As petite as he was, marching around the room with toy trumpet in hand, blowing intently to dazzle his audience consisting of family members, Ricky has carried that spirit and aspiration with him to this very day.  And although the trumpet took an early retirement to make room for other talents, such as tap, crooning, confabulating, posing and showing off, he has been nothing but a more than worthy entertainer ever since.

Making his way originally from the backdrop of the Delmarva Peninsula, USA, Ricky started performing at a very early age with vigor and discipline, which in turn ushered him through North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

He has been in scores of musicals such as “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum” where he made his comic debut in German as Pseudolus and the musical endeavor, “The Fight of the Century”, which entailed the portrayal of American heavyweight boxing champion legend Joe Louis in the innovative version of the famous boxer’s renowned fights against German boxer Max Schmeling.  The production was later honored at the esteemed Berlin Theater Club.  For the funk, fun and pop of it all, Ricky sings in his band known as “Universal Suspects” with musician Erwin Jünemann, a.k.a., "Urvin June".

Ricky’s love of tap and dance led him to train and perform with the likes of Kurt Albert, Pam Meagher, Judy Simone, Steve Zee and Ricky’s mentor, Brenda Bufalino.  Later on, he would not only form the tap duo “Zapateo” with Mona Fischer, but also create original choreography, produce and direct his tap dance show, “We Can’t Walk”.

His sonorously deep rich voice has contributed to countless documentaries, children books, audio plays and has moderated, for example, the Bayer Schering Pharmaceutical Benefit Global Launch Meeting in Athens, Greece.

Ricky’s cinematic debut transpired in the film “Joe & Max” after which soon followed numerous roles including Duke Thompson in the award-winning, gun-slinging western cult classic “Snowblind” and the drummer Rick Egobel in the premiere of Ziegler Film Production of "Kreutzer's Coming".