Gordon Russell - Legacy

Legacy

In addition to their long-lasting work on Dark Shadows, their work on One Life to Live led to memorable storylines, onw of which involved Dorian giving terminal patient Rachel Wilson a dosage of treatment going unmarked on her medical chart prompted her lover Mark Toland to give her a second more lethal dosage and Dr. Larry Wolek get framed for her mercy killing (ironically Rachel Wilson wanted him to end her life in the first place). When the truth was revealed, the board of directors at Llanview Hospital took a vote to decide whether or not to suspend her medical license with Victoria Lord casting the deciding against her. To get even, Dorian became her ailing father Victor Lord's private physician, and withheld his medication during a heart attack and walking away, allegedly causing his death and starting the Viki/Dorian feud which has lasted almost 35 years. Russell and Hall also wrote the provocative Karen Wolek storyline.

Dark Shadows
Characters
  • Andreas Petofi
  • Angelique Bouchard Collins
  • Barnabas Collins
  • Carolyn Stoddard
  • Daniel Collins
  • David Collins
  • Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
  • Gerard Stiles
  • Jeremiah Collins
  • Josette du Pres
  • Julia Hoffman
  • Maggie Evans
  • Millicent Collins-Forbes
  • Naomi Collins
  • Nicholas Blair
  • Quentin Collins
  • Victoria Winters
  • Willie Loomis
Films
  • House of Dark Shadows (1970)
  • Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
  • Dark Shadows (2012)
Audio dramas
  • The House of Despair
  • The Book of Temptation
  • The Christmas Presence
  • The Rage Beneath
  • Kingdom of the Dead
Dramatic readings
  • Angelique's Descent, Part 1: Innocence
  • Angelique's Descent, Part 2: Betrayal
  • Clothes of Sand
  • The Ghost Watcher
  • The Path of Fate
  • The Wicked and the Dead
  • Echoes of Insanity
  • Curse of the Pharaoh
  • Final Judgment
  • Blood Dance
  • The Skin Walkers
  • The Night Whispers
  • London's Burning
  • The Doll House
  • The Blind Painter
  • The Death Mask
  • The Creeping Fog
  • The Carrion Queen
  • The Poisoned Soul
  • The Lost Girl
  • The Crimson Pearl
  • The Voodoo Amulet
  • The House by the Sea
  • Dress Me in Dark Dreams
  • The Eternal Actress
  • Fall of the House of Trask
  • Operation Victor
  • Speak No Evil
  • The Last Stop
  • Dreaming of the Water
  • The Haunted Refrain
  • A Collinwood Christmas
Revivals
  • 1991 remake
  • 2004 remake pilot
Related articles
  • Dan Curtis
  • Art Wallace
  • Malcolm Marmorstein
  • Sam Hall
  • Gordon Russell
  • Tim Burton
  • Collinsport, Maine
  • Collinwood Mansion
One Life to Live
Characters
(in order of generation and first appearance)
Lord family
1st gen.
  • Victor Lord (m./wid.) Eugenia Randolph; (m./div.) Irene Manning; (m.) Dorian Cramer
  • Gwendolyn Lord (m.) Jonathan Abbott
2nd gen.
  • Victoria Lord (m./ann.) Roger Gordon; (m./wid.) Joe Riley; (m./div.) Steve Burke; (m./div.) Clint Buchanan; (m./wid.) Sloan Carpenter; (m./wid.) Ben Davidson; (m./div.) Charlie Banks
  • Meredith Lord (m.) Larry Wolek
  • Tony Lord (m./div.) Cathy Craig; (m.) Pat Ashley
  • Richard Abbott (m.) Becky Lee Hunt
  • Tina Lord (m.) Cord Roberts; (m./div.) Cain Rogan; (m./div.) David Vickers
  • Todd Manning (m./ann./div.) Blair Cramer; (m./div.) Téa Delgado
  • Powell Lord III
  • Victor Lord, Jr. (m./div.) Blair Cramer; (m.) Téa Delgado
3rd gen.
  • Daniel Wolek
  • Brian Kendall
  • Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan (m./div.) LeeAnn Demerest; (m./div.) Cassie Callison; (m./div.) Kelly Cramer
  • Joey Riley Buchanan (m./div.) Kelly Cramer; (m./div.) Jennifer Rappaport; (m./div.) Aubrey Wentworth
  • Jessica Buchanan (m./div.) Tico Santi; (m./ann.) Antonio Vega; (m./wid.) Nash Brennan; (m./div.) Robert Ford; (m./div.) Cutter Wentworth
  • C. J. Roberts
  • Megan Gordon (m.) Jake Harrison
  • Sarah Roberts
  • Starr Manning
  • Natalie Buchanan (m./div.) Mitch Laurence; (m./ann.) Cristian Vega; (m./wid.) Jared Banks
  • Jack Manning
  • Sam Manning
  • Danielle Manning
4th gen.
