Daniel Wolek

Daniel Wolek
Michael Palance as Daniel Wolek
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Neail Holland (1974–76) Eddie Moran (1976–79) Timothy Waldrip (1983, 1985) Steven Culp (1983–84) Ted Demers (1984) Joshua Cox (1986–87) Michael Palance (1989–91)
Duration	1971–79 1983–87 1989–91
First appearance	November 17, 1971 (November 17, 1971)
Last appearance	August 1991 (August 1991)
Created by	Agnes Nixon
Introduced by	Doris Quinlan Henry Slesar (1983) Paul Rauch (1989)
Classification	Former, regular
Profile
Occupation	Journalist Physician
Joshua Cox as Daniel Wolek
Family Wolek Lord Father Larry Wolek Mother Meredith Lord Siblings Stillborn twin sister Grandparents Victor Lord Eugenia Lord Aunts and uncles Anna Wolek Vince Wolek Tony Lord Victoria Lord Tina Lord Todd Manning Victor Lord, Jr. First cousins Megan Gordon Brian Kendall Kevin Buchanan Joey Buchanan Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan C. J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Starr Manning Danielle Manning Jack Manning Sam Manning Cathy Craig (adoptive)

Daniel Wolek is a fictional character on the American soap opera One Life to Live. He is the only son of original characters Larry Wolek and Meredith Lord.

Daniel, nicknamed "Dan" or "Danny," is born onscreen November 17, 1971. He is the first grandchild of series patriarch Victor Lord (Ernest Graves) to appear on the serial, and Victor's third-born grandchild in the show's final canon after Megan Gordon and Brian Kendall. His twin sister is born stillborn, which prompts mother Meredith (Lynn Benesch) to suffer post-partum depression and seek help from Dr. Joyce Brothers (playing herself).

In 1973, Daniel's mother dies of a traumatic brain injury following a freak accident during an attempted robbery at the Lord estate Llanfair. Larry raises young Danny a single father and with help from his siblings Anna and Vince. Danny leaves fictional Llanview in 1979 attends to boarding school overseas.

Danny is aged to an adult in 1983 and becomes a newspaper reporter for his grandfather's newspaper, The Banner. Dorian Lord Callison (Robin Strasser) seduces Dan into a brief love affair in 1984. The character returns to Llanview on an ongoing basis in August 1986 as Dr. Dan Wolek (Joshua Cox), a resident physician at Llanview Hospital. He dates shy Allison Perkins (Barbara Garrick) briefly before she falls under the spell of Mitch Laurence (Roscoe Born). Dan (Michael Palance) returns again in 1989 and soon becomes a rival to his own father Larry for the affection of nurse Brenda McGillis (Brenda Brock) in a love triangle. The nefarious Michael Grande (Dennis Parlato) then seeks to woo Brenda, and rigs a medical malpractice case to get Dan was fired from the hospital. Michael is killed in a whodunit, and Dan is accused of murdering Michael before the former husband of his aunt Victoria Lord Buchanan (Erika Slezak), Roger Gordon (Larry Pine), is revealed to be Michael's actual killer.