Select FIRST letter of actor’s first name…
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Rachael Leigh Cook
• Faith: reportedly Christianity
• Worldview: Vegetarianism
• Brother: Ben Cook (actor)
• Ex-Husband: Daniel Gillies (actor, resulting in son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies, and daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies)
• Ex-Partner: Shane West
Rachael Taylor
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Rachael May Taylor
• Partner: Mike Piscitelli (actor, director)
Rachel Bilson
• Birth name: Rachel Sarah Bilson
• Father: Danny Bilson (writer, director, producer)
• Grandfather: Bruce Bilson (director)
• Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Hayden Christensen
Rachel Hurd-Wood
• Worldview: Health activism
• Birth name: Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood
• Husband: Russ Bain (actor, resulting in a son and a daughter)
Rachel McAdams
• Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Protestant)
• Worldview: Environmentalism activism, Liberalism activism
• Birth name: Rachel Anne McAdams
• Partner: Jamie Linden (screenwriter)
• Ex-Partners:
—Ryan Gosling
—Michael Sheen
Rachel Nichols
• aka Rachel Kershaw
• Faith: Unknown
• Birth name: Rachel Emily Nichols
• Husband: Michael Kershaw
• Ex-Husband: Scott Stuber (producer)
Rachel Weisz
• Faith: Secularism, her father was Jewish and her a Judaism convert from Roman Catholicism
• Birth name: Rachel Hannah Weisz
• Sister: Minnie Weisz (photographer, artist)
• Children: 2
• Husband: Daniel Craig (resulting in a daughter)
• Ex-Partner: Darren Aronofsky (resulting in a son)
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Radha Mitchell
• Faith: “Spiritual,” but not religious. Although, her parents are Episcopalian, she doesn’t follow any particular religion. She believes that the Hindu religion has affected her life in a huge way. She was named Radha after a Hindu goddess.
• Worldview: Vegetarianism
• Birth name: Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell
Ralph Fiennes
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
• Father: Mark Fiennes (photographer, illustrator)
• Mother: Jennifer Lash (novelist, artist)
• Brothers: Joseph Fiennes, Magnus Fiennes (composer, songwriter)
• Sisters: Martha Fiennes (director, writer, producer), Sophie Fiennes (filmmaker)
• Nephew: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
• Ex-Wife: Alex Kingston (actress)
• Ex-Partner, begun in adultery: Francesca Annis
Rami Malek
• Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Coptic Orthodox)
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Rami Said Malek
• Partner: Lucy Boynton
Rance Howard …DIED age 89 (2017)—Heart failure spurred by West Nile virus infection
• Faith: Christianity (Methodist)
• Birth name: Harold Rance Beckenholdt
• Children: 2
• Granddaughters:
Bryce Dallas Howard
and Paige Howard
• Wives (twice widower):
—Jean Speegle Howard (actress—died 2000, marriage resulted in sons Ron Howard and Clint Howard)
—Judy Howard (died 2017)
Randy Quaid
• Faith: Unclear, raised Baptist
• Worldview: Conservatism
• Birth name: Randall Rudy Quaid
• Brother: Dennis Quaid
• Children: 1
• Wife: Evi Motolanez
• Ex-Wife: Ella Marie Jolly (resulting in daughter Amanda Marie Quaid)
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Rashida Jones
• Faith: Judaism, ex-Hindu
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: Rashida Leah Jones
• Father: Quincy Jones (producer and composer)
• Partner: Ezra Koenig
• Ex-Partner: Tobey Maguire
Raúl Juliá (Raul Julia) …DIED age 54 (1994)—Stroke complications following stomach cancer
• aka Raul Julia
• Faith: Unclear, raised in Jesuit Roman Catholicism
• Worldview: Human Rights (activist)
• Birth name: Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay
• Children: 2
• Wife: Merel Poloway
• Ex-Wife: Magda Vasallo Molinelli
Raquel Welch …DIED age 82 (2023)—Cardiac arrest and Alzheimer’s disease
• Faith: Christianity (Presbyterian)
• Worldview: Conservatism leaning
• Birth name: Jo Raquel Tejada
• Children: 2
• Ex-Husbands:
—James Welch (resulting in son Damon Welch and daughter Latanne Rene “Tahnee” Welch)
—Patrick Curtis (publicist, producer)
—André Weinfeld (producer, director —resulting in a child lost to miscarriage)
—Richie Palmer
• Ex-Partners:
—Sancho Gracia
—Nigel Lythgoe
Welch said, “What I do on the screen is not to be equated with what I do in my private life. Privately, I am understated and dislike any hoopla.” “I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one.”
