Hillary B. Smith ("Nora Buchanan") Hillary B. Smith plays Nora Buchanan, a headstrong attorney whose quick wit has kept her smiling through some difficult times. Hillary was awarded the Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in 1994 for her portrayal of the incredibly charming, irrepressible Nora. The youngest of four girls, Hillary was raised in Palm Beach, Florida. At 14, she returned to Massachusetts, where she was born, to attend boarding school. While enrolled at Dane Hall School, she worked with a geneticist at the New England Medical Center.
"A soap is one big dyfunctional family who loves each other to death??p;quot;
She attended Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she headed the drama club; and transferred to Sarah Lawrence College because "it had a masters program in genetics as well as theater." It wasn't long before she turned her attention from gene screening to screen-testing. While still a senior in college, Hillary performed off-Broadway in Song Night in the City. She has also appeared in the off-Broadway production of World of Black and White and the Broadway musical, A Real American Hero.
Within the last few years, she performed in Wendy Wasserstein's Broadway play, The Heidi Chronicles, and off-Broadway's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, by Terrence McNally. Motion pictures in which she has appeared are Hair, Purple Hearts and Love Potion #9. Hillary's primetime television experience includes starring opposite Gene Wilder in Something Wilder, and a role on the series, No Soap Radio, with Steve Guttenberg. Daytime audiences are familiar with Hillary on The Doctors, as nurse Kit McCormick; and on As the World Turns, where she played policewoman Margo Hughes for six-and-a-half years. Hillary left As the World Turns in 1989, after the birth of her second child, Phips, who originated the role of Adam Hughes, Margo's son. Hillary is an inveterate lover of word games. She and her husband, Phillip "Nip" Smith, whom she met at age 14, have two children, Courtney and Phips.
Kale Browne ("Sam Rappaport") Kale Browne created the role of Sam Rappaport in April, 1998. Sam is a high-powered defense attorney whose challenging legal cases are never quite as complicated as his relationships with his manipulative ex-wife, Lindsay, or teenage son, Will. Browne is well-known to television audiences for his 13-year run as Michael Hudson on Another World. He starred in the Emmy Award-winning television movie, War Between the Classes, and has guest starred in more than 35 television series, including Matlock, The Cosby Mysteries, L.A. Law, Dallas, Dynasty and Hill Street Blues.
His television movies include The Prophet of Evil, Woman on the Ledge, Challenger and Scruples. Browne appeared in the feature films, Losin?, Die Trying and ? There Was You. Browne was the voice of the original animated Spiderman, as well as the voice of Biggs Darklighter in the original Star Wars radio serial with Mark Hamill, for National Public Radio. Born and raised in San Rafael, California, Browne now commutes between Manhattan and Massachusetts. In his spare time, the actor is an accomplished screenplay writer and guitar player. He enjoys collecting pottery and vintage period guitars, as well as practicing yoga. 
Roger Howarth (Todd Manning) Emmy Award-winning Roger Howarth returned to One Life to Live in June, 2000 as the dangerously volatile Todd Manning. Todd's mysterious agenda threatens to impact the lives of many Llanview residents, who were certain they had seen the last of this vengeful multi-millionaire. Howarth played the character from 1992-1995, reprising the role from 1996-98.
Howarth joined One Life to Live in December, 1992, turning what was a day player role into a compelling, long-term character. As a result, he was awarded the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in 1994, and received another nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1995. Soap Opera Digest named him Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in 1995, and Outstanding Villain in 1998.
Following one semester at George Washington University, Howarth decided to pursue acting, his childhood dream. He enrolled at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and performed at prestigious regional theater centers, such as Williamstown (Mass.), Stagetown (Springfield, Mass.) and the Cleveland Playhouse. In addition, he has appeared in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of Macbeth, and as Probst in the WPA's The White Rose. Howarth was selected through a nationwide talent search and subsequently won roles on Loving and Guiding Light.
Howarth starred on the primetime television series, Prey, and appeared on Broadway in The Lion in Winter, opposite Laurence Fishburne and Stockard Channing.
Howarth currently resides in Manhattan.
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Robert S. Woods ("Bo Buchanan") Emmy Award-winning actor Robert S. Woods plays the role of Bo Buchanan, the handsome younger son of the rich and powerful Buchanan family. Recently divorced from wife Nora, Bo is trying to get his personal life back on track, while professionally he continues to succeed as Llanview's determined police commissioner. Woods created the role of Bo Buchanan in 1979, and quickly skyrocketed to stardom, receiving an Emmy Award in 1982 as Outstanding Lead Actor, as well as four other nominations -- in 1986, 1993, 1994 and 1999.
