Clint Buchanan

Clint Buchanan
Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Clint Ritchie (1979–99, 2003–04) Jerry verDorn (2005–13)
Duration	1979–99 2003–13
First appearance	September 10, 1979 (1979-09-10)
Last appearance	August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
Created by	Gordon Russell Sam Hall
Introduced by	Joseph Stuart Frank Valentini (2003) Jennifer Pepperman (2013)
Classification	Final, regular
Profile
Occupation	CEO of Buchanan Enterprises Former Editor of The Banner Former Editor of The Chronicle
Residence	Buchanan Mansion 21 Riverside Drive, Llanview, Pennsylvania
Clint Ritchie as Clint Buchanan
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) Brothers Bo Buchanan Half-brothers Ben Davidson Spouse Victoria Lord (1982–85, 1986–94, 2013–) Lindsay Rappaport (1998–99) Nora Hanen (2009–10) Kimberly Andrews (2010) Sons Cord Roberts Rex Balsom Daughters Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Adoptive sons Kevin Buchanan Joey Buchanan Grandsons C.J. Roberts Duke Buchanan Shane Morasco Ryder Ford Liam McBain Granddaughters Sarah Roberts Bree Brennan Uncles Pike Buchanan Aunts Jeannie Buchanan Nephews David Vickers Buchanan Drew Buchanan Matthew Buchanan First cousins Rafe Garretson Austin Buchanan

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.