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BIO FOR ROBERT S. WOODS   Emmy Award-winning actor Robert S. Woods plays the role of Bo Buchanan, the handsome younger son of the rich and powerful Buchanan clan. Unlucky in love and marriage, Bo has finally found happiness with his bride, the wonderfully witty Nora Gannon. As Llanview's police commissioner, Bo is trying to expose the dangerous, mob-connected Carlo Hesser.   Robert, who created the part of Bo Buchanan in 1979, won an Emmy for it in 1982 as Outstanding Supporting Actor and has since garnered three additional nominations. After six successful years in the role, he took a hiatus from the show to go to the West Coast to pursue film and television opportunities. He returned to "One Life to Live" in January, 1988. In 1994, Robert and his co-stars Clint Ritchie and John Loprieno re-created their "OLTL" roles on the top-rated prime-time show, "Roseanne."   Prior to his return, Robert portrayed Commander Eugene Lindsey in Herman Wouk's "War and Remembrance," which aired on the ABC Television Network during the 1988-89 season. He appeared in the Los Angeles production of "Stitch and Eubie," which won the Drama-Logue Critics Choice Award; played in "Carly's Web," a television movie; and was in the pilot, "Changing Patterns." Acting was always Robert's goal, but before concentrating on his career, he served 15 months as a Green Beret in Vietnam, seeing action with the Army's Fifth Special Forces Group. He is an active member of the New York Vietnam Veterans Commission, which sponsors a job training and employment program.   After returning from the war, he majored in broadcasting at California State College at Long Beach and, following graduation, went to study at the Film Actors Workshop in Los Angeles, the James Best Theater Centre and the Directors Lab.   A variety of parts in television, films and regional theater have followed in steady succession. Robert played the recurring roles of Dr. David Spencer in "The Waltons" and Lt. Bob King in "Project UFO," as well as roles in "Family," "City of Angels" and "Newhart." Feature films in which he appeared include "The China Syndrome" and "Big Wednesday." Among his made-for-television-movies are "Just a Little Inconvenience," "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful," "Police Story," "Fantasies" and "Chase."   In theater productions, Robert has co-starred with Dorothy Lamour in "Barefoot in the Park"; and played in the Disney Drama Workshop productions of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and "Li'l Abner," and the First Acting Company presentations of "Lovers and Other Strangers" and "Awake and Sing."   Born and raised in California, Robert comes from a family of Texans, including an older brother and four older sisters. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife, actress Loyita Chapel, and their son, Tanner.   VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHPLACE: Maywood, CA BIRTHDATE: March 13 HEIGHT: 5'11" HAIR: Brown EYES: Blue   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BO BUCHANAN PLAYED BY ROBERT S. WOODS (1979 - PRESENT) Bo Buchanan is the youngest son of Asa Buchanan and brother of Clint. Currently, Bo is Llanview's Police Commissioner, but he has had a varied career as a Green Beret, Oilman, TV Producer for Fraternity Row, as well as a Newspaperman, Racecar driver and Music mogul. Since coming to Llanview in 1980 to join his father Asa in running the East Coast division of Buchanan Enterprises Bo has suffered many personal losses. Bo's relationship with Asa has often been rocky because they have very different ideas of right and wrong. Bo quickly became alienated by his father's devious business practices. Bo had a major business coup when he bought Lone Star Records out from under his father, Asa and managed the career of Becky Lee Abbott, a promising young country-western singer. His first Llanview love interest was TV talk show host Pat Ashley whom he took to Paris on a romantic trip - OLTL's first overseas location shoot. In 1983, he fell in love with Delila Ralston, but they decided not to pursue a romantic relationship after his mother's deathbed confession that Bo's father was not Asa Buchanan, but Yancy Ralston which meant Bo and Delila were cousins. Delila married Bo's father, and Bo slept with Becky Lee Abbott, who became pregnant with his son, Drew. Later Bo and Delila discovered they weren't really related, and they decided to get married. but, Bo divorced Delila in 1984. Wanting to escape to a more normal life, Bo took a job working in the Lord-Manning factory under the fake name "Bill Brady". He became involved with the O'Neill family and dated the eldest daughter, Didi O'Neill. Didi was injured in a car accident and went blind, and Bo proposed to Didi. She became his wife in 1985. Later in 1985, Bo, a former Green Beret, left for Vietnam in search of MIA's. In 1988, Bo and Didi were held hostage in England while Patrick London assumed Bo's identity