<P> Portrayed by Terence Knox (1982--1985) </P> <P> Tall, dark and handsome, White was a reasonably competent physician with a particular gift for making diagnoses . His unstable personal life hindered his ability to perform as a resident . Impulsive and defiant, he alienated his wife Myra (Karen Landry), who made him leave their apartment . White, who sometimes relied on prescription pills for energy or relaxation, began a self - destructive cycle of drug and alcohol abuse and promiscuous sex with nurses at St. Eligius, as well as prostitutes . During season two, White was arrested for drunk driving, and placed on probation at the hospital . He was later caught up in an undercover operation at St. Eligius, which resulted in his being suspended . When a number of women reported rapes or attempted rapes at St. Eligius, including Cathy Martin and Wendy Armstrong, White turned out to be the culprit, and he was charged with the crimes . Though eventually acquitted, White was discharged from the residency program . Through a lawsuit, Dr. Westphall was forced to eventually bring him back . Convinced that White was guilty of all the rapes, Westphall had relegated him to jobs where he had little contact with hospital staff and patients . During White's second stint with the hospital, the rapes continued despite no evidence that he had committed any of them; these other attacks were later revealed to be the work of a copycat rapist . He was generally shunned by everyone at the hospital except for Dr. Morrison . Morrison had been long - time friends with Peter and Myra White and believed that he was not capable of such horrible acts . He was shot and killed by Shirley Daniels (in the hospital's morgue) during season three, only to return as a ghost in two dreamlike episodes (season three's "Sweet Dreams" and season five's "After Life"). </P> <P> Portrayed by Denzel Washington </P> <P> Capable and motivated, Phil Chandler seemed more mature and focused than many of his colleagues (particularly Fiscus and Ehrlich). Chandler was very confident in his medical skills and diagnoses, sometimes to the point where he came off as arrogant to anyone who disagreed with him . Growing up in an African - American family in an affluent white suburb of Chicago, he suffered something of an identity crisis (once describing himself as being "too white for his black friends, but too black to be accepted by his white friends"), and this was particularly apparent in his interactions with some of the hospital's African - American nursing and support staff (most notably orderly Luther Hawkins and nurse Eleanor Skilling (Vivian Bonnell)). He briefly dated a young physical therapist (Rosanne Katon) during season 2, but she quickly found him to be stiff and pompous . Chandler began dating Dr. Roxanne Turner during season 4, and they would remain together for the remainder of the series . Chandler was named Chief Resident and seemed destined for a long career in medicine . However late in the final season, Chandler realized that a life in medicine had been more a dream his father had for him than his one, and quit the profession . He followed Roxanne to Mississippi to build a new life . </P>

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