GH Vet To Take Over Role of Mickey: Daytime veteran John Ingle (Edward Quartermaine, General Hospital) will take over the role of Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives beginning later this month.

The announcement that Ingle will join Days of Our Lives is a major casting coup for the NBC soap. At the close of 2003, Ingle had been informed by General Hospital execs that his contract with the show would not be renewed. Due to fan outcry and a purported change in storyline, General Hospital re-hired Ingle in early 2004. Now, just a matter of a few weeks after his reinstatement, Ingle has jumped ship.