Todd Manning

Todd Manning
Trevor St. John as Todd Manning
One Life to Live
Portrayed by	Roger Howarth (1992–1995, 1996–1998, 2000–2003) Trevor St. John (2003-present)
First appearance	December 1992
Created by	Michael Malone
Profile
Nickname(s)	Boomer (by Sam Rappaport) The Prince of Darkness (by fans & press)
Aliases	Thomas Manning (full name) Todd Lord
Gender	Male
Born	January 2, 1968 (1968-01-02)
Occupation	Owner/Publisher of the Sun
Residence	437 Jackson Hill Road Llanview, Pennsylvania
Roger Howarth as Todd Manning
Relationships Parents Victor Lord (deceased) Irene Manning (deceased) Peter Manning (adoptive; deceased) Bitsy Jones (adoptive; deceased) Sibling(s) Tina Lord Victoria Lord (half-sister) Tony Lord (half-brother; deceased) Meredith Lord (half-sister; deceased) Spouse(s) Blair Cramer (1995; annulled) (1995-1997; divorced] (2001-2002 [divorced) (2003-2004 [divorced] (2007-2008; divorced) Tea Delgado (1997-1998; divorced) (1998; divorced) (2009; invalid) (2010; dissolved) Romances Marty Saybrooke (pre-rape; 1993) Rebecca Lewis (1993-1994) Evangeline Williamson (2007) Children Starr Manning Danielle Rayburn Jack Manning Sam Manning Unnamed child (miscarriage w/ Blair) Grandchildren Hope Thornhart Grandparents Albert Manning (deceased) Aunts and uncles Powell Lord (deceased) Gwendolyn Abbott (deceased) Nieces and nephews C. J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Kevin Buchanan Megan Gordon (deceased) Joey Buchanan Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Daniel Wolek

Thomas "Todd" Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role is originated in December 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departs from the series and the role is recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd physically revised following plastic surgery.

Character History

Todd Manning is the illegitimate son of Victor Lord and his longtime mistress, Irene Manning. Newborn Todd is adopted by Peter and Barbara Manning, Irene's brother and sister-in-law. Barbara leaves the 9 year old Todd to be raised by the abusive Peter. After graduating high school, Todd enrolls in Llanview University, where he becomes the star football player. He also joins a Kevin Buchanan, Zach Rosen and Powell Lord III in a fraternity.

Rape & Redemption

Todd has a one night stand with Marty Saybrooke, who rejects him the next day. Todd still pursues Marty who doesn’t give in to his advances. When Marty gets drunk and publically humiliates Todd, he along with Zach and Powell rape her in Kevin’s dorm room. Marty reports the rape and all four men are initially arrested but Kevin is released after proving he had nothing to do with the rape. Placed on trial, Todd hires Nora Gannon to defend him. Nora believes in Todd's innocence and nearly wins the case until Carol Swift reveals that Todd raped her as well; Nora is disgusted and causes a mistrial.

A furious Todd swears revenge against Marty; he corners Marty and Luna Moody in an alley and threatens to rape them. Luna strikes Todd with a led pipe leaving a deep scar on his cheek and him death in one ear. Marty then tricks Todd into confessing to the rape on a tape recorder eventually landing himself, Zach and Powell in prison.

In prison, Todd falls in love with Rebecca Lewis, an evangelist who often visits the prisoners. Todd uses Rebecca to escape from prison and get revenge on his enemies. Todd attacks a temporarily blind Nora who stabs him, but Todd escapes before police officer Bo Buchanan arrives. Marty, along with her boyfriend Suede Pruitt, find where Todd is hiding. Todd taunts Marty and gets into a fight with Suede, which results in Suede’s death. A desperate Todd kidnaps Rebecca who calls the police. After being shot by Bo, Todd is presumed dead after falling into a river.

Todd is alive and hiding out at Llanfair where he befriends Sarah and CJ Roberts. Todd is devastated when he discovers that Rebecca has started dating Powell. Todd visits Rebecca who reports him to the authorities. On the way to Statesville prison, the prison van is involved in a car accident. Todd pulls Marty, C. J., Sarah and Jessica Buchanan from the other car saving their lives.

Todd is sent back to prison and contemplates suicide. With the help of therapy, Todd starts to realize the extent of his crimes and feels true remorse for them. The governor feels that Todd's rescue of Marty, C.J., and Jessica is an act of heroism, and issued him a full pardon. Todd still has feelings for Rebecca, who is now engaged to Powell.

