Both Mitchell Ryan (Ed Farrell) and Kathleen Cody (Gail Dexter) are alumni of the hit 1960's supernatural soap opera, Dark Shadows (1966). Ryan originated the role of Burke Devlin, which he played for the first year of the show, while Cody played the roles of Hallie Stokes and both Carrie Stokes and her 1841 Parallel Time counterpart during a span of the last nine months of the show.