Dr. Larry McDermott
Actor History
Ed Fry (April 1990 to 1995)
Occupation
Doctor
Resides At
Chicago, Illinois
Marital Status
Single/Divorced (Susan Stewart)
Past Marriages
Susan Stewart (Divorced)
Relatives
L.J. McDermott (Father)
Agnes (maiden name unknown) McDermott (Mother)
Children
Alison Stewart
Flings & Affairs
Frannie Hughes (lovers)
Lyla Crawford Peretti (dated)
Frannie Hughes (dated)
Emily Stewart (dated)
Unknown woman (affair)
Crimes Committed
None
Brief Character History
Larry McDermott, an old boyfriend of Frannie Hughes, came to Oakdale after accepting a job at Memorial Hospital. Though he hoped to rekindle their relationship, a torn Frannie chose to marry another man instead. In the meantime, Larry briefly dated the older, and recently widowed, Lyla Peretti. However, Lyla quickly called it off when she noticed that he still had some lingering feelings for Frannie and also because his father, L.J., was a real lout in Lyla's opinion. L.J. was not a father-in-law you'd want to have. Dejected, Larry put all of his energies into working at Memorial where an unlikely woman caught his eye—Susan Stewart. Though Susan was uneasy about the relationship since she was close to twenty years older than he was, Larry assured her that her age made no difference to him and the two began dating. After supporting Susan when she underwent a biopsy, Larry proposed. Though she was reluctant at first, when Larry rescued her, Frannie and Bob Hughes when they were held captive in Montega, she relented and the pair married on the spot.
Happy in his new life, Larry reassured Susan that it didn't matter to him that she could no longer have children. Despite his reassurances, she still felt guilty and so her daughter, Emily, volunteered to donate one of her eggs which would be fertilized by Larry and implanted into Susan. The procedure was a success and Susan gave birth to a baby girl whom they named Alison. Though Larry and Susan had some problems due to Larry permitting Emily to have an almost motherly relationship with Alison, the couple was devoted to making their marriage work.
Soon after, Larry got a taste of power when he became Acting Chief of Staff at Memorial after Bob temporarily stepped down. Tired of being pushed around, especially by Dr. John Dixon, Larry developed a very autocratic attitude. Liking the power he had, Larry accepted a better job in Chicago and made plans for Susan and Alison to come with him. Unfortunately thanks to Emily, Susan's job offer in Chicago fell through and she was forced to stay at Memorial. Though Larry and Susan tried to maintain a long distance relationship, it didn't work out and Susan filed for divorce when she saw Larry sleeping with another woman. With the dissolution of his marriage, Larry failed to maintain a relationship with Alison and, from the time she was a teenager, Alison went by the last name of Stewart.
