| Mike Guthrie | |||||||
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| Ken Hanes as Mike Guthrie | |||||||
| The Bold and the Beautiful | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Ken Hanes (1993, 1994-1996, 1997-1998, 2010, 2022, 2023) | ||||||
| Current status | Former, Recurring | ||||||
| Duration | 1993-1998, 2010, 2022-2023 | ||||||
| First appearance | Episode #1460
January 18, 1993 | ||||||
| Last appearance | Episode #9175 (uncredited)
December 23, 2023 | ||||||
| Cause/reason | Incarceration Appeared during closing sequence in Episode #9175 | ||||||
| Introduced by | Bradley Bell | ||||||
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| Family | Guthrie family | ||||||
| Fullname | Richard Michael Guthrie | ||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mike (by everyone) | ||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||
| Occupation | Former Prison Guard at Los Angeles County Prison Former Security Guard at Forrester Creations Private firearms dealer | ||||||
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Richard Michael Guthrie, known to most as Mike, is a character from The Bold and the Beautiful. The role was portrayed by Ken Hanes in a recurring capacity, firstly from 1993 to 1998, with returns in 2010 and from 2022 to 2023.
Storylines[]
1993-1998[]
In 1992, Sheila Carter is reintroduced on The Bold and the Beautiful and she quickly worms her way into fashion CEO Eric Forrester life by becoming the company nurse at Forrester Creations in Los Angeles, as well as working as Rick Forrester's nanny (after staging an accident that leaves the former nanny, Judy Johnson, hospitalized, and later threatening Judy and her family). Sheila and Eric fall in love and are eventually engaged, which angers Eric's ex-wife Stephanie Douglas, who suspects Sheila is a gold digger and a liar. To Sheila's dismay, Eric's most recent ex-wife Brooke Logan is pregnant with a child that may either belong to Eric or his son Ridge Forrester. After Bridget Forrester is born, Sheila manipulates the paternity test so that everyone will believe Ridge is the father. Security guard Mike Guthrie catches her in the act and after threatening to blackmail her, Sheila sets loose a vicious dog to attack him.
On April 7, 1995, In shackles and starving from hunger and thirst, James Warwick asks Sheila Carter to kill him already because he will not give in to her demands. Rather unexpectedly, Sheila seems to get second thoughts and asks Mike Guthrie to help her untie James.
After having crashed James and Maggie's wedding, Sheila reveals that she has become pregnant after a night alone with James. The three come to a settlement that Sheila would temporarily stay with them until her baby was born, and the child would be given to James and Maggie. After Sheila hands her baby, Mary, over to the Warwicks, she relocates to Death Valley, where she meets Amber Moore. Anxious to see her daughter, Sheila suggests that Amber babysit for James and Maggie, so that she can secretly visit Mary in LA. Amber is hired and keeps her alliance with Sheila secret for some time, but when Sheila threatens her, she reveals to James and Maggie the real reason why she applied to be Mary's babysitter. Sheila eventually takes matters into her own hands and takes Mary back. James attempts to trick Sheila into marrying him, so that he can gain full custody of his daughter. When Sheila realizes the marriage is a set-up, she attempts to kill herself again by jumping off a roof. James, who had actually fallen for Sheila during this time, promises to stay with her. Meanwhile, an angry Maggie sneaks into Sheila's hospital room and cuts off her oxygen. Sheila is rescued by doctors and Maggie is immediately arrested. With the help of Mike and his brother Martin Guthrie, a desperate Maggie captures Sheila and holds her prisoner, appropriately, in the house from Psycho at Universal Studios Hollywood. When Sheila escapes, James demands that Maggie leave. Maggie and Lauren later team up in an attempt to drive Sheila over the edge. They wire Sheila's house with hidden cameras and an audio system, while the former nanny Judy surprises Sheila on her doorstep. The plan fails, however, and Maggie, realizing James and the baby are lost to her, leaves town. When a friendship begins between James and Stephanie, a paranoid Sheila becomes jealous and attempts to drown Stephanie in a pool. To prevent Stephanie from telling anyone about this incident, Sheila threatens to kill Stephanie's grandson, Thomas Forrester. Sheila is arrested for the threat, but secretly switches places with a woman named Cybil Weller. After breaking out of prison in disguise, Sheila shoots Stephanie, kidnaps baby Mary and leaves town.
