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{{Short description|Scottish actor}}
{{For|the Australian cultural theorist|Ian Buchanan (academic)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2011}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ian Buchanan
| image = Ian Buchanan (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ian Buchanan in November 2013
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|6|16}}
| birth_place = [[Hamilton, Scotland|Hamilton]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1986–present
| spouse =
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| website =
}}
'''Ian Buchanan''' (born 16 June 1957) is a Scottish television actor who has appeared on multiple American [[soap operas]] including ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Port Charles]]'', ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'', and ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/arts/television/after-some-soaps-cancellations-others-adjust.html?pagewanted=all|title=Days of Some Shows' Lives Continue|first=Taffy|last=Brodesser-Akner|author-link=Taffy Brodesser-Akner|date=19 February 2012}}</ref> He is also known for his work in two [[David Lynch]] shows – playing [[Dick Tremayne]] in the [[Twin Peaks (season 2)|second season]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (1990-1991) and Lester Guy in ''[[On the Air (TV series)|On the Air]]''.<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
Buchanan was born in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://celticlifeintl.com/ian-buchanan/|title=Ian Buchanan|publisher=Celtic Life International|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> After studying acting in New York at the [[Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute]] and privately with [[Marcia Haufrecht]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Soap Star |first=Bettelou |last=Peterson |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lnpkAAAAIBAJ&pg=4425,277337&dq |newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=11 January 2013 |access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref> Buchanan's first major daytime role came in 1986, when he joined the cast of ''[[General Hospital]]'' in the role of [[Duke Lavery]], whom he portrayed until 1989.<ref name="Tribune Duke June 1986">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/06/07/what-happened-this-week-on-your-favorite-soaps-7/|title=What Happened This Week on Your Favorite Soaps|date=7 June 1986|author=Nancy M. Reichardt|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="6 June 1986">{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/tv/curlyqgrl/gh/eps/gheps1986.htm#5/30,%206/2,%206/3,%206/4,%206/5|title=Curlyqgrl's General Hospital 1986 episodes|date=6 June 1986|access-date=11 May 2015|publisher=[[Lycos]]|work=[[Angelfire]]|author=CurlyQgrl}}</ref> After leaving the role of Lavery, Buchanan appeared in roles on prime-time series including ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'' as Ian McFyfer from 1988 to 1990, and in the [[Twin Peaks (season 2)|second season]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' as Dick Tremayne in 1991.

In 1990, he played Sean Brantley, a wealthy ''Playboy''-style magazine publisher in the ''[[Columbo]]'' television series episode ''[[List of Columbo episodes#Season 9|Columbo Cries Wolf]]''. He also guest-starred in episode 4 of the 1990 series ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'' as the villain Stan Kovacs. He appeared in a 1993 episode of ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', titled "Blood Moon".

In 1993, Buchanan returned to daytime and was cast on ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' in his second most recognized daytime role as [[James Warwick (The Bold and the Beautiful)|Dr. James Warwick]], which he portrayed until 1999. Buchanan has since reprised his role as Warwick in several guest appearances from 2004 to 2011. Following the end of his regular appearance as Warwick, Buchanan made a short appearance on ''Days of Our Lives'' in 2001 as Lord Sheraton.

In 2002, he joined the cast of ''[[Port Charles]]'' portraying the sinister Joshua Temple until the show's end in 2003.

In 2005, Buchanan joined the cast of ''[[All My Children]]'', in the role of [[Greg Madden]], a fertility specialist involved in the controversial "un-abortion" storyline involving [[Erica Kane]] ([[Susan Lucci]]), as well as the abduction of the daughter of [[Dixie Martin]] ([[Cady McClain]]) and [[Tad Martin (All My Children)|Tad Martin]] ([[Michael E. Knight]]). Buchanan's role as Madden came to an end on 5 July 2006, when his character was killed.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

In 2012, Buchanan joined ''Days of Our Lives'' in the newly created contract role of [[Minor characters of Days of our Lives#Ian McAllister(Days of our Lives)|Ian McAllister]], who is the husband of [[Minor characters of Days of our Lives#Madison James|Madison James]] ([[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]]) and a former lover of [[Kate Roberts DiMera]] ([[Lauren Koslow]]), but was let go in August, as the result of a shift in the direction of the series.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

