<Tr> <Th> First cousins </Th> <Td> Mark Henderson Lorie Brooks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Other relatives </Th> <Td> Chance Chancellor (adoptive) Cordelia Abbott (adoptive) Johnny Abbott (adoptive) Katie Newman Abbott (adoptive) </Td> </Tr> <P> Snapper Foster is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless . An original character since the show's inception, the role was played by William Gray Espy from March 26, 1973 to July 1975, and David Hasselhoff from 1975 to May 1982 . Espy briefly reprised the character from February 28, 2003 to March 5, 2003, and Hasselhoff briefly reprised the role from June 15--21, 2010 . </P> <P> With The Young and the Restless originally conceived as focusing on two core families, the wealthy Brookses and the poor Fosters, Snapper was designed as the oldest son of the latter . As a student going through medical school, the character was given the nickname "Snapper" because of his personality of quickly snapping on people that he disagrees with . </P>

Who played the original snapper on young and the restless