Wally Kurth Biography

Wally Kurth is an American soap opera actor, producer, and singer, who became popular for his role as Ned Ashton on the soap opera ‘General Hospital’, and as Justin Kiriakis on ‘Days of Our Lives.’ He was selected as ‘The Most Valuable Player on General Hospital’ by readers of the Soap Opera Update magazine, and nominated as Hottest Male Star by the Soap Opera Digest magazine. Professionally trained, Wally Kurth studied music and theater in the University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) theater program. He formed his own band, Kurth and Taylor, which created an Emmy award-winning song for ‘General Hospital’. He has also appeared on stage in a variety of roles, one of his memorable roles being that of the Pirate King in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. He is also associated with the Los Angeles Equity Waiver theatrical arena as an actor and director.