Clint Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera
One Life to Live.The role was originated on September 10, 1979, by
actor Clint Ritchie, portraying the role nearly continuously through
December 30, 1998. Ritchie reappeared on the series in 1999, 2003, and
2004. Actor Jerry verDorn assumed the role on October 25, 2005, and
remained until the original television finale on January 13, 2012.
verDorn reprised the role when new daily episodes of OLTL debuted on
Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013.
John Brotherton played a young Clint in a 2008 storyline in which the
characters Bo and Rex find themselves in 1968.The eldest son of
Buchanan patriarch Asa Buchanan and his first wife Olympia, actor
Clint Ritchie debuts onscreen as Clinton (simply known as "Clint") on
the episode first-run September 10, 1979, the first of the Buchanan
family of Texas to arrive in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania. Clint,
who is working as a prize-winning journalist in Arizona at the time,
is appointed by Viki Lord Riley's editor-in-chief husband of her
newspaper, The Banner when Joe Riley learns he is suffering from a
terminal brain tumor and must make arrangements for a succeeding
editor to the periodical's news operation. After a failed relationship
with Pat Ashley, Clint becomes close to Viki, eventually marrying her
in 1982 and adopting her and deceased Joe's two sons, Kevin and Joey
Riley. Clint and Viki's marriage is strong but troubled. In 1983,
Clint engages in a brief romantic affair after being seduced by Banner
photographer Echo DiSavoy (actress Kim Zimmer), and during The
Banner's 50th anniversary celebration, Viki suffered from a recurrence
of her dissociative identity disorder, which recurs when Viki
discovers that her former ward Tina Clayton (Andrea Evans) is her
sister. Tina makes an enemy in Clint as she conspires to use Viki's
illness to take control of their father Victor Lord's fortune, but
Clint and Viki triumph and have a child of their own, Jessica, in
1986. That same year, Clint discovers that he is the father of former
flame Maria Roberts' adult son Cord, who is now married to Tina. Over
the years, Clint and Viki endure much domestic drama, from
indiscretions between them, Viki's battles with dissociative identity
disorder and family squabbles among the Lords, Cramers, and Buchanans.
Married and divorced twice, the two remain great friends.Clint leaves
town for London in 1998, returning for several brief periods. In 2001,
it is revealed that Viki had been drugged and raped by Mitch Laurence
(Roscoe Born) in 1986, and given birth to twins. Mitch is in fact the
father of Jessica, and Clint had fathered Jessica's twin, Natalie
Balsom (Melissa Archer). Mitch had infant Natalie kidnapped and raised
by another couple, and he orchestrates her return in 2001 to devastate
Viki and her family.
One Life to Live.The role was originated on September 10, 1979, by
actor Clint Ritchie, portraying the role nearly continuously through
December 30, 1998. Ritchie reappeared on the series in 1999, 2003, and
2004. Actor Jerry verDorn assumed the role on October 25, 2005, and
remained until the original television finale on January 13, 2012.
verDorn reprised the role when new daily episodes of OLTL debuted on
Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013.
John Brotherton played a young Clint in a 2008 storyline in which the
characters Bo and Rex find themselves in 1968.The eldest son of
Buchanan patriarch Asa Buchanan and his first wife Olympia, actor
Clint Ritchie debuts onscreen as Clinton (simply known as "Clint") on
the episode first-run September 10, 1979, the first of the Buchanan
family of Texas to arrive in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania. Clint,
who is working as a prize-winning journalist in Arizona at the time,
is appointed by Viki Lord Riley's editor-in-chief husband of her
newspaper, The Banner when Joe Riley learns he is suffering from a
terminal brain tumor and must make arrangements for a succeeding
editor to the periodical's news operation. After a failed relationship
with Pat Ashley, Clint becomes close to Viki, eventually marrying her
in 1982 and adopting her and deceased Joe's two sons, Kevin and Joey
Riley. Clint and Viki's marriage is strong but troubled. In 1983,
Clint engages in a brief romantic affair after being seduced by Banner
photographer Echo DiSavoy (actress Kim Zimmer), and during The
Banner's 50th anniversary celebration, Viki suffered from a recurrence
of her dissociative identity disorder, which recurs when Viki
discovers that her former ward Tina Clayton (Andrea Evans) is her
sister. Tina makes an enemy in Clint as she conspires to use Viki's
illness to take control of their father Victor Lord's fortune, but
Clint and Viki triumph and have a child of their own, Jessica, in
1986. That same year, Clint discovers that he is the father of former
flame Maria Roberts' adult son Cord, who is now married to Tina. Over
the years, Clint and Viki endure much domestic drama, from
indiscretions between them, Viki's battles with dissociative identity
disorder and family squabbles among the Lords, Cramers, and Buchanans.
Married and divorced twice, the two remain great friends.Clint leaves
town for London in 1998, returning for several brief periods. In 2001,
it is revealed that Viki had been drugged and raped by Mitch Laurence
(Roscoe Born) in 1986, and given birth to twins. Mitch is in fact the
father of Jessica, and Clint had fathered Jessica's twin, Natalie
Balsom (Melissa Archer). Mitch had infant Natalie kidnapped and raised
by another couple, and he orchestrates her return in 2001 to devastate
Viki and her family.
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