website birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title name occupation
http://www.jerryverdorn.com/ sioux falls , south dakota , u.s. 23 november 1949 beth ver dorn -lrb- 1977-present -rrb- 2 children 1979 -- present jerry verdorn
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jerry verdorn

jerry verdorn -lrb- born november 23 , 1949 -rrb- is an american soap opera actor , best known for his role as ross marler in `` guiding light '' and clint buchanan in `` one life to live '' .
verdorn became one of `` guiding light `` s longest-running cast members , debuting in the role on march 23 , 1979 and portraying the character of ross for over 26 years .
he won daytime emmy awards for best supporting actor in 1995 and again in 1996 .
ver dorn also portrayed ross in a 1983 television movie , `` the cradle will fall '' , an adaptation of a book to film using several `` guiding light '' characters in supporting roles .
in the winter of 1982 , he played the role of ross ' soon to be first wife , carrie todd 's -lrb- played by jane elliot -rrb- , first husband todd mackenzie in carrie 's flashbacks during carrie 's murder trial of one of ross ' former nemeses , diane ballard -lrb- played by sofia landon geier -rrb- who also appeared in the flashbacks .
in the fall of 1994 , he played the humorous lookalike role of howie - `` hoss '' - who was the total antithesis of ross .
his last appearance as ross aired on october 11 , 2005 .
on october 25 , 2005 , verdorn took over the role of clint buchanan on abc 's `` one life to live '' and continued in the role until the series cancellation in 2012 .
on january 8 , 2013 , verdon became the first -lrb- and thus far only -rrb- actor to sign on for the revival of `` one life to live '' scheduled to air in early 2013 on the online network .
on january 22 , 2013 prospect park announced that eleven other former cast members has signed on with three others as recurring characters .
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