Roark Grant Critchlow (born May 11, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for starring as Dr. Mike Horton on the American daytime

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'' from 1994 to 1999.

Career

From 1994 to 1999, Critchlow starred on the American daytime

'' as Dr. Mike Horton. On June 23, 2010, Roark returned briefly to ''

'' in the role of Dr. Mike Horton. He reprised the role once again on October 4, 2022. He also had a recurring role on the soap '' Passions'' in 2003. Critchlow was in the

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'' The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story''the Lifetime made-for-TV movie ''Pregnant at 17'' as well as appearing in the

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series ''

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'' as Dr. Glazer. He also portrayed Zoey Brooks' father in '' Zoey 101''. Roark has had smaller roles in movies like '' Mr. Deeds'' with Adam Sandler and TV shows such as '' Street Justice'', ''

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'', '' Entourage'', '' Highlander: The Series'', '' Afterworld'' and ''

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''. In 2009, he appeared in an episode of the re-imagined ''

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''. He also appeared in the 2009 movie '' Hydra'' as Sean Trotta. Critchlow recently had a recurring role on the science fiction TV show '' V'' and on the ABC Family drama television series ''

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'', where he played Tom Marin, the father of Hanna Marin. He was guest starred on ''

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'', in which he played a man with the sin of greed.

Personal life

Critchlow was born in

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, Canada and grew up in Summerland, British Columbia. He was a theater major at the

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, and married Maria Brewer in 1990, with whom he produced and co-starred in ''Making it Home''. They have three children. They divorced in 2006. Critchlow enjoys many sports and was named after Howard Roark, a character in the book ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Critchlow, Roark 1963 births Living people Male actors from Calgary Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors