Victor Lord

Victor Lord
Ernest Graves as Victor Lord
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Ernest Graves (1968–74) Shepperd Strudwick (1974–76) Tom O'Rourke (1985) Les Tremayne (1987) Bill Moor (1995) William Stone Mahoney (2003–04)
Duration	1968–76 1985 1987 1995 2003–04
First appearance	July 15, 1968 (1968-07-15)
Last appearance	May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19)
Created by	Agnes Nixon
Introduced by	Doris Quinlan
Classification	Former, regular
Profile
Other names	Victor Dalby Lord
Occupation	Media proprietor Businessman
Residence	Llanfair 1177 Regency Drive Llanview, Pennsylvania 19100
William Stone Mahoney as Victor Lord
Family Lord Siblings Clayton-Powell Lord Gwendolyn Lord Spouse Eugenia Randolph (194?–50) Irene Manning (divorced) Dorian Cramer (1975–83) Sons Tony Lord Todd Manning Victor Lord, Jr. Daughters Victoria Lord Meredith Lord Tina Lord Grandsons Brian Kendall Daniel Wolek Kevin Buchanan Joey Buchanan C. J. Roberts Jack Manning Sam Manning Granddaughters Megan Gordon Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Sarah Roberts Starr Manning Danielle Manning Grandparents Randolph Lord Virginia Fletcher Nephews Clayton-Powell Lord II Richard Abbott

Victor Lord is a fictional character and patriarch of the Lord family from the American soap opera One Life to Live.

An original protagonist on the series, Victor is introduced in the first episode as the preeminent mass media magnate of fictional Philadelphia Main Line suburb Llanview, Pennsylvania. Victor was originally and most notably played by actor Ernest Graves. Graves debuted July 15, 1968, and played the role until he left the series and last appeared in March 1974.

Series creator Agnes Nixon and executive producer Doris Quinlan subsequently recast Victor to Shepperd Strudwick, who first appeared in December 1974 and played the role until the character's initial onscreen death in June 1976.

Series creator and then-scriptwriter Agnes Nixon originally created the character of Victor Lord based on her father, Harry Eckhardt. She crafted the role in an attempt to understand the reserved, domineering Eckhardt patriarch, an entrepreneur who financially thrived during the Great Depression manufacturing funeral garments.

Ernest Graves played the role from show's first episode in 1968 through March 1974. Shepperd Strudwick took over the role in December 1974, playing Victor continually through the character's onscreen death June 16, 1976. Tom O'Rourke briefly stepped into the role as a mirage in 1985, and Les Tremayne played the role of Victor in Heaven in 1987. Bill Moor briefly appeared in the role in 1995. The character was briefly brought back to life 26 years after his original death in January 2003, portrayed by William Stone Mahoney; the resurrection set the soap opera record for the longest span between a character's onscreen death and resurrection. Mahoney went on to play resurrected Victor through his second onscreen death in March 2003, reappearing as a vision for an episode in 2004.