Charlie Banks - OLTL Character Profile

Current Occupation:

Unemployed, but works as a Construction Contractor

Place of Residence:

Currently resides at Angel Square Hotel

Marital Status and Significant Romantic Relationships:

Divorced from first wife
Affair with Viki Lord Davidson

Children:

Jared Banks (son from first marriage)
Jimmy Banks (son from first marriage-hit by car and killed)

Relatives:

Jared Banks (son)

Interesting Facts:

First appeared in Paris Texas-Bon Jour Café October 24, 2007
Gave advice to Shane, Gigi’s son
Recovering alcoholic
Has had an affair with Viki Lord Davidson
Pretended to be Rex Balsom’s father

Friends:

Viki Davidson
Jared Banks
Gigi Morasco
Noel Ortiz
Moe Stubbs
Natalie Buchanan
Roxy Balsom

Enemies:

Dorian Lord
Clint Buchanan
Bo Buchanan
Rex Balsom (for now)

Strongest Points:

He is compassionate and loyal to fault. In fact his loyalty gets him in trouble. He is dependable although sometimes for the wrong reasons and suffers the consequences at a later time. Sometimes he tries too hard to make amends and prove his worth when he should let people accept him as he really is.

History of David Victors:

We first see Charlie Banks at the Bon Jour Café in Paris Texas, October 25, 2007 where Viki has gone to reinvent herself. She happens to be his waitress where they befriend each other and eventually begin to date.
He is full of mystery and only reveals his name to be Charlie B. He reveals to Viki that he has been married and has a son. He is a recovering alcoholic and he is in search of his son to make amends for being such a bad father. At this time Viki does not tell him that Clint Buchanan is her ex-husband and she has money in her own right.
Due to several leads he finds his son, Jared in Llanview where Jared has been accepted as Asa’s son. Jared wants nothing to do with Charlie. Jared yells at Charlie and blames his estrangement on Charlie’s former alcohol abuse and for the way Charlie treated the children and his wife. Jared tells Charlie that he wants nothing to do with him and that the Buchanan’s are his family. They are unaware that Dorian has eavesdropped and heard the entire conversation.
Charlie is instrumental in getting Michael McBain to Paris TX to stop Marcie in her quest for the border to protect Tommy.
For now Charlie is determined to protect Jared’s identify from everyone, including Viki even though he knows the truth he will keep Jared’s secret. He feels as if he owes it to his son. He is surprised and caught off guard after meeting Roxy. He tells Rex and Adriana that his last name is “Balsom”, not realizing that Rex is Roxy’s son. Roxy tells Rex that Charlie is his real father, to keep Rex from checking into his paternity. Roxy begs Charlie to go along with the secret because the truth is worse than any lie. Charlie finally agrees to do it even though his conscience begins to bother him about lying to Viki.
As it stands, because of this lie, Viki wants nothing to do with Charlie although he tells her that he still loves her. She confirms that she still loves him but she can no longer trust him to tell her the truth. It seems like at this time that Charlie has come full circle. First he was a man full of regrets and a recovering alcoholic. He went from there to a perfect life with the woman of his dreams and true happiness. Now he is back to a man full of regrets and disappointments.