Ron Harris:  

After graduating from Fairdale High I got my BA in Communications with an emphasis in Theatre from Morehead State University. Wanting a degree in Acting, I then took a 2 year program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. After completing the first year you had to be invited back to finish the program. Out of a class of 500, only 40 were asked to return. I made the cut and was asked back. After the Academy I was a member of the Shelter West Company in Soho for 2 seasons before becoming a resident member of the Riverside Shakespeare Company. I was their resident Pantalone in their Commedia Troupe for many years. It was there that I met my wife, Jane. I was playing Pantalone the old lecher, she was playing Franchescina the streetwalker (and my lover), and it stuck! We've been married now for 26 years. During the Reagan arts cutbacks of the early eighties, Riverside went out of business ( as did hundreds of smaller companies all across the country). At that point I bought a New York City Police uniform and started doing cops in TV and Movies. I've been in over 400 feature films and countless episodes of Law and Order, NYPD Blue, Law and Order SVU, Third Watch, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Most of the work was as a background cop, but it paid extremely well. On a good, long day you could make $300 for the day, and if you hit "golden time" you could make even more. Golden time happens when you go over 16 hours for the day. In my career that happened about 25 times. When you hit Golden Time, you get a days pay every hour! Sweet! I also did quite a bit of stand-in work. When you stand-in for a star your job is to watch the st...Expand for more