"It's really interesting to play a character for 20 years. Bo is older that he was when I started, and hopefully more mature."
He continues to receive other critical recognition for his work as Bo, including multiple award nominations from Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Update. He won his second MVP trophy from Soap Opera Update in 1998. After six years as Bo, Woods chose to take a hiatus from the show and headed to the West Coast to pursue other acting opportunities. During that time, he portrayed Commander Eugene Lindsey in the acclaimed 1988 miniseries, War and Remembrance. He also starred in the Los Angeles production of Stitch and Eubie, which won the DramaLogue Critics Choice Award; the television movie, Carly's Web; and the pilot, Changing Patterns. In 1988, he decided to return to One Life to Live and continues to take on other acting gigs as well. Most recently, he guest starred on Roseanne; on USA Network?wamp Thing; and in the Lifetime movie, Deadly Love. He is currently developing several television projects, including The Garth Ryland Mysteries, based on a series of popular novels by author John R. Riggs. In 1971, when he returned home to his native California after 15 months as a Green Beret in Vietnam with the Army's Fifth Special Forces Group, Woods went to California State University at Long Beach to complete his broadcasting degree. During school, and upon graduation, he studied at the Film Actors Workshop, The James Best Theatre Centre, The Directors Lab, and The First Acting Company Workshop.
In the mid-1970s he was starring in theater productions at Disneyland's Drama Workshop, where he did plays for the theme park's employees on evenings when Disneyland was closed to the public. Woods spent time acting in U.S. Army training films, and on stage in many theater productions, most notably a starring role with Dorothy Lamour in a Los Angeles dinner theater production of Barefoot in the Park. He then got his big television break on the series, City of Angels.
In steady succession, Woods landed the recurring roles of Dr. David Spencer in The Waltons and Lt. Bob King in Project UFO, as well as guest-starring appearances in series such as Family and Newhart, and made-for-television movies including Chase, Just a Little Inconvenience, The Night They Took Miss Beautiful, Police Story and Fantasies. Feature films in which he has appeared include The China Syndrome and Big Wednesday. Woods and his family -- his wife, actress Loyita Chapel and their son, Tanner -- spend time between their Manhattan apartment and their Carpenter Gothic 1880 home in upstate New York
Catherine Hickland ("Lindsay Rappaport") Date of birth (location)
11 February 1956,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hickland is no newcomer to television audiences. Her first professional job got her nationwide attention as a stewardess in an airline "Fly Me" advertising campaign. Since that time, she has received exposure in the dual role of "Julie Clegg" and "Jenny Diamond" on Capitol, and as "Dr. Courtney Marshall" on Texas. Hickland has also guest-starred on numerous prime-time series, such as "Knight Rider" (1982), "Eight Is Enough" (1977), "Airwolf" (1984) and "Vega$" (1978); and such television movies as The Seeding of Sara Burns (TV) and To Race the Wind (TV). Feature-film credits include Last Married Couple in America, The (1980) (her first movie, in which she played George Segal's young "squeeze"), Witch Craft, War Zone Zero, Taxi Killer (1988), and Sweet Justice (1992), in which she shows off her karate skills. Shortly after the cancellation of Capitol, Catherine moved to Rome, immersing herself in a new language and a new culture. She lived there for two years, during which time she made several Italian films. After her return to the United States, she met her husband, "All My Children" (1970) star Michael E. Knight (who plays Tad Martin). They were married in June 1992. In 1995, Catherine starred as "Fantine" in Les Mis?bles on Broadway. She performed with the symphony of Lyon on New Year's Eve, 1995, in Lyon, France. Earlier this year, Catherine staged two sold-out performances of her cabaret, Boys on the Side. Catherine and Michael starred opposite one another on stage in the play, Run for Your Wife, in Los Angeles. They now live in Manhattan with their dog and six cats.
Spouse
Michael E. Knight (27 June 1992 - present)
David Hasselhoff (1984 - 1988) (divorced)
'Richard Knowlton' (1978 - 1978) (divorced)
Trivia
Ms. Hickland is currently married to actor Michael E. Knight. She was formerly married to David Hasselhoff, who played a character on "Knight Rider" by the name of Michael Knight!
Before she got her big break, one of her earliest jobs was as a Hollywood answering service woman. One of her biggest assignments was telling Sharon Gless she had won the role of Christine Cagney on "Cagney & Lacey" (1982).
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