<Tr> <Th> Siblings </Th> <Td> Laura Spencer (foster) </Td> </Tr> <P> Blackie Parrish is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital . He is the foster child of Rick and Lesley Webber . He was portrayed by John Stamos from 1982 to 1984 . Stamos was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1983 and 1984 . </P> <P> Lesley Webber was destroyed by the disappearance of her daughter, Laura Spencer . She and her husband, Dr. Rick Webber, took in a foster son, Blackie Parrish, who had just lost his mother . Blackie Parrish was a street kid used to living by his wits . He met his girlfriend, runaway Lou Swenson, when she was hiding in a construction trailer . </P> <P> Upset by the degradation on the waterfront, Rick Webber founded a sports center to give kids a place to go rather than hang out on the streets and get into trouble . Originally, Blackie showed up originally as a thug, trying along with his gang of teen hoodlums to stop the uptown wealthy do - gooders from muscling in on his territory . When he came to realize the good that Rick was trying to do, Blackie became supportive, and helped Rick expose one of his friends for stealing the fund raiser money which had initially been blamed on him . Blackie was a big help in getting this center off the ground . Blackie got a job at the Haunted Star doing general errands and parking cars, and was soon hanging out with an older crowd, including Luke Spencer, whom he looked up to as a hero because of Luke's infamous exploits, Robert Scorpio, Tiffany Hill, whom he had a crush on, reporter Jackie Templeton, her sister Laura Templeton, whom Blackie dated briefly, and Holly Sutton . Blackie met Lou in early 1983 while she was trying to hide from mobster Anthony Hand to prevent from being forced into prostitution, Interested in music, and with the help of Lou, he formed Blackie and the Riff Raff, a band in which he played the drums . The group acquired a manager, who brought in Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner) as lead singer . Blackie moved in with Frisco at the Port Charles Hotel . </P>

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