Robert S. Woods | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Sosebee Woods March 13, 1948 Maywood, California, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse | Loyita Chapel (1985–present) |
| Children | 2 (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]
In 1966 Woods graduated from Lakewood High School in Lakewood, 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.
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Big Wednesday | Lifeguard (as Christopher Woods) | Feature film |
| 1978 | Repairs | Peter | Short film |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Uncredited role | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | City of Angels | Young man at car (uncredited) | Episode: "Match Point" |
| The Waltons | Dr. David Spencer (credited as Robert Merritt Woods) | Episode: "The Vigil" Episode" "The Fire storm" Episode: "The Wedding: Part 1" Episode: "The Wedding: Part 2" | |
| 1977 | Family | Steve ccredited as Chrisopher Woods) | Episode: "Acts of Love: Part 1" |
| Just a Little Inconvenience | First Sergeant (credited as Christopher Woods) | Television movie (NBC) | |
| The Night They Took Miss Beautiful | Uncredited role | Television movie (NBC) | |
| 1978-1979 | Project U.F.O. | Captain William Coleman (credited as Christopher Woods) | Episode: "Sighting 4001: The Washington D.C. Incident" (1978) |
| First Lt. Bob King - Co-Pilot (as Christopher Woods) | Episode: "Sighting 4003: The Fremont Incident" (1978) | ||
| Lt. Carmichael (as Christopher Woods) | Episode: "Sighting 4007: The Forest City Incident" (1978) | ||
| Tom Pederson (as Christopher Woods) | Episode: "Sighting 4025: The Whitman Tower Incident" (1979) | ||
| The Waltons | Dr. David Spencer (credited as Christopher Woods) | Episode: "The Anniversary" (1978) Episode: "The Obsession" (1979) Episode: "The Pin-Up" (1979) Episode: "The Attack" (1979) | |
| 1979–1986, 1988–2012 (shown on ABC) 2013 (revival shown on Hulu Channel) | One Life to Live | Beaufort "Bo" Oglethorpe Buchanan | Daytime serial @ ABC (contract role @ 765 episodes) Daytime serial @ Hulu (contract role @ 40 episodes) For Daytime Emmy info, see Awards and nominations section below for details |
| 1982 | Fantasies | Clint McDougall | Television movie (ABC) |
| 1985 | Chase | Sheriff Dean Hartley | Television movie (CBS) |
| 1986 | Newhart | Hal Foster | Episode: "High Fidelity" |
| 1986-1987 | Days of Our Lives | Paul Stewart | Daytime serial (contract role @ 54 episodes) |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Skip | Episode: "Changing Patterns" (unsold TV pilot) |
| Carly's Web | Donald Stevens | Television movie (NBC) | |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Lindsey (Enterprise) | Television miniseries (12-part on ABC); he only appeared in Episodes I & III |
| 1992 | Swamp Thing | Ryson | Episode: "Pay Day" |
| 1994 | Roseanne | Beaufort "Bo" Oglethorpe Buchanan | Episode: "Isn't It Romantic?" |
| 1995 | Deadly Love | Jim King | Television movie (Lifetime Television) |
| 2005 | All My Children | Beaufort "Bo" Oglethorpe Buchanan | Episode: #9018, #9027 & #9029 (guest role) |
| 2013 | The Grove | Unknown character | Television movie (unsold pilot for web series) |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Won |
1986 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Nominated |
1993 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Nominated |
1994 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Nominated |
1999 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Nominated |
2000 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Nominated |
2012 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | One Life to Live | Nominated |
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]