David Hayward is a character on All My Children. He is currently being played by Vincent Irizarry from 1997 to present. The character left the show in 2006 after being on the show for almost ten years. David Hayward returned in October 2008.
David is the source of all the problems that are happening in Amanda and JR's lives. David revealed that he wanted custody of the Little Adam after Babe's death. David blames JR for the death of his daughter.
Family and relationships:
Parents:
- Charles Hayward (father, deceased)
- Vanessa Bennett (mother, deceased)
Sibling(s):
- Leonardo "Leo" du Pres (paternal half-brother, deceased)
- Benjamin "Trey" Shepard (paternal half-brother)
Martial status:
MPast marriage(s):
- Anna Devane (divorced) [2003]
- Krystal Carey (divorced) [2009]
Children:
- Arabella "Babe" Carey (daughter, with Krystal Carey, deceased)
- Marissa Tasker (daughter, with Krystal Carey) {given up for adoption}
- Leora Hayward (daughter, with Anna Devane, deceased)
- Unnamed child (sex unknown, with Krystal Carey, deceased)
Grandchildren:
- Adam "Little Adam" Chandler III (grandson, via Babe)
Crimes committed
- Threatened to reveal that Allie faked her undergraduate transcripts if she didn't rekindle their romance
- Gave Adam an injection that nearly caused his death in an effort to frame Jake for murder
- Took Liza's amniotic fluid sample from the Pine Valley Hospital lab without permission
- Blackmailed Adam in regards to revealing Colby's true paternity
- Threatened to have Amy Carson fired from her nursing job at PVH if she revealed that they'd had a one-night stand
- Blackmailed Gillian into sleeping with him, offering to exchange sex for the money needed to pay Ryan's bail.
- Refused to give his mother medical attention while she was suffering from a heart attack [1999]
- Spiked Tad Martin's drink with Libidozone, a powerful anti-impotence drug (Erica ended up drinking the soda)
- Accidentally dumped an entire flask of Libidozone into a punchbowl at a party; He had planned to only pour a little of the drug into the drink.
- May or may not have intentionally allowed Leslie Coulson to fall from the executive balcony of the Chandler Building
- Tried to talk Pam Coulson into pulled the plug on Leslie, who was on life support
- Blackmail; Threatened Adam Chandler by saying he would turn Adam Chandler over to the police if he did not help him evade charges for his Libidozone antics
- Arrested for administering a controlled substance [Apr 6th, 2001]
- Bribery (Told a judge he'd perform heart surgery on him if he helped get the charges against him thrown out) [Apr 26th, 2001]
- Stole a gun from a police officer and held him a gunpoint [Apr 27th, 2001]
- Receiving stolen property, a jade statue. [Revealed Oct 16th, 2001]
- Assault; slugged Roger Smythe at the Crystal Ball.[Dec 2001]
- Used hospital funds for unapproved research on a heart drug
- Administered an unapproved, experimental drug on Dixie Martin [Jan 2002]
- Arrested for being Proteus (Vanessa planted the files in his computer); Charges dropped. (Mar 2002)
- Brought in for disorderly conduct; Stopped for speeding, ripped up his ticket and roughed up a cop. Charges were dropped. [Jun 4th, 2002]
- Kept quiet about Leo violating his parole when he left town for his honeymoon with Greenlee [Jul 25th, 2002]
- Hid the truth that Maria Santos Grey was alive and led her to believe that she was someone else
- Under threat of blackmail, gave Edmund Grey an unapproved drug for memory recovery [January 2003]
- Assault; Clobbered Tad over the head. [Jul 1st, 2003]
- Kidnapping/False Imprisonment; Held a handcuffed Tad prison, [Jul 2nd, 2003]
- Held Adam Chandler and Tad Martin at gunpoint [Feb 6th, 2004]
- Arrested for the possible murder of Michael Cambias [Feb 6th, 2004]
- Blackmail; Threatened to turn in Adam Chandler for the murder of Michael Cambias unless Adam dropped trespassing charges against Maggie Stone and Jamie Martin [Feb 9th, 2004]
- Stunned Adam Chandler with a "stun gun" and locked him in a crate [Sep 1st, 2004]
- Withheld knowledge that Bess Chandler was actually Miranda Montgomery [2004]
- Arrested for failure to return a child, a felony [Dec 30th, 2004]
- Devised a plan to have Diana Cole to pretend to be Dixie Martin. [May 2005]
- Removed Babe's body from the hospital morgue without permission [Oct 24th, 2008]
- Plotted with Amanda Dillon to gaslight JR Chandler [Nov 2008]
- Drugged Krystal's drink [Dec 2008]
- Blackmailed Joe Martin into stepping down for his chief of staff position at Pine Valley Hospital [Dec 2008]
- Pulled a gun on Tad Martin [Jan 12, 2009]
- Poisoned JR Chandler [Mar 2009]
- Blackmailed Judge Salke into ruling in his favor in the custody hearing for Little A [Mar 25, 2009]
- Kidnapped Little A [Apr 1, 2009]
- Threatened to inject Adam with medicine that could kill him [Apr 16, 2009]
- Switched Adam's medication with a potentially lethal drug concoction to make him sicker [Apr 2009]
- Held a knife to Adam's throat and threatened to kill him [May 12, 2009]
- Called before Pine Valley Hospital's ethic review board [May 26, 2009]
- Paid Gayle Walker to take the fall for drugging Adam Chandler [May 26, 2009]