Ron Raines
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Ron Raines (born December 2, 1949, in Texas City, Texas) is an American actor best known for the role of Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light.
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[edit] Career
Raines came to Guiding Light in 1994 in his first television role.[1] He is the third actor to play the part of the sinister, nefarious Alan Spaulding.
Raines also is a Broadway star, appearing in the 1992 Broadway revival of Show Boat with Donald O'Connor, Teddy & Alice with Len Cariou, touring with Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown and the international production of Can Can with Chita Rivera.
He was offered a part in the national touring production of The Sound of Music with Marie Osmond on the same day as he was offered the Guiding Light role and decided to take the GL role to be close to his family in New York City.[1]
Raines has recorded two solo albums: So In Love With Broadway and Broadway Passion, along with several musicals including Man of LaMancha and Pajama Game.
[edit] Personal life
Raines' father was an evangelical minister, and Raines became interested in music through the church.[1] He was once in a band called Renaissance.
He graduated from Nacogdoches High School in Nacogdoches, Texas, and then attended college "basically just trying to stay out of the Vietnam War." He decided to pursue singing and acting when he was in his early twenties.[1]
[edit] Family
Ron and his wife Dona have a daughter, Charlotte, who began college in the fall of 2007.[1]
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