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cleveland , ohio 125px 23 august 1953 annie runyeon -lrb- 1980 -- present -rrb- frank runyeon
 frank runyeon
frank runyeon

frank runyeon -lrb- born august 23 , 1953 , cleveland , ohio , usa -rrb- is an american actor most notably recognized for starring opposite meg ryan as steve andropoulos on cbs 's `` as the world turns '' from 1980 to 1987 .
in recent years he has also become a nationally recognized translator and performer of one-man plays of scripture .
after leaving cbs , runyeon starred as michael donnelly on nbc 's soap opera `` santa barbara '' from 1988 to 1991 .
he appeared as simon romero on abc 's soap `` general hospital '' in 1992 , and as ed mcclain on `` another world '' in 1994 and a short appearance as angel on `` the young and the restless '' .
he has also guest-starred on numerous prime-time television shows , including `` la law '' , `` falcon crest '' , and `` melrose place '' .
he starred as detective marty lowery in the feature film , `` sudden death '' .
runyeon took a sabbatical from hollywood in the early 90 's to go to seminary .
a graduate of princeton university -lrb- in 1975 -rrb- , he studied at fuller seminary and yale divinity school before receiving his masters , with honors , from general theological seminary in new york in 1994 .
since then , he has translated and adapted six different texts from the new testament for performance as one-man shows : afraid : the gospel of mark , signs : the gospel of john , sermon on the mount , luke : stories on the road , the letter of james , and a comedy , the 3 1/2 stories of christmas .
he has performed in over 2,000 churches of all denominations in 47 states over the past 20 years .
runyeon also frequently speaks about the media .
his humorous talk `` hollywood vs faith : the struggle to live faithfully in the media age '' has been popular at schools and churches throughout the country .
he encourages his audience to enjoy what is good in the media , without believing too much in the world of hollywood .
he was a featured speaker on the subject of the mass media at the woodrow wilson school at princeton university in 2000 .
he is currently writing a book , escape from hollywood : an actor 's journey to faith .
frank has been married to his wife , annie , for thirty years .
they have three children .
