Charlie Banks
Actor History
Brian Kerwin (October 25, 2007 to present)
Occupation
Campaign manager for mayoral candidate Viki Banks
Architect
Resides At
Llanfair (1177 Regency Drive, Llanview, Pennsylvania)
Formerly Angel Square Motel in Llanview, Pennsylvania
Formerly Paris, Texas
Marital Status
Married to Victoria Davidson [Engaged: Jun 8, 2009; Married: Aug 4, 2009]
Past Marriages
Valerie Banks (Divorced)
Relatives
None
Children
Jared Banks (son)
Jimmy Banks (son; deceased)
Flings & Affairs
Victoria Davidson
Crimes Committed
Posed as Rex Balsom's father
Helped Jared Banks cover up fact that he wasn't a Buchanan heir
Maladies & Hospitalizations
Recovering alcoholic
Hospitalized for alcohol poisoning after being drugged by Dorian and force-fed alcohol [May 2008]
Brief Character History
Charlie first arrived on the scene as a customer at the Bon Jour Café in Paris, Texas. There he met Viki, who had temporarily left her life in Llanview behind and was working as a waitress at the café. Charlie and Viki soon began dating, and Charlie admitted to Viki that he was a recovering alcoholic and was looking to patch things up with his estranged son. Viki knew Charlie only as "Charlie B."
Charlie missed reuniting with his son when Jared attended the reading of Asa Buchanan's will at the nearby Buchanan ranch but instead happened upon Dorian Lord. He followed Dorian back to Llanview in an effort to find his son. Charlie located Jared at the Buchanan mansion, just as Jared was falsely revealed to be Asa's illegitimate son. Jared rejected Charlie, who then fell off the wagon. Later, he was convinced by Viki to get sober again.
In an effort to resume a relationship with Jared, Charlie agreed to protect Jared's true identity from everyone, including Viki. Dorian, however, knew the truth. Caught off guard after a meeting with Roxy Balsom, Charlie told Rex Balsom and his finance Adriana Cramer that his last name was "Balsom," not realizing that Rex was Roxy's son. Rex began questioning the identify of his father, and Roxy - nervous that Rex would find out who his true father is -- claimed that Charlie was his father. Roxy pleaded with Charlie to go along with the lie, and Charlie agreed, even lying to Viki.
Charlie was guilt-ridden about lying to Viki, however, and confided to Dorian that he planned to tell Viki the truth. Knowing that this would get in the way of Dorian's plans to take over Buchanan Enterprises, Dorian drugged Charlie and brought him to her home. There she plied him with liquor and then dumped in the alley behind Rody's Tavern. A bartender discovered Charlie and called Viki from the cell phone found in Charlie's pocket. Charlie was brought to the hospital, at the same time that Nash Brennan was rushed into the ER after falling through a skylight during an argument with Jared and Natalie following Dorian's announcement that Jared was a fraud. Jared rushed into Charlie's room and called him Dad, shocking Viki.
Charlie recovered but was unable to remember falling off the wagon or how he ended up in the alley. Disillusioned by his lies, Viki broke it off with Charlie. Rex also learned that Charlie was not his father and cut off ties with Charlie and Roxy, who form a friendship over their common mistakes. The truth out, Charlie and Jared rebuilt their relationship. Long unemployed, Charlie took on the job of rebuilding Carlotta Vega's diner after it burned down. After Viki nearly died in a car accident, Charlie visited her in the hospital and declared he would not stop fighting to get back in her life.
Viki went to Africa to promote heart transplants and Charlie was overjoyed to see her when she returned. However, things were not good: Natalie was missing, and Jared soon suspected that Jessica's alter Tess was behind it. Once Tess figured out that the family was on to her, she dropped off Bree at Todd's home and briefly vanished. She returned to Llanfair and was confronted by Charlie. Tess knocked out Charlie and got away. Viki came home and discovered Charlie, shaken but OK, and they realized that Tess was in fact back. Viki eventually realized that Tess was keeping Natalie and Jared in a secret room at Llanfair, just like her alter Jean Randolph had done to Dorian many years ago. Viki and Charlie raced to the home, where Viki's sister Tina (who had known all along what Tess had done) led them to the secret room. Charlie managed to grab the bomb that Tess had set to go off and got it outside, just before it exploded. Viki was overjoyed that Charlie was safe and that Natalie and Jared were finally free.
Bonding over the problems with their children, Viki and Charlie grew close once again. Charlie surprised Viki by remodeling Carlotta's diner, which had been burned in a fire, into the spitting image of the Bon Jour Café from Paris, Texas. Viki and Charlie were shocked to learn from David Vickers, who had returned to town as a converted Buddhist, that Dorian had drugged Charlie and plied him with liquor to keep him from telling Viki about Jared pretending to be Asa's son. Viki and Charlie confronted Dorian, who admitted nothing.
After Jessica discovered baby Chloe had been kidnapped from Llanfair, Natalie and Jared admitted to Viki, Clint and Charlie that the baby Jessica delivered had died and had been switched with Starr and Cole's baby. When Jessica and Chloe were reunited at the hospital, Bess emerged and escaped with Chloe before Jessica could be told that the baby wasn't hers. As the family searched for Jessica, Natalie and Jared revealed to Viki, Charlie and Clint that they had gotten married the night before. After Brody tracked Jessica and the baby down at the West Virginia home of Nash Brennan's parents, Charlie joined Viki and the rest of the family at the home. Viki pretended to be her alter, Jean Randolph, to gain access to Bess, who had barricaded herself and the baby in an upstairs bedroom. As Charlie assured Brody that everything would be fine, Viki got Jessica to emerge and to painfully admit that her baby had been born dead.
In the aftermath of Jessica returning the baby, Charlie stunned Viki by proposing to her, and Viki readily accepted. Later, while dining at the Palace with a newly engaged Nora and Clint, Viki and Charlie acknowledged that they were also engaged. When the couples realized that they had picked the same wedding date, Renee suggested a double wedding, and they hesitantly agreed. Viki and Charlie later reluctantly went to La Boulaie to help Dorian resolve a conflict between herself and Markko Rivera's parents that threatened to keep Markko and Langston apart. When Markko confronted his father and said he would move out rather than split up with Langston, Viki offered to take in Markko. In August 2009, Charlie and Viki said their vows during a double wedding with Clint and Nora. Viki raised the ire of Mayor Stanley Lowell when she refused to have The Banner endorse his re-election bid. In retaliation, Mayor Lowell shut down a work site being run by Charlie, and Charlie raised a stink about it during a press conference held by the mayor. Dorian, who aligned herself with the mayor in the hopes of getting her old job back as chief of staff at Llanview Hospital, told Viki she would love for her to run against the mayor, just so she could suffer a humiliating defeat. Viki laughed off the idea, but Charlie said she would be great in the role and could help restore order to the town that she loved. Viki announced she was running as an independent candidate for mayor and named Charlie as
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