Nicolas Coster has died at age 89. His daughter called him “an actor’s actor” in her announcement, and she is right.
Coster came from a time when New York actors worked all the soap operas, went back and forth from them and made not only a good living, but a deep impression on the viewers. He was so popular that twice he played the same character on two different soaps. On “Another World” and its spin off “Somerset” he played Robert Delaney through most of the 70s. ON “As the World Turns” and its spin off he appeared as two different characters, one in the 1960s and one in the 1990s.
Coster was even better known for appearing on the LA based NBC soap, “Santa Barbara,” for a decade as Lionel Lockridge.
He had movie and TV credits as well. Those included “All the President’s Men” and “Slow Dancing in the Big City.”
A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Coster at a Hollywood TV event. He was incredibly gracious, and talked about his incredible career, and his long run on soaps when I was in high school. He was an institution. More recently he won a Daytime Emmy in 2017 for a streaming soap.
Coster published a memoir in 2021 you can find here.
Condolences to his family, friends, and fans.
