HBO’s period drama “The Gilded Age” returns for season 4 on Sunday, November 1, but two supporting characters are not returning. TVLine reports that New York society will be “down two powerful players” when the new season begins.
Deadline adds that the departures include Patrick Page’s character, Richard Clay, who serves as George Russell’s secretary, portrayed by Morgan Spector. Deadline also reports that Sullivan Jones will not reprise T. Thomas Fortune, a New York Globe publisher. Both outlets frame the change as part of how the show manages a growing ensemble cast, with some characters taken out of rotation as later seasons expand.
Neither outlet indicates any additional cast changes beyond these two characters. The reporting focuses on who is absent in season 4 and highlights the practical challenge of servicing an increasingly large cast in a long-running series.
