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Fun Facts
Ron wrote jokes for Johnny Carson during the 80's that he performed during his monologues on "The
Tonight Show"
Ron and Stephen Baldwin share the same birthday of May 16th and had a birthday celebration and cake
on the set of "Midnight Clear" in Southlake Texas.
Ron and Jason Wiles of "Third Watch" grew up about 3 miles
from each other without ever meeting in Lenexa, Kansas or Kansas City, Missouri. They met on the set of ABC's "A House Divided"
in Waxahachie Texas.
Ron and Kevin Sorbo discovered they have mutual friends and relatives living in Branson,
Missouri while taking a break together when filming "Walking Tall Part 2: The Payback" in Kaufman Texas.
Ron was
performing stand-up comedy at The Hyena Club when a member of the audience approached and gave him some advice after his set.
The fellow told Ron that he would get more laughs if he quit telling such entertaining stories. "People in the audience weren't
laughing as often as they should so as not to miss part of your story", The man said.
Ron was doing character
research for a part as a homeless man in a TV series. He went to a Goodwill Store and purchased old, worn, hand-me-down clothing.
The next day he returned wearing the wardrobe along with beard stubble and stood outside the Goodwill store and watched peoples
reactions to his appearance as they passed by. A well dressed lady came up and pressed a crisp five dollar bill into his hand
and with quivering voice said; "God Bless You" and drove off in a new Mercedes.
Ron joined a carnival for a few
days and helped the "Ride Monkeys", as they called themselves, assemble rides for research as a "carney" in a movie. They
were not told he was an actor, and the grounds boss told him he had "moxie" and offered him a full time job. After the audition,
Ron felt he should have taken it. Ron's still proud that he has "moxie".
On the set of "Missionary Man" Ron took
a very realistic fall as he was exiting the door of the convenience store. A pair of huge hands grabbed him by the shoulders
to stop him from falling, and when Ron looked up there was a big smiling face with blond hair saying; "Nice work, Mr. De Niro"!
It was Actor Dolf Lundgren.
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