Ricky Paull Goldin
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Richard "Ricky" Paull Goldin (born January 5, 1965) is an American
actor
. He is currently in the cast of All My Children
as Jake Martin
since April 2008. He left Guiding Light
as Gus Aitoro
in April 2008.
sitcom, Hail to the Chief
, playing the son of the first female President of the United States
(played by Patty Duke
). Also in 1985 Goldin appeared in Season 2 episode 27 "Final Approach" of Macgyver (TV Series) as Tommy a troubled youth in a gang. He also hosted a short-lived docu-dating show called Street Match in 1993, which aired on prime-time on ABC.
Goldin appeared in the made-for-TV
movie
entitled The Face in 1996 with Yasmine Bleeth
. The film was also called A Face to Die For. Goldin also appeared in the made-for-TV
movie
entitled Talk to Me in 1996 with Yasmine Bleeth
. He appeared in the movie Lambada and on Broadway
as Danny Zuko in a revival of the musical Grease
. He also appeared in one episode of ALF
, acting as Danny (Linn's boyfriend).
Ricky Paull Goldin also had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom Kate and Allie as Allie's daughter Jenny's boyfriend, Jason.
on the long-running soap opera
Guiding Light
. He portrayed the role from 2001 until his character was killed off on April 1, 2008 and has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for that role.
Prior to Guiding Light
, Goldin was best known for portraying Dean Frame on the daytime drama Another World
, a role he played from 1990 to 1993, from 1994 to 1995, and again briefly in 1998. He also appeared on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless
in the role of stalker Gary Dawson (1999–2000).
Goldin has appeared in several promotions on behalf of Guiding Light
. In 2005, fans voted Goldin and former co-star Beth Ehlers
and their characters, Gus and Harley, as the top couple in "The Most Irresistible Combination" contest (which was partially sponsored by Procter & Gamble
, the company that produces Guiding Light
). Goldin appeared in a promotion for the product "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", which was being promoted by Procter & Gamble
.
It was announced on March 5, 2008 (a week after he announced he would be leaving the role of Gus on Guiding Light
) that Goldin would be joining All My Children
in the recast role of Dr. Joseph 'Jake' Martin. In 2010, he was nominated for his third Daytime Emmy Award, his first for his work on All My Children, in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category. In 2011, he was nominated again, this time in the Outstanding Lead Actor category for All My Children.
, California
, the son of British-born parents PJ Goldin, an actress, and Professor Paul Goldin, a magician and hypnotist. His uncle is British film director Jack Gold
.
Goldin was engaged to be married to actresses Yasmine Bleeth
in 1995 and Priscilla Taylor
in 2001. In 2001, Goldin married British
film producer Emma Ford, but the marriage was annulled in 2002.
Goldin's co-stars have said that he could take on a second career as an interior designer; Stephanie Gatschet
said, "He has the nicest apartment I've ever seen in my life."
He currently lives in California with fiancée TV fashion personality Gretta Monahan and their first child Kai Rei, who was born October 21, 2010 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles, CA, weighing 9 lbs. 11 oz.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is currently in the cast of All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
as Jake Martin
Jake Martin (All My Children)
Dr. Joseph Henry "Jake" Martin, Jr. is a fictional character on the long-running American daytime drama All My Children. Since the character's on-screen birth in 1979, he has been portrayed by several actors, most recently by Ricky Paull Goldin, who took over the role on April 30, 2008 until the...
since April 2008. He left Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
as Gus Aitoro
Gus Aitoro
Augustus "Gus" Aitoro is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light...
in April 2008.
Movies, theater, and prime-time television
In 1985, Goldin starred in the short-lived ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sitcom, Hail to the Chief
Hail to the Chief (TV series)
Hail to the Chief is an American sitcom about the first woman President of the United States, portrayed by Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke...
, playing the son of the first female President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
(played by Patty Duke
Patty Duke
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke is an American actress of stage, film, and television. First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, and later starring in her eponymous sitcom for three years, she progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely...