Ray Liotta …DIED age 67 (2022)—Pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), respiratory insufficiency and acute heart failure, as well as atherosclerosis
• Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Raymond Allen Liotta
• Children: 1
• Ex-Wife: Michelle Grace (actress, producer — resulting in daughter Karsen)
Ray Romano
• Faith: Atheism
• Birth name: Raymond Albert Romano
• Children: 4
• Wife: Anna Scarpull (resulting in daughter Alexandra Romano, twin sons Gregory and Matthew Romano, and son Joseph Romano)
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Ray Stevenson
• Birth name: George Raymond Stevenson
• Ex-Wife: Ruth Gemmell (actress)
Raymond Burr …DIED age 76 (1993)—Renal cell carcinoma (malignant kidney tumor)
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Homosexualism
• Birth name: Raymond William Stacy Burr
• Ex-Wife: Isabella Ward (actress)
• Partner: Robert Benevides (actor, production consultant)
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Rebecca De Mornay
• Birth name: Rebecca Jane Pearch
• Father: Wally George (American conservative radio and TV commentator)
• Ex-Husband: Bruce Wagner (screenwriter)
• Ex-Partners:
—Tom Cruise
—Patrick O'Neal
—Leonard Cohen
—Harry Dean Stanton
Rebecca Hall
• Birth name: Rebecca Maria Hall
• Husband: Morgan Spector (actor)
• Ex-partner: Sam Mendes (director)
Rebecca Romijn
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Rebecca Alie Romijn
• Husband: Jerry O'Connell
• Ex-Husband: John Stamos (actor, producer)
Reese Witherspoon
• Faith: Liberal Christianity (Episcopalian)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
• Ex-Husband: Jim Toth, Ryan Phillippe
• Ex-Partner: Jake Gyllenhaal
Reg E. Cathey…DIED age 59 (2018)—Lung cancer
• Faith: Unclear
• Birth name: Reginald Eurias Cathey
René Auberjonois …DIED age 79 (2019)—Metastatic lung cancer
• aka Rene Auberjonois
• Faith: Unknown
• Worldview: Unknown
• Birth name: René Murat Auberjonois
• Children: 2
• Wife: Judith Helen Mihalyi (resulting in daughter Tessa and son Rèmy-Luc Julian Michel Auberjonois, both actors)
Rene Russo
• Faith: Christianity (reportedly Charismatic)
• Birth name: Rene Marie Russo
• Husband: Dan Gilroy (screenwriter)
Renée Zellweger
• Faith: apparently Liberal Christianity (raised Episcopalian)
• Worldview: Progessive Liberalism
• Birth name: Renée Kathleen Zellweger
• Partner: Ant Anstead
• Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Jim Carrey (engagement canceled)
• Ex-Partners:
—Doyle Bramhall II
—Bradley Cooper
—Rory Cochrane
—Kenny Chesney
—Jack White
Rhea Perlman
• Faith: Apparently Secularism, raised in a Jewish family
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist
• Birth name: Rhea Jo Perlman
• Husband (estranged since 2012): Danny DeVito
Rhona Mitra
• Faith: reportedly Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Rhona Natasha Mitra
Richard Armitage
• Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
• Birth name: Richard Crispin Armitage
Richard Attenborough …DIED age 90 (2014)—Heart problems, stroke
• Faith: Agnostic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism, Evolutionism
• Birth name: Richard Samuel Attenborough
• Children: 3
• Brother: David Attenborough
• Grandsons: Will Attenborough (actor)
and Tom Attenborough (voice actor, director)
• Wife: Sheila Sim (actress, resulting in son Michael, and daughters Jane Mary Attenborough and Charlotte)
Richard Burton …DIED age 58 (1984)—Cerebral haemorrhage
• Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Socialism, Bisexualism
• Birth name: Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
• Children: 2 biological
• Wife: Sally Hay
• Ex-Wives:
—Sybil Williams (resulting in daughters Kate Burton and Jessica Burton)
—Elizabeth Taylor (resulting in adopted daughter Maria McKeown)
—Suzy Miller
• Ex-Fiancée: Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
Richard Chamberlain
• Faith: Unclear, he is quoted as saying “I consider myself a religious person”
• Worldview: Homosexualism
