Victor Mitchell

Victor Mitchell is a fictional character from the soap opera Life of Today. The character is portray by Orlando Brown, who first appear on April 12, 1996. He is the Mitchell Family patriarch and is married to Madeline Mitchell. According to his wife, he had several affairs with different women over the time they were married, and it resulted in one child, Sara Winters, the Mitchell family rival family, the Winters.

Casting
Texas Battle was intially the first choice the portray the role. Battle filmed six episodes, but producers decides to replace and issue another casting call for the character again, therefore Battle scenes were deleted. Orlando Brown stepped into the role after having a screen view with castmembers, Alaina Aldrich and Rae'Kwon Youmans. Brown signed a contract with the series and made his first appearance April 12, 1996.

In August 2009, it was announced Brown was being demoted to a recurring status.

In 2012, news broke that Brown was let go from the series. He character was killed off and made his final appearance October 30, 2012.

Backstory
Victor is the father to five children with his wife, Madeline Mitchell, Liam Mitchell, Katie Mitchell, Riley Mitchell, Nina Mitchell, and John Mitchell. He had an affair with the Winters family mother, Samantha Winters, and it resulted in Sara Winters.

1996-2012
Victor and his wife, Madeline Mitchell, first appear in town when Riley has memory loss, but he eventually recover. They stayed in town for a short visit, but return to town in late June permanently. Victor meets Nancy Gellerman, begins an affair with her, unknown to Victor, Nancy has agenda for him. Nancy goes to the news reporter and acclaims rape charges on Victor, even though she's lying, Victor is sent to jail. After Nancy talks to Madeline, she drop charges against Victor and he is release from jail.

In October 1996, when Liam gets arrested from drug charges, Victor hires former lawyer, Katlyn Thomas, to help him, Liam is release after Katlyn destroys the evidence. John falls into a coma next month and his wife Arianna Black decides to move him Chicago to a better faculty. After that incident, Victor plans to launch his own company, his children doesn't like what its doing to him, so he disowns for a period of time, but realizes family is everything, so his family reconcile soon.