John has appeared in soap operas almost continually since 1975, when he joined the cast of Love of Life as Eddie Aleata. In 1978, he left the series to play Mary Stuart's new love interest, Martin Tourneur, on Search for Tomorrow. He played that role until 1984, until he joined the cast of
John: (on trying to dissuade Jennifer from getting into showbiz) Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there, ... you get chewed up and spit out.