• Birth name: George Richard Chamberlain
• Known partners:
—Wesley Eure
—Martin Rabbett
Richard Dean Anderson
• Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism
• Children: 1
• Ex-Partners:
—Apryl A. Prose (resulting in daughter Wylie Quinn Annarose Anderson)
—Sela Ward
—Georganne LaPiere
—Lara Flynn Boyle
—Lisa Marie
—Katarina Witt
—Teri Hatcher
—Marlee Matlin
—Justine Bateman
—Deidre Hall
Richard Dreyfuss
• Faith: Agnosticism
• Worldview: Says new Hollywood diversity standards make him vomit—“no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give into the latest, most current idea of what morality is”
• Birth name: Richard Stephen Dreyfus
• Wife: Svetlana Erokhin
• Ex-Wives:
—Jeramie Rain
—Janelle Lacey
Richard Gere
• Faith: Buddhism, raised a Methodist
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: Richard Tiffany Gere
• Children: 3
• Wife: Alejandra Silva (resulting in 2 sons)
• Ex-Wives:
—Cindy Crawford
—Carey Lowell (actress, model —resulting in son Homer James Jigme Gere)
• Ex-Partners:
—Penelope Milford
—Sylvia Martins
—Tuesday Weld
—Carole Mallory
—Dawn Steel
—Loree Rodkin
—Barbara Carrera
—Barbra Streisand
—Priscilla Presley
—Kim Basinger
Richard E. Grant
• Faith: Atheism
• Birth name: Richard Grant Esterhuysen
• Wife: Joan Washington (died 2021)
Richard Harris …DIED age 72 (2002)—Hodgkin’s disease
• Faith: Christianity, but was unsettled; it is not clear to us that he ever fully placed his faith in Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Richard St John Harris
• Son: Jared Harris
• Ex-Wives:
—Elizabeth Rees-Williams
—Ann Turkel
Richard Hatch …DIED age 71 (2017)—Pancreatic cancer
• Faith: Unsettled; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ—studied Buddhism, teachings of Tony Robbins and Marianne Williamson, etc.
• Birth name: Richard Lawrence Hatch
• Children: 1
• Wife: Jo Marie Distante
Richard Jenkins
• Birth name: Richard Dale Jenkins
• Children: 2
• Wife: Sharon R. Friedrick (choreographer, resulting in 2 children)
Richard Pryor …DIED age 65 (2005)—Heart attack
• Faith: Secularism; however, there are claims that he professed a late-life faith in Christ, but we have been unable to confirm this
• Worldview: Bisexualism
• Birth name: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
• Cousin: Ludacris
• Children: 7
• Ex-Wives:
—Patricia Price (resulting in son Richard Pryor Jr.)
—Shelley R. Bonus (resulting in actress daughter Rain Pryor)
—Deborah McGuire
—Jennifer Lee
—Flynn Belaine (resulting in sons Steven Pryor and Kelsey Pryor)
• Ex-Partners:
—Susan ___ (resulting in child Renee Pryor)
—Maxine Anderson (resulting in daughter Elizabeth Anne)
—Geraldine Mason (resulting in son Franklin Pryor)
—Marlon Brando
—and others
Richard Widmark …DIED age 93 (2008)—After a long illness
• Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Richard Weedt Widmark
• Children: 1
• Wives:
—Susan Blanchard (resulting in daughter Anne Heath Widmark, artist and author)
—Jean Hazlewood (screenwriter, died 1997)
Ricky Gervais
• Faith: Atheism, Secular Humanism
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Ricky Dene Gervais
• Partner: Jane Fallon (TV producer)
Ricky Schroder
• Faith: Currently unclear, “I do believe there is higher power.” Earlier joined his wife’s church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Worldview: Conservatism
• Birth name: Richard Bartlett Schroder
• Ex-Wife: Andrea Bernard
Rip Torn
• Birth name: Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
• Wife:
Amy Wright (actress),
Geraldine Page (actress — died)
• Ex-Wife: Ann Wedgeworth
• Cousin: Sissy Spacek
Rita Hayworth …DIED age 68 (1987)—Alzheimer’s disease
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Liberal (Democratic Party activist)
• Birth name: Margarita Carmen Cansino
• Children: 2
• Ex-Husbands:
—Edward C. Judson
—Orson Welles (resulting in daughter Rebecca Welles)
—Prince Aly Khan (a Muslim, resulting in daughter Yasmin Aga Khan)
—Dick Haymes
—James Hill (producer, screenwriter)
• Ex-Partners:
—Victor Mature
