Roscoe Born

Born was born in Topeka, Kansas.{{cite web |last=Cushman |first=Dustin |title='Soap Legend Roscoe Born Dead at 69 |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/561078/obituary-soap-star-roscoe-born-dead-at-69/ |website=Soaps.com |publisher=SheKnows Media |accessdate=March 8, 2020 |location=United States |date=March 6, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roscoe-born-dead-young-restless-actor-was-69-1283023|title=Roscoe Born, Actor on 'The Young and the Restless,' Dies at 69|first=Trilby|last=Beresford|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group (Valence Media)|location=United States|date=March 5, 2020|accessdate=March 8, 2020}} Roscoe went to Albert Einstein High School in Kensington, Maryland then attended both Tulane University and Boston University.

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.{{cite news|last=Rabinowitz|first=Naomi|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=9-16-08+Soap+Opera+Digest+BRADLEY+COLE-ROSCOE+BORN&tbm=isch#imgrc=UCLjtZtr7F3FoM:|title=The Born Identity|volume=33|number=38|pages=63–65|accessdate=March 8, 2020|work=Soap Opera Digest|agency=Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc.|publisher=American Media, Inc.|date=September 16, 2008|location=United States}}

From 1985 to 1987, he portrayed villain Mitch Laurence on One Life to Live {{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerard J.|title=The Soap Opera Encyclopedia|publisher=Avon|

location=New York City|date=November 1997|pages=163–188|chapter=One Life to Live|isbn=978-0061011573}} then again from 2002 to 2003, reprising the role once again starting in November 2009.

Born appeared on Santa Barbara in his best known roles Robert Barr (1989–1991) and his twin Quinn Armitage (1990–1991), playing opposite Carrington Garland as Kelly Capwell.{{Cite news |date=1990-08-31 |title=SOAP SCOOP - Roscoe Born |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-gleaner-soap-scoop-roscoe-born/167166871/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=Daily Gleaner |pages=54}}{{Cite news |date=1991-01-13 |title=Sabatino enjoys his role on 'DOOL' by Nancy M. Reichardt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news-sabatino-enjoys-hi/167167394/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=Abilene Reporter-News |pages=129}} He 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.{{Cite news |last=Worsham |first=ENTERTAINMENT by Doris G. |date=1991-07-27 |title=SOAPS |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-soapsentertainment-by-d/167166636/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=16}}{{Cite news |date=1990-05-17 |title=Roscoe Born to reprise 'SB' role by Nancy M. Reichardt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-roscoe-born-to-reprise/167166288/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=The Roanoke Times |pages=45}}{{Cite news |date=1990-07-13 |title=TREAT YOUR WIFE WELL AND ALL ELSE WILL BE FORGIVEN, SAYS SOAP ACTOR by Lilana Novakovich |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-treat-your-wife-well-and-al/167165961/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=The Province |pages=172}} This role earned him an Emmy nomination.{{Cite web |title=Emmy nominations abound for the daytime's bad girls |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/06/28/emmy-nominations-abound-for-the-daytime-s-bad-girls/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=1991-06-09 |title=SOAP SCOOP By Connie Passalacqua |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/goldsboro-news-argus-soap-scoop-by-conni/167058064/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=Goldsboro News-Argus |pages=94}}{{Cite news |date=1991-07-07 |title=SOAP TALK by Candace Havens, "I want them to bring back the character of Robert Barr" Jul 7, 1991 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sapulpa-daily-herald-soap-talk-by-candac/153940257/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=Sapulpa Daily Herald |pages=14}}

Born was a regular on the primetime soap Paper Dolls as Mark Bailey in 1984. From April 2005 to January 2006 and again in March 2009, Born was on The Young and the Restless in the critically acclaimed role of the evil Tom Fisher. Many of his daytime roles showcased him in evil roles, with the exception of Nick Rivers on the 1995-1997 ABC series The City. Nick was a grizzled musician, allowing Born the opportunity to perform his own material. He can be seen performing some of his more recent songs on YouTube.com: "Bob Dylan's Pepsi Blues"; "Blue State Mind, Red State Soul"; "Soldier On", a salute to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan; and "If It Don't Stink, Don't Stir the Pot", a response to the Boy Scouts of America sex abuse scandal. In February 2017, Born released two singles on iTunes via Chowderhead Records, "Let the Road Lead" and "Crazy is as Crazy Does".{{Cite news |last=Cushman |first=Dustin |date=2020-03-09 |title=Soap Legend Roscoe Born Dead at 69, Family Reveals Cause of Death |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/561078/obituary-soap-star-roscoe-born-dead-at-69/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Soaps}}

In the 1980s, he also guest starred in such prime time shows as Murder, She Wrote and Midnight Caller and starred in the TV movies The Haunting of Sarah Hardy and Lady Mobster. In 1989, he had a featured role in the film Pow Wow Highway. 1970s TV appearances include The Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, two episodes of The Rockford Files and the TV movie Fast Friends.

