Actor Chad Allen
has nabbed a three-episode arc on SOAPnet's General
Hospital: NightShift, reports the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
The gay
actor will play Eric Whitlow, the love interest to a
male doctor who initiates Whitlow's liver
transplant. Allen's first appearance will air
September 23. General Hospital: Night Shift
-- the highest-rated show on cable network SOAPnet
-- is a spin-off of ABC's long-running General Hospital.
Allen is best
known for his roles on Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman,
Charmed, Our House, and here! network's Donald
Strachey mysteries. (The Advocate)