Roscoe Born
Encyclopedia
Roscoe Born is an American
actor
, born in Topeka
, Kansas
, who is best known for playing a variety of roles over the years in successful television shows, most recently in The Young and the Restless
.
as Joe Novak from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1988. He next portrayed villain Mitch Laurence
on One Life to Live
from 1985 to 1987 then again from 2002 to 2003, reprising the role once again starting in November 2009. Born appeared on Santa Barbara
in his best known roles Robert Barr
(1989–1991) and his twin Quinn Armitage
(1990–1991), a role that earned him an Emmy Award
-nomination. He was also a regular on the primetime soap Paper Dolls
as Mark Bailey in 1984. From April 2005 to January 2006 and again in March 2009, Born was on The Young and the Restless
in the critically acclaimed role of the evil Tom Fisher
. Many of his daytime roles showcased him in evil roles, with the exception of Nick Rivers on the 1995-1997 ABC series The City. Nick was a grizzled musician, allowing Born the opportunity to perform his own material. He can be seen performing three of his more recent songs on YouTube.com: "Bob Dylan's Pepsi Blues", "Blue State Mind, Red State Soul", and a salute to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, "Soldier On".
In the 1980s, he also guest starred in such prime time shows as Murder, She Wrote
and Midnight Caller
and starred in the TV movies The Haunting of Sarah Hardy and Lady Mobster. In 1989, he had a featured role in the cult-classic Independent Film Pow Wow Highway. 1970s TV appearances include The Incredible Hulk, Six Million Dollar Man, two episodes of The Rockford Files
and the TV movie Fast Friends
.
Around this time Born played the dastardly Jim Thomasen on All My Children
. In late 1997, he abruptly left the role http://allmychildren.about.com/library/weekly/aa122297.htm and did not appear on daytime for the next several years (save bit parts on As the World Turns
and Guiding Light
). Born was working outside of the industry when One Life to Live rehired him from 2002 to 2003 to reprise the role of Mitch. Born portrayed an evil prison warden on Passions
in 2007, and played the contract role of Dean
Trent Robbins on the NBC
soap opera Days of our Lives
from May 29, 2008 to September 26, 2008.
in New York
.
. He was married to fellow Santa Barbara co-star Roberta Weiss
from 1994 to 1997. Born has a daughter, Alberta Mary (born six weeks premature in October 1997) with Weiss.
United States
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actor
Actor
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, born in Topeka
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, who is best known for playing a variety of roles over the years in successful television shows, most recently in The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
.
Career
Born has appeared most often in daytime television, first appearing on Ryan's HopeRyan's Hope
Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC...
as Joe Novak from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1988. He next portrayed villain 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...
on 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...
from 1985 to 1987 then again from 2002 to 2003, reprising the role once again starting in November 2009. Born appeared on Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...
in his best known roles Robert Barr
Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr
Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr were fictional characters on the American soap opera Santa Barbara. The twin brothers were portrayed by American actor Roscoe Born. Robert first appeared on June 14, 1989, and left on February 9, 1990, only to return on June 13, 1990. Quinn made his first appearance...
(1989–1991) and his twin Quinn Armitage
Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr
Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr were fictional characters on the American soap opera Santa Barbara. The twin brothers were portrayed by American actor Roscoe Born. Robert first appeared on June 14, 1989, and left on February 9, 1990, only to return on June 13, 1990. Quinn made his first appearance...
(1990–1991), a role that earned him an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-nomination. He was also a regular on the primetime soap Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls is an American prime time soap opera which aired for 14 episodes on ABC from September 23, 1984 to December 25, 1984. Set in New York's fashion industry, the show centered around top modeling agency owner Racine , her conflicts with the family of cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper , and the...
as Mark Bailey in 1984. From April 2005 to January 2006 and again in March 2009, Born was on The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
in the critically acclaimed role of the evil Tom Fisher
Tom Fisher (The Young and the Restless)
Thomas "Tom" Fisher is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Roscoe Born from April 7, 2005 to January 13, 2006 and by Jonathan Fraser in 2 episodes in 2004...
. Many of his daytime roles showcased him in evil roles, with the exception of Nick Rivers on the 1995-1997 ABC series The City. Nick was a grizzled musician, allowing Born the opportunity to perform his own material. He can be seen performing three of his more recent songs on YouTube.com: "Bob Dylan's Pepsi Blues", "Blue State Mind, Red State Soul", and a salute to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, "Soldier On".
In the 1980s, he also guest starred in such prime time shows as Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
and Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio...
and starred in the TV movies The Haunting of Sarah Hardy and Lady Mobster. In 1989, he had a featured role in the cult-classic Independent Film Pow Wow Highway. 1970s TV appearances include The Incredible Hulk, Six Million Dollar Man, two episodes of The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980. It has remained in regular syndication to the present day. The show stars James Garner as Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and features Noah...
and the TV movie Fast Friends
Fast Friends
Fast Friends is a short lived game show that aired for one series on BBC One in 1991. Hosted by Les Dawson, it was an adaptation of an unsold pilot produced for US television in 1984 by Jay Wolpert.-Gameplay:...
