

Their characters of Todd Manning, John McBain and Starr Manning would return to One Life to Live and likely be recast with new actors with the current actors receiving new characters once they return to General Hospital. Howarth, Michael Easton and Kristen Alderson appeared on General Hospital from 2012 to 2013. "We are going to have a lot of fun telling this story, and I am excited to see how it will unfold." Howarth made his onscreen return on May 13, 2011. "I am looking forward to returning to One Life to Live," stated Howarth. Before reclaiming his previous role, it was initially unknown if he would be returning as Todd or someone connecting him to the character. On April 4, 2011, it was confirmed that Howarth would be returning to the series. In August 2010, it was reported that Howarth would be returning to One Life to Live sometime in January 2011, though other sources disputed this.

Later that year, he decided it was time for him to move on from the role of Todd, and he signed on with CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, taking over the role of Paul Ryan in July 2003.
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He portrayed Professor Greg Hetson on the series Dawson's Creek in 2003 during a brief break from the role of Todd. In 2000, Howarth returned to One Life to Live. During the play's run, Howarth appeared opposite Stockard Channing and Laurence Fishburne. The play officially opened on Broadway on Maand ended with "its final curtain" on May 30, 1999. A prominent stage appearance for Howarth was in James Goldman's Broadway production of The Lion In Winter. He made his first Broadway debut in The White Rose, but also did some theater work in Henry IV, Passions, You Touched Me, Mother Courage, and Orestes. In 1998, Howarth departed One Life to Live for a second time, looking to pursue other acting projects both on Broadway and in Hollywood. While with the series, Howarth found time to extend his career to primetime, and was cast as the murderous Randall Lynch for 4 episodes of the sci-fi series Prey. His character's pairing with Kassie DePaiva's Blair Cramer won over fans and the two later became a supercouple. He subsequently returned, but Todd was portrayed even more as a villain than a hero. After attempts were made to romantically pair Todd with his victim, Marty Saybrooke, Howarth quit the show in 1995. Subsequent attempts to redeem Todd, however, unnerved Howarth. He was strongly praised for his work on the series, and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994 for the role. Howarth portrayed Todd on-and-off since 1992. The character has also been termed an icon by the press. It was shortly after this that he was cast on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live as Todd Manning in what was supposed to be a day-player role, but became one of the genre's most successful and enduring characters.

Howarth was discovered during a nationwide talent search and was cast in the role of Kent Winslow on the ABC daytime drama Loving. However, after one semester, he dropped out of college to join an intense acting program at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut. Howarth initially resisted acting as a profession and studied political science at George Washington University. In addition to his soap opera work, Howarth has guest starred in television shows such as Prey and Dawson's Creek. When the character was written off in March 2021, Howarth returned two months later as a new character, Austin Gatlin-Holt. He returned as Franco on General Hospital, the character formerly created and portrayed by James Franco. Due to a lawsuit from Prospect Park, Howarth, along with Kristen Alderson and Michael Easton, were forced to exit their roles in March 2013, only to return as new characters in May of the same year. Howarth returned to OLTL in May 2011, eventually deciding to continue the role on General Hospital in March 2012. He left the series in 2003 and joined soap opera As the World Turns, where he played the character of Paul Ryan until the series' final episode in 2010. He played character Todd Manning on the daytime drama One Life to Live ( OLTL) the character earned Howarth a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994, and is cited as an icon in the soap opera genre. Roger Howarth (born September 13, 1968) is an American actor. One Life to Live/ General Hospital as Todd Manningĭaytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Lead Actor in a Drama Series 1994, One Life to Live.