—Glenn Ford (adultery, resulting in an aborted child)
—and others
Rita Wilson
• Faith: Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
• Birth name: Margarita Ibrahimoff
• Husband: Tom Hanks
River Phoenix …DIED age 23 (1993)—Heart failure caused by acute multiple drug intoxication, including cocaine and morphine
• Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Animal Rights (activist), Environmentalism (activist)
• Birth name: River Jude Bottom
• Mother: Arlyn Phoenix (social activist)
• Father: John Lee Bottom
• Brother: Joaquin Phoenix
• Sisters: Rain Phoenix (actress, singer, musician), Liberty Phoenix (actress) and Summer Phoenix (actress)
• Ex-Partner: Martha Plimpton (actress)
Rob Lowe
• Faith: Secularism, leaning toward Reform Judaism—wife is a Reformed Jew; he reportedly practices daily Transcendental Meditation; he was raised in a marginally Episcopalian family
• Birth name: Robert Hepler Lowe
• Brother: Chad Lowe (actor, director)
• Wife: Sheryl Berkoff
Rob Reiner
• Faith: Atheisim, sympathetic to Buddhism; of Jewish descent
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
• Birth name: Robert Reiner
• Father: Carl Reiner
• Ex-Wife: Penny Marshall
Rob Schneider
• Faith: Christianity convert (2023, Roman Catholicism); He is actively speaking out against Atheism and Progressive Liberalism.
• Worldview: Conservatism leaning, ex-Liberal
• Birth name: Robert Michael Schneider
• Wife: Patricia Azarcoya Arce
• Ex-Wives:
—London King (resulting in daughter Elle King)
—Helena Schneider (resulting in daughters Miranda Scarlett Schneider and Madeline Robbie Schneider)
Robbie Coltrane …DIED age 72 (2022)—Multiple organ failure complicated by sepsis, a lower respiratory tract infection, and heart block
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Anthony Robert McMillan
• Children: 2
• Ex-Wife: Rhona Gemmell (resulting in 2 children)
Robert Blake …DIED age 89 (2023)—Heart disease
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
• Birth name: Michael James Gubitosi
• Children: 3
• Ex-Wives:
—Sondra Kerr (actress, resulting in actor Noah Blake and daughter Delinah Blake)
—Bonny Lee Bakley (resulting in daughter Rose Lenore Sophia Blake)
—Pamela Hudak
Robert Carlyle
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: “I’m a Socialist… I’m a Humanist” / “I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.”
• Wife: Anastasia Shirley
Robert Conrad …DIED age 84 (2020)—Heart failure
• Faith: Unknown
• Worldview: Conservatism
• Birth name: Conrad Robert Falk
• Children: 8, including sons Shane and Christian, and daughters Nancy and Joan
• Ex-Wives:
—Joan Kenlay (resulting in 5 children)
—LaVelda Ione Fann (resulting in 3 children)
Robert Davi
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Conservatism (outspoken)
• Birth name: Robert John Davi
• Wife: Diana Davi
• Ex-Wives:
—Jan Borenstein
—Jeri McBride
—Christine Bolster
Robert De Niro
• Faith: Agnosticism, raised by an atheist mother and a Gay lapsed-Catholic father
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
• Birth name: Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.
• Partner: Tiffany Chen
• Wife: Grace Hightower (separated)
• Ex-Wife: Diahnne Abbott
• Ex-Partner: Toukie Smith
Robert Downey Jr.
• Faith: Self-described “Jewish Buddhist” with an affinity for Roman Catholicism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism and Climate Alarmism (activist)
• Birth name: Robert John Downey Jr.
• Father: Robert Downey Sr. (director, screenwriter, actor)
• Mother: Elsie Ann Ford (actress)
• Children: 3
• Wife: Susan Levin (producer, resulting in a son and a daughter)
• Ex-Wife: Deborah Falconer (actress, singer —resulting in a son)
• Ex-Partner: Sarah Jessica Parker
Robert Duvall
• Faith: Christian-Scientism (Church of Christ, Scientist), but inactive
• Worldview: Independent Conservatism, Libertarianism
• Birth name: Robert Selden Duvall
• Wife: Luciana Pedraza (actress)
Robert Forster …DIED age 78 (2019)—Brain tumor
• Birth name: Robert Wallace Forster Jr.
