1. Ron Raines was born on December 2,1949 and is an American actor.
23 Facts About Ron Raines
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Ron Raines is known for the role of Alan Spaulding on the television soap opera Guiding Light.
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Ron Raines's father was a Church of the Nazarene minister, and Raines became interested in music through the church.
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Ron Raines graduated from Nacogdoches High School in Nacogdoches, Texas, graduated from Oklahoma City University and later attended Juilliard.
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Ron Raines decided to pursue a career in performing after he finished Juilliard.
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Ron Raines joined Guiding Light in 1994 in his first television role.
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Ron Raines is the third actor to play the part of the sinister, nefarious Alan Spaulding, a role which has earned him three Emmy nominations.
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Ron Raines remained on Guiding Light through its cancellation in 2009.
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In 2020, Ron Raines joined the cast of The Blacklist portraying Dominic Wilkinson, replacing Brian Dennehy after the latter's death.
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In 2013, Ron Raines joined the online reboot of One Life to Live as Carl Peterson.
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In 2014, Ron Raines played Senator William Preston in the soap opera web series Beacon Hill.
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Ron Raines made his debut at New York City Opera as "Danilo" in The Merry Widow.
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Ron Raines played the role of Johnny Brown in the Debbie Reynolds US tour of The Unsinkable Molly Brown in 1990.
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Ron Raines appeared in the Kennedy Center production of Follies from May 7,2011, through June 19,2011, as Ben Stone, with Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Elaine Paige.
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Ron Raines had played this role previously in the 1988 Michigan Opera production.
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Ron Raines reprised his role in the Broadway engagement at the Marquis Theatre from August 7,2011 through January 22,2012.
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Ron Raines continued with this production in the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California engagement, from May 3,2012, through June 9,2012.
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Ron Raines received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for this role.
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Ron Raines appeared in the Broadway musical Newsies as Joseph Pulitzer from October 9,2012, through December 16,2012, as a temporary replacement for John Dossett.
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Ron Raines appeared in the Broadway revival of Annie as Daddy Warbucks from December 10,2013, until it closed on January 5,2014, as a replacement for Anthony Warlow.
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Ron Raines has performed with BBC Concert Orchestra in London, the Royal Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony and the Israeli Philharmonic.
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Ron Raines has appeared in several PBS Great Performances specials and has recorded two solo albums: So In Love With Broadway and Broadway Passion, along with several musicals including Man of La Mancha and Pajama Game on the Jay Records album label.
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Ron Raines is a cousin to American self-help author Jaclyn Johnston.