in Llanview by using plastic surgery to make himself look like Bo. Unfortunately, while being held hostage, Bo's wife, Didi was electrocuted, and died in Bo's arms. In 1990, he married Sarah Gordon, who was kidnapped by Carlo Hesser and presumed dead in a plane crash. While searching for Sarah, Bo was almost seduced by a federal agent, Alex Olanov who was obsessed with Bo and stalked his fiancée, reporter Cassie Callison. . In 1991, he married Cassie, but he was still in love with his missing wife, Sarah. Just after Bo and Cassie said their "I do's", Sarah made an appearance. Bo stayed married to Cassie, out of a sense of honor and duty but eventually he and Sarah reconnected and Cassie had their brief marriage annulled. Sarah's death from a hit and run accident in 1992 left Bo desperately sad and depressed to the point that he considered committing suicide. Nora Hanen Gannon, the attorney for Sarah's estate eased Bo's pain and loss. Bo and Nora became engaged in 1993, but their wedding was delayed while Nora was operated on for a brain tumor. After the surgery, Nora was temporarily blind, and was stalked and threatened by her former client, convicted rapist Todd Manning, who had an axe to grind with Nora. Bo rescued Nora, brought her back to Llanview where she was operated on once again, and her sight was restored. On June 1, 1995, Nora became Nora Hannen Gannon Buchanan when she married Bo in a rock-and-roll themed wedding, presided over by legendary rocker, Little Richard. Never one to stay idle for long in 1996, Bo joined Patrick Thornhart to defeat a group of Irish terrorists known as the Men of 21. Bo assumed the identity of Major Austin, a munitions expert and penetrated the organization but was almost killed by a double-crossing agent. Suffering from a gunshot wound, Patrick left his sickbed and helped Bo diffuse a bomb at The Palace, the hotel and restaurant owned and managed by Renee Divine Buchanan, Bo's most recent stepmother. In 1998, Georgie Phillips came to town as Nora's personal assistant. Georgie quickly insinuated herself into Bo and Nora's lives in every way possible with the intention of breaking them up. Georgie also tried to make Bo jealous of Nora's professional relationship with her old lover, Sam Rappaport by making it seem that there was more than just friendship between them. Georgie failed to seduce Bo so she worked to convince his stepdaughter, Rachel Gannon that Bo was the married man she had been seeing. Bo gave Georgie an ultimatum and told her she had one week to get out of Llanview. Georgie then digitally altered a photo of herself and Bo to make it look like they were in Bo and Nora's bed together making love. Georgie then demanded that Bo meet her at the Buchanan lodge. Nora also went to the lodge and assumed the worst when she saw Georgie kissing a man in the shadows. A short time later, Georgie was discovered murdered. Nora suspected that Bo had slept with Georgie, but he was eventually able to make her believe the truth and they reconciled. Evidence pointed to Bo and he became the prime suspect in Georgie's murder. Bo was thrilled when his son Drew returned to town and graduated at the top of his class at the police academy. Drew confessed to Bo that he had been having an affair with Georgie and that he was the father of the baby she had been carrying when she was killed. Drew insisted to Bo that he hadn't killed Georgie. In the hope of giving his son, more time to find the real killer, Bo shocked his friends and family when he confessed to killing Georgie. At this same time, Todd's Buchanan paranoia and his persecution complex kicked in and was convinced the Buchanans were trying to pin Georgie's murder on him. To clear himself and make the real killer confess Todd held all the possible suspects hostage at the lodge. When it looked as though Kevin was going to kill Todd, Rachel came forward and confessed to killing Georgie. Bo and Nora were shocked, but they presented a united front to defend Rachel. Later on, Bo was devastated when his only son, Drew was shot and killed by Nurse Barbara Graham in 1998. Once again grieving a serious loss, Bo took off on his boat in the middle of a violent storm and it seemed he would die at sea. Using a ham radio, Nora contacted Bo and lied, telling him that she was pregnant. This gave Bo the will to live and he returned to Llanview, but was hospitalized with a serious case of pneumonia. At this same time, Sam Rappaport's jealous ex-wife, Lindsay altered the results of Bo's fertility tests to make it look like Bo couldn't father more children. Nora was distressed to that Bo couldn't father a child and wanted to tell him that she wasn't pregnant, but things spiraled out of control. Nora didn't want to break Bo's heart with the news they wouldn't be having a baby. Desperate to get pregnant, Nora turned to her former lover, Sam. After his initial refusal, Nora and Sam slept together with the hope of getting Nora pregnant. Nora became pregnant and she planned on raising