Ron Raines

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Ron Raines
Born (1949-12-02) December 2, 1949 (age 74)
Texas City, Texas
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
SpouseDona D. Vaughn
Children1

Ron Raines (born December 2, 1949) is an American actor. He is known for the role of Alan Spaulding on the television soap opera Guiding Light. Raines also performs in musical theatre and in concert with symphony orchestras.

Career

Early years

Raines was born in

Juilliard. Oklahoma City University, where he received his undergraduate degree, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2021.[3]

Television

Raines joined

The Blacklist portraying Dominic Wilkinson, replacing Brian Dennehy
after the latter's death.

Web series

In 2013, Raines joined the online reboot of One Life to Live as Carl Peterson

In 2014, Raines played Senator William Preston in the soap opera web series Beacon Hill.[5][6]

Operas/Operettas

He made his debut at

The Gypsy Princess, The Desert Song, The New Moon and Die Fledermaus
.

Musical theatre

Raines appeared on Broadway in the 1983 Broadway revival of Show Boat (as "Ravenal"); the 1987 Broadway production of Teddy & Alice[7] and as "Billy Flynn" in the long-running revival of Chicago in 2002.

He has also appeared in productions of

Guys and Dolls, A Little Night Music, Kismet and Man of La Mancha. He played the role of Johnny Brown in the Debbie Reynolds US tour of The Unsinkable Molly Brown in 1990.[8]

In 1994, he was offered a part in the national touring production of The Sound of Music with Marie Osmond on the same day he was offered the role of Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light. He decided to take the TV role.[3]

He appeared in the

Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for this role.[12]

He appeared in the Broadway musical Newsies as Joseph Pulitzer from October 9, 2012, through December 16, 2012, as a temporary replacement for John Dossett.[13] He also 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.

Concerts and recordings

As a concert performer, Raines has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Utah, Dallas, Minnesota, Omaha, Pittsburgh (with Marvin Hamlisch), Philadelphia Pops (with Peter Nero), San Diego, San Francisco, Tulsa and Washington, D.C.. He also appeared with the Boston Pops (with John Williams and Keith Lockhart).

He has performed with BBC Concert Orchestra in London, the Royal Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony and the Israeli Philharmonic.

Raines has appeared in several PBS Great Performances specials and has recorded two solo albums: So In Love With Broadway (2004)[14] and Broadway Passion,[15] along with several musicals including

Pajama Game on the Jay Records
album label.

Personal life

Raines and his wife Dona D. Vaughn have a daughter, Charlotte.[3] He is a cousin to American self-help author Jaclyn Johnston.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Norman Johnson, I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Xlibris Corporation, 2012).
  2. ^ Show Music, Volume 7 (Max O. Preeo, 1991):37.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Raines Maker". Soap Opera Weekly. 2007-02-13. pp. 16–17.
  4. ^ " 'Elementary' Press Release" cbspressexpress.com, March 25, 2014
  5. ABC Soaps In Depth. February 28, 2014. Archived from the original
    on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "The Characters". Beaconhilltheseries.com. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "'Tedy&Alice' Listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed June 22, 2011
  8. ^ Nelson, Nels."'Unsinkable Molly Brown' Opens Debbie Reynolds Recreates Her Title Role From The Movie" Daily News (Philadelphia), May 2, 1990
  9. ^ Gans, Andrew. " 'Hats Off, Here They Come, Those Beautiful Girls': Starry 'Follies' Begins Kennedy Center Run May 7" Archived 2011-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, May 7, 2011
  10. ^ Mandelbaum, Ken."Ken Mandelbaum's MUSICALS ON DISC: Follies on Disc" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, April 12, 1998
  11. ^ Gans, Andrew (January 22, 2012). "Hey, L.A., We're Coming Your Way: 'Follies' Ends Broadway Run Jan. 22". Playbill. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  12. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "'Once', 'Clybourne Park', 'Porgy and Bess', Audra McDonald, 'Salesman' Win Tony Awards" Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today Playbill.com, June 10, 2012
  13. ^ Gans, Andrew. "'Follies' Star Ron Raines Will Join Cast of Broadway's 'Newsies'" Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, September 28, 2012
  14. ^ "'So in Love With Broadway' Listing" allmusic.com, accessed June 22, 2011
  15. ^ "Raines Biography" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine jayrecords.com, accessed June 22, 2011

External links

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