Kyle Sampson (Guiding Light)

Kyle Sampson is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light.[1] He was played by Larkin Malloy from 1984 to 1987. Kyle was the result of an affair between Cardinal John Malone and Sally Gleason. He was the President of Sampson Industries which caused him to become an enemy to both Alan Spaulding and Billy Lewis. It was once believed that Kyle was the son of Lewis Oil founder, H.B. Lewis. Kyle was in love with and engaged to Billy and H.B.'s ex-wife Reva Shayne. Kyle Sampson was once believed to be the biological father of Reva's daughter Marah. But he was the biological father of Ben Reade with his ex-wife Maeve. In 1987 after having left Springfield Kyle had become engaged to a woman named Amy Dupree. Later in that same year Kyle and Amy were involved in a plane crash that killed both Amy and his father John Malone and left Kyle comatose.

Kyle Sampson
Guiding Light character
Portrayed byLarkin Malloy
Duration1984–87
First appearanceDecember 31, 1984
Last appearanceJanuary 23, 1987
Created byPam Long
In-universe information
OccupationOwner & President of Sampson Industries
ParentsCardinal John Malone (father, deceased)
Sally Gleason (mother, deceased)
Siblings
  • Billy Lewis II
  • Harlan Billy "Billy" Lewis II (half-brother)
SpouseMaeve Stoddard (divorced, deceased) [1986]
ChildrenBenjamin "Ben" Reade
(son, with Maeve, deceased)
Other relatives
  • Melinda Sue "Mindy" Lewis
    (niece)
    Dylan Shayne Lewis
  • Dylan Lewis
    (nephew)
    Bill Lewis III
  • Harlan Billy "Bill" Lewis III
    (nephew)
    Daisy Lemay
  • Susan "Daisy" Lemay
    (great-niece)

References edit

  1. ^ Schemering, Christopher. The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. United States, Ballantine Books, 1988. 133.