Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman is an actor.
Some of his roles were as Vincent Wells ("The Beast") in Beauty and the Beast (TV), Josiah Sanchez in The Magnificent Seven, and Hellboy.
==Beauty and the Beast==
Perlman, the "mane man," was very active and much discussed in Beauty and the Beast (TV) fandom. "Thanks to Ron Perlman's powerful acting, his evocative 'Vincent Voice' and his very effective, beastly make-up, he has become the source of many womens' romantic and sexual dreams." from Beauty and the Beast's Appeal: A Personal View (1993) 
He made MANY con appearances, did interviews with fans, and was the subject of much discussion, speculation, and admiration.
See Beauty and the Beast Fans and TPTB.
==Con Appearances==
===Descriptions===
For detailed discussion, descriptions, and photos of Perlman at conventions, see these letterzines: Once Upon a Time... Is Now, Lionheart, Passages, Tunneltalk, Beauty and The Beast: The Newsletter.
===The Cons===
* First Beauty and the Beast Convention
* A Distant Shore 
* Space Trek #5
* South of Oz
* A Kingdom by the Sea
* many, many Creation Cons
* other, please add
==Fan Awareness and Careful Handling==
Because there was frequent contact between fans and Perlman, both at cons and due to fans' knowledge that Perlman, like other TPTB, read some of their publications, fans often tiptoed around and discouraged criticism of the show and/or Perlman. 
Some examples:
 
==Subject of Many Zine Dedications==
Examples:
==Fanworks and Clubs with a Perlman Focus==
* The Faces of Perlman (newsletter)
* The Ron Perlman Research and Information Library (resource)
===RPF and Blurring the Lines===
See more at Beauty and the Beast RPF.
Some examples:
* "Courage for the Most Strange," in which Ron Perlman has a series of unsettling close encounters with Vincent...and contemplates the possibility of a Movie, from the zine A Prince Among Men (1995)
 
* The Bridge (1989), "Vincent is an uptop man, physically like other men (he actually is written and drawn to portray Ron Perlman). He has the qualities (if not characteristics :) of Vincent, though. " comment by the author of The Bridge -- The Bridge, alt.tv.beauty+beast, April 12, 1997 
* The Closet Beast... and Beyond (1990), a humor zine in which Vincent is real and Ron Perlman is his front man
* The 58th Episode (and "The 57th Episode: The Throat Convergence") (1991-92) from Lionheart #2 and #3
* Two Beauties and a Beast, from Once Upon Another Time (1991), Vincent intervenes when two panting fans pursue Ron Perlman in the park...and tells them off in no uncertain terms.
* Dimensions in Time, a story in Stories from Below (unknown date) (An AU story in which Ron Perlman gets hit on the head with a falling branch and is taken below to Father by Vincent. Ron sees them as the actors in his television series, not as the people they believe themselves to be. Eventually Ron and Vincent meet.)
* Love & Light...The Fable (1990) (Catherine is transported to another world where she meets a nameless man whom she names "Captor." Captor's original form is that of Vincent Wells, but he is under a spell so that he greatly resembles Ron Perlman (though he has actually taken on the form of someone named Ian).)
==Fanart==
===Busts===
* some Ron Perlman busts
===Illustrations===
===Unknown Date===
File:Ronpearlman.jpg|by Jamie Murray, the art is titled "Masks"
===1989===
File:Bookofsecretsfour-1.jpg|by Sharon Wells from The Book of Secrets #4 
File:Onceuponatime15.jpg| artist is Beth Blighton, from Once Upon a Time... Is Now #15 
File:Yeast5.jpg|by P.S. Nim from The Absurd Season, Catherine Chandler kisses Vincent Wells, and he turns into... Ron Perlman
File:Beyondthethresholdwest1-4.jpg|by Shenandoah West, from Beyond the Threshold #1 
File:Lovelight-4.jpg|by Beth Blighton, from Destiny #2, and later, from Love & Light...The Fable 
===1990===
File:Wildheartart4.jpg|from Wildheart, artist is Beth Blighton
Image:wishesanddreams1-2.jpg|from Wishes and Dreams #1, the artist is Dragon, from a story in which Catherine dreams Vincent loses the appearance of a beast: "The hair was similar to Vincent's; it was of the same tawny color, only shorter and curlier. The chin and bottom lip were strikingly like Vincent's own. A mustache graced the upper lip; the nose was strong and masculine, the forehead high arid noble. But two physical qualities were uniquely Vincent's; the beautiful topaz blue eyes and whispery baritone voice. A voice that was now strained with doubt and trepidation, and eyes that glistened with tears... "You mean you think I look normal? Like a man, Father? I look like a real man!" Vincent rose to his full height, a smile crossed his newly formed lips, and the smile revealed beautiful, gleaming white teeth where canine fangs had been."
File:Destinybb4-1.jpg|the artist is Beth Blighton, from Destiny #4
File:Lovelight-5.jpg|by Beth Blighton, from Love & Light...The Fable 
File:Lovelight-6.jpg|by Beth Blighton, from Love & Light...The Fable
File:Onceuponatime21.jpg|from Once Upon a Time...Is Now #21, Dragon 
File:Onceuponatime21back.jpg|from Once Upon a Time...Is Now #21, David Lawrence 
File:Queensknight1-1.jpg|by Lee, from Queen's Knight #1 
File:Lovelight-14.jpg|by Pam Tuck, from Love & Light...The Fable 
File:Lovelight-12.jpg|by Kevin Hopkins, from Love & Light...The Fable 
File:Lovelight-10.jpg|by Pam Tuck, from Love & Light...The Fable 
File:Lovelight-9.jpg|by Kriss Farver, from Love & Light...The Fable 
File:Lovelight-8.jpg|by Pam Tuck, from Love & Light...The Fable 
===1991===
File:Onceuponatime31back.jpg|from Once Upon a Time...Is Now #31, Sheri Pruehs portrays Perlman as "Zeno" in the 1984 movie, "The Ice Pirates."
File:Closerbrotherbatb-3.jpg|from Closer Than a Brother, Barbara Gipson 
File:Onceuponatime31.jpg|by Sheri, from Once Upon a Time...Is Now #31 
===1991===
File:Timenow46front.jpg|by Rosemarie Hauer, from Once Upon a Time...Is Now #46 
File:Timenow46-1.jpg|by Rosemarie Hauer, from Once Upon a Time...Is Now #46 
===1997===
File:Magicbb-1.jpg|by Rosemarie Hauer from Magic 
==Fan Comments==
==References==
Category:Industry
Category:Beauty and the Beast
Category:Magnificent Seven
Category:Hellboy