Greg Madden

Infobox soap character
series = All My Children


caption1 = Ian Buchanan as Dr. Greg Madden
name = Dr. Greg Madden
first= May 30 2005
last = July 5 2006
cause = Suffocated in a coffin by Tad Martin
spouse = Emily Madden (deceased)
children = Josh Madden (rasied him)
(Erica's son with Jeff Martin)
residence = Pine Valley, Pennsylvania
occupation = Doctor
portrayer = Ian Buchanan

Dr. Gregory Madden was a fictional character from the soap opera "All My Children", portrayed by Ian Buchanan from May 30, 2005 to July 5, 2006.

Brief character history

Dr. Greg Madden was a doctor specializing in fertility who first encountered Erica Kane and her new husband, Jackson Montgomery, on their honeymoon. Erica got the distinct feeling that she knew Greg from somewhere, which Greg denied. Greg later showed up in Pine Valley, where he encountered Erica again. Greg, a fertility specialist, explained to Erica that he was opening a clinic in town. Erica still could not shake the feeling that she knew him from somewhere.

Greenlee Lavery demanded that Greg give her the sperm of her husband Ryan, which was housed in the clinic that Greg bought. Greenlee explained how Ryan had a vasectomy, so his frozen sperm was the only means to impregnate herself with his baby. Greg refused Greenlee's request, citing legal reasons.

Greg eventually used Ryan's sperm to impregnate Kendall. Shortly after, it was revealed that he was the doctor who had performed Erica's abortion years ago in New York. Unfortunately for Erica, he hadn't disposed of the fetus -- he had implanted it into the womb of his barren wife, Emily, and his son Josh was actually Erica and Jeff's son. The reason he chose Erica for this controversial procedure was because he fell in love with her. Greg moved to Pine Valley after his wife's death to be close to Erica and eventually make her love him as much as he loved her. When Erica found out about what he did, she plotted to kill him by poisoning him three times. The final occasion happened during an interview on her show, New Beginnings. Josh saved him at the last minute and figured out Erica's plan. Greg covered for her because he still believed he could win her over. He later attempted to kidnap Erica so they could start a new life together, but his plan was foiled when Tad Martin caught up with them on Madden's private jet and kidnapped the doctor.

He was also the doctor who had treated Dixie Cooney in Switzerland years earlier, and had convinced her to give her baby girl up for adoption when it was born.

Death

On the night of June 5, 2006 Greg was kidnapped and buried alive by someone bent on finding Dixie's baby. Tragically, the coffin caved in on July 2, 2006 during a mild earth tremor and two days later on July 4 his body was found (the earthquake caused the caved in coffin to surface). It was revealed in October that Tad Martin had killed him.