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Robert S. Woods
Born

Robert Sosebee Woods


(1948-03-13) March 13, 1948 (age 76)
Maywood, California, US
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
SpouseLoyita Chapel (1985–present)
Children2 (1 deceased)

Robert Sosebee Woods (born March 13, 1948) is an American actor best known for playing Bo Buchanan on the ABC soap One Life to Live,[1][2] a role for which he won the 1983 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.[3]

Early life[edit]

In 1966 Woods graduated from Lakewood High SchoolinLakewood, California, where he served as senior class president, and a cheerleader. He later joined the U.S. Armed Forces and fought in the Vietnam War. Woods ultimately graduated from California State University, Long Beach where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Career[edit]

Woods began portraying Bo Buchanan – a Vietnam War veteran – on the ABC soap One Life to Live in 1979,[1][2] winning the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1983.[3] He left the series in 1986 and returned 1988, and continued the role until the series cancellation in 2012.[1][2] Woods also earned Daytime Emmy nominations in 1986,[4] 1993,[5] 1994,[6] 1999,[7] and 2000,[8] multiple Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, and four MVP trophies from Soap Opera Update.[1]

Woods has also appeared on television series such as Roseanne and the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. He appeared in eight episodes of The Waltons, four credited as "Robert Merritt Woods" and four as "Christopher Woods."

Woods is also the voiceover in the animated TV spot for JPMorgan Chase & Co. which debuted in October 2010.

Personal life[edit]

Woods is married to actress Loyita Chapel and lives in New York. The couple have a son, Tanner Woods, who played a young Bo on One Life to Live in an August 26, 2008 flashback to 1968.[9] Tanner was a twin, whose sibling died at the age of one month.

Woods was good friends with on-screen father Phil Carey.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "SOAP STAR STATS: Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, OLTL)". SoapOperaDigest.com. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ a b c "One Life to Live Cast: Bo Buchanan". Soaps.com. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  • ^ a b "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1983". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1986". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1993". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1994". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1999". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2000". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  • ^ "One Life to Live Recaps: The week of August 25, 2008 on OLTL". soapcentral.com. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  • ^ "Philip Carey | Actor, Soundtrack". IMDb. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
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