2010[]
In 2010, Stephen Logan and Beth Henderson returned to Los Angeles when Beth's Alzheimer's got worse, too much for him to handle on his own. Eric offered them to move into the Forrester mansion, but after a confused argument with Stephanie, Beth fell into the pool and drowned. Stephen was enraged and vowed to make Stephanie pay for Beth's death. To do so, he began seeing Stephanie's sister, Pamela Douglas, convincing her to stop taking her bipolar medication and used this to turn Pam against Stephanie. When Stephen purchased a gun from Mike Guthrie, a man from the Forrester's past, he lured Pam and Stephanie to the cabin in Big Bear and told Pam to shoot Stephanie to complete his vengeance. However, Stephanie was able to convince Pam that Stephen didn't really love her, but was only using her for payback. Pam gave the gun up to Stephanie and in retaliation, Stephanie shot Stephen in the arm. Stephen was arrested for attempted murder and jailed, but thanks to Bill Spencer Jr., was able to not serve a prison sentence. Stephen and Pam continued their relationship and eventually got engaged. But in 2011, Pam revealed to Stephanie that Stephen left her and went back to Dallas, devastating her.
2022-2023[]
In June 2022 Mike see's Sheila in jail. She's happy to see an old friend. The troubled woman ended up behind bars because she accidentally killed her son Finn and shot her daughter in law Steffy Forrester to silence her. Soon Mike helps the Carter woman to run away from jail and becomes her accomplice. Mike makes it clear to Sheila that he has feelings for her. The woman discovers that her son Finn Finnegan isn't really dead, but under the care of his adoptive mother Li Finnegan. Sheila scared Li when she showed up at her place. The two argued after Li tried to call the police and Finn's adoptive more tried to run away from her. Sheila followed her and Li's car ended up in the marina. Sheila smiled when she thought that she killed Li. After Li's supposed death Sheila was left alone with Finn and had to take are of him. Mike was supporting her. When Finn woke up he begged Mike to betray Sheila, but he never did. Li ended up at Bill Spencer Jr.'s care as he found her in an alley. Liam Spencer recognized Finn's mother in her. When Li's memory came back she and Bill went to Li's apartment. Sheila and Finn were there. Bill and Finn left because Spencer was taking the young man straight to Monte Carlo where his grieving wife mourned his supposed death. Li was left with a tied Sheila as they waited for the police. Mike showed up and banged Li on the head. After that he freed Sheila. Carter planted a kiss on Mike and left in a hurry. The police arrived and arrested Mike.
In January 2023, Mike met Sheila in prison. He expressed how happy he is to see her again and how glad he is that he and her can be close together, even if it's just in prison. Sheila told Mike that she is leaving prison soon. Mike again told Sheila about his feelings. Later Mike as been shown in his cell thinking about Sheila. Bill Spencer threatened Finn and Steffy that if they will testify against Sheila he will reveal that Taylor Hamilton shot him years ago. Since Steffy and Finn didn't testify and Mike testified that he kidnapped Sheila from jail Carter was freed. After some time it came out that Bill was fooling Sheila and in reality he cooperated with the FBI to force a confessional out of Sheila. Carter believed Bill and after he proposed to her she confessed of killing two people. Bill's house was bugged and the FBI heard it all. Sheila fell down the balcony when she tried to run away. During her escape she also got a heart attack and almost died. Finn saved Sheila's life despite Li asking him to let her die and Sheila ended up behind bars despite Mike's previous sacrifices.
Sheila stood trial as the Defendant in the murder case for Lance Day, against the Los Angeles County, Judge Evan Scott presided, ruling there to be no tangible evidence to support the accusation, and that Bill and Ridge had illegally engaged FBI Agent Alex Chen to assist in their sting operation. Judge Scott deemed there to be no options but to release Sheila, despite his personal wishes - therefore dropping all charges.
Crimes and Misdemeanours[]
- Tampered with Bridget Forrester's paternity test [1993]
- Blackmailed Sheila Carter [1993]
- Stole a copy of Eric Forrester's will [1994]
- Aided and abetted the kidnapping of James Warwick [1995]
- Staged the "mugging" of Eric Forrester [1995]
- Photographed Forrester Creations designs and delivered them to Spectra Fashions [1995]
- Held a gun on Brooke Logan [1996]
- Kidnapped Maggie Forrester [1996]
- Kidnapped Sheila Carter [1998]
- Illegally sold a firearm to Stephen Logan [2010]
- Stole medication from a prison infirmary [2022]
- Arrested for breaking Sheila Carter out of prison [2022]
Maladies and Injuries[]
- Attacked by a Doberman [1993]