Television actor Frank Runyeon spent decades on the small screen as a familiar face on popular daytime and prime time series.

He is best known for his seven years as Steve Andropoulos on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" opposite actress Meg Ryan, who became his TV wife in 1984. He also spent four years as Father Michael Donnelly on the Emmy Award winning "Santa Barbara," before appearing for a season as tycoon Simon Romero on ABC's "General Hospital" opposite actress Emma Samms.

(Having also played roles as a priest) His "holy roles" were never much of a performance stretch, since he had always wanted to join the seminary to become a Roman Catholic priest.

But his love of the arts and performing was an equally strong life emphasis, despite the challenges he says actors and actresses face in Hollywood, a place where compromised values and morals make the business difficult.

This topic is one of the subjects Runyeon now travels the country discussing with his popular one-man show called "Hollywood vs. Faith."

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More information on Frank's current work at FrankRunyeon.com.