Suddenly, Rick appeared alive, Rick had been captured by African revolutionaries during a civil war and held prisoner for ten months! Upon his return to GH, Rick was haunted by something. Before Monica married Jeff, she had once been engaged to Rick and she missed him more than anyone else knew. Jeff missed him dearly.and so did Monica. Fearing he would always be 'second best', Jeff's every thought was plagued by memories of Rick. Jeff feared everyone at GH was comparing him to his dead brother, Rick. Steve was wrong! Their marriage was a wreck. It was six months into their marriage and Steve assumed they were ideally happy.
He believed that Jeff and Monica were a perfect choice. Steve Hardy tapped the young married Webber's for a bold new experimental program at the hospital called Mr. Monica Bard Webber ( Leslie Charleson) planned to join the staff of General Hospital following in the footsteps of Jeff's older brother, Rick, who had had recently been killed in a plane crash over Africa. Jeff Webber was first introduced in the spring of 1976 when he arrived in Port Charles after graduating from medical school. He was portrayed by Richard Dean Anderson from 1976 until 1981.ĭr. Jeff Webber was a fictional character on the popular ABC daytime drama General Hospital. Richard Dean Anderson as Jeff Webber on General Hospital.ĭr.
