Cord Roberts
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Cordero "Cord" Roberts is a fictional character
Fictional character
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 from the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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 soap opera
Soap opera
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 One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

. The role was originated in 1986 by John Loprieno
John Loprieno
John A. Loprieno is an American actor and writer.With appearances on the soap operas Search for Tomorrow and As the World Turns, he is best known for his role as Cord Roberts on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live....

, who left the series in 1992 and then returned from 1993 through 1997. The character made brief appearances in 2004, 2007, and 2008.On July 21, 2011, it was announced that Loprieno will return as Cord in September, alongside former costar Andrea Evans
Andrea Evans
Andrea Lynn Evans is an American Emmy-nominated actress. Evans is most recognized for her portrayal of Tina Lord on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role she played from 1978 to 1981 and 1985 to 1990, returning from June 11, 2008 to November 25, 2008., and finally on September 27, 2011 to...

. His return came in effect on September 27, 2011.

Cord and Tina

In 1986, social climber Tina Lord
Tina Lord
Tina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...

 intercepts a letter to her brother-in-law Clint Buchanan
Clint Buchanan
Clinton "Clint" Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting:The role was originated in September 10, 1979 by actor Clint Ritchie, portraying the role nearly continuously through December 30, 1999. Ritchie reappeared in the 2003 and 2004. Actor Jerry...

 from a woman named Maria Roberts
Maria Roberts
Maria Roberts is a fictional character on the long running ABC soap One Life to Live. Maria was portrayed by BarBara Luna from 1986 to the character's death in 1988. Melissa Archer AKA Natalie Buchanan took over the role during a 2008 story line that took Natalie and Jared Banks back in time...

; in the letter, Maria asks Clint for a photography job for her son at Clint and Viki's newspaper, The Banner. Having recently failed in her attempt to gain control of half-sister Viki Buchanan
Victoria Lord
Victoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...

's estate, Tina is looking for any leverage she can use to further her plans. She travels to El Paso
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 to investigate Maria's connection to Clint.

Maria is Clint's former flame; their relationship had been quashed by Clint's father Asa
Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan is a fictional character and patriarch of the Buchanan family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The Texan industrialist father of newly-arrived characters Clint and Bo Buchanan, Asa was originated in 1980 by Philip Carey. Carey portrays the nearly continuously for nearly three...

, who had not wanted his son to marry the Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 Maria Vasquez. Tina meets Cord, Maria's son with her ranch
Ranch
A ranch is an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool. The word most often applies to livestock-raising operations in the western United States and Canada, though...

er husband Al Roberts, and Tina and Cord immediately fall in love. Engaged to wealthy Richard Abbott, Tina is torn between her passion for Cord and her desire for money and status. She chooses Richard.

Al Roberts dies suddenly of a heart attack; in a deathbed letter to Cord, he reveals that Cord is actually Clint Buchanan's son. Asa intercepts the letter but Tina's ex, con man
Confidence trick
A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. A confidence artist is an individual working alone or in concert with others who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty and honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility,...

 and murderer Mitch Laurence
Mitch Laurence
Mitchell "Mitch" Laurence is a fictional character, portrayed by Roscoe Born, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2002 to 2003...

, already knows the secret; he tells Tina, who breaks her engagement with Richard and, without telling Cord about his true parentage, elopes with the new Buchanan heir. Tina blackmail
Blackmail
In common usage, blackmail is a crime involving threats to reveal substantially true or false information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand is met. It may be defined as coercion involving threats of physical harm, threat of criminal prosecution, or threats...

s Asa into giving Cord a million dollars, purportedly an inheritance from Al. Cord is less than thrilled to find out that Clint is his father, and when he discovers that his "inheritance" is from Asa, he insists on returning it. Horrified, Tina pretends to go along with Cord's wishes, but secretly uses the money to buy an island in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

. When Cord finds out about Tina's duplicity, he leaves her.

