Phillip Chancellor II

Infobox soap character
name = Phillip Chancellor II
series = The Young and the Restless
portrayer = John Considine
(1973-1974)
Donnelly Rhodes
(1974-75)
first = 1973
last = 1975
cause =
creator = William J. Bell


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gender = Male
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death = 1975
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occupation = former Owner of Chancellor Industries
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residence = Chancellor Estate
250 Foothill Rd. Genoa City
parents = Phillip Chancellor I
(father; deceased)
Unnamed woman
(mother; deceased)
siblings =
spouse = Katherine Shepard Chancellor
(married at death, 1974-1976)
Jill Foster
(married at death/Annulled, 1976)
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children = Phillip Chancellor III
(legal son, with Jill Foster; deceased)
Ethan "Cane" Ashby
(son, with Jill Foster)
grandchildren = Phillip Chancellor IV
(legal grandson, via Phillip III)
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Phillip Robert Mitchell Chancellor II was a fictional character on CBS daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless". Phillip was played by two actors, first John Considine from 1973 to 1974. The second actor to play Phillip was Donnelly Rhodes from 1974 until 1975.

Character

Phillip Chancellor II was a wealthy pillar of the community and head of Chancellor Industries. When Phillip was first introduced, he was married to Katherine "Kay" Shepard (Jeanne Cooper) and they lived at the luxurious Chancellor Estate. However, he kept on thinking about divorcing her because he could not tolerate her being an alcoholic.

Phillip began an affair with Kay's hired help, Jill Foster (then played by Brenda Dickson), resulting in her becoming pregnant. Phillip then got Kay to sign divorce papers so he could marry Jill.

In a last-ditch effort, Kay met Phillip at the airport to offer him a ride home, while trying to convince him to change his mind about their marriage. But when he turned her down, Kay was so distraught that she lost control of the car and it careened off a cliff. Suffering fatal injuries, Phillip and Jill were married at the hospital moments before he died.

After his death

During the court battle for the Chancellor Estate in 1976, it was stated that Jill legally married Phillip. However, because Kay had been drunk when she signed the divorce papers, the judge ruled that Jill's marriage to Phillip was null and void. This decision relenting control of the Chancellor Estates to Katherine, until Jill's baby Phillip Chancellor III reached the age of 21.

In a 2007 retcon, it was revealed that Phillip III was not a Chancellor or Jill and Phillip II's son. Their real son is Ethan "Cane" Ashby whom a jealous Kay switched at birth. The status of Phillip Chancellor IV. inheritance still remains unclear.

References

* [http://www.theyoungandtherestless.com/show_guide/yearly_summaries.html theyoungandtherestless.com - Yearly summaries]