Dr. Andy Archer
Ron Melendez as Dr. Andy Archer
General Hospital
Portrayed by	Ron Melendez
First appearance	July 26, 2007 (on NS)
Last appearance	January 29, 2009 (on GH)
Cause/reason	Died
Created by	Robert Guza, Jr. Elizabeth Korte
Introduced by	Jill Farren Phelps
Spin-off appearances	GH: Night Shift
Profile
Gender	Male
Died	January 29, 2009 General Hospital Port Charles, New York
Cause of death	Inhaled a lethal biotoxin during surgery
Occupation	Anesthesiologist
Title	Doctor
Residence	Port Charles, New York
Relationships Romances Leyla Mir (crush) Kelly Lee (one night stand)

Dr. Andy Archer, MD was a fictional character on the SOAPnet prime-time soap opera General Hospital: Night Shift. He then appeared on the parent soap General Hospital until the character's death in 2009.

BackgroundEdit

Andy is first introduced as an anesthesiologist at General Hospital who self-medicates with gas to get some quality sleep so that he is well-rested to work. He soon becomes addicted to this, and encourages and helps other doctors to do it as well. During one of his sleep sessions using gas, nurse Jolene Crowell, who later is revealed to be working for the insurance company Medcam to kill in order to help them acquire the hospital, ups his dose and nearly kills him. He then has a one-night stand with Dr. Kelly Lee, who is battling sex addiction. After the two sleep together, they become friends and, realizing they both need help with their respective addictions, decide to support each other in healing.

In January of 2009, a man ingests five spheres full of a deadly biotoxin. Andy is on the surgery team that operates on him and subsequently dies after inhaling the biotoxin from the spheres. The release of the gas causes multiple fires and explosions in the hospital, resulting in the hospital burning down and having to be rebuilt.

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Crew
Ron Carlivati (Head writer, 2012-present) · Jill Farren Phelps (Executive producer, 2001-2012) · Robert Guza, Jr. (Head writer, 1996; 1997-2000; 2002-2008; 2008-2011) · H. Wesley Kenney (Executive producer, 1987-1989; Head writer, 1988) · Gloria Monty (Executive producer, 1978-1987, 1991-1992; Head writer, 1981) · Wendy Riche (Executive producer, 1992-2001) · Frank Valentini (Executive producer, 2012-present) · Garin Wolf (Head writer, 2008; 2011-2012)
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Dr. Andy Archer · Dr. Saira Batra · Jagger Cates · Jolene Crowell · Dr. Patrick Drake · Toussaint Dubois · Epiphany Johnson · Dr. Kyle Julian · Dr. Leo Julian · Dr. Kelly Lee · Leyla Mir · Jason Morgan · Robert Scorpio · Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake · Dr. Claire Simpson · Damian Spinelli · Regina Thompson · Dr. Lainey Winters
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Important Crew
Creators: Robert Guza, Jr. · Elizabeth Korte Executive Producers: Jill Farren Phelps (Season 1) · Lisa de Cazotte (Season 2) Head Writers: Robert Guza, Jr. and Elizabeth Korte (Season 1) · Sri Rao (Season 2)
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Cross reference of character names · List of cast members · History of General Hospital