List of One Life to Live characters introduced in the 1990s
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This is a list of characters from the American ABC Daytime soap opera, One Life to Live.
Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe
Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe is a fictional character on the American soap opera One Life to Live. Peter Bartlett played the role from May 1991 until the series ended on January 13, 2012. He returned to the role on April 29, 2013. Nigel is the longtime butler and confidante of billionaire Asa Buchanan. In 2009, Barlett began also playing the role of Nigel's cousin, Neville Smythe.
In early 2003, Nigel is romantically linked to Roxy Balsom.
In October 2006, David Vickers finds out that Asa once had an affair with David's mother, Emma Bradley, but Asa denies it. Later, David's brother Spencer Truman claims to be Asa's son, but a DNA test proves otherwise. A conversation between Asa and Nigel hints that there is more to the story.
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