Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ethan Winthrop (born Ethan Crane) is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Ethan is played by both Travis Schuldt (July 5, 1999—July 3, 2002) and Eric Martsolf (July 8, 2002—August 7, 2008). Rib Hillis temporarily portrays the role in 2006 when Martsolf is on paternity leave. Ethan Winthrop is the only child of Sam Bennett and Ivy Winthrop. He was born during the mid-1970s. His mother was deeply in love with his father, but Ethan's grandfather, former governor Harrison Winthrop, saw to it that the young lovers stay separated.