On 27 August 2012, Buchanan returned to ''General Hospital'' as Duke Lavery after a 23-year absence.<ref name="GH 2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Exclusive-General-Hospital-Chief-Valentini-3818875.php | title=Exclusive: General Hospital Chief Valentini Explains Today's Shocking Return of Duke Lavery | first=Michael | last=Logan | date=27 August 2012 | newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] | access-date=27 August 2012 }}</ref> On 12 November, it was revealed that Buchanan was playing a [[dual role]]. Duke was actually [[Cesar Faison]] in disguise, and Faison was holding the real Duke hostage.<ref name="Soap GH">{{cite web|url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/generalhospital/cast/1065/Cesar_Faison/|title=GENERAL HOSPITAL CAST – CESAR FAISON|work=soaps.sheknows.com|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307191130/http://soaps.sheknows.com/generalhospital/cast/1065/Cesar_Faison/|archive-date=7 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 5 July 2017, it was announced Buchanan would reprise his role as James Warwick on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.<ref>{{cite news|author1=SOD|title=Ian Buchanan Back to B&B|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/ian-buchanan-back-bb/|access-date=5 July 2017|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]].|date=5 July 2017|location=United States}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Logan|first1=Michael|author-link1=Michael Logan (journalist)|title=The Doctor Is In: Ian Buchanan Returns to ''The Bold and the Beautiful''|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/273261/ian-buchanan-returns-bold-and-the-beautiful-james-warwick/|website=[[TV Insider]]|publisher=TVGM Holdings [[Limited Liability Company|LLC]]|location=United States|date=5 July 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Buchanan is [[openly gay]], and is married to his husband Antonio Hendricks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Confidential |first=Daytime |date=2023-05-25 |title=Ian Buchanan Reunites With B&B's Katherine Kelly Lang in Rome |url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2023/05/25/ian-buchanan-reunites-with-the-bold-and-the-beautifuls-katherine-kelly-lang-in-rome |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Daytime Confidential |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Filmography==
:n.b. for credit listings reference<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/ian-buchanan/|title=Ian Buchanan : Credit Listings|publisher=TV.com|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405160604/http://www.tv.com/people/ian-buchanan/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1988
|''The Seventh Sign''
|Mr. Huberty
|
|-
| 1993
| [[Blue Flame (film)|''Blue Flame'']]
| Wax
|
|-
|1993
|''[[The Cool Surface]]''
|Terrence
|
|-
|1994
|''Double Exposure''
|Roger Putnam
|
|-
|1998
|[[Ivory Tower (1998 film)|''Ivory Tower'']]
|Andy Pallack
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Lying in Wait (2001 film)|Lying in Wait]]''
|George
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Panic Room]]''
| Evan Kurlander
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Make the Yuletide Gay]]''
| Peter Stanford
|
|-
|2015
|''Always''
|Oliver
|
|-
|2021
|''Dark Shadows and Beyond – The Jonathan Frid Story''
|Self (narration)
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | ref
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]''
| Harried Man
| Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 1#ep22|Pretenders]]"
|-
| 1986–2020
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| [[Duke Lavery]]
| 1986–1989 (contract); 2012–2015 ([[Recurring character|recurring]]); 2016, 2017, 2020 (special guest)
|<ref name="Tribune Duke June 1986"/><ref name="6 June 1986"/><ref name="GH 2012"/>
|-
| 1988–1990
| ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]''
| Ian McFyfer
| 20 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| Sean Brantley
| Episode: "[[List of Columbo episodes#Season 9|Columbo Cries Wolf]]"
|
|-
| ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]''
| Stan Kovacs
| Episode: "Honor Among Thieves"
|
|-
| 1990-1991
| ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
| [[List of Twin Peaks characters#Dick Tremayne|Dick Tremayne]]
| 11 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| ''[[On the Air (TV series)|On the Air]]''
| Lester Guy
| 7 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''
| Johnathan Litman
| Episode: "The New Producer"
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
| Victor
| Episode: "Blood Moon"
|
|-
|1993
|''Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair''
|[[Peter Lawford]]
|Television film
|
|-
| 1993–1999, 2004,
2008–2009,

