Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character originated on the American daytime drama
One Life to Live (
OLTL). Created by writer
Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor
Roger Howarth. Todd was a college student and fellow fraternity brother to
Kevin Buchanan, Zach Rosen, and
Powell Lord, and became part of a storyline in which
Marty Saybrooke is
gang raped. The storyline was considered groundbreaking by television critics, and its main players—Howarth,
Susan Haskell (Marty), and
Hillary B. Smith (Todd's lawyer
Nora Hanen)—won
Emmys in 1994, as did Malone and his writing team. Howarth left the role in 2003; it was recast with
Trevor St. John, physically altered by plastic surgery. In 2011, Howarth returned to
OLTL; it was disclosed that Todd had been taken hostage and that St. John's version of the character was really Todd's identical twin brother,
Victor Lord, Jr., conditioned to assume Todd's place.