• Partner: Denise Grayson
• Ex-Wives:
—June Provenzano
—Zivia Forster
Robert Guillaume …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancer (prostate)
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Robert Peter Williams
• Wife: Donna Brown-Guillaume
• Ex-Wife: Marlene Williams
Robert Knepper
• Birth name: Robert Lyle Knepper
• Wife: Nadine Kary
• Ex-Wife: Tory Herald
Robert Mitchum …DIED age 79 (1997)—Lung cancer and emphysema
• Faith: Secularism, with early Methodist influence; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Conservatism
• Birth name: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum
• Children: 3
• Wife: Dorothy Spence (resulting in sons James and Christopher, and daughter Petrine)
• Ex-Partners:
—Edna O'Brien
—Lucille Ball
—Ava Gardner
Jean Simmons
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—Shirley MacLaine
—Sarah Miles
Robert Patrick
• Faith: Christianity (devout Episcopalian)—“Ground yourselves firmly in God, worship Him and Him alone!”
• Birth name: Robert Hammond Patrick Jr.
• Wife: Barbara Hooper (actress)
Robert Pattinson
• Birth name: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson
• Partner and Fiancée: Suki Waterhouse (model, actress, resulting in a daughter)
• Ex-Fiancée: FKA Twigs (Tahliah Debrett Barnett)
• Ex-Partner: KristenStewart
Robert Redford
• Faith: Agnosticism
• Worldview: Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist), Native American rights, LGBT rights
• Birth name: Charles Robert Redford Jr.
• Wife: Sibylle Szaggars
• Ex-Wife: Lola Van Wagenen
Robert Reed …DIED age 59 (1992)—Colon lymphoma, a rare form of colorectal cancer and HIV-positive
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Homosexualism
• Birth name: John Robert Rietz Jr.
• Children: 1
• Ex-Wife: Marilyn Rosenberger (resulting in daughter Karen Rietz)
Robert Taylor …DIED age 57 (1969)—Lung cancer
• Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Conservatism (activist), Anti-Communism (activist), Anti-Nazism (activist)
• Birth name: Spangler Arlington Brugh Taylor
• Children: 2 biological
• Wife: Ursula Thiess (actress, resulting in son Terrance and daughter Tessa)
• Ex-Wife: Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Vaughn …DIED age 83 (2016)—Acute leukaemia
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Liberalism, Democratic Party activism
• Birth name: Robert Francis Vaughn
• Children: 2
• Wife: Linda Staab (actress, resulting in adopted children Cassidy and Caitlin)
• Ex-Partner: Kathy Ceaton
Robert Wagner
• Birth name: Robert John Wagner Jr.
• Wives:
—Jill St. John
—Natalie Wood (died 1981)
• Ex-Wife: Marion Marshall
• Ex-Partners:
—Yvonne De Carlo
—Joan Crawford
—Elizabeth Taylor
—Anita Ekberg
—Shirley Anne Field
—Lori Nelson
—Joan Collins
—Barbara Stanwyck,
—Tina Sinatra
Robin Givens
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholic)
• Birth name: Robin Simone Givens
• Children: 2
• Ex-Husbands:
—Mike Tyson
—Svetozar Marinković (resulting in son William “Billy” Jensen)
• Ex-Partner: Murphy Jensen
• Adopted Son: Michael “Buddy” Givens
Robin Williams …DIED age 63 (2014)—Suicide
• Faith: Unsettled combination of Secularism and Christianity, raised Episcopalian (father Episcopal, mother Christian Scientist). During a rehab stay, Robin professed acceptance of Jesus Christ, but based on later events the reality of his conversion is in doubt.
