Ron Lake

Ron Lake

Ron Lake is an American actor, born Ronald Paul La Due in Hannibal, Missouri. He began acting in Philadelphia in the mid-1970s and starred in several productions in 1976. He attended the Goodman School of Drama, then started a theater with friends from school. After two seasons performing David Rabe, Mark Medoff, Milan Stitt, and Preston Jones, Ron moved to Los Angeles. He's known for his work on "General Hospital" as Darryl Wainwright (1984-1988 as Ron La Due). He appeared as Wayne on "Days of Our Lives" (1987) and the courtroom drama "The Judge" (Matthew Litvak, 1987). He acted on stages in LA and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and toured out-state Kansas and Missouri as Ichabod Crane and the Gentleman Caller (Glass Menagerie). He went on to complete a Ph.D. in Political Science at Indiana University, and worked for over 20 years in federal policy analysis and Congressional oversight, including at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), where he was known as Ronald La Due Lake. He lives in Washington, DC, and played the Speaker in "Office of the Speaker" (Capitol Fringe), and has recently appeared in the films "I Swiped the Wrong One"; "The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro"; "Bring Wood, O Trojans"; and "Righteous".