Fearing that her son will reconcile with Tina, whom she despises, Maria makes a bargain with old friend Max Holden
Max Holden (One Life to Live)
Max Holden is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was most popularly portrayed by James DePaiva.-Storylines:Max Holden came to Llanview in 1987 and as soon as he got there, he became involved in a love triangle with two women, Tina Lord Roberts and Gabrielle Medina....

 in 1987 to romance Tina and get her out of town. Tina discovers she is pregnant with Cord's child, but Maria manipulates events so that Cord does not find out; thinking Cord does not care about her or their baby, Tina leaves with Max for Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. Learning Tina is pregnant, Cord follows her to Argentina, with archaeologist
Archaeology
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 Kate Sanders in tow. In the meantime, Max and Tina have gotten mixed up in a drug ring. Tina is kidnapped by Kate's brother, Jamie Sanders; escaping by boat with a captive Tina, Jamie is shot and falls over the side. Tina plummets over the Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River originates near the city of Curitiba. It flows...

, and she and her unborn baby are presumed dead.

Tina's return

Cord and Kate, already attracted to each other, get closer as she consoles him over the death of Tina and their child. They ultimately become engaged. Meanwhile, Tina turns up alive in the jungle, feverish and apparently having miscarried her baby. Found by Max's ex-girlfriend Gabrielle Medina
Gabrielle Medina
Gabrielle Medina is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She has been portrayed by Fiona Hutchison from 1987-1991 and again from 2001-2004. She is set to return in 2011.-Arrival and Max Holden:...

, who is pregnant with Max's child, Tina recovers and helps deliver Gabrielle's baby boy. Thinking Max and Tina were headed for marriage, Gabrielle had not told him she was pregnant; with a plan in mind, Tina convinces Gabrielle that Max and Tina are man and wife and can give the baby a good life. Gabrielle hands her son over to Tina, who names him Al after Cord's deceased stepfather, and returns to Llanview
Llanview, Pennsylvania
Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera One Life to Live. The city exists in the same fictional universe as cities from other existing or defunct ABC daytime dramas, including Pine Valley from All My Children, Port Charles from General Hospital, and...

. Tina appears at Cord and Kate's wedding with the baby, presenting Cord with "his son" and collapsing.

His marriage to Kate invalid, Cord is happy that Tina and the baby are alive but still intends to divorce Tina and wed Kate. Maria discovers that the baby is really Max and Gabrielle's child, and blackmails Tina into divorcing Cord. Obsessed with Clint, Maria decides to kill Viki and frame Tina for the crime. After failing to run down Viki with her car, Maria applies a contact poison to a pair of earrings Tina intends to give her sister as a gift. Gabrielle touches the earrings and collapses, but survives; the vial of poison spills on Maria during a struggle with Tina, and Maria dies.

Tina is arrested for murder, and the secret of baby Al's parentage comes out during the trial. Tina is convicted, but later exonerated; she and Cord fall into bed, but he still loves Kate. Though still attracted to Cord, Tina gives in to Max's persistent advances and accepts his wedding proposal. They soon hear that Tina's baby, delivered by the Argentine natives while Tina was consumed by fever, is alive and being cared for in the jungle. As Max and Tina search for the child, Kate breaks it off with Cord and leaves town.

A second chance

After much adventure, Max and Tina bring baby "Milagro" (miracle) back to Llanview in 1988. Cord and Tina name their son Clinton James Roberts, or "CJ" for short. When Tina says "I take thee, Cord" during her wedding to Max, he calls it off. Tina resumes her pursuit of Cord, who is now involved with Sarah Gordon. Tina and Cord reconcile for time, but Tina is soon pursued by Cord's uncle, Bo Buchanan
Bo Buchanan
Beaufort Oglethorpe "Bo" Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting and awards:The role was originated in 1979 by Robert S. Woods, who briefly left the series in 1986 but returned in 1988, and currently portrays the role...

