Daytime soap ends after 72 years Apr 3, 2009
"It's a very sad thing, but these are the times we live in," said Ron Raines who plays villain Alan Spaulding. Procter & Gamble Productions, which makes the show, informed cast and crew of the news on Wednesday at separate sets in New York and New Jersey. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Guiding Light turns off Apr 2, 2009
The numbers are really tough for all of these old dramas, said Ron Raines, the actor who portrayed the villain Alan Spaulding in Guiding Light. I don t think any of the other shows want any of us to go off. (The Palm Beach Post)
Guiding Light Goes Dark Apr 2, 2009
The show stars Grant Aleksander, Murray Bartlett, Jeff Branson, Robert Bogue, E.J. Bonilla, Mandy Bruno, Orlagh Cassidy, Beth Chamberlin, Crystal Chappell, Jordan Clarke, Bradley Cole, Zack Conroy, Daniel Cosgrove, Justin Deas, Bonnie Dennison, Frank Dicopoulos, Marj Dusay, Elizabeth Keifer, Maeve Kinkead, Jessica Leccia, Kane Manera, Kurt McKinney, Karla Mosley, Robert Newman, Michael O'Leary, Ron Raines, Marcy Rylan, Tina Sloan, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Gina Tognoni, Caitlin VanZandt, Yvonna... (WTVR.com, VA)
TV's "Guiding Light" Going Dark Apr 2, 2009
"The numbers are really tough for all of these old dramas," said Ron Raines, the actor who portrayed the villain Alan Spaulding on "Guiding Light.". "I don't think any of the other shows want any of us to go off. We're all in this together," he said. (CBS News)
After 72 years, Guiding Light switching off Apr 2, 2009
The numbers are really tough for all of these old dramas, said Ron Raines, the actor who portrayed the villain Alan Spaulding in Guiding Light. . (MSNBC -- Television)
Brady's undercover girl Dec 31, 2007
Pops welcomes some notable 'Friends'Actor Ron Raines is best known to millions as the sometimes dastardly Alan Spaulding on the CBS soap opera "Guiding Light." But Raines was all smiles for the thousands at Symphony Hall hearing his "Gershwin & Friends" concerts with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops over the weekend. Raines has his fifth show with the Pops tonight. (Boston Globe)
PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Old Acquaintance Friend and Fiend Jul 1, 2007
Numbering among the season's first first-nighters: Joan Copeland, John Lee Beatty, Tommy Tune, Lynn Nottage, Anne Jackson, Andrew McCarthy, Warren Leight, Kathleen Marshall, Ron Raines, Penny Fuller, Eve Ensler, Andre Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Lisa Emery, Scott Ellis, Richard Ferrone, Richard Poe and arriving late from their own shows, 110 in the Shade's Audra McDonald and Inherit the Wind's Beth Fowler. The cast of Old Acquaintance takes their opening night bows. (Playbill.com)