Around this time, Born played the dastardly Jim Thomasen on All My Children. In late 1997, he abruptly left the role and did not appear on daytime for the next several years (save bit parts on As the World Turns and Guiding Light). Born was working outside of the industry when One Life to Live rehired him from 2002 to 2003 to reprise the role of Mitch. 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.

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.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Jon-Michael |title=Night Caller |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46300027/quad-city-times/ |accessdate=19 March 2020 |publisher=Quad-City Times |date=16 January 1983}}{{cite news |last1=Reichardt |first1=Nancy M. |title=Roscoe Born enjoys playing twins on 'Santa Barbara' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46328105/the-morning-call/ |accessdate=19 March 2020 |publisher=The Morning Call |date=11 November 1990}}{{cite book |title=Variety Magazine |page=64 |edition=Vol. 257, Iss. 2 |url=https://media.proquest.com/media/ch/eima/doc/151435_19691126_0455/page/pg.jpg?pg=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200319222057/https://media.proquest.com/media/ch/eima/doc/151435_19691126_0455/page/pg.jpg?pg=1&_s=h7ZVAPyzf8xXiXMXjGtB%2BisnI0c%3D |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 March 2020 |accessdate=19 March 2020}} In 1979, he won a Drama-Logue Award for the play Life in the Theater.

In 1990, Born earned nominations for a Daytime Emmy{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-11-ca-1155-story.html|title=CBS Dominates Daytime Emmy Field With 74 Nominations : Television: The networks' order in nominations mirrored their daytime ratings. ABC got 39; NBC took 30.|first=Lauren|last=Lipton|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles|date=May 11, 1990|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bElGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4484%2C3286079|title=Daytime Emmys were better than usual|first=Connie|last=Passalacqua |authorlink=Connie Passalacqua Hayman|work=The Evening News|publisher=Newburgh-Beacon News Co.|location=Newburgh, New York|date=July 22, 1990|accessdate=March 9, 2020}} and Soap Opera Digest award.{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1990|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1990/|work=Soap Opera Digest|date=11 April 2003|accessdate=March 9, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303082314/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1990/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}

From 1982 to 1990, Born was married to Ryan's Hope actress Randall Edwards. He was married to fellow Santa Barbara co-star Roberta Weiss from 1994 to 2000, and they had a daughter, Alberta.

Born died on March 3, 2020, at the age of 69.{{cite news|last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Roscoe Born Dies: 'The Young And The Restless', 'All My Children' Actor Was 69 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/roscoe-born-dead-obituary-soap-actor-young-and-the-restless-all-my-children-ryans-hope-1202876441/ |work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=United States|accessdate=March 7, 2020 |date=March 6, 2020}}{{cite news|author1=SOD|authorlink=Soap Opera Digest|title=Soap Opera Vet Roscoe Born Passes Away |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/soap-vet-roscoe-born-passes-away/|work=Soap Opera Digest|agency=Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc.|publisher=American Media, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2020 |date=March 6, 2020}} He died by suicide; his family issued a statement that attributed his death to his "long struggle[d] with bipolar disorder".{{cite web |last1=Ausiello |first1=Michael |title=Roscoe Born's Family Reveals Cause of Death, Calls For More 'Conversations Around Mental Illness |url=https://tvline.com/2020/03/09/roscoe-born-death-suicide-bipolar-disorder/ |website=TVLine |accessdate=March 10, 2020 |date=March 9, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Michael |first1=Maloney |title=Soap Opera Veteran Roscoe Born's Cause Of Death Revealed |url=https://soaphub.com/young-restless/soap-opera-veteran-roscoe-born-cause-of-death-revealed/ |website=Soap Hub |accessdate=March 10, 2020 |date=March 10, 2020}}

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