| Eric Peters | |||||||||||||
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| Days Of Our Lives | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | John Lombardo (1971) Stanley Kamel (1972-76) | ||||||||||||
| Current status | Former; Regular | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1972-76 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | July 22, 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | May 10, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Cause/reason | Left Town | ||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Betty Corday | ||||||||||||
| Profile | |||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Writer | ||||||||||||
| Residence | California Formerly Salem, Illinois | ||||||||||||
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Eric Peters is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed most recently by Stanley Kamel from 1972-76.
Storylines
Eric Peters was Greg Peters brother, and a writer. Eric was the man who had Susan Hunter believed raped her in the park, but upon being confronted by Susan about the rape Eric claimed to Susan it was a mutual act, and she only became distraught and terrified after they had had sex. Susan and Eric decided to keep this information between the two of them.
Eric sought out an answer to his encounter with Susan, and after Susan had left town Laura Horton told Eric that Susan had selective amnesia. Though Susan slept with him she thought it was David Martin. Upon understanding Eric tried to have the chapter about the rape incident deleted from the novel he had just written entitled "In My Brothers Shadow." However it was to late, the book had already been published, and upon reading the rape chapter Eric's brother Greg angrily attacked, and hospitalized Eric.
Later Susan returned to Salem after hearing about Eric's condition, and Susan was sorry and told Eric she would explain everything to Greg. Susan continued to visit Eric in the hospital, and later brought his daughter Annie Peters to see him.
In the years to follow Eric continued to see his daughter Annie more and more, and eventually developed feelings for Susan. In 1976 after Greg divorced Susan, Eric and Susan became an item and left for California with their daughter Annie.