Roscoe Conklin Born was an American actor and songwriter.
17 Facts About Roscoe Born
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Roscoe Born is best known for his roles on various television soap operas, most notably as archvillain Mitch Laurence on One Life to Live in six stints between 1985 and 2012.
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Roscoe Born appeared most often in daytime television, first appearing on Ryan's Hope as troubled mob heir Joe Novak from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1988.
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Roscoe Born appeared on Santa Barbara in his best known roles Robert Barr and his twin Quinn Armitage, playing opposite Carrington Garland as Kelly Capwell.
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Roscoe Born left for vacation and was written out of the show in an airplane crash in early 1990 with fan pressure leading to the return of his character, and renegotiation of his contract.
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Roscoe Born was a regular on the primetime soap Paper Dolls as Mark Bailey in 1984.
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From April 2005 to January 2006 and again in March 2009, Roscoe Born was on The Young and the Restless in the critically acclaimed role of the evil Tom Fisher.
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Roscoe Born can be seen performing some of his more recent songs on YouTube.
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In February 2017, Roscoe Born released two singles on iTunes via Chowderhead Records, "Let the Road Lead" and "Crazy is as Crazy Does".
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Around this time, Roscoe Born played the dastardly Jim Thomasen on All My Children.
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Roscoe Born was working outside of the industry when One Life to Live rehired him from 2002 to 2003 to reprise the role of Mitch.
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Roscoe 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.
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Roscoe Born studied acting at the Arena Stage workshop and made his professional acting debut for them on November 13,1969, in the play Edith Stein.
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In 1990, Roscoe Born earned nominations for a Daytime Emmy and Soap Opera Digest award.
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From 1982 to 1990, Roscoe Born was married to Ryan's Hope actress Randall Edwards.
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Roscoe Born was married to fellow Santa Barbara co-star Roberta Weiss from 1994 to 2000, and they had a daughter, Alberta.
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Roscoe Born died by suicide; his family issued a statement that attributed his death to his "long struggle[d] with bipolar disorder".