THE LIFE OF ABE CARVER: THREE DECADES IN
PICTURES
Jim's earliest promotional photo as
Abe
Carver. 1981
Abe's first
romance, Dr. Valerie Grant (Diane Sommerfield). 1981
Abe's
second romance, his secretary, Nikki Wade (Renee Jones). A decade later, Jones began playing Abe's wife, Lexie. 1982
Abe gets cozy with
Nikki Wade (Renee Jones). Also pictured: Roger Aaron Brown as
Danny Grant. 1983
Police
partners and buddies, Abe Carver and Roman Brady (Wayne Northrop). 1983
Abe appears in
the wedding party of best friends Roman and Marlena. From left to right: Catherine Mary Stewart as Kayla, Lanna Saunders as Marie, Suzanne Rogers as Maggie, Deidre Hall as Marlena, Wayne Northrop as Roman, Andrea Barber as Carrie, Jim Reynolds as Abe, Josh Taylor as Chris and John de Lancie as Eugene.
1983
Abe and friends
get bad news at the Brady
Fish
Market. From left to
right: Frances Reid as Alice, Jim Reynolds as Abe, Peggy McCay as Caroline and Lew Brown as Shawn. 1985
In happier times,
Abe with his brother Theo (Rusty Cundieff). Theo was killed off later that year. Abe and
Lexie's son is named after him. 1985
Abe as best man
in Roman and Marlena's second wedding. From left to right: Suzanne Rogers as Maggie, Deidre Hall as Marlena, Drake Hogestyn as Roman and Jim Reynolds as Abe. 1986
Abe's last
romance before Lexie, with singer Tamara Price (singer Marilyn McCoo in
real life). 1986
Here's Abe with
Lexie # 1, Cyndi James Gossett.
1988
Here's
Abe with Lexie # 2, Angelique deWindt Francis.
Francis left the role in 1992 to raise her children. 1989
Shellye Broughton played Lexie # 3 for two episodes in
January 1993. Since her stint was so short, she never even got to have a scene with
Abe. She was seen at the
hospital while Abe was in
surgery after being shot. 1993
After going
through three Lexie's in just
under five years, Renee Jones took over as Lexie # 4 in February, 1993. She's been with the
show ever since. Here she is with
Abe in her first year on the show. 1993
A Carver family
portrait: Thyme Lewis as Jonah, Renee Jones as Lexie, Jim Reynolds as Abe. 1995
James Reynolds (Abe), Renee Jones (Lexie), Deidre Hall (Marlena),
Drake Hogestyn (John), Kristian Alfonso (Hope) and Peter Reckell (Bo).
2000
Abe Carver had
an affair with Fay Walker in the 1970s, which produced a son, Brandon. Fay (Valerie Wildman) reappeared in Salem in 1999, and Abe didn't find out about being Brandon's father until a few years later. 2001