who played todd manning on one life to live?
Blair Cramer
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 Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the American daytime drama One Life to Live ( OLTL ) . Created by writer Michael Malone , the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth . Todd was a college student and fraternity brother to Kevin Buchanan , Zach Rosen , and Powell Lord , and became part of a storyline in which Marty Saybrooke is gang raped . The storyline was considered groundbreaking by television critics , and its main players — Howarth , Susan Haskell ( Marty ) , and Hillary B. Smith ( Todd 's lawyer Nora Hanen ) — won Emmys in 1994 , as did Malone and his writing team . Howarth left the role in 2003 ; it was recast with Trevor St. John , physically altered by plastic surgery . In 2011 , Howarth returned to OLTL ; it was disclosed Todd had been taken hostage and St. John 's version of the character was really Todd 's identical twin brother , Victor Lord , Jr . , conditioned to assume Todd 's place . 

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 In the creation of Todd Manning , no one played a larger role than the remarkably talented Josh Griffith , first associate head writer , then co @-@ head writer , during my stay at One Life . Josh loved , lived and breathed Todd and fought passionately for his position on the show . Second , Todd never would have evolved from " first frat boy " to the major cast member he became without the powerful talent of Roger Howarth . Because of Roger 's ability to convey the complexity of Todd ( the hurt as well as anger , the insecurity as well as bluster , the brains , yearning , manipulativeness , sexiness , tenderness , nastiness ) we were able to explore both the deeply dark side of this character ( the effort to destroy Marty to cover the rape , the attempted revenge on his lawyer Nora , the attack on Luna ) and at the same time slowly uncover his growing struggle ( usually a failed struggle ) towards some kind of redemption . Romantic leads have often begun their careers playing villains ( Valentino , Clark Gable , Humphrey Bogart among them ) . These characters appeal because they make women feel both the thrill of the " bad " and the lure of the hidden " good " : they can lead the man to change through love . " I 'll save him ! " Fans loved Todd from the beginning because he always had that appeal . 

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 Auditions were held for Sam and Diane . Three pairs were tested : William Devane and Lisa Eichhorn , Fred Dryer and Julia Duffy , and Ted Danson and Shelley Long . Before the show premiered Danson appeared in 1979 's The Onion Field ; Long appeared in 1982 's Night Shift , starring Henry Winkler of Happy Days . Fred Dryer later appeared as Dave Richards , a sportscaster friend of Sam 's , in " Sam at Eleven " in 1982 . Sam Malone was originally " a former wide receiver for the New England Patriots " , and Fred Dryer was considered for the role because he was a football player . However , NBC executives liked test scenes with Danson and Long so the creators chose them instead , making Sam a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox . Ed O 'Neill also auditioned for the role of Sam Malone . 

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 All major characters in the miniseries were played by the five members of The Kids in the Hall , except for the mayor 's son , who was played by young actor Landon Reynolds @-@ Trudel . Several of the original The Kids in the Hall characters appear in cameo roles , including Mark McKinney 's Chicken Lady as a candidate juror and Paul Bellini clad only in his towel at an ATM ; in addition , McCulloch and McKinney 's police officers are tweaked variations of their OPP officer characters of the original series . 

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 Following Howarth 's 1992 casting as Todd Manning , he occasionally vacated the role . His 2003 departure was his longest absence from OLTL ; he did not return to the series until 2011 . Todd was recast in 2003 with St. John , and Howarth joined As the World Turns as Paul Ryan until it was cancelled in 2010 . Malone stated that because of Todd 's appeal , which he credited to Howarth , " The network was therefore happy to have him return to Llanview whenever Roger would come back , and happy to have him move into story in major ways . " In April 2011 , after several months of speculation , OLTL confirmed Howarth 's return , although it was unclear if he would portray Todd Manning . He stated , " I am looking forward to returning to One Life to Live " . Valentini said , " We are thrilled to have Roger return to One Life to Live " . It was eventually revealed that St. John 's version of the character was really Victor Lord , Jr . , Todd 's twin brother , conditioned to believe that he was Todd and assume Todd 's identity , while the real Todd ( Howarth ) was held hostage for eight years . 
