CBS Announces Beyond The Gates Final Cast Members, Including Veteran TV Actor, Clifton Davis

Beyond the Gates spoilers hint that fans should brace themselves for the official debut of the new soap in early 2025. Production on the soap will commence in November of this year, and it won’t be long before viewers can revel in all the drama the new show has to offer.

As such, CBS has been announcing cast members for the past few weeks, and they’ve unveiled the final actors and actresses joining the new daytime drama. All the details are below.

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Beyond the Gates spoilers reveal that veteran stage and TV actor, Clifton Davis is slated for the soap, playing the Dupree family patriarch and husband to Anita Dupree (Tamara Tunie), Vernon Dupree.

Vernon is also the father of Dani Dupree (Karla Morley) and Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix), and is described as humble, generous, and gentle. He’s also a retired senator who was at the forefront of the civil rights movement, back in the day.

Meanwhile, actor Jibre Hordges will enter the role of Jacob Hawthorne, Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne’s (Arielle Prepetit) husband, who also happens to be a Metropolitan Police detective.

Jacob comes from a long line of family members who have served in law enforcement.

Days of Our Lives (DOOL) fans will be happy to hear that Mike Manning will be a part of Beyond the Gates, playing Bradley “Smitty” Smith, Congressman Martin Richardson’s (Brandon Claybon) husband and father to their two adopted children.

While he’s currently a stay-at-home dad, Smitty was once a political reporter, and is thinking about going back to his writing career; however, he’s nervous to tell Martin, who is happy with the way their home life is currently.

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Beyond the Gates Spoilers – More Characters & Cast Members

Actress Jen Jacob plays Ashley Morgan, Naomi’s best friend, who grew up as a latchkey kid of a young single mom. She’s now a nurse at Garland Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and is cheerful, positive, resourceful, and independent.

Ben Gavin plays Derek Baldwin, Ashley’s love interest and Jacob Hawthorne’s best friend. Derek is a fearless firefighter who holds nothing back when he’s on the job. He’s also handy and can fix pretty much anything.

Then there’s Vanessa McBride, played by Lauren Buglioli. She’s a high-profile real estate agency owner who focuses on luxury property. She is besties with Dr. Nicole and neighbors with Dani Dupree.

She’s also a mom to twins and is married to her high school sweetheart; however, it sounds like the love has long faded within this marriage.

Lastly, Tomas “Tom” Navarro is a confident and handsome attorney played by Alex Alegria. He works at Bill Hamilton’s (Timon Durrett) firm and has a thing for Katherine “Kat” Richardson (Colby Muhammad).

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