I was born and raised in Peru, Indiana July 6,1952. The third son of Elsie Crisci Olson Richeson and Ralph Woodson Richeson Jr. My Dad worked on the C&O Rail Road and my Mom was a boss in a factory in the 1950's. Woman were not usually in possitions of authority in the 50's. I am a self employed actor as far as the IRS is concerned. I have had 47 different jobs in my working career, been in business 12 times, written 5 books, a thousand or so poems, 13 songs, 3 television scripts and 1 movie script which is in production now. To be...more