| Bo Buchanan | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan | |||||||||||||||||||
| One Life to Live | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Robert S. Woods John-Paul Lavoisier (2008) Tanner Woods (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1979-1986; 1988-present | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Gordon Russell & Sam Hall | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Aliases | Bo Ralston Bill Brady | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 18, 1948[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Buchanan Enterprises Executive Llanview Police Commisonor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Buchanan Apartment #38 Llanview, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
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Beaufort Oglethorpe "Bo" Buchanan[2] is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
Casting and awards[]
The role was originated in 1979 by Robert S. Woods, who left the series in 1986 but returned in 1988, and currently portrays the role.[3][4] A 2008 time travel storyline transplants Bo and Rex Balsom (John-Paul Lavoisier) back to 1968, where Woods portrays his character's father Asa Buchanan, and Lavoisier plays a young Bo from July 21 through August 26, 2008.[4][5][6][7][8] As Bo and Rex return to the present, Woods' real-life son Tanner plays young Bo on August 26, 2008 as he departs to serve in the Vietnam War.[4][9]
Woods won a Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actor for the role in 1983,[10] also earning nominations in 1986,[11] 1993,[12] 1994,[13] 1999,[14] and 2000,[15] multiple Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, and four MVP trophies from Soap Opera Update.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Bo celebrates his birthday with Nora in 1998 on April 18. In 2008, he admits that he was 20 years old in 1968, when he slept with David Vickers's mother, Emma.
- ↑ "Behind the Scenes". Soap Opera Digest (Vol. 33, No. 34): pp. 61. August 19, 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SOAP STAR STATS: Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, OLTL)". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/robertswoodsbio/. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "One Life to Live Cast: Bo Buchanan". Soaps.com. http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/cast/276/Bo_Buchanan. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ "One Life to Live: Big Returns and Plots For 40th Anniversary!". Soaps.com. June 10, 2008. http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/2004/One_Life_to_Live_Big_Returns_and_Plots_For_40th_An. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
- ↑ Logan, Michael (June 11, 2008). "Soaps News: One Life Celebrates No. 40 with Blasts from the Past". TVGuide.com. http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Life-Live-40th/800041323. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
- ↑ One Life to Live recap (7/21/08, 40th Anniversary) - Soaps.com
- ↑ One Life to Live recap (7/22/08, 40th Anniversary) - Soaps.com
- ↑ One Life to Live recap (8/26/08) - Soaps.com
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1983". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1986". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1986/index.html. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1993". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1993/index.html. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1994". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1994/index.html. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1999". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1999/index.html. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2000". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2000/index.html. Retrieved February 24, 2009.