Bo Buchanan

Bo Buchanan
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Robert S. Woods
Duration	1979–86 1988–2013
First appearance	November 1979 (November 1979)
Last appearance	August 19, 2013 (August 19, 2013)
Created by	Gordon Russell Sam Hall
Introduced by	Joseph Stuart Paul Rauch (1988) Jennifer Pepperman (2013)
Book appearances	Patrick's Notebook
Crossover appearances	All My Children
Classification	Final, regular
Profile
Other names	Bo Ralston Bill Brady Asa Buchanan
Occupation	Police officer Television producer Media proprietor Film producer Record executive Businessman Vietnam War veteran
Residence	Buchanan Apartments 459 Wakashin Street, #38 Llanview, PA 19100
Family Buchanan Parents Asa Buchanan Olympia Buchanan Stepmother Pamela Oliver Stuart (1976, 1986–87) Samantha Vernon (1981) Delilah Ralston (1983) Becky Lee Hunt (1983) Renée Divine (1988–92, 1999–2001, 2004–07) Blair Cramer (1992) Alex Olanov (1994, 1996) Gabrielle Medina (2001–02) Gretel Rae Cummings (2002–03) Siblings Clint Buchanan Ben Davidson Spouse Delilah Ralston (1983–84) Didi O'Neill (1986–88) Sarah Gordon (1990–92) Cassie Callison (1991) Nora Hanen (1995–99, 2010–) Sons David Vickers Buchanan Drew Buchanan Matthew Buchanan Stepchildren Rachel Gannon Grandchildren Unnamed grandchild Drew Buchanan II Aunts and uncles Pike Buchanan Jeannie Buchanan Nieces and nephews Cord Roberts Kevin Buchanan (adoptive) Joey Buchanan (adoptive) Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Rex Balsom First cousins Austin Buchanan Rafe Garretson

Family	Buchanan
Parents	Asa Buchanan Olympia Buchanan
Stepmother	Pamela Oliver Stuart (1976, 1986–87) Samantha Vernon (1981) Delilah Ralston (1983) Becky Lee Hunt (1983) Renée Divine (1988–92, 1999–2001, 2004–07) Blair Cramer (1992) Alex Olanov (1994, 1996) Gabrielle Medina (2001–02) Gretel Rae Cummings (2002–03)
Siblings	Clint Buchanan Ben Davidson
Spouse	Delilah Ralston (1983–84) Didi O'Neill (1986–88) Sarah Gordon (1990–92) Cassie Callison (1991) Nora Hanen (1995–99, 2010–)
Sons	David Vickers Buchanan Drew Buchanan Matthew Buchanan
Stepchildren	Rachel Gannon
Grandchildren	Unnamed grandchild Drew Buchanan II
Aunts and uncles	Pike Buchanan Jeannie Buchanan
Nieces and nephews	Cord Roberts Kevin Buchanan (adoptive) Joey Buchanan (adoptive) Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Rex Balsom
First cousins	Austin Buchanan Rafe Garretson

Bo Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live.

Robert S. Woods created the character of Bo in November 1979. Woods originally screen tested for the recast of Richard Abbott, cousin of central heroine Victoria "Viki" Lord Riley (Erika Slezak). He was offered the newly created part of Bo instead by then-executive producer Joseph Stuart; after accepting, Woods telephoned Dallas star and personal friend Steve Kanaly to inform him that he would be playing the "Ray Krebbs of daytime." Woods went on to play Bo from the character's inception through 1986, and returned in 1988 to play him through the series finale on January 13, 2012. Woods reprised the role when new regular episodes of OLTL debuted on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013.

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. 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.

Woods won a Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actor for the role in 1983, also earning nominations in 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, and 2012, multiple Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, and four MVP trophies from Soap Opera Update.

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