General Hospital Characters - R

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Kyle Radcliffe (deceased)

(Andrew St. John, 2003)

High school classmate of Maxie Jones. Slept with Maxie and posted video footage on a website. Drug addict. Died of a drug overdose.

Bryce Ramirez (deceased)

(Douglas Morabito)

Police lieutenant in Port Charles. Killed by a car bomb which had been planted by the brother of a criminal he arrested.

Maria Ramirez (deceased)

(June Lockhart, 1984–86, 1988, 1990–92, 1998)

Grandmother of Felicia Jones. Owner of a Texan hacienda.

Burt Ramsey

(Bob Hastings, 1979–86)

Police captain in Port Charles. Became co-chief of police with Anna Devane. Was also "Mr. Big", the leader of a money-laundering ring.

Coleman Ratcliffe

(Blake Gibbons, 2002—)

Runs The Floating Rib, formerly known as Jake's Bar. Once hired by Helena Cassadine to kidnap Emily Quartermaine. Former lover of Helena Cassadine, Skye Quartermaine, and Kate Howard.

Thomas Rayner

(Mark Pinter, 2008–09, 2010)

FBI agent charged with curtailing the mob in Port Charles. Had a brief relationship with Alexis Davis.

Matt Reynolds (deceased)

(Jonathan Bouck, 1997)

Introduced Emily Quartermaine to drugs. Died of an overdose. Revealed to have been receiving drugs from Pierce Dorman, whom Monica Quartermaine was having an affair with at the time, then supplying them to Emily.

Zoe Richardson

(mentioned character)

Younger half-sister of Dr. Maya Ward. Maya's mother is Faith Ward, with Zoe and Maya sharing the same father. Zoe's mother died in a car accident in late 2009, according to Maya's letter.

Hernando Rivera (deceased)

(Ismael "East" Carlo, 1994–96, 1997)

Father of Lily Rivera Corinthos. Attempted to kill Sonny Corinthos in a car bombing, but his daughter was killed instead. Later shot and killed by Sonny.

Cruz Rodriguez

(Adrian Alvarado, 2005–08)

Detective for the Port Charles Police Department. Partners with Lucky Spencer.

Dan Rooney

(Frank Maxwell, 1978–90)

Former administrator at General Hospital.

Rosco brothers

(Douglas Morabito and Connor Ready, 2003–08)

Contract killers who were hired by John Durant.

Faith Rosco (deceased)

(Cynthia Preston, 2002–05)

Wife of Rosco, a member of the mafia. Co-owner of the Haunted Star Casino. Former lover of Justus Ward. Kidnapped Michael Corinthos, Kristina Davis, and Morgan Corinthos in 2005. Shot by a hitman hired by John Durant. Later appeared to Carly in several hallucinations.

Hector Ruiz (deceased)

(Reni Santoni, 2005)

Father of Manny, Mateo, and Javier Ruiz. Mob boss from Miami. Murdered by Manny after he refused to avenge Javier's death at the hands of Jason Morgan.

Javier Ruiz (deceased)

(Gonzalo Menendez, 2005)

Brother of Manny Ruiz. Son of Hector Ruiz. Died in 2005 after he was shot by Jason Morgan in a stairwell at the Metro Court Hotel.

Manny Ruiz (deceased)

(Robert Lasardo, 2005–06)

Brother of Javier and Mateo Ruiz. Son of Hector Ruiz. Psychotically obsessed with Sam McCall, later shooting her in the stomach. Terrorized Carly Corinthos. Killed John Durant and, indirectly, Reese Marshall. Infamous for terrorizing people and surviving several apparent deaths. Believed to be reformed after removal of a brain tumor by Patrick Drake, but he eventually returned to his villainous ways. Manny ultimately died in 2006 after Jason Morgan threw him off the roof of General Hospital.

Mateo Ruiz

(Robert Lasardo, 2006–07)

Brother to Javier and twin of Manny Ruiz. Mateo is a reformed gang member who became a priest, but he has tattoos identical to those of his brother Manny. Shot by Jerry Jacks during the Metro Court hostage crisis in 2007, but survived.

Leo Russell

(John Callahan, 1984–85)

Partner in crime with Lorena Sharpe. Swindled wealthy women.