GabTown Divas Presents: Wally Kurth

Published: Aug. 9, 2013, 10 p.m.

Daytime viewers know Wally from Days of Our Lives, where he portrays "Justin Kiriakis". He joined the cast of General Hospital as the charming yet ruthless businessman "Ned Ashton" in 1991.His popularity among General Hospital viewers is evidenced by being selected in 1996 as the Most Valuable Player on General Hospital by readers of Soap Opera Update magazine, and nominated as Hottest Male Star by Soap Opera Digest magazine, also in 1996.

Wally also writes and performs music with his partner, Christian Taylor. Their multiple albums have received critical praise from Billboard magazine. Wally Kurth and Christian Taylor recently won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for "Barefoot Ballet", a single from their album, Freedom, that aired on an episode of General Hospital. They recorded a follow-up album, The EP.

Wally has also been very busy producing a documentary entitled "Class C".