Don Hastings

Donald Francis Michael Hastings (born April 1, 1934) is an American actor, singer, and writer best known for his 50-year role as Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. Hastings was the third actor to portray Hughes and is the longest serving living cast member of an American television soap opera, after the death of matriarch Helen Wagner of the same series. Hastings was active in show business from 1940 and on television from 1947, primarily in soap operas. A rare exception was his appearance as Dave Carter in the 1958 episode "The Savage Payoff" of Beverly Garland's groundbreaking crime drama, Decoy. ()