). Also in 1985 Goldin appeared in Season 2 episode 27 "Final Approach" of Macgyver (TV Series) as Tommy a troubled youth in a gang. He also hosted a short-lived docu-dating show called Street Match in 1993, which aired on prime-time on ABC.
Goldin appeared in the made-for-TV
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
entitled The Face in 1996 with Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth is an American actress. Her television roles include Caroline Holden in the long-running series Baywatch.-Early life and career:...
. The film was also called A Face to Die For. Goldin also appeared in the made-for-TV
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
entitled Talk to Me in 1996 with Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth is an American actress. Her television roles include Caroline Holden in the long-running series Baywatch.-Early life and career:...
. He appeared in the movie Lambada and on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
as Danny Zuko in a revival of the musical Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
. He also appeared in one episode of ALF
ALF (TV series)
ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...
, acting as Danny (Linn's boyfriend).
Ricky Paull Goldin also had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom Kate and Allie as Allie's daughter Jenny's boyfriend, Jason.
Daytime television
Among other television roles, he is best known for his role as Gus AitoroGus Aitoro
Augustus "Gus" Aitoro is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light...
on the long-running soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
. He portrayed the role from 2001 until his character was killed off on April 1, 2008 and has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for that role.
Prior to Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
, Goldin was best known for portraying Dean Frame on the daytime drama Another World
Another World (TV series)
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
, a role he played from 1990 to 1993, from 1994 to 1995, and again briefly in 1998. He also appeared on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
in the role of stalker Gary Dawson (1999–2000).
Goldin has appeared in several promotions on behalf of Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
. In 2005, fans voted Goldin and former co-star Beth Ehlers
Beth Ehlers
-Personal life:Born in Queens, New York, Ehlers eventually moved closer to Manhattan and attended Satellite Academy, a performing arts school, as a child. Ehlers briefly attended Syracuse University before focusing on her acting career....
and their characters, Gus and Harley, as the top couple in "The Most Irresistible Combination" contest (which was partially sponsored by Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
, the company that produces Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
). Goldin appeared in a promotion for the product "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", which was being promoted by Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
.
It was announced on March 5, 2008 (a week after he announced he would be leaving the role of Gus on Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
) that Goldin would be joining All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
in the recast role of Dr. Joseph 'Jake' Martin. In 2010, he was nominated for his third Daytime Emmy Award, his first for his work on All My Children, in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category. In 2011, he was nominated again, this time in the Outstanding Lead Actor category for All My Children.
Personal life
Goldin was born in San FranciscoSan Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, the son of British-born parents PJ Goldin, an actress, and Professor Paul Goldin, a magician and hypnotist. His uncle is British film director Jack Gold
Jack Gold
Jack Gold is a British film and television director. He was part of the British Realist Tradition that followed Free Cinema.-Career:...
.
Goldin was engaged to be married to actresses Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth is an American actress. Her television roles include Caroline Holden in the long-running series Baywatch.-Early life and career:...
in 1995 and Priscilla Taylor
Priscilla Taylor
Priscilla Lee Inga Taylor is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1996 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley....
in 2001. In 2001, Goldin married British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
film producer Emma Ford, but the marriage was annulled in 2002.
Goldin's co-stars have said that he could take on a second career as an interior designer; Stephanie Gatschet
Stephanie Gatschet
Stephanie Lucile Gatschet is an American actress, who has appeared on the soap operas Guiding Light and currently All My Children .-Early career:...
said, "He has the nicest apartment I've ever seen in my life."
He currently lives in California with fiancée TV fashion personality Gretta Monahan and their first child Kai Rei, who was born October 21, 2010 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Originally established as Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a non-profit, tertiary 958-bed hospital and multi-specialty academic health science centre located in Los Angeles, California, US. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over...
in Los Angeles, CA, weighing 9 lbs. 11 oz.