Jay Hammer
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Jay Hammer (born November 16, 1945, in San Francisco, California[citation needed]) is an American actor best known for his long run as Fletcher Reade on CBS Daytime's Guiding Light from March 1984 until March 1998. He returned briefly in the Spring of 1999. An earlier soap opera role was that of ranch forehand Max Dekker on Texas.
Other roles include The Blue Knight, Kojak, Mannix, Sons and Daughters, Emergency!, and Adam-12. His theater credits include off-Broadway productions of Passing Through From Exotic Places and Serenading Louie.
Hammer had a notable credit as Allan Willis during the 1978-1979 season of The Jeffersons. Allan was the white son of mixed race couple Tom and Helen Willis (Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker).
Hammer has two children by former Guiding Light Head Writer Pamela Long. Hammer himself has also written for Guiding Light using the name Charles Jay Hammer. He graduated from the University of The Pacific.
