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Ricky Paull Goldin

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Ricky Paull Goldin
Ricky Paull Goldin was born in San Francisco, California, January 5, 1965, to Irish/British parents, He was raised on both sides of the Atlantic, and attended Fordham University.

Ricky's entertainment career took off at the age of 3, when he appeared in episodes of Romper Room, Alf, Kate & Allie, 21 Jump Street and by the age of 15 he had made it to Broadway, starring in On Golden Pond.

Ricky's the executive producer and director of Project Dad for Discovery Life, TLC, and Family networks (2016-2017). In addition to Project Dad, with his production company, DB Goldline, Ricky has created, executive produced, and sold shows to CBS, ABC, MTV, HGTV, TLC, Discovery Family, Discovery Life, ESPN, Viacom, The Style Network, Lifetime, and The Design Network. In 2015, Ricky was executive producer and director on Parents' Choice Award Winner, Chicken Soup for the Soul's Hidden Heroes. Also in 2015, Ricky's production team was awarded 2 Emmys and a Peabody for A Chef's Life.

Also an accomplished Broadway and television actor with a career which has spanned more than 3 decades, Ricky's received 5 Emmy nominations and picked up 4 Clio awards. Ricky has appeared in several daytime dramas, where he created characters audiences fell in love with. He was a series regular on Another World, Guiding Light, All My Children, and appeared on Daytime's #1 series The Young and the Restless, and Bold and the Beautiful. In 2014 Goldin appeared in (and was a producer) on Beacon Hill, a web series shot entirely on location in Boston. In 2010 Ricky and his production company set out to pay tribute to his late father, Dr. Paul Goldin, who was a hypnotist, and a master of the paranormal. Ricky Goldin created, hosted and executive produced Seeing VS Believing, which premiered on TLC in May 2010.

In live theater, Ricky performed in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance (in London and Dublin) and Grease. In which he played Danny Zuko in the Broadway revival of Grease alongside Brooke Shields and Rosie O'Donnell, for over 726 performances.

Ricky's has hosted everything from ESPN auto races in Dubai, to 5 Live from the red carpet Emmy events for Disney/ABC.

Shortly after Ricky ended his run on All My Children, Disney Family.com picked him to appear in their collaboration with Kellogg's for a new group of on-line advertising. CeReality is Disney Family's cutting edge mini-web series. It debuted September 2011. The first of the series, 'The Young and the Breakfast,' took an affectionate tongue-in-cheek poke at the soap opera genre.

After appearing in HGTV's Favorite Places, featuring his home in California, HGTV offered Ricky his own design series. Spontaneous Construction premiered in February 2013 on HGTV, and also aired on the DIY Network.

Ricky lives with Gretta Monahan and their son Kai Rei Goldin.
BornJanuary 5, 1965
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Blob (1988)
    The Blob
    6.7
    • Scott Jeske
    • 1988
    Guiding Light (1952)
    Guiding Light
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Gus Aitoro
    • Nicholas Augustino Spaulding
    • Gus Aitoro (aka Nicholas Augustino Spaulding)
    • Gus Aituoro
    • Gus Aiuoro
    • Gus Altoro
    • Gus Auitoro
    • On-set Gofer
    Another World (1964)
    Another World
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Dean Frame
    Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in All My Children (1970)
    All My Children
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Jake Martin

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Beacon Hill (2014)
      Beacon Hill
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Andrew Miller
      • 2014–2020
    • Venice the Series (2009)
      Venice the Series
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Gil
      • 2019
    • Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones (2015)
      Jessica Jones
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Carlo Eastman
      • 2015
    • Debra Messing in The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
      The Mysteries of Laura
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Charlie Carazzo
      • 2014
    • Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig in The Humbling (2014)
      The Humbling
      5.5
      • Lear Director
      • 2014
    • Heather Tom, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang in The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
      The Bold and the Beautiful
      3.5
      TV Series
      • Jesse Torres
      • 2013
    • Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in All My Children (1970)
      All My Children
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Jake Martin
      • 2008–2011
    • CeReality
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Jacob 2
      • 2011
    • Guiding Light (1952)
      Guiding Light
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Gus Aitoro
      • Nicholas Augustino Spaulding
      • On-set Gofer ...
      • 2001–2008
    • A Wedding Story: Josh and Reva
      8.4
      TV Movie
      • Gus Aituro (uncredited)
      • 2002
    • Eileen Davidson, Bryton James, Joshua Morrow, Gina Tognoni, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Peter Bergman in The Young and the Restless (1973)
      The Young and the Restless
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Gary Dawson
      • 1999–2000
    • Pacific Blue (1996)
      Pacific Blue
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Benny
      • 1999
    • Priscilla Inga Taylor, Edward Blatchford, Jason Hayes, Wendi Kenya, and Trevor Merszei in Malibu, CA (1998)
      Malibu, CA
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Honest Ernie
      • 1999
    • Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)
      Love Boat: The Next Wave
      4.6
      TV Series
      • (as Richard Paull Goldin)
      • 1999
    • Pamela Anderson, Leah Lail, and Molly Culver in V.I.P. (1998)
      V.I.P.
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Gil Rosen
      • 1998

    Producer



    • Lacey Chabert and Ektor Rivera in Groundswell (2022)
      Groundswell
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Beacon Hill (2014)
      Beacon Hill
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014–2020
    • Hidden Heroes (2015)
      Hidden Heroes
      9.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2017
    • Project Dad (2016)
      Project Dad
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2016–2017
    • True Life (1998)
      True Life
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Gretta Style
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • Seeing vs. Believing
      3.0
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2010
    • Street Match
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer (1993)
      • 1993

    Director



    • Project Dad (2016)
      Project Dad
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Hidden Heroes (2015)
      Hidden Heroes
      9.2
      TV Series
      • "boy dancer" director
      • 2015–2016
    • Gretta Style
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2012

    Videos1

    Piranha II: The Spawning
    Trailer 2:05
    Piranha II: The Spawning

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Richard Paull Goldin
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • January 5, 1965
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Emma FordNovember 2001 - 2002 (annulled)
    • Children
      • Kai Rei Goldin
    • Parents
      • Paul Goldin
    • Relatives
        Jack Gold(Aunt or Uncle)
    • Other works
      Starred in "Welcome To My Life", a series of three one-act plays by Charlie Loventhal (Second Stage Theater, New York, New York, USA)
    • Publicity listings
      • 6 Interviews
      • 2 Articles
      • 1 Pictorial
      • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

    Did you know

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      Was engaged to Yasmine Bleeth
    • Quotes
      You can drop me in the middle of the desert, naked, with no money or provisions, And I'll come out in a three piece suit, driving a Ferrari. I'm just lucky that way....

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