the baby as hers and Bo's. Lindsay saw Sam and Nora go into the cabana and was consumed with jealousy and resentment that, Nora, the woman who seemed to have it all, including the love of Lindsay's ex-husband, was going to also have Sam's baby. At the Woman of the Year Awards, Lindsay showed up drunk and revealed that Nora was really carrying Sam's baby. Bo moved out on Nora, although they were both pained by the separation. Several months later, Nora learned the truth about Bo's fertility tests and realized baby Matthew might be his son after all. Nora then decided to have Matthew's DNA tested, but Lindsay bribed the lab technician into making sure Sam stayed Matthew's father. With his marriage to Nora over, but unwilling to admit he still had deep, unresolved feelings for her, Bo started a relationship with Lindsay Rappaport. Lindsay's constantly tested Bo's patience because of her lack of self-esteem and her resentment of his ex-wife, but Bo seemed to truly care for her and they planned to get married on Valentine's Day this year. Lindsay found out she was pregnant by Bo and she planned to tell him the happy news on their wedding night. As Bo and Lindsay were about to exchange wedding vows, Nora entered St. James church and told Bo the truth about Lindsay tampering with the results of his fertility test. Lindsay confessed her deceitfulness to Bo and also said she was pregnant with his child. Bo refused to believe that Lindsay was pregnant and she gave him back his ring. Bo and Lindsay's relationship was over but Bo was also furious with Nora and questioned why she had exposed Lindsay's secret on what was supposed to have been his wedding day. Bo remained distanced from Lindsay and harbored resentments towards Nora. Bo was upset by all the shocking news shared with him by both Nora and Lindsay. One night he found himself at Rodi's and RJ Gannon was there as well. RJ started harassing Bo, who had reached his breaking point and began punching RJ relentlessly. RJ accused Bo of police brutality and Bo stormed off into the night. Bo hopped on his motorcycle and ended up at a roadhouse outside of Llanview. Bo met a beautiful unknown woman, who later turned out to be Dr. Melanie McIver, Lindsay's sister. Melanie accidentally ran over Bo's motorcycle in the parking lot and came in to confess. After Bo initially shared his anger about his mangled motorcycle, Bo and Melanie, who was also feeling despondent over her marriage, ended up having a one night affair fling before he returned home to get his life back in order. After Will Rappaport's trial Bo and Nora were on the same train taking Will to Statesville Prison Nora asked Bo forgive her for ruining his wedding and interfering in his relationship with Lindsay. Bo still had deep and unresolved feelings for Nora, but he couldn't forgive what she had done. Later, the train derailed and Nora was trapped in the wreckage. Bo desperately tried to rescue Nora but was unable to free her. After going to get more help, Bo was devastated when he returned to see the car Nora was trapped in engulfed in an explosion. Nora was presumed to have died in the fire and Bo was consumed with guilt for not granting her his forgiveness when she had asked for it. At the moment Bo is trying to resolve his feeling regarding his relationship with the women in his life, Lindsay Rappaport, her sister Melanie McIver and the return of Nora, who was found to have not died in the train wreck. Her memory erased by a drug injected into her by Lindsay, Nora's past few years were erased, leaving her to believe that she and Bo are still married. Her dismay at the loss of their marriage and spending time with her as her old self have all contributed to a renewal of protective feelings from Bo to Nora. Melanie has been fighting down jealousy over their closeness and Lindsay is working hard to cause as much interference as possible! Unable to come to terms with the fact that Bo was not ready to make a solid commitment to marriage, Melanie to the ill-thought advice of sister Lindsay and decided to lie to Bo. The sisters concocted a scheme to draw Bo into an early marriage by letting him think Melanie was dying. Rather than let her die without fulfilling her dream of becoming Mrs. Bo Buchanan, Bo planned a surprise wedding in their home. But the guilt got to Melanie and she confessed the whole sorted plan. Bo, humiliated and hurt told Melanie it was over. She packed her bags and hit the road for Seattle and greener pastures. While going it alone, Bo was again put through an emotional ringer, along with most of Llanview when Asa once again faked his own death to try and frame his then wife, a newly returned Gabrielle Medina and her con artist lover Max Holden. But Bo pieced together his father deceit and found him residing in a tropical paradise, along with ever-present manservant Nigel and the once and hope-to-be again Asa wife, Alex Olonov. Bo brought Asa back to town and in the processes ended up with Asa now ex-wife, Gabby, as a houseguest.