Clinton Charles Augustus Ritchie (August 9, 1938 â€" January 31, 2009)
was an American actor.Ritchie was born on a farm near Grafton, North
Dakota, to J. C. and Charlotte Ritchie, and his family moved to
Washington state when he was seven. Voted "Handsome Harry" by his
classmates at Sunnyside High School, he moved to California at the age
of 16 where he had a variety of jobs: truck driver, service station
attendant, furniture factory worker, bartender (before his age of 19
was found out) and health club manager, before becoming an actor. But
the most interesting times of his life were in the Yakima River
Valley, where he taught his best friend, Robert Clayton, to ride a
horse.He is best known for his acting role as Clinton "Clint"
Buchanan, husband of Victoria "Viki" Lord (played by Erika Slezak) on
the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live; having originated the character
in 1979, portrayed the role through 1998, with recurring stints in
1999, 2003, and 2004.He was under contract at 20th Century Fox with
Tom Selleck and is credited with teaching Selleck how to ride a horse.
was an American actor.Ritchie was born on a farm near Grafton, North
Dakota, to J. C. and Charlotte Ritchie, and his family moved to
Washington state when he was seven. Voted "Handsome Harry" by his
classmates at Sunnyside High School, he moved to California at the age
of 16 where he had a variety of jobs: truck driver, service station
attendant, furniture factory worker, bartender (before his age of 19
was found out) and health club manager, before becoming an actor. But
the most interesting times of his life were in the Yakima River
Valley, where he taught his best friend, Robert Clayton, to ride a
horse.He is best known for his acting role as Clinton "Clint"
Buchanan, husband of Victoria "Viki" Lord (played by Erika Slezak) on
the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live; having originated the character
in 1979, portrayed the role through 1998, with recurring stints in
1999, 2003, and 2004.He was under contract at 20th Century Fox with
Tom Selleck and is credited with teaching Selleck how to ride a horse.
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