• Birth name: Robin McLaurin Williams
• Wife: Susan Schneider
• Ex-Wives:
—Valerie Velardi
—Marsha Garces
• Ex-Partner: Elayne Boosler
Robin Wright
• Faith: Agnosticism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: Robin Gayle Wright
• Father: L. Hart Wright (agnostic)
• Ex-Husbands:
—Sean Penn (actor, agnostic)
—Dane Witherspoon
—Clément Giraudet
• Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Ben Foster
Rock Hudson …DIED age 59 (1985)—AIDS-related complications
• Faith: Atheism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism); apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ, unless he changed his commitment at the very last
• Worldview: Homosexualism, Bisexualism, Moderately Conservative
• Birth name: Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
• Ex-Wife: Phyllis Gates
• Partners included: Jack Coates, Tom Clark, Lee Garlington, Marc Christian, Armistead Maupin
Rod Taylor …DIED age 84 (2015)—Heart attack
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
• Children: 1
• Wife: Carol Kikumura
• Ex-Wives:
—Peggy Williams (model)
—Mary Hilem (model, resulting in daughter Felicia Taylor)
• Ex-Fiancée: Anita Ekberg (actress)
• Ex-Partner: Dinah Shore
Roddy McDowall …DIED age 70 (1998)—Lung cancer
• Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism—his mother’s faith); appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
• Birth name: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
• Children: none
• Ex-Partners:
—Montgomery Clift
—and others
Rodrigo Santoro
• Birth name: Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
• Wife: Melanie “Mel” Nunes Fronckowiak (actress)
Roger Moore …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancers of the lung and liver
• Faith: Secularism with belief in God, but apparently never put his faith in Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Conservatism
• Birth name: Roger George Moore
• Children: 3
• Wife: Kristina Tholstrup (begun in adultery)
• Ex-Wives:
—Doorn van Steyn (actress, ice skater )
—Dorothy Squires (singer, resulting in a series of miscarriages)
—Luisa Mattioli (actress, begun in adultery, resulting in daughter Deborah Maria Luisa Moore, actress, and sons Geoffrey Moore and Christian Moore)
Roman Polanski
• Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic
• Birth name: Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
• Wives:
—Emmanuelle Seigner
—Sharon Tate (actress, murdered 1969)
• Ex-Wife: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
Roma Downey
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) with New Age beliefs
• Husband: Mark Burnett (producer)
• Ex-Husband: Leland Orser
Ron Glass …DIED age 71 (2016)—Respiratory failure
• Faith: Buddhism (devout); rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ, although raised in Roman Catholicism and graduated from St. Francis Seminary
• Birth name: Ronald Earle Glass
• Wives: none, never married
Ron Howard
• Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Methodist)
• Birth name: Ronald William Howard
• Father: Rance Howard
• Brother: Clint Howard (actor)
• Daughters:
Bryce Dallas Howard
and Paige Carlyle Howard (actress)
• Wife: Cheryl Alley
Ron Perlman
• Faith: Secularism, raised in Judaism
• Worldview: Leftism (activist), Environmentalism
• Birth name: Ronald Francis Perlman
• Wife: Allison Dunbar
• Ex-Wife: Opal Stone
Rooney Mara
• aka Rooney Mara Phoenix
• Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
• Worldview: Veganism, secular charitable work
• Birth name: Patricia Rooney Mara
• Sister: Kate Mara
• Partner: Joaquin Phoenix (resulting in 2 children)
Rory Cochrane
• Ex-Partner: Renée Zellweger
Rosamund Pike
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike
• Partner: Robie Uniacke
• Ex-Partners:
—Simon Woods (actor)
—Joe Wright (director)
Rosario Dawson
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Socialism, LGBTQ ally
• Birth name: Rosario Isabel Dawson
• Partner: Nnamdi Okafor
• Ex-Partners:
—Joshua Jackson (actor)
—Eric André (actor, comedian)
—Jason Lewis
—Mathieu Schreyer
—Danny Boyle
—Cory Booker (Progressive Liberal politician)
Rose Byrne
• Faith: Agnosticism
• Birth name: Mary Rose Byrne
• Common-law husband: Bobby Cannavale
Rose McGowan
• Faith: Secularism, raised in a cult hippie commune, experimented with Satanism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Feminism activist, Gay Rights activist
• Birth name: Rose Arianna McGowan
• Ex-Partners:
—Marilyn Manson (Rose said, “I always thought I was more Satanic than Manson.”)
