Hillary discovered Tad had known the truth about con-artist Wade Matthew's evil intentions toward her stepmother, Phoebe, but had kept it secret under the threat of blackmail. Tad and Hillary finally married in 1986, but their union quickly began to strain. Hillary ended her marriage, as well, paving the way for her reconciliation with Tad. He and Hillary then found out that Bob lied about his condition. But just as with Jenny, he kept Kate's spirit in his memory. In 1985, Tad suffered yet another major loss when his Grandma Kate had died. Bob soon discovered he was misdiagnosed, but fearing he would lose Hillary to Tad, he married her without revealing the truth. Though still in love with Tad, Hillary eventually said yes to Bob's marriage proposal. Tad soon discovered Dottie's pregnancy deception, while Bob had learned he was terminally ill. But Tad reluctantly married Dottie, not knowing that Dottie had miscarried and kept it a secret.Īttempting to move on, Hillary captured the attention of Tad's best friend Bob Georgia. She nearly reconsidered when Jenny was killed in a jetski explosion, and Hillary reached out to Tad to help him cope with the tragedy. When Tad hold Hillary about the pregnancy, she encouraged him to do the right thing and stand by Dottie - and thus, ended their relationship. Dottie found out about Tad's love for Hillary and got pregnant in an attempt to keep him. During this time, he met and fell in love with Hillary Wilson, the stepdaughter of town matriarch Phoebe Tyler. In 1984, Tad was paid to date Dottie Thornton by her mother, Edna Thornton Ferguson. Because of Tad's deflowering of Liza, she became obsessed with him for years. He then began to have a simultaneous affair with her mother, Marian Colby. He began dating Liza Colby (who had been a bitter rival of his biological sister Jenny Gardner), and it was Tad who took Liza's virginity. He dated several women whom he seduced and then dumped and sometimes would even be caught in the act, at least once by his parents and later in Erica Kane's bedroom with one of Olga Swenson's models which would cost them both their modeling careers. He started to develop the suave persona that earned him the nickname "Tad the Cad". Tad returned to Pine Valley in 1982, as a 20-year-old street smart con artist. He stole the Martins' car and ran away from home for two years. But despite this, he still chose to make trouble. He developed a close relationship with his adoptive grandmother, Kate Martin. When Ray was sent to prison for the crime, Tad was formally adopted by the Martins at the age of fifteen, changing his name from Tad Gardner to Tad Martin.ĭespite the loving Martin home, Tad was a rebellious teenager. Ray came back and tried to "sell" Tad to the Martins for $15,000. Upon Mary's unexpected death, Jeff gave Tad to his parents, Joe Martin and his wife, Ruth. They were unable to adopt Tad without his birth parents. He was found by Jeff Martin and his girlfriend, Mary. When he was ten years old, Tad was abandoned in a park in Pine Valley by Ray. The character Thaddeus Gardner is written into All My Children as being born on September 1, 1963, as the son of Ray and Opal Gardner. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. He is one of the very few actors to be nominated in younger, supporting, and lead actor categories, all while portraying the same character. He won the Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actor twice in 19, and won the Supporting Actor trophy in 2001. Knight has won three Daytime Emmys for his portrayal of Tad Martin. His relationship with Dixie Cooney made them a favorite of fans, reaching supercouple status. He is perhaps the best male friend to Erica Kane.
Tad represents the good on the show All My Children, often butting heads with "villains" like Adam Chandler.
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Knight has portrayed the role on and off from 1982 until the series finale in 2011. Thaddeus James "Tad" Martin is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children.
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