Peter Ames

Peter Ames was the lead male character in the now-defunct American Soap Opera, "The Secret Storm". Although played by many actors, Peter Hobbs was the actor most identified in the role.

Sudden widower

Peter was the father of three children who had suddenly lost his wife in a tragic car accident. She died of her injuries at Woodbridge (New York) Hospital. he tried his hardest to be both mother and father to his three children. His oldest, Susan Ames Dunbar, beacme the mother figure, and also became somewhat bossy; his son, Jerry was so angry with the driver who took his mother's life that he nearly killed him, and landed in reform school. Amy, the youngest, was worried, and was the focus, as everyone tried to make sure she was all right.

He had always been loved by Pauline Rysdale, his former sister in-law, whom he was engaged to, and then eloped with Ellen. Pauline and Susan worked overtime to deflect the attentions of women who were interested in Peter. He did remarry a woman named Myra Graham, who was one of Amy's teachers, but the marriage dissolved because the two families didn't like each other.

His third and most successful marriage was with widow Valerie Hill Ames. They were happy for quite a number of years until he succumbed to a heart attack while he was on a business trip.