What role does Josh Swickard play in General Hospital? Character details explored

On the daytime soap opera General Hospital, Josh Swickard plays the character of Detective Harrison Chase. The character was introduced in the year 2018 and has been a part of several centric storylines. The character came to Port Charles to investigate a case involving the notorious Cassadine Family. 

Set in Port Charles, General Hospital is the longest-running daytime soap opera in the history of American television. The plot of the soap opera revolves around the complex lives of the most powerful and affluent families like the Cassidines, Spencers, Quartermaines, and a few more.
 

About the character Det. Chase Harrison

Det. Harrison Chase is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Josh Swickard. The character arrived in Port Charles when Chase was hired by Jordan Ashford to serve as Detective Dante Falconeri’s new partner. Upon Chase’s arrival, he was involved in several central plots, one of them being a planned relationship with Nelle Benson. 

Chase got involved with Nelle to where she admitted that she tried killing Michael Corinthos and dilvulged other shady activities she was involved in. Chase got her to admit all these while secretly recording, which led to a breakthrough for the PCPD. 

Currently Det. Chase is married to Brook Lynn Quartermaine, and the two recently found out that BLQ’s biological son, whom she gave up at the time of birth, is none other than Gio, their house guest. This brought a major rift between Chase and his partner Dante Falconeri as well, since Dante is Gio’s father. The two got into a verbal conflict at work, and their superior, Ana, decided to lock them up until they resolved their issues. 
 
Most recently, Chase is involved in Natalia Ramirez’s suicide case. The episode, which aired on June 30, 2025, confirmed that Natalia, who was supposed to leave for Belize, overdosed on a combination of bunch of pills and alcohol. Natalia was found dead in her hotel room. However, before Chase entered the room, an anonymous person exited her room, hinting at the fact that it may not be a suicide but a murder. 

In a conversation between Chase and Anna, she demanded to find the person who left right before Chase entered Natalia’s room. Currently, Sonny Corinthos is under suspicion of killing him. However, in the current scenario of the daytime soap opera General Hospital, Ana received Natalia’s autopsy reports, which confirm that her death was indeed caused by a combination of overdosed drugs and alcohol.

Here’s about the actor Josh Swickard

Josh Swickard is an American actor born on July 4, 1992, in Quincy, Illinois. In 2019, Josh got married to Lauren Swickard; together, they have two children, Bob Swickard and Gina Swickard. Initially, the actor pursued a degree in accounting; however, he shifted to acting and modeling later. 
Apart from playing the character of Det. Harrison Chase on General Hospital, Josh has been a part of several other entertainment projects, like Roped, A Hollywood Christmas, Liv and Maddie, School of Rock, and many more.

Fans of the daytime soap opera can catch the latest episodes of General Hospital on ABC and Hulu.