Jack Manning (One Life to Live)
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John "Jack" Cramer Manning is a fictional character
Fictional character
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 on the American
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 soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

, One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

. He is the first-born son and second child of Todd Manning
Todd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...

 and Blair Cramer
Blair Cramer
Blair Cramer is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live...

.

Casting

The role of Jack Manning was created on-screen by baby child actor
Child actor
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s Ryan and Riley Cramer, who were alternately in the roles from October 11, 2001 through 2003. Jack was then played as in early childhood
Early childhood
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 by Christian Thomas Ashdale from 2003 through 2004, Jack Boscoe from January 2005 through October 2006, and by Thomas Christian Justusson from December 2006 through August 2007. Carmen LoPorto stepped into the role in preadolescence, portraying Jack from September 3, 2007 through January 3, 2011. In February 2011, the character was SORAS
Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome
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ed to a teenager, with Andrew Trischitta in the role since February 22, 2011.

Birth and Childhood

In 2001, a pregnant Blair goes to San Blas, Nayarit
San Blas, Nayarit
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, Mexico
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 to have her child, followed by Todd; thinking the baby is Max Holden
Max Holden (One Life to Live)
Max Holden is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was most popularly portrayed by James DePaiva.-Storylines:Max Holden came to Llanview in 1987 and as soon as he got there, he became involved in a love triangle with two women, Tina Lord Roberts and Gabrielle Medina....

’s, Todd lies to Blair and tells her the little boy died soon after his birth on October 10, 2001. Todd goes to the airport, and gives the baby to a pair of nuns. Witnessing this, David Vickers
David Vickers
David Vickers Buchanan is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by Tuc Watkins.-Appearances:...

 gets the child back and brings him to where Todd and Blair are staying; Todd pays David a hefty sum to get rid of the baby. David gives the child to a rich Texas
Texas
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 couple, the Millers, but Todd discovers that the boy is indeed his son and forces David to reveal his location. Todd gets him back and he and Blair name their son Jack; David blackmails Todd, threatening to tell Blair everything. Todd turns the tables on him, but Blair eventually finds out. Margaret Cochran
Margaret Cochran
Margaret Cochran is a fictional character on the soap opera, One Life to Live. The character was played by Rebecca Mader from March 26 to June 8, 2004...

, obsessed with Todd, kidnaps young Jack in 2004, but he is later returned. As a preteen, Jack becomes mischievous like his sister Starr
Starr Manning
Starr Irene Manning is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Portrayed by Kristen Alderson since 1998, Starr is the oldest child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer, and was originally known for her mischievous behavior, exacerbated by her parents' volatile...

 before him, learning manipulative ways, as well as obnoxious and disrespectful behavior from his father.

Teenage years

In 2011, Jack began a vicious rivalry with Shane Morasco in high school. He, along with his cohort/stooge, Brad Kozinski, make it their mission to destroy Shane and take everything away from him. They then began to do all sorts of vicious things to him, including stealing his rescue inhaler while he was having an asthma attack; stealing money Shane was collecting for a school charity drive and then framing him for the theft; writing vicious and cruel messages on MyFace; even going so far as to take his clothes away from him during gym class and shoot a video of Shane naked and then posting it online. Jack feels that Shane, whose mother is a waitress at a cafe, and his father is a private investigator, is nothing; while he (Jack) is the son of Todd Manning, a wealthy newspaper publisher, and the nephew of Dorian Lord, Llanview's mayor, which, to his mind, allows him to do anything he wants. When anyone confronts him for what he does, Jack denies any wrongdoing. The cruel bullying drives Shane to nearly commit suicide by throwing himself off the roof of Llanview High School. (Shane, however, was saved by his parents, Rex Balsom
Rex Balsom
Rex Balsom is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier since May 9, 2002.With the character initially named "Jamie" prior to production, then-Executive Producer Gary Tomlin "toyed with the idea" of putting Rex in a gay storyline;...

 and Gigi Morasco
Gigi Morasco
Gigi Morasco is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Farah Fath since October 24, 2007 to June 29, 2011 and October 2011 to present . She returned as a ghost on August 1, 2011 .-Background and Arrival:Gigi was born in 1979 and was briefly presumed dead...

, and is currently in therapy for this issue.) Jack is confronted on this behavior by his mother, Blair and his sister, Starr, but he again feigns innocence of his vicious actions. The truly unrepentant Jack continues to bully Shane, even in the face of him being grounded, and losing his phone and internet privileges. Jack's behavior is later revealed to Todd, when he awakens from the coma he was in. Todd, who initially encouraged Jack's bad behavior, is also disappointed, and sides with Blair on him being punished.

