Richard Abbott (One Life to Live)

[1] Robert S. Woods originally auditioned for the recast of Richard with One Life to Live executive producer Joseph Stuart and opposite fictional cousin Victoria Lord Riley (Erika Slezak).

Becky Lee Hunt (Jill Voight) arrives in Llanview soon afterward in pursuit of a country music career, falling in love with wealthy Richard.

Dorian Lord (Claire Malis, Robin Strasser) and Edwina Lewis (Margaret Klenck) both pursue Richard, but he proposes marriage to Becky Lee.

Viki's husband and Banner editor-in-chief Joe Riley (Lee Patterson) then offers Richard a job managing the newspaper's European bureau in Paris.

[8] A debonair Richard (Jeffrey Byron) comes back to Llanview in January 1986 and becomes romantically involved with newly discovered cousin Tina, who assumes the last name of her estranged father Victor Lord.

Actor Jeffrey Byron was the last actor recast to play Richard Abbott in 1986.