Joe Novak, Ryan’s Hope
In 1981, Roscoe Born set the precedent for the “good mobster” with a heart of gold when he assumed from Richard Muenz the role of the ABC soap’s reluctant don.
(Some of) The Best of Roscoe Born [PHOTOS]
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Mitch Laurence, One Life to Live
Image Credit: Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images Proof that only the good die young, the un-killable sometime cult leader made life hell for the much-missed soap’s heroine, Viki, and her daughters, Jessica and Natalie.
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Robert Barr/Quinn Armitage, Santa Barbara
Image Credit: NBC screenshot You couldn’t stop Born as naughty-and-slightly-less-naughty twins on the daring NBC soap, you could only hope to contain him. Behind bars, if necessary.
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Kyle McDeere, Family Passions
Image Credit: Baton Broadcasting System screenshot The Canadian-German soap re-teamed Born with future former wife Roberta Weiss (Santa Barbara’s Flame) as a clothing-averse stalker.
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Nick Rivers, The City
Image Credit: Ann Limongello/ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection When ABC spun off Loving into a new SoHo-set soap, the network wisely recruited the daytime vet to help put it on the map.
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Jim Thomasen, All My Children
Image Credit: ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection Following the cancellation of The City, Born moved to Pine Valley as a sleazy photographer whose specialty was, let’s say, negatives.
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Trent Robbins, Days of Our Lives
Image Credit: Paul Skipper/JPI Laying the groundwork for his next villainous role, Born brought to appalling life the abusive father of poor, formerly mute Max Brady.
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‘Terrible Tom’ Fisher, The Young and the Restless
Image Credit: Aaron Montgomery/JPI Ever wonder why Kevin grew up to be an Internet predator? The answer was Daddy Dearest, as played to wicked perfection by Born.
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Warden, Passions
Image Credit: Paul Skipper/JPI In his last new soap role, Born played a prison overseer who — let’s be real — deserved to be in a cell of his own.