Todd is soon accused of raping an acquaintance, Alice. Rebecca believes Todd's claims of innocence, even when a second woman was attacked and Todd is accused. Rebecca and Todd grow closer, but eventually Rebecca pulls away, claiming Todd isn’t good for her. Rebecca is later attacked and accuses Todd; but Todd is seen by Marty at the time of Rebecca’s attack. Todd is shocked when he finds Powell is the serial rapist. Powell is sent to a mental hospital, Rebecca leaves town and Todd apologizes to Marty for all the hurt he’s caused her.

The Secret Lord

Todd has a one night stand with Blair Cramer. Todd had begun to develop feelings for Blair, though she is dating Cord Roberts. Around this time Peter passes away and reveals in death bed letter that Todd is adopted. Con man David Vickers finds out that Todd’s biological father is Victor Lord and Todd is worth millions. Blair also discovers Todd’s paternity and fakes a pregnancy to get Todd to marry her. Soon after, he learns the full truth about his heritage. Tina, Todd's biological sister, is convinced that Blair is lying about the pregnancy makes Todd doubtful enough to force Blair into a pregnancy test which reveals that she really is pregnant.

Married Life

Life with Blair

Todd and Blair’s marriage begins falling apart when Todd is led to believe that she is still in love with Cord. After being confronted by Todd, Blair takes off and is mugged causing her to miscarry. Todd and Blair bond over their lost child and their love is even stronger. Todd soon discovers from Max Holden that Blair lied when they first got married, she was never pregnant. Todd has the marriage annulled not knowing that Blair is actually pregnant again. Blair finally reveals that she is pregnant and the two reconcile and remarry.

Todd later finds out Marty Saybrooke is dying in Ireland. In Ireland, Marty confessed to Todd that her lover, Patrick, is being hunted by Irish terrorists. Todd agrees to pose as Patrick to help them escape. Mistaken for Patrick, Todd is shot by the terrorists and presumed dead.

Todd did not die, but was nursed back to health by an Irish fisherman and his family. He returns to Llanview only to witness Blair making love to Patrick. Todd debates leaving town, until his big sister Victoria Lord introduces him to his daughter, Starr. Blair is still oblivious that Todd is alive and Todd then runs off with Starr. Marty convinces him to return to Llanview and reveal himself. Blair is ecstatic, but Todd is still angry about her affair with Patrick. Blair soon finds out about Todd’s attempt to kidnap Starr, and coupled with the news that she is pregnant with Patrick's baby, any hope of reconciliation between Todd and Blair is shattered.

Starr develops Aplastic anemia, which leads to temporary truce between her parents. Blair's unborn child with Patrick is the only available donor to help Starr, but a car accident causes Blair to lose the baby. Blaming Patrick frames him for the murder of Guy Armitage. When Blair finds out, she divorces Todd but then ends up in a coma dues to complications from her car accident.

Life with Téa

Fearful that the divorce means losing Starr, Todd consults his lawyer, Téa Delgado, who informs him that being married would help him get custody of Starr. Todd offers Téa $5 million to marry him and she accepted. The two were soon wed, and Todd gains custody of Starr while Blair recovers.

Todd and Tea begin to slowly fall in love. Blair, meanwhile, is not happy with the arrangement and wants Todd's marriage destroyed. When Todd is once again accused of rape, this time by Nurse Barbara Graham, Blair is the only one who can prove his innocence which leads to them getting close again.

Todd becomes a suspect in the murder of Georgie Phillips. Realizing he is about to be arrested, a desperate Todd calls all the murder suspects together and holds them hostage, revealing dynamite strapped to his chest. He wanted the real murderer to confess. Eventually Rachel Gannon admitts to the murder and the dynamite is revealed as fake. However, the police want Todd for holding everyone hostage. After a brief time on the run, Todd is caught and placed on trial. His lawyer, Sam Rappaport, learns that Todd was abused by Peter as a child. Before he could introduce this to the court, Todd collapses and soon begins faking DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) in order to be cleared of the charges. He continues the charade of multiple personalities for months, fooling almost all of Llanview. Blair manages to get a tape recording of admitting he is faking, which ends up in Starr's hands. She accidentally plays the tape when Todd and Tea renew their vows. Despite trying to get Tea to come with him, Todd is forced to flee town and divorces him. Todd keeps his eye on Tea, who is now dating R. J. Gannon, Rachel’s uncle. Furious, Todd tries to kill R.J. but is unsuccessful. Todd reveals himself to Tea and they leave town together.

Return

Todd returns a few months later, Tea having left him. With the hostage charges dropped Todd re-enters Llanview society. He and Blair grow close and Todd once again develops feelings for her. When an angry Blair shoots Max Holden, Todd helps her cover it up and frame Skye Chandler. In the process, the two fall back in love and agree to remarry. However, the night before the wedding, a vengeful Max drugs Blair and makes it appear as if they slept together. Furious, Todd reveals at their wedding ceremony that Blair shot Max. Not wanting Blair to go to jail, Todd agrees to help her get off. Todd testifies on Blair's behalf and claims temporary insanity when she shoots Max.

