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American actor (born 1949)

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.

Raines was born in Texas City, Texas. His father was a Church of the Nazarene minister, and Raines became interested in music through the church. He was once in a band called Renaissance. He graduated from Nacogdoches High School in Nacogdoches, Texas, graduated from Oklahoma City University and later attended Juilliard. He decided to pursue a career in performing after he finished Juilliard. Oklahoma City University, where he received his undergraduate degree, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2021. In 2020, Raines joined the cast of The Blacklist portraying Dominic Wilkinson, replacing Brian Dennehy after the latter's death.

He made his debut at New York City Opera as "Danilo" in The Merry Widow. Subsequently, he has appeared in Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie, The Gypsy Princess, The Desert Song, The New Moon and Die Fledermaus.

Raines appeared on Broadway in the 1983 Broadway revival of Show Boat (as "Ravenal"); the 1987 Broadway production of Teddy & Alice and as "Billy Flynn" in the long running revival of Chicago in 2002. He has also appeared in productions of South Pacific, Annie, Kiss Me, Kate, Can Can, The King and I, Brigadoon, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Pajama Game, 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. 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. He had played this role previously in the 1988 Michigan Opera production (with Juliet Prowse and Nancy Dussault). He reprised his role in the Broadway engagement at the Marquis Theatre from August 7, 2011 (in previews) through January 22, 2012. Raines continued with this production in the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California engagement, from May 3, 2012, through June 9, 2012. Raines received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for this role. 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. 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.

Raines and his wife Dona D. Vaughn have a daughter, Charlotte. He is a cousin to American self help author Jaclyn Johnston.