before he kidnapped Ace. To tell Bianca the truth would bring the baby switch out, Paul's role in it, and soon after Ace Buchanan's origins would be revealed---and it would be a short road to fingering Jamie for the kidnapping and murder charges. Tad realized that in order to protect Jamie, he could not tell Bianca that her baby was alive. Worse still, if Tad told JR he had a son, he would risk the authorities capturing Jamie. Tad decided to find Jamie, hoping the mess could be straightened out once they were face to face.
Tad found Babe and Jamie as the two prepared to tell Bianca the truth about Miranda. Tad urged them to turn themselves in and tell JR about his son (Babe and Jamie had renamed the baby James). Jamie refused and knocked Tad out. While Babe told Bianca about Miranda, Jamie kept JR locked in a warehouse to prevent his interference. Desperate to escape and in deep denial that Bess was Miranda, JR clubbed Jamie with a pipe, nearly killing him. Shortly after, Bianca fell off a balcony and slipped into a coma after demanding her baby from JR. Tad told Bianca's mother, Erica Kane, the truth about Miranda, and she got a DNA test which proved Miranda's maternity. JR attempted to flee with the baby, but Tad stopped him and helped return her to Bianca, who recovered.
Seeing how ruthless JR had become, Tad chose not to tell him his son was alive. It was a difficult decision, but Tad did not want his beloved Dixie's grandson to be corrupted by the Chandlers, as JR had been. JR learned the truth on his own and swore Tad out of his life for keeping the secret from him. JR worked fervently to find Jamie, Babe and his son. Fearing JR's wrath, Tad tracked down Jamie and Babe and prepared to get them out of the country. JR caught up with them and had Tad, Babe and Jamie arrested for kidnapping.
Tad was released on bail and prepared to support Babe in her custody battle with JR and Kevin Buchanan, baby James/Ace's legal guardian. Tad thawed towards Krystal, when he identified that, like her, he had made hurtful choices to protect his child. At the custody hearing, the kidnapping charges were dropped thanks to clever testimony from Kelly Cramer. In order to get Babe off of charges for keeping Bianca's child, Krystal accepted a ten year prison sentence. Despite everyone's efforts, JR was awarded custody of his son, whom he named Adam Chandler III (or "Little Adam").
Krystal was sent to prison, where she began getting harassed. Tad, his feelings for Krystal still very strong, told her he would use his influence to make sure it stopped. Krystal thanked him, but didn't want Tad to feel obligated to her. She told him that he needed to move on and forget about her, as it was now impossible for them to be together.
When Tad met the Chandler nanny, Diana Cole, he felt a strange connection to her. Tad was shocked when a Swiss doctor called him and told him that Dixie's wrecked car had been found in the mountains, but without a body. Slowly, Tad began to gather clues that led him to suspect Diana was really Dixie. Tad had her fingerprints tested and they were a match. Tad confronted Diana, who admitted to Tad and JR that she was Dixie. "Dixie" explained that she had lost their baby in the car accident, and endured a grueling series of surgeries that changed her appearance. Tad realized that "Dixie" came back to town with a new identity because she wasn't sure that she wanted to reunite with Tad. Hurt, Tad swore off "Dixie." What Tad didn't realize was that "Dixie" was really Di Kirby, an ex-con hired by David to pose as Dixie in an effort to get Babe more time with her child.
Tad learned the truth about Di and although he was initially angry, he was able to eventually get past it and the two began planning for a life together. They even got engaged, but after Tad discovered that Dixie was really alive and well and Di had known, he couldn't forgive her for it. He received a double blow when he learned that Dixie had indeed given birth to the baby girl they had wanted to name Kate, but had given her up for adoption, believing that Tad couldn't love the baby if she died. Although furious with Dixie and determined to find his daughter, Tad couldn't stop wanting Dixie.