Blair discovers she is pregnant with Todd's baby. Fearful that Todd would take the baby away, she tells it is Max’s. Blair then leaves for Mexico with to have her baby with Todd following. Alone in a house in Mexico, Todd delivers Blair's baby boy. Believing it is Max's and having fallen back in love with Blair; Todd pays David Vickers to give the baby away and tells Blair the baby died.

Todd and Blair grow closer and Blair finally confesses that the baby she lost (or so she thought) is really Todd's. Shocked, Todd scrambles to get the baby back. He finds his son living with a wealthy couple in Texas. After getting the baby, Todd presents it to Blair as an abandoned child, and tells her he wants to be a family with her. In love with both Todd and the baby, Blair accepts and they marry again. They name their son Jack and Todd scrambles to make it appear that they are adopting Jack.

Jack develops Aplastic anemia (just as Starr did as a baby), Sam Rappaport puts the pieces together and proves to Blair that baby Jack is actually her son. Blair banns Todd from seeing their children and divorces him. While Blair and the kids are in Hawaii, Todd attempts to kidnap them but Tea throws a wrench into his plans. Various circumstances result in Todd, Tea and a man named Ross Rayburn being stranded on a deserted island. Todd and Tea give into their lingering feelings and sleep together but Todd builds a raft and escapes, leaving Ross and Tea behind.

Todd is picked up by a ship and returns to Llanview. Despite all his lies, Blair still cares for Todd and struggles with her feelings for him. After Jack's nanny and Blair's friend Suzanne is killed by a mafia hit man following a story Blair did on the mob, Todd protects her. Blair slowly realizes that, despite his past misdeeds, she loved Todd. Just as they are about to remarry, Sam shows up with a very much alive Suzanne. He reveals Todd had been behind the supposed "hit" in an effort to win back Blair's affections. A disgusted Blair tells Todd she never wants to see him again.

New Todd

Todd attempts to reconcile with Blair but she wants nothing to do with him. The vengeful Mitch Laurence kidnaps Starr in order to get back at Todd. Blair exchanges herself for her daughter, and Todd soon rescues his ex-wife from Mitch. Just as it seems Blair is warming up to Todd, he disappears. It appears as if Mitch had him killed.

In reality, Mitch has Todd beaten severely and left at the side of the road. Todd is rescued and brought to a local hospital to recuperate. While there, Todd conducted research and learned of Mitch's brother Walker “Flynn” Laurence. Todd pays Flynn for information on Mitch. Todd has extensive plastic surgery to physically resemble Flynn. He returns to town claiming to be Walker whom Mitch believed was dead. While appearing to be Mitch's ally, Walker/Todd works against him to protect Blair and his niece Jessica from Mitch's wrath. When Blair is suspected in Mitch's murder, Todd helps to clear her. Blair finds herself falling in love with Walker and the two marry. Todd/Walker confesses his true identity to a suspicious Starr.

Blair learns that Walker is really Todd. The two have an encounter on New Year's Eve which Blair claims in which Blair claims he raped her, while Todd is adamant they had consensual sex. Blair has the marriage annulled and charges Todd with rape. He is arrested, found guilty and sent to jail. Soon after, Blair, who has been suffering from terrible head pain, collapses and is later diagnosed with a brain tumor that alters one’s perception of reality. After successfully removing the tumor Blair comes to realize her encounter with Todd was not rape, and she drops the charges against him. However, the couple is still a long way from reconciling.

On a mother/daughter trip to New York, Blair is terrified when Starr goes missing and Todd rushes to help. After some investigating, it becomes clear Starr had left with a young boy named Travis she'd met on the internet. Todd and Blair work together to get their daughter back, but the situation becomes dire when Starr was kidnapped by a young thug looking for ransom money. After a dangerous showdown in Central Park, Todd and Blair get Starr back safe and sound. Though the pair has grown closer, Blair is hesitant about starting a relationship with Todd.

Travis soon came to Llanview for summer camp, and takes Starr to her first dance at the community center. The dance is interrupted by a fire, and Todd heroically enters the burning building to save his daughter, but is trapped inside. When Starr and Travis are found safe, Blair rushes into the community center to rescue Todd and the two later reunite.

Just and things become normal, Todd and Blair are terrorized the deranged Buchanan Enterprise employee, Margaret Cochran. Todd had previously wooed Margaret in an attempt to bring down his rival and nephew Kevin Buchanan. Margaret is left rejected when Todd and Blair reunite, and tries to convince Blair that she is having an affair with Todd.