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Mother : Augusta Lockridge

Raised by : Augusta and Lionel Lockridge

Sister : Laken Lockridge (half-sister)

Married to : B.J. Walker (1993-...)

Former known girlfriends : Summer Blake (1984-1985), Maggie Gillis (1985), Cassandra Benedict (1990), Angela Raymond (1991-1992)

Professions : Sea rescuer, journalist at the Santa Barbara Sentinel then at The Santa Barbara Conscience, journalism teacher

John Allen Nelson :
August 01 1984 (# 3) to April 29 1986 (# 446)

Scott Jenkins :
January 07 1987 (# 621) to March 24 1987 (# 675)

Jack Wagner :
July 01 1991 (# 1746) to January 15 1993 (# 2137)

Warren Lockridge is, in the first years of Santa Barbara, introduced as Augusta and Lionel Lockridge's reckless and seducer son. Not decided to take again the reins of an empire in decline, Warren lives of little jobs, in particular sea rescuer, and earn money every months thanks to some visits at the Casino.

He suddenly gives up his views on his sister Laken's friend, Jade Perkins, for Summer Blake. He falls really in love with her, until she is killed by the carnation killer, a.k.a. Peter Flint, in 1985. Very close to Lionel, his father he enormously respects, Warren tries thereafter to help him when he is suspected of the murder of Channing Capwell Junior five years ago. Until he finds himself, for a while, on the suspects list.

Finally cleaned, he meets Maggie Gillis, Cruz Castillo's colleague in the police. They both fall in love, but Maggie is married and Warren must admit the truth : she will never give up her deaf, dumb, blind and paralysed husband Ben. Warren then only finds comfort in games, becoming an obsessive addicted to the new Capwell Casino. After some new catastrophic losses at games and a money robbery of which he is recognized guilty, Warren decides to leave the town in 1986.

He comes back shortly in Santa Barbara at the beginning of 1987, but his marks get lost : his sister, Laken, is gone and his mother, Augusta, left his father. Warren prefers to go off again.

He will really reappear only in 1991, more wise but always such a seducer. There, he learns with stupor that Cassandra Benedict, with who he had a love-affair these last months is in fact Minx Lockridge's hidden daughter, that is to say... his aunt ! Warren then breaks all the links with her and turns himself towards Angela Raymond. What was at the beginning only the story of one single evening becomes a great passion and Cassandra will try in vain to separate them. Angela also supports Warren when he is accused of having attempted to kill Mason Capwell and of having killed Amado Gonzalez by accident. It is by investigating with her in spite of a murder charge, that he discovers the identity of the real culprit, Craig Hunt.

Warren is again very surprised when the same year, he learns from his mother's mouth the terrible secret which haunted her for years : he is not Lionel's son, but the son of one of his mother's transition lover ! What he believes to be an operation of Cassandra to break any family tie between them however turns to be the truth. But nothing changes, Warren remains faithful to Angela.

Meanwhile, Warren began a career in journalism : he indeed repurchases the local newspaper, The Santa Barbara Conscience, and gives writing lessons at the college. That's here that he meets B.J. Walker who attends to his lessons, initially disguised as a boy, Troy. Warren supports her during the problems she undergoes with justice and finally falls in love with her. Helped in that by the fact that Angela left him for Ted Capwell... Finally, Warren decides to ask B.J. in marriage and marries her in the last episode of the show...

Read also : The murder of Channing Capwell Jr.