  • Duke Buchanan
  • Bree Brennan
  • Hope Manning-Thornhart
  • Ryder Ford
  • Liam McBain
5th gen.
  • Zane Buchanan
Wolek family
1st gen.
  • Larry Wolek (m./div.) Karen Martin; (m./wid.) Meredith Lord; (m./div.) Karen Wolek; (m./wid.) Laurel Chapin
  • Anna Wolek (m./wid.) Jim Craig
  • Vince Wolek (m.) Wanda Webb
  • Jenny Wolek (m./wid.) Tim Siegel; (m./div.) Brad Vernon; (m./wid.) Peter Janssen; (m.) David Renaldi
  • Karen Wolek (m./div.) Larry Wolek
2nd gen.
  • Daniel Wolek
Cramer family
1st gen.
  • Lou Cramer (m.) Sonya Roskova
  • Betsy Cramer
2nd gen.
  • Dorian Cramer (m./wid.) Victor Lord; (m./div.) Herb Callison; (m./ann.) Manuel Santi; (m.) David Vickers Buchanan; (m./wid.) Mel Hayes; (m./ann.) Mitch Laurence
  • Melinda Cramer (m.) Peter Janssen
  • Addie Cramer (m.) David Vickers
3rd gen.
  • Cassie Reynolds (m./div.) Rob Coronal; (m./div.) Bo Buchanan; (m./div.) Andrew Carpenter; (m./div.) Kevin Buchanan
  • Blair Cramer (m./div.) Asa Buchanan; (m./ann./div.) Todd Manning; (m./div.) Max Holden; (m./div.) Victor Lord, Jr.; (m./div.) John McBain; (m./wid.) Elijah Clarke
  • Kelly Cramer (m./div.) Joey Buchanan; (m./div.) Kevin Buchanan
  • Paul Cramer (m./div.) Babe Carey
  • Adriana Cramer (m./div.) Rex Balsom
  • (a.) Langston Wilde
4th gen.
  • (a.) River Carpenter
  • Starr Manning
  • Jack Manning
  • Zane Buchanan
Buchanan family
1st gen.
  • Wanda Webb (m./wid.) Vince Wolek
  • Paul Webb (m.) Donna Webb
  • Asa Buchanan (m./wid.) Olympia Bonard; (m./div.) Delilah Ralston; (m./div.) Becky Lee Hunt; (m./div.) Pamela Stuart; (m. ) Renée Divine; (m./div.) Blair Cramer; (m./div.) Alex Olanov; (m./div.) Gabrielle Medina; (m./div.) Rae Cummings
  • Pike Buchanan (m.) Rebecca Buchanan
2nd gen.
  • Clint Buchanan (m./div.) Victoria Lord; (m./div.) Lindsay Farrell; (m./div.) Nora Hanen; (m./div.) Kimberly Andrews
  • Bo Buchanan (m./div.) Delilah Ralston; (m./wid.) Didi O'Neill; (m./wid.) Sarah Gordon; (m./div.) Cassie Callison; (m.) Nora Hanen
  • Rafe Garretson (m./wid.) Samantha Vernon; (m.) Delilah Ralston
  • Austin Buchanan
  • Jason Webb
  • Ben Davidson (m./div.) Skye Chandler; (m.) Victoria Lord
3rd gen.
  • (a.) Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan (m./div.) LeeAnn Demerest; (m./div.) Cassie Callison; (m./div.) Kelly Cramer
  • (a.) Joey Riley Buchanan (m./div.) Kelly Cramer; (m./div.) Jennifer Rappaport; (m./div.) Aubrey Wentworth
  • Drew Buchanan
  • Sammi Garretson
  • Cord Roberts (m.) Tina Lord; (m./div.) Kate Sanders
  • Jessica Buchanan (m./div.) Tico Santi; (m./ann.) Antonio Vega; (m./wid.) Nash Brennan; (m./div.) Robert Ford; (m./div.) Cutter Wentworth
  • David Vickers Buchanan (m./div.) Tina Lord; (m.) Dorian Cramer; (m./div.) Alex Olanov; (m./div.) Addie Cramer
  • Matthew Buchanan
  • Natalie Buchanan (m./div.) Mitch Laurence; (m./ann.) Cristian Vega; (m./wid.) Jared Banks
  • Rex Balsom (m./div.) Jennifer Rappaport; (m./div.) Adriana Cramer; (m.) Gigi Morasco
4th gen.