, who is newly-returned to Llanview. It is soon revealed that Tina's suitor is actually a "faux Bo": Kate Sanders' ex Dr. Patrick London, hired by Asa's enemies to get facial reconstruction and infiltrate the family. Patrick, as Bo, hopes to marry Tina and gain control of her money. He is later found out, and killed by his captive, the real Bo.

Cord and Tina remarry in November 1988 in a double ceremony with Cord's grandfather Asa Buchanan and Renee Divine. Tina's enemy Ursula Blackwell rigs the wedding cake to explode, but the blast kills Max's brother Steve Holden instead. Cord and Tina's marriage ultimately collapses again in 1990 over Tina's lies. The final nail in the coffin comes when Tina accuses Cord of having an affair with Gabrielle's sister Debra; Cord asks for a divorce, and Tina leaves town for San Diego
San Diego, California
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 with baby C.J.

Further appearances

Cord returns briefly in 2004 to escort daughter Sarah Roberts
Sarah Roberts
Sarah Victoria Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She is the daughter of Tina Lord and Cord Roberts.-Casting:...

 to London
London
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 and off the series, and again on August 16 and August 17, 2007 to attend the funeral of his grandfather Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan is a fictional character and patriarch of the Buchanan family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The Texan industrialist father of newly-arrived characters Clint and Bo Buchanan, Asa was originated in 1980 by Philip Carey. Carey portrays the nearly continuously for nearly three...

. Cord again reappears on July 22, 2008 during a telephone conversation with Clint. and once more on August 11 and August 12, 2008. Visiting Llanview briefly on August 11 and August 12, 2008, Cord is reunited with Tina, who has reappeared in town after an 11-year absence and already managed to endanger their daughter Sarah's life in one of her schemes. Tina is devastated when Cord tells her that she has not changed, and they can never be together. Cord also returns to Llanview on September 29, 2011 to talk to Clint at Llanfair about his newly discovered half-brother Rex Balsom
Rex Balsom
Rex Balsom is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier since May 9, 2002.With the character initially named "Jamie" prior to production, then-Executive Producer Gary Tomlin "toyed with the idea" of putting Rex in a gay storyline;...

 (Clint's son with his former mistress Echo DiSavoy
Echo DiSavoy
Echo DiSavoy is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Kim Zimmer from March to October 1983...

) running Buchanan Enterprises after Rex extorted the family business along with the entire Buchanan fortune from Clint in exchange for Clint getting the heart of Rex's dead fiance Gigi Morasco
Gigi Morasco
Gigi Morasco is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Farah Fath since October 24, 2007 to June 29, 2011 and October 2011 to present . She returned as a ghost on August 1, 2011 .-Background and Arrival:Gigi was born in 1979 and was briefly presumed dead...

 after Clint had a heart attack. Cord said that B.E. was in serious trouble because Rex refused to seek out help from him and his brother Kevin Buchanan
Kevin Buchanan
Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan is a fictional character on the soap opera One Life to Live. The character is the first child born to original characters Victoria Lord and Joe Riley.-Casting:...

 on how to run the business. Clint tries to reassure Cord that B.E. will be just fine in Rex's hands because he is his son and he trusts him to run the business under his watch. Clint also told Cord that Rex blackmailed him for his money because he was still grieving over Gigi's death. Cord said that he already accepted Rex as his brother, and that he could sympathize with Rex over losing somebody that he loved. Cord is soon reunited with Tina again after she comes to Llanfair to spend the night at her sister's house after she returns to town for her brother Victor Lord Jr.'s will reading after he is murdered by an unknown assailant. Cord then confronts Tina about all the crazy schemes that she caused a few years ago with her family. Tina tries to apologize to Cord, but to no avail. Tina then discovers that her dog David Vickers is missing and enlists Cord's help to find her dog. When their search comes up empty, Cord comforts a distraught Tina by giving her a hug. On October 6, 2011, Tina came back to Llanfair after asking her former sister-in-law Tea Delgado
Téa Delgado
Téa Delgado is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Florencia Lozano from January 27, 1997 to March 2, 2000 and briefly in 2002; Lozano returned to the role once again on December 5, 2008.A stern but passionate personality, the character has...

