Tuesday 8 January 2008

Roger Howarth

Howarth is perhaps best remembered for his Daytime Emmy Award winning portrayal of Todd Manning on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he played on-and-off from 1992 to 1995, 1996 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2003. His character's pairing with Kassie DePaiva's Blair Cramer won over many fans and the two became a supercouple.

Howarth was strongly praised for his work on OLTL, and won a Daytime Emmy Award for his work, but subsequent attempts to rehabilitate the rapist character of Todd unnerved Howarth. After a female fan shouted "Rape me, Todd!" at a public appearance, his ambivalence about the role deepened.

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When attempts were made to pair Todd and the woman he raped, Marty Saybrooke, as a romantic couple, Howarth quit the show. He subsequently returned to the show twice, but each time, Todd was portrayed more as a villain than a hero.

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Currently, he portrays Paul Ryan on CBS's, As the World Turns, a role he has played since 2003.

Howarth's other television credits include brief roles on the series Dawson's Creek and Prey.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

that top picture, the first one, does not look like Roger it looks like Greg Vaughan who plays Lucky Spencer on General Hospital

Anonymous said...

THAT TOP PICTURE IS NEITHER LUCKY OR TODD... IT NEEDS TO COME DOWN!