Ethan Winthrop is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime
drama Passions. Ethan is played by both Travis Schuldt (July 5, 1999
to July 3, 2002) and Eric Martsolf (July 8, 2002 to August 7, 2008).
Rib Hillis temporarily portrayed the role in 2006 when Martsolf was on
paternity leave.Ethan is the only child of Sam Bennett and Ivy
Winthrop. He was born during the mid-1970s. His mother was deeply in
love with his father, but Ethan's grandfather, former governor
Harrison Winthrop, saw to it that the young lovers stay separated. Ivy
and Sam discovered her father's treachery on Ivy's wedding night to
Julian Crane, and the two made love, resulting in Ethan's conception.
When Ivy learned she would have nothing if she remained with Sam, she
chose to stay with Julian and pass Ethan off as a Crane.Ethan is the
only child of Sam Bennett and Ivy Winthrop. He was born during the
mid-1970s. His mother was deeply in love with his father, but Ethan's
grandfather, former governor Harrison Winthrop, saw to it that the
young lovers stay separated. Ivy and Sam discovered her father's
treachery on Ivy's wedding night to Julian Crane, and the two made
love, resulting in Ethan's conception. When Ivy learned she would have
nothing if she remained with Sam, she chose to stay with Julian and
pass Ethan off as a Crane.As a Crane, Ethan lived a life of luxury and
power. Being Julian's first-born son, he was bred to be the heir to
the Crane fortune. This, coupled with his mother's favoritism of Ethan
over her other three children with Julian, caused Ethan's
half-siblings to deeply resent him, especially his half-brother,
Fox.Unknown to him at the time, Ethan and Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald
once met each other when they were children, something that wasn't
revealed until much later, and he was unknowingly in love with her
since childhood. Ethan Winthrop Top Movies & Young Movies