 about her missing dog. Tina asked Cord if he found the dog yet, but Cord said David Vickers hasn't turned up yet. Tina then exclaimed that her dog going missing was the worst thing that happpened in her life. Cord then chided Tina saying that her missing dog was considered more worst then what happpened to her daughter Sarah at Mendorra a few years ago. Tina apologized and said that she was just exaggerating because she was very upset about her missing dog. Cord and Tina then reminicsed with each other about their past together. Cord and Tina then nearly kissed each other until they were both interrupted by Clint. Tina then left Llanfair to meet up with Viki at her office at the Bannner, where she eventually reconciled with her sister and was reunited with her missing dog. Clint then confronted Cord about his feelings for his ex-wife. Cord admitted he still had feelings for Tina because they both still share a bond with each other because of their past together and that they share kids with each other, and Cord also said that Clint also shared that same type of bond with his own ex-wife Viki for the same reasons. On October 18, Cord and Tina babysit Cord's sister Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Eugenia Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...

 and Robert Ford
Robert Ford
Robert Ford may refer to:*Robert Ford , the man who killed Jesse James*Robert Ford , poet and Canadian diplomat*Robert Ford , member of the South Carolina Senate...

's son Ryder Ford while they go out on a date, and Cord and Tina are reminded of raising their own children. Cord and Tina nearly get intimate with each other again before they were both interrupted by Cord's other sister (and Jessica's twin sister) Natalie Buchanan
Natalie Buchanan
Natalie Buchanan Banks is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live and daughter of former supercouple Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan...

. On October 28, Cord is surprised to see that Tina dressed up in Viki's old wedding dress, and that she wants him to dress up in Clint's old wedding suit for police officer Brody Lovett
Brody Lovett
Brody Lovett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live portrayed by Mark Lawson since April 24, 2008.-Arrival:Brody is a former Navy SEAL brought to Llanview by Adriana Cramer to distract Gigi Morasco from Adriana's fiancé Rex Balsom...

 and Natalie's costumed theme engagement party on Halloween at the Buchanan Mansion. Viki then convinces Tina that she's trying to hard to try to rekindle things with Cord by both of them wearing her and Clint's old wedding clothes. Tina then decides for her and Cord to dress up as a cowboy and cowgirl instead. After they both arrive at the Buchanan Mansion to attend the engagement party, Cord and Tina then went to the stables to hash out their problems together, but ended up making love to each other instead! Cord and Tina are later discovered by Rex when he thought con artist Cutter Wentworth
Cutter Wentworth
Cutter Wentworth is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. He has been portrayed by Josh Kelly since his debut on December 29, 2010.-Casting:...

 was hiding out in the stables. Cord then tells Tina he isn't sure if he could trust her again yet, but Tina said that she would prove to him that he could regain her trust again. On November 2, Cord learned from Tina that she was rewarded with her late brother's Victor Lord Jr.'s fortune after the validity of his will was contested in court, and that she handed back the fortune to Victor Jr.'s twin brother Todd Manning
Todd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...

 (Victor Jr. was unkowningly posing as Todd after his mother Irene Manning
Irene Manning
Irene Manning was an actress/singer.She was born Inez Harvuot in Cincinnati, Ohio in a family of five siblings. Her family loved to go on outdoor picnics where the featured activity was group singing. This family environment helped Irene to develop a keen interest in singing at a very early age...

 switched him with his brother after having plastic surgery to look like Walker Laurence!). Cord and Tina then embraced each other with a kiss after Cord learns of Tina's unselfish act towards her brother.

On November 15, 2011 Cord and Tina remarry for the fourth time after Tina interrupts the wedding with the missing paternity test results saying that police detective John McBain
John McBain
John McBain may refer to:* John McBain , American musician* John McBain , character on the American soap opera One Life to Live...

, not Brody, is the father of Natalie's baby Liam McBain, which causes the wedding to be called off immediately.
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