2011, 2017
| ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''
| [[James Warwick (The Bold and the Beautiful)|Dr. James Warwick]]
| Contract: 1993–1999 <br>Recurring role: 2004, 2008–2009, 2011, 2017
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1995
| ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
| Dr. James Warwick
| 2 episodes (February 24, 1995 and April 7, 1995)
|
|-
| ''[[The Nanny]]''
| Julius Kimble
| Episode: "Dope Diamond"
|
|-
| ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
| Constantine (voice)
| Episode: "Avalon"<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Ian Buchanan (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ian-Buchanan/ |access-date=September 30, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[NYPD Blue]]''
| Prince Laszlo Forsmann
| Episode: "Where'd the Van Gogh?"
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]''
| Connor (voice)
| Episode: "Old Wounds"<ref name="btva" />
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Batman Beyond]]''
| Abel Cuvier (voice)
| Episode: "Splicers"<ref name="btva" />
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Norm Show|Norm]]''
| Jack/Fernando
| Episode: "Norm vs. the Sacrifice"
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
| Lord Sheraton
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[Nash Bridges]]''
| Franz Planck
| Episode: "The Partner"
|
|-
| ''[[Charmed]]''
| Raynor
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Raising Dad]]''
| Dr. Fields
| Episode: "Daughter Nose Best"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002–2003
| ''[[Port Charles]]''
| Joshua Temple
| Recurring
|
|-
| ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]''
| [[Ultra-Humanite]] (voice)
| 3 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
| First
| Episode: "Unnatural Selection"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''
| Johannes Gathird
| Episode: "After Six"
|
|-
| ''[[Hope & Faith]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Yes, Dear]]''
| Paul
| Episode: "The Radford Reshuffle"
|
|-
| 2005–2006
| ''[[All My Children]]''
| Dr. Greg Madden
| 25 episodes
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''
| Damien Sands
| Episode: "Damien Sands"
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]''
| [[Sherlock Holmes]] (voice)
| Episode: "Trials of the Demon!"<ref name="btva" />
|
|-
| 2019
| ''A Mermaid for Christmas''
| Narrator
| Television film
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
|-
| 1988
| ''[[List of Soap Opera Digest Awards|4th Soap Opera Digest Awards]]''
| Outstanding Newcomer: Daytime
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| {{Won }}
|-
| 1988
| ''4th Soap Opera Digest Awards''
| Favorite [[Supercouple|Super Couple]]: Daytime – shared with [[Finola Hughes]]
| ''General Hospital''
| {{Nom }}
|-
| 1989
| ''[[List of Soap Opera Digest Awards|5th Soap Opera Digest Awards]]''
| Favorite [[Supercouple|Super Couple]]: Daytime – shared with Finola Hughes
| ''General Hospital''
| {{Nom }}
|-
| 1989
| ''5th Soap Opera Digest Awards''
| Outstanding Hero: Daytime
| ''General Hospital''
| {{Nom }}
|-
| 1997
| ''[[24th Daytime Emmy Awards]]''
| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''
| {{Won }}
|-
| 1998
| ''[[25th Daytime Emmy Awards]]''
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
| ''The Bold and the Beautiful''
| {{Nom }}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[List of Soap Opera Digest Awards|15th Soap Opera Digest Awards]]''
| Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role
| ''The Bold and the Beautiful''
| {{Nom }}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0118011}}
*[http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/theactors/buchanan_ian.php Ian Buchanan profile from SoapCentral]
*[http://www.annaandduke.com AnnaandDuke.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080114044559/http://www.tramedibeautiful.com/James_Worwick_Ian_Buchanan.asp Ian Buchanan on Tramedibeautiful.com]

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~2025-33109-53: The episodes of Twin Peaks in which he appeared aired between 1990 and 1991.