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American actor

Ron Eckstine (born )^[1] is a former actor and music manager, and stepson of singer Billy Eckstine^[2] by way of Billy's marriage to Ronnie's mother, Carolle Drake.^[3]

Early life

He played high school football at Birmingham High School, where he and his older brother Kenny were the only African American students,^[4] and attended the University of California, Los Angeles.^[5]

Career

He was conscripted into military service in ^[6] Six months after he completed his service, and with dramatic training by Lillian Randolph,^[7] Eckstine made his acting debut in the film The Love-Ins.^[8]

He appeared in the TV movie Shadow on the Land (), an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's novel It Can't Happen Here, and had guest roles in the television series Room and Cannon.^[7]

In the s, he organized and managed a six-person teen vocal group, Spicegarden, with Lad