--- description: The actor recently filmed his last episode on the long-running soap title: Anthony Geary on Leaving 'General Hospital': 'This Seems Like the Ideal Time to Go' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbce4d0840fb5ef3/69885822e20a87f2aba8bff8/anthony-geary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Anthony Geary on Leaving _General Hospital_: 'This Seems Like the Ideal Time to Go'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 1:04 PM CUT  Anthony Geary with the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2015. Anthony Geary with the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2015.Richard Shotwell—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 1:04 PM CUT Anthony Geary is saying goodbye to _General Hospital_ after almost 40 years on the soap opera. Though his final episode won’t air until later this summer, the 68-year-old actor, who has played Luke Spencer since 1978, recently filmed his last scene with the show and [spoke with ](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/anthony-geary-general-hospital-goodbye "undefined")[_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/anthony-geary-general-hospital-goodbye "undefined")about his departure. “I’m excited to raise the curtain on act 3, to reinvent myself in my new home to pursue whatever opportunity there may be. It’s an exciting prospect to me,” the eight-time Emmy winner told the magazine. “They’ve done a wonderful job of wrapping up the character. So this seems like the ideal time to go.” The actor got choked up as past and present cast members showed up to set to say goodbye and pay tribute. [See video footage of his last day](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/anthony-geary-general-hospital-goodbye "undefined") over at _EW._ Anthony Geary: Leaving 'General Hospital' Was 'Ideal Time to Go' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3933588/anthony-geary-general-hospital/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3933588/anthony-geary-general-hospital/"},"headline":"Anthony Geary on Leaving General Hospital: 'This Seems Like the Ideal Time to Go'","datePublished":"2015-06-24T13:04:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:28:46.784Z","description":"The actor recently filmed his last episode on the long-running soap","url":"https://time.com/3933588/anthony-geary-general-hospital/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbce4d0840fb5ef3/69885822e20a87f2aba8bff8/anthony-geary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbce4d0840fb5ef3/69885822e20a87f2aba8bff8/anthony-geary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Anthony Geary","caption":"Anthony Geary","creditText":"Richard Shotwell—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3933588/anthony-geary-general-hospital/","name":"Anthony Geary on Leaving General Hospital: 'This Seems Like the Ideal Time to Go'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes","description":"Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. 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