The situation at Guiding Light continues to grow more and more dire with each passing day. With an announced across-the-board salary cut, the show was supposed to avoid having to trim its roster of veteran players. However, that is apparently not the case as 26-year veteran Jerry ver Dorn (Ross Marler) has announced that he will be taken off contract later this year.
A two-time Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor and four-time nominee in the same category, ver Dorn has been a part of the Guiding Light cast since March 1979. A setside source tells Soap Central that the show would like ver Dorn to remain with the show in a recurring capacity.
Last year, after speculation that he might be bumped to recurring status, ver Dorn was signed to a new contract with Guiding Light. However, the actor was asked to agree to appear in fewer episodes -- and presumably to take a pay cut.
Guiding Light does not comment on contract status.