Frank Runyeon
{{short description|American actor (born 1953)}}
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| name = Frank Runyeon
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|23}}
| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Annie Runyeon (1980–present)
| children = 3
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Frank Runyeon (born August 23, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actor, best known for playing Steve Andropoulos on the soap opera As the World Turns.
Career
Frank Runyeon played Steve Andropoulos on CBS's As the World Turns from 1980 to 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://herald-review.com/entertainment/local/frank-runyeon-of-as-the-world-turns-performing-shows/article_6e7f922d-4c14-5231-9243-aee5b69ec2d2.html|title=Frank Runyeon of 'As the World Turns' performing shows|last=Writer|first=JIM VOREL H&R Staff|website=Herald-Review.com|date=25 January 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/former-soap-opera-actor-has-new-calling/article_3c4d4af2-2476-11e8-b628-2f487c7eae1d.html|title=Former soap opera actor has new calling|last=BUHLER|first=MIKE|website=The Norfolk Daily News|date=10 March 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/2018052-world-turns-star-brings-hollywood-vs-faith-duluth|title='As the World Turns' star brings 'Hollywood vs. Faith' to Duluth|last=Apr 20th 2013 - 9pm|first=Duluth Budgeteer {{!}}|website=Duluth News Tribune|date=21 April 2013 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/living/2017/09/soap_opera_actor_frank_runyeon_to_perform_sermon_on_the_mount_at_ludlow_agawam_churches.html|title=Soap opera actor Frank Runyeon to perform 'Sermon on the Mount' at Ludlow, Agawam churches|last=Republican|first=Cori Urban {{!}} Special to The|date=2017-09-06|website=masslive|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}
After leaving CBS, Runyeon starred as Michael Donnelly on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara from 1988 to 1991.{{Cite web |title=Emmy Nominated Actor Frank Runyeon coming to Holy Childhood |url=https://www.heraldpubs.com/2024/02/29/emmy-nominated-actor-frank-runyeon-coming-to-holy-childhood/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Herald Publications |language=en-US}} He appeared as Simon Romero on ABC's soap General Hospital in 1992, and as Ed McClain on Another World in 1994 and a short appearance as Angel on The Young and the Restless, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2016/daytime-emmy-nominations-2016-complete-list-531972468/.html|title=Daytime Emmy nominations 2016: Complete list}} He has also guest-starred on numerous prime-time television shows, including LA Law, Falcon Crest, and Melrose Place. He starred as Detective Marty Lowery in the 1985 feature film, Sudden Death.{{Cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/13/movies/screen-sudden-death.html |date=1985-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125141903/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/13/movies/screen-sudden-death.html |archive-date=2017-11-25 |access-date=2023-10-17 |first=Janet |last=Maslin |title=SCREEN: 'SUDDEN DEATH' |work=New York Times}}
Personal life
Runyeon took a sabbatical from Hollywood in the early 1990s to go to seminary. He graduated from The Hill School in 1971. A 1975 graduate of Princeton University, he studied at Fuller Seminary and Yale Divinity School before receiving his Masters, with honors, from General Theological Seminary in 1994. He then translated and adapted six different texts from the New Testament for performance as one-man shows. He has performed in over 2,000 churches of all denominations in 47 states. Runyeon also frequently speaks about the media.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Western New York Catholic |url=https://wnycatholic.org/2023/02/09/frank-runyeon-to-perform-two-day-lenten-mission/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Western New York Catholic |language=en-US}}
Runyeon and his wife Annie were married in 1980 and have three children.
Filmography
- Sudden Death (1985) as Det. Marty Lowery
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0750356|name=Frank Runyeon}}
- [http://www.runyeonproductions.com/ Runyeon Productions]
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Category:American male television actors
Category:American male soap opera actors
Category:Yale Divinity School alumni
Category:Fuller Theological Seminary alumni
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:The Hill School alumni
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