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John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger (born 1947, Bridgeport, Connecticut) is the American actor who created and played Cliff Clavin on Cheers (1982-1993) and voiced a character in every Pixar feature from Toy Story (1995) through Onward (2020), including Hamm, Mack, and P.T. Flea.
John Ritter
John Ritter (Jonathan Southworth Ritter, 1948–2003), American actor and comedian, Emmy and Golden Globe winner as Jack Tripper on Three's Company (1977–84), later star of 8 Simple Rules; died of aortic dissection in 2003.
Judge Reinhold
Judge Reinhold (Edward Ernest Reinhold Jr., born 1957, Wilmington, Delaware) is an American actor known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the Beverly Hills Cop films as Billy Rosewood, Ruthless People, and The Santa Clause trilogy.
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born 1954) is an American actress known for I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and her Oscar-nominated Marilyn Lovell in Apollo 13, with credits from American Graffiti to Horizon: An American Saga.
Ke Huy Quan
Ke Huy Quan (Jonathan Ke Quan), Vietnamese-born Chinese-American actor and stunt choreographer, born in Saigon; child star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, and 2023 Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Kira Reed
Kira Reed (Kira Reed Lorsch), born 1971 in Santa Clara, California, is an American actress, host, and Emmy-winning producer known for The Bay, Rumors, Playboy TV's Sexcetera, and her book SCORE.
Leah Remini
Leah Remini (born 1970, Brooklyn) is an American actress known as Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, who left Scientology in 2013, wrote Troublemaker, won Emmys for Scientology and the Aftermath, sued the church in 2023, and joined RHOBH Season 16 in 2026.
Lisa Rieffel
Lisa Rieffel (born 1975, Denville, New Jersey), also known as Dusty Street, is an American actress and musician. A child performer on The Cosby Show and Ann Jillian, she played Sara Spooner in The King of Queens and Daisy in Girltrash!.
Lisa Rinna
Lisa Rinna (born 1963) is an American actress and entrepreneur known as Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives, Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, and an 8-season Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member.
Madlyn Rhue
Madlyn Rhue (Madeline Roche, 1935–2003), American TV character actress, Lt. Marla McGivers in Star Trek's "Space Seed"; worked nearly 40 years despite multiple sclerosis, diagnosed 1977, performing later roles from a wheelchair.
Marissa Ribisi
Marissa Ribisi (Santina Marissa Ribisi, born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American actress and writer, twin sister of Giovanni Ribisi, known for Dazed and Confused, Pleasantville, True Crime, Some Girl, marriage to Beck, and the My Sister Skin skincare platform.
Melissa Reeves
Melissa Reeves (Melissa Brennan), American actress born 1967 in Eatontown, New Jersey; played Jade Perkins on Santa Barbara and, since 1985, Jennifer Horton on Days of our Lives, winning four Soap Opera Digest Awards; married to Scott Reeves.
Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport, American actor, comedian, and director born 1970 in Manhattan; known for Zebrahead, True Romance, Friends, Boston Public, Atypical, directing Beats, Rhymes & Life (2011), and The Traitors Season 4.
Michael Richards
Michael Richards (born 1949) is an American actor and comedian, full name Michael Anthony Richards, known for Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld (1989–1998), three Emmys, the 2006 Laugh Factory incident, and the 2024 memoir Entrances and Exits. Distinct from Jeopardy producer Mike Richards.
Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald (Molly Kathleen Ringwald, born 1968) is an American actress, singer, and author, the star of John Hughes's Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, later a stage, TV, jazz, and literary figure.
Pamela Reed
Pamela Reed, born 1949 in Tacoma, Washington, is an American actress, UW Drama BFA 1975, known for Kindergarten Cop, Tanner '88 (CableACE winner), and Parks and Recreation's Marlene Knope; also a Drama Desk and Obie Award stage actress.
Patricia Richardson
Patricia Richardson (Patricia Castle Richardson), American actress born 1951 in Bethesda, Maryland; Jill Taylor on ABC's Home Improvement (1991–99), four Emmy nominations, Ulee's Gold, Strong Medicine, The West Wing.
Patrick Renna
Patrick Renna (born 1979, Boston) is an American actor famous as Hamilton "Ham" Porter in The Sandlot (1993), source of "You're killin' me, Smalls." Also known for Son in Law, The Big Green, Netflix's GLOW, and the Sandlot cast-reunion series Dugout Dads.
Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser, American comedian, actor, and author born in New York (sources differ, 1956 or 1957), co-creator and star of Mad About You, Burke in Aliens, 11 Emmy nominations, later roles in Stranger Things and The Kominsky Method.
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952-2023) was an American actor and comedian who created Pee-wee Herman with the Groundlings, starred in Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Pee-wee's Playhouse, and came out as gay in the 2025 documentary Pee-wee as Himself.
Peggy Rea
Peggy Rea (Margaret Jane Rea, 1921-2011), American character actress; played Rose Burton on The Waltons, Lulu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, and Jean Kelly on Grace Under Fire; began on I Love Lucy in 1953.
Peter Reckell
Peter Reckell (born 1955, Elkhart, Indiana) is an American actor and musician best known as Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives since 1983, with breaks for Knots Landing and other work; six Soap Opera Digest Awards, 2009 Daytime Emmy nomination.
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert, American actor born 1947 in the Bronx, known for Animal House, Local Hero, and Crossing Delancey; Emmy-nominated for Barbarians at the Gate and Oscar-nominated for directing the short By Courier.
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad (Phylicia Ayers-Allen), born 1948, American actress and director; Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show, 2004 Tony winner for A Raisin in the Sun, former dean of Howard University's fine arts college.
Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid, also Randall R. Quaid, is an American actor born 1950, Oscar-nominated for The Last Detail, known for Cousin Eddie and Independence Day, whose later legal troubles and "star whackers" claims ended his Hollywood career.
Robert Redford
Robert Redford (1936–2025), American actor, director, and environmentalist; star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Oscar-winning director of Ordinary People, and founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival.
Robert Ri'chard
Robert Ri'chard (Robert Andrew Richard, born 1983, Los Angeles) is an American actor and producer known for Cousin Skeeter, One on One, Coach Carter, House of Wax, Chocolate City, and Bolden, and a 1998 Daytime Emmy winner.
Robert Ridgely
Robert Ridgely (Robert Ritterbusch, 1931-1997), American character actor and booming-voiced voice artist from Teaneck, New Jersey; voiced Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Thundarr; appeared in Mel Brooks and Jonathan Demme films; final role was Colonel James in Boogie Nights.
Ron Rifkin
Ron Rifkin (Saul M. Rifkin, born October 31, 1938 or 1939, New York) is an American character actor, Tony winner for Cabaret (1998), known as Arvin Sloane on Alias and Saul Holden on Brothers & Sisters.
Scott Reeves
Scott Reeves (Gregory Scott Reeves, born 1966) is an American actor and country singer: Ryan McNeil on The Young and the Restless 1991-2001, Steve Webber on General Hospital 2009-13 and 2024, and Blue Country's "Good Little Girls" (No. 11 Billboard country). Distinct from Scott Eastwood's former stage name and the jazz trombonist of the same name.