.
Around this time Born played the dastardly Jim Thomasen on All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
. In late 1997, he abruptly left the role http://allmychildren.about.com/library/weekly/aa122297.htm and did not appear on daytime for the next several years (save bit parts on As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
and Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
). Born was working outside of the industry when One Life to Live rehired him from 2002 to 2003 to reprise the role of Mitch. Born portrayed an evil prison warden on Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
in 2007, and played the contract role of Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
Trent Robbins on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
soap opera Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
from May 29, 2008 to September 26, 2008.
Broadway
Over the last thirty years he has worked in Regional Theatre on both coasts, and Off Broadway and Off-Off-BroadwayOff-Off-Broadway
Off-Off-Broadway theatrical productions in New York City are those in theatres that are smaller than Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres. Off-Off-Broadway theaters are often defined as theaters that have fewer than 100 seats, though the term can be used for any show in the New York City area that...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Joe Forrester | unknown | 1 episode |
| 1977 | End of the World | Bob | |
| Jailbait Babysitter | Robert | ||
| 1979 | Fast Friends | Ben Lakeman | |
| Dear Detective | unknown | 1 episode | |
| The Rockford Files The Rockford Files The Rockford Files is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980. It has remained in regular syndication to the present day. The show stars James Garner as Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and features Noah... |
TV Commentator/Tallafero | 2 episodes | |
| 1981 | Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC... |
Joe Novak | 1981–1988 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Sheldon | 1 episodes | |
| 1984 | Paper Dolls Paper Dolls Paper Dolls is an American prime time soap opera which aired for 14 episodes on ABC from September 23, 1984 to December 25, 1984. Set in New York's fashion industry, the show centered around top modeling agency owner Racine , her conflicts with the family of cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper , and the... |
Mark Bailey | 10 episodes |
| 1985 | 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... |
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... |
1985-1987 2002-2003 2009-2010 2011- |
| 1988 | Lady Mobster | Robert Castle | |
| 1989 | Midnight Caller Midnight Caller Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio... |
Sawyer | 1 episode |
| The Haunting of Sarah Hardy | Allen deVineyn | ||
| Powwow Highway Powwow Highway Powwow Highway is a 1989 comedic road movie based on a novel by David Seals. It features A Martinez, Gary Farmer, and Amanda Wyss. Wes Studi and Graham Greene, who were relatively unknown actors at the time, have small supporting roles.-Plot:... |
Agent Jack Novall | ||
| Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (TV series) Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California... |
Robert Barr Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr were fictional characters on the American soap opera Santa Barbara. The twin brothers were portrayed by American actor Roscoe Born. Robert first appeared on June 14, 1989, and left on February 9, 1990, only to return on June 13, 1990. Quinn made his first appearance... |
1989–1991 | |
| 1990 | Santa Barbara | Quinn Armitage Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr were fictional characters on the American soap opera Santa Barbara. The twin brothers were portrayed by American actor Roscoe Born. Robert first appeared on June 14, 1989, and left on February 9, 1990, only to return on June 13, 1990. Quinn made his first appearance... |
1990–1991 |
| Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,... |
Langston 'Lanny' Douglas | 1 episode | |
| 1993 | Family Passions Family Passions Family Passions was the first hour long television serial produced in Canada and Germany. It was produced and distributed by Baton Broadcasting System and ZDF between 1993 and 1994... |
Kyle McDeere | |
| 1995 | The City | Nick Rivers | |
| 1997 | All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... |
Jim Thomasen | |
| 2001 | As the World Turns As the World Turns As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light... |
Det. Adamski | 1 episode |
| Guiding Light Guiding Light Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009... |
Peter Vreeland | 1 episode | |
| Days of our Lives Days of our Lives Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around... |
Trent Robbins Baron Coe |
2001; 2008 | |
| 2005 | The Young and the Restless The Young and the Restless The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin... |
Tom Fisher Tom Fisher (The Young and the Restless) Thomas "Tom" Fisher is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Roscoe Born from April 7, 2005 to January 13, 2006 and by Jonathan Fraser in 2 episodes in 2004... |
2005-2006 2009 |
| 2007 | Passions Passions Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008.... |
Warden | |
| 2008 | Indie Jonesin for the Kingdom of Crystal Ice | Neighbor |
Personal life
From 1985 to 1990, Born was married to fellow Ryan's Hope actor Randall EdwardsRandall Edwards (actress)
Randall Edwards is an American television actress. She may be best known for her role on Ryan's Hope as Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge .-Biography:...
. He was married to fellow Santa Barbara co-star Roberta Weiss
Roberta Weiss
Roberta Weiss is a Canadian actress. She sometimes works professionally as Roberta Bizeau.She played Flame Beaufort on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara.-Career:...
from 1994 to 1997. Born has a daughter, Alberta Mary (born six weeks premature in October 1997) with Weiss.