  • C. J. Roberts
  • Sarah Roberts
  • Duke Buchanan
  • Bree Brennan
  • Shane Balsom
  • Liam McBain
  • Ryder Ford
  • Drew Buchanan II
5th gen.
  • Zane Buchanan
Minor families
Grays
  • Sadie Gray
  • Carla Gray (m./div.) Ed Hall; (m./div.) Jack Scott
  • Josh Hall
  • Hazel Scott
  • Jared Hall
Laurences
  • Mitch Laurence (m./ann.) Dorian Cramer; (m./ann.) Natalie Buchanan
  • Walker Laurence
  • Miles Laurence
Thornharts
  • Patrick Thornhart (m.) Marty Saybrooke
  • Cole Thornhart
  • Hope Manning-Thornhart
Gannons
  • Hank Gannon (m./div.) Nora Hanen; (m./div.) Sheila Price
  • Rachel Gannon
  • R. J. Gannon
Vegas
  • Diego Vega (m.) Carlotta Espinoza
  • Cristian Vega (m./ann.) Roseanne Delgado; (m./ann.) Natalie Buchanan; (m./ann.) Vanessa Montez
  • Antonio Vega (m./ann.) Andy Harrison; (m./ann.) Jessica Buchanan
Delgados
  • Téa Delgado (m./div.) Todd Manning; (m./div.) Ross Rayburn; (m.) Victor Lord, Jr.
  • Roseanne Delgado (m./ann.) Cristian Vega
  • Tomás Delgado
  • Baz Moreau
Rappaports
  • Sam Rappaport (m./div.) Lindsay Farrell
  • Will Rappaport
  • Jennifer Rappaport
Williamsons
  • Clarence Williamson (m.) Lisa Williamson
  • Evangeline Williamson
  • Layla Williamson
McBains
  • Thomas McBain (m.) Eve McBain
  • Michael McBain (m.) Marcie Walsh
  • John McBain (m./div.) Blair Cramer
  • Shannon McBain
  • Gabriel McBain
  • Liam McBain
Evanses
  • Richard Evans (m.) Phylicia Wenton
  • Shaun Evans
  • Destiny Evans
  • Greg Evans
Fords
  • Eddie Ford (m./div.) Inez Salinger
  • Robert Ford
  • Nate Salinger
  • James Ford
Other characters
  • Marco Dane
  • Echo DiSavoy
  • Allison Perkins
  • Carlo Hesser
  • Luna Moody
  • Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe
  • Roxy Balsom
  • Adam Chandler III
  • Spencer Truman
  • Margaret Cochran
  • Vincent Jones
  • Talia Sahid
  • Markko Rivera
  • Oliver Fish
  • Brody Lovett
  • Stacy Morasco
  • Kyle Lewis
  • Hannah O'Connor
Longest-tenured actors
(in order of duration)
  • Erika Slezak
  • Michael Storm
  • Robert S. Woods
  • Philip Carey
  • Patricia Elliott
  • Robin Strasser
  • Peter Bartlett
  • Hillary B. Smith
Main crew
Creator: Agnes Nixon
Executive producers
  • Doris Quinlan (1968–1977)
  • Joseph Stuart (1977–1983)
  • Jean Arley (1983–1984)
  • Paul Rauch (1984–1991)
  • Linda Gottlieb (1991–1994)
  • Susan Bedsow Horgan (1994–1996)
  • Maxine Levinson (1996–1997)
  • Jill Farren Phelps (1997–2001)
  • Gary Tomlin (2001–2002)
  • Frank Valentini (2003–2012)
Head writers
  • Agnes Nixon
  • Gordon Russell
  • Sam Hall
  • Peggy O'Shea
  • Henry Slesar
  • John William Corrington
  • Joyce Hooper Corrington
  • S. Michael Schnessel
  • Craig Carlson
  • Leah Laiman
  • Josh Griffith
  • Michael Malone
  • Jean Passanante
  • Peggy Sloane
  • Claire Labine
  • Matthew Labine
  • Pamela K. Long
  • Megan McTavish
  • Lorraine Broderick
  • Christopher Whitesell
  • Brian Frons
  • Frank Valentini
  • Dena Higley
  • Gary Tomlin
Series history
  • 1968–1979
  • 1980–1989
  • 1990–1999
  • 2000–2012
Related topics
  • Llanview
  • Mendorra
  • Miscellaneous characters
  • Cast members
  • ABC Daytime
Related websites
  • ABC.com: One Life to Live
Authority control
  • VIAF: 38944455
Persondata
Name Russell, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description American soap opera writer
Date of birth August 15, 1929
Place of birth
Date of death January 19, 1981
Place of death

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