Robert Sosebee Woods (born March 13, 1948) is an American actor best known for playing Bo Buchanan on the ABC soap ''

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'', a role for which he won the 1983

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for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Early life

In 1966 Woods graduated from Lakewood High School in Lakewood, California, where he served as senior class president, and a cheerleader. He later joined the U.S. Armed Forces and fought in the

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. Woods ultimately graduated from California State University, Long Beach where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Career

Woods began portraying Bo Buchanan – a Vietnam War veteran – on the ABC soap ''

'' in 1979, winning the

for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1983. He left the series in 1986 and returned 1988, and continued the role until the series cancellation in 2012. Woods also earned Daytime Emmy nominations in 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, and 2000, multiple ''Soap Opera Digest'' Award nominations, and four MVP trophies from '' Soap Opera Update''. Woods has also appeared on television series such as '' Roseanne'' and the NBC soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''. He appeared in eight episodes of ''

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'', four credited as "Robert Merritt Woods" and four as "Christopher Woods." Woods is also the voiceover in the animated TV spot for JPMorgan Chase & Co. which debuted in October 2010.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Woods is married to actress Loyita Chapel and lives in New York. The couple have a son, Tanner Woods, who played a young Bo on ''One Life to Live'' in an August 26, 2008 flashback to 1968. Tanner was a twin, whose sibling died at the age of one month. Woods was good friends with on-screen father Phil Carey.

References

External links

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Robert S. Woods biography at ABC Daytime
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Robert S. 1948 births Living people Male actors from California American male soap opera actors Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners California State University, Long Beach alumni People from Lakewood, California People from Maywood, California Sigma Alpha Epsilon members