—Robert Rodriguez
—and others
Rosie Perez
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Rosa Maria Perez
• Husband: Eric Haze
• Ex-Husband: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Rowan Atkinson
• Faith: Atheism and is known for publicly criticising religious views
• Birth name: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
• Partner: Louise Ford
• Ex-Wife: Sunetra Sastry (divorce due to his adultery)
Roy Dotrice …DIED age 94 (2017)—natural causes
• Faith: Unknown
• Wife: Kay Newman (died 2007)
Roy Scheider …DIED age 75 (2008)—Multiple myeloma and staph infection
• Faith: Unknown
• Birth name: Roy Richard Scheider
• Children: 3
• Wife: Brenda Siemer (resulting in son Christian Scheider and adopted daughter Molly Scheider
• Ex-Wife: Cynthia Bebout (resulting in daughter Maximillia Scheider)
Rufus Sewell
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Rufus Frederik Sewell
• Partner and fiancée: Vivian Benitez (actress)
• Ex-Wives:
—Yasmin Abdallah
—Amy Gardner (scriptwriter, producer)
• Ex-Partner: Ami Komai (resulting in a daughter)
Rumer Willis
• Birth name: Rumer Glenn Willis
• Father: Bruce Willis
• Mother: Demi Moore
• Partner: Derek Richard Thomas
Rupert Everett
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), but said that he is “a slut” because he is furious with his Catholic faith, “I don’t want to be part of the Catholic Church. But I am.”
• Worldview: Homosexualism
• Birth name: Rupert James Hector Everett
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Rupert Grint
• Faith: Unknown
• Birth name: Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
• Partner: Georgia Groome (actress)
Russell Brand
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism convert, 2024); previously had said he believed in a higher power as described by Alcoholics Anonymous and had gravitated towards Christian spirituality; previously had Hinduism interest; ex-Hare Krishna Movement; Transcendental Meditation (daily); ex-Buddhist—having previously been the host for the Dalai Lama’s 2012 youth event in Manchester, England
• Birth name: Russell Edward Brand
• Wife: Laura Gallacher (resulting in 3 children)
• Ex-Wife: Katy Perry (married in Hindu ceremony)
• Ex-Partner: Jemima Goldsmith (Jemima Khan)
Russell Crowe
• Faith: Secularism; “Though we didn’t really go (to church) as a family, my mother was totally fine with the idea of me going to church on my own, so I’d go and have a look at a Catholic service or a Presbyterian service or an Anglican service. I went to a temple. The Baha’i faith is something I looked at as well.”
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Russell Ira Crowe
• Children: 2 sons
• Ex-Wife: Danielle Spencer (actress)
• Ex-Partner: Meg Ryan
Rutger Hauer …DIED age 75 (2019)—Pancreatic cancer
• Faith: Secularism
• Worldview: Pacificism, Environmentalism (activist)
• Birth name: Rutger Oelsen Hauer
• Father: Arend Hauer (actor)
• Mother: Teunke Mellema (actress)
• Children: 1
• Wife: Ineke ten Cate
• Ex-Wife: Heidi Merz (resulting in daughter Ayesha Hauer, actress)
Ryan Gosling
• Faith: Secularism, ex-Mormon
• Worldview: Socialism
• Birth name: Ryan Thomas Gosling
• Partner: Eva Mendes (resulting in 2 children)
• Ex-Partners:
—Rachel McAdams
—Kat Dennings
Ryan O'Neal …DIED age 82 (2023)—Prostate cancer
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal
• Children: 4
• Ex-Wives:
—Joanna Moore (actress, resulting in daughter Tatum O'Neal and son Griffin O'Neal)
—Leigh Taylor-Young (actress, resulting in son Patrick O'Neal)
• Ex-Partners:
—Farrah Fawcett (resulting in son Redmond James Fawcett O'Neal)
—Leslie Stefanson (actress)
—Ursula Andress
—Bianca Jagger
—Anouk Aimée
—Jacqueline Bisset
—BarbraStreisand
—Joan Collins
—Diana Ross
—Anjelica Huston
—Melanie Griffith
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Ryan Phillippe
Birth name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe
• Ex-Wife: Reese Witherspoon
Ryan Reynolds
• Faith: Agnosticism, Secular Humanism, ex-Catholic, rejected all religion, claiming, “Religion poisons everything good in this world.”
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist, has called same-sex marriage opponents “monsters”
• Birth name: Ryan Rodney Reynolds
• Children: 4
• Wife: Blake Lively (resulting in daughters James, Inez, and Betty, and son Olin)
• Ex-Wife: Scarlett Johansson
• Ex-Fiancée: Alanis Morissette