On June 6th, Jack and Brad attempt to harass Shane at the gym after Gigi denies Jack service at her café, but Shane stands up to them and deliberately crushes Jack's foot with a barbell, causing Jack to cry and both Shane and Brad made fun of him for it. Blair easily sees through Jack's attempts to gain sympathy and informs him that he will now be grounded even longer. She later admits to Tomas Delgado that she is happy that somebody stood up to her son. Jack, who still refuses to learn his lesson, begins to pose as a fictitious person named Comicgirl15, as another attempt to harass and bully Shane. Shane quickly realizes it's Jack and tells Gigi when she asks why he is on MyFace. When "she" invites Shane to a party, Gigi makes Shane leave and poses as him to gain information from Jack and "kick his butt." She goes to the place where Shane was slated to go, and Jack and two of his stooges lock her in a room, thinking that was Shane. Gigi is stuck in a basement with an old back-up power generator that is leaking carbon monoxide, on the day of her wedding. Jack goes to the courthouse with Tea and is shocked to see Shane there. Shane and Jack have it out, and Shane, Rex and Roxy
Roxy Balsom
Roxanne Louise "Roxy" Balsom is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live...

 realize that Gigi is late to her wedding because of Jack, but Jack pretends not to know what they are talking about.

After looking at the messages on Tea's laptop, Rex looks for Gigi and finds her in the basement of a rental home owned by Brad's dad. Rex takes Gigi to the hospital and calls Roxy to tell her and Shane to be with him. Shane threatens to kill Jack if anything is wrong with his mother. While at the hospital, the doctor tells Rex that "it's too late." Tea takes Jack to see his father in jail and Todd scares him in to admitting that he tried to set up Shane. Tea Delgado
Téa Delgado
Téa Delgado is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Florencia Lozano from January 27, 1997 to March 2, 2000 and briefly in 2002; Lozano returned to the role once again on December 5, 2008.A stern but passionate personality, the character has...

 enters at that moment and discovers that Jack did indeed try to set up Shane. She proceeds to warn Jack that he could be tried as an adult for murder if Gigi doesn't pull through. Jack finally shows remorse for his actions, and while arguing with Todd, John and Brody, having found his fingerprints all over the basement, arrive and arrest him. After being held and his friend Brad being a witness to the crime, Brad takes the fall for Jack out of fear and Jack is released from custody thanks to Todd bribing Brad's father, which angers Rex by nearly fighting Todd in front of John. Once at home, he and his father have a conversation and Todd decides to give Jack an attitude makeover by making him work at his father's newspaper for the summer. During the job, Jack asks Todd, "What secret are we keeping from McPain?". Then Todd hands Natalie's original paternity proving that John is the father and not Brody, so as of the summer of 2011, Jack, Vimal, Marty, Todd and Brody are the only ones who know about Liam's paternity. Later while working at the Sun, Jack is attacked by someone with Todd's original face.

During the "Vickerman" movie premiere on August 1st, 2011, the man claiming to be the real Todd Manning (played by the original Todd Manning, Roger Howarth
Roger Howarth
Roger Howarth is an American actor. He portrays Todd Manning on the daytime drama One Life to Live, a character which became an iconic fixture in the genre's medium, and earned Howarth a Daytime Emmy Award...

) pleads to Starr and Jack to believe him. Jack sides with the Todd Manning (played by Trevor St. John
Trevor St. John
Trevor Marshall St. John is an American actor. He portrayed Todd Manning/Victor Lord Jr. on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, and has starred in various prime time shows and film.-Career:...

) he's known as his father most of his life, saying rude things to the other Todd. The next day he tells his sister, Starr that his dad saved him from going to jail for Gigi's death and that "only a father can do that". Later, when a DNA test confirms that both of them are Todd Manning, he is not confused or shocked like the others. When Jack's long-presumed dead paternal grandmother, Irene Manning, reveals that the man thought to be Todd Manning for the past eight years is her son Victor Jr. and that the man who claims he is the real Todd Manning is proven to be the real Todd, Jack sides with Victor over his father because Victor has been there for him and he refuses to hear his father's story. On October 7, 2011, Jack takes over ownership of The Sun after Irene's death (Irene had wanted Jack to run the newspaper), and wrote a scathing cover story on his father Todd, who he suspects murdered his uncle Victor Jr. On October 12, 2011, shane confronts Jack at the cementary near Victor Jr.'s gravesite, and accused him of being responsible for Gigi's death, and for lying about witnessing Todd murdering Victor Jr., because Shane admitted to him that he knocked him out with his father's gun on the doorsteps of Victor Jr's house the night of the murder. Shane then shoots at a tree to scare Jack to think he might kill him. Bo and Rex then discovered both Jack and Shane at the cementary, and took them both to the police station for questioning. Shane told them that after he knocked out Jack with the gun and tried to kill him, he then changed his mind and took Jack to drop him off at the hospital. Jack goes to the 'Sun' and stumbles upon a girl who introduces herself as Neela Patel and he offers to take get her out of there but he is unaware that he is Neela's dream guy. Later on, Jack sets the 'Sun' on fire unbeknownst to him Vimal and Rama Patel are still in the building.

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