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Ronald Reagan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911–June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to that, an actor. Reagan was born in Tampico in Whiteside County, Illinois, reared in Dixon in Lee County, Illinois, and educated at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. Upon his graduation, Reagan first moved to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in 1937 to Los Angeles, California. He began a career as an actor, first in films and later television, appearing in over 50 movie productions and earning enough success to become a famous, publicly recognized figure. Some of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and election, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980. As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics," advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth, controlling the money supply to reduce inflation, deregulation of the economy, and reducing government spending. In his first term he survived an assassination attempt, took a hard line against labor unions, and ordered military actions in Grenada. He was reelected in a landslide in 1984, proclaiming it was "Morning in America." His second term was primarily marked by foreign matters, such as the ending of the Cold War, the 1986 bombing of Libya, and the revelation of the Iran-Contra affair. Publicly describing the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," he supported anti-Communist movements worldwide and spent his first term forgoing the strategy of détente by ordering a massive military buildup in an arms race with the USSR. Reagan negotiated with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, culminating in the INF Treaty and the decrease of both countries' nuclear arsenals. Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year; he died ten years later at the age of 93. He ranks highly in public opinion polls of U.S. Presidents, and is a conservative icon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ronald Reagan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 6, 1911 In Tampico, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
233
First Appeared:
In the movie Uncovering Wolfen
Latest Project:
Movie Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight 2023-08-14
Known For
Poster of Presidential Bloopers
Poster of Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
Poster of Blow-Ups of 1947
Poster of Breakdowns of 1940
Filmography
Movie Uncovering Wolfen Self (archive footage) 2025
Movie In the Grip of Gazprom Self (archive footage) 2023-02-07
Movie Air Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023-04-05
Movie Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight Self (archive footage) 2023-08-14
Movie The Princess Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022-05-30
Movie Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Self 2021-01-11
Movie The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress Self (archive footage) 2021-02-16
Movie Mondo Hollywoodland Himself 2021-08-03
Movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye Self (archive Footage) 2021-09-17
Movie The Cars We Drove into Capitalism Self (archive footage) 2021-10-27
Movie John Lewis: Good Trouble Self (archive Footage) 2020-07-03
Movie Public Trust Self (archive footage) 2020-02-17
Movie The Way I See It Self (archive footage) 2020-09-18
Movie Frenemies: Putin and Trump Self - Politician (archive footage) 2020-03-17
Series The Reagans Self (archive footage) 2020-11-15
Movie #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump Self (archive footage) 2020-10-01
Movie The Soul of America Self (archive footage) 2020-10-22
Movie Zappa Self (archive footage) 2020-11-27
Movie The Plot Against The President Self (archive footage) 2020-10-16
Movie Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress Self (archive footage) 2019-07-14
Movie Hesburgh Self (archive footage) 2019-04-26
Movie Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner Self (archive footage) 2019-05-22
Movie Mike Wallace Is Here Self (archive footage) 2019-07-26
Movie Where's My Roy Cohn? Self (archive footage) 2019-09-20
Movie Laboratory Greece Self (archive footage) 2019-12-08
Movie Bombshell Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2019-12-13
Movie Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power Self - Politician (archive footage) 2019-11-07
Movie Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn Self (archive footage) 2019-09-29
Movie The Road to Mass Incarceration Self 2018-06-13
Movie Studio 54 Self (archive footage) 2018-06-15
Movie ¡Las Sandinistas! Himself (archive footage) 2018-03-12
Movie Game Changers Self (archive footage) 2018-06-29
Movie Beirut Self (archive footage) 2018-04-11
Movie ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff Self (archive footage) 2018-10-12
Movie The Corporate Coup D'État Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2018-11-18
Movie King Bibi Self (archive footage) 2018-08-05
Movie Above Majestic Self (archive footage) 2018-10-30
Movie Vice Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2018-12-25
Movie Reversing Roe Self (archive footage) 2018-09-01
Movie Get Me Roger Stone Self (archive footage) 2017-04-23
Movie The Reagan Show Self (archive footage) 2017-04-22
Movie American Made Himself (archive footage) 2017-08-18
Movie Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web Himself (archive footage) 2017-08-21
Movie This Is Bob Hope... Self (archive footage) 2017-12-29
Movie Der Reichstag Self (archive footage) 2017-12-19
Movie The Arrow of Time Self (archive footage) 2017-10-03
Movie Zero Days Himself (archive footage) 2016-07-08
Movie The Occupation of the American Mind Self (archive footage) 2016-01-19
Movie How to Win the US Presidency Self (archive footage) 2016-08-01
Movie 13th Self (archive footage) 2016-10-07
Movie HyperNormalisation Self (archive footage) 2016-10-25
Movie Shadow World Self - Politician (archive footage) 2016-10-14
Movie The Billboard Boys Himself (Archive Footage) 2016-09-25
Movie Laissez-faire Self (archive footage) 2015-01-30
Movie All Eyes And Ears Himself 2015-04-20
Movie Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg himself 2015-05-20
Movie Trumbo Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2015-10-27
Movie The Making of Trump Self (archive footage) 2015-11-30
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Our Nixon Self 2013-01-23
Movie Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored Self (archive footage) 2013-01-29
Movie JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later Himself 2013-11-12
Movie Koch Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2013-02-01
Movie The Presidents' Gatekeepers Self (archive footage) 2013-09-12
Movie 41 Self (archive footage) 2012-06-12
Movie The Untold History Of The United States Self (archive footage) 2012-11-12
Series Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States Himself 2012-11-12
Movie The House I Live In Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2012-10-05
Movie Reagan Self (archive footage) 2011-02-07
Movie The Undefeated Self - President of the United States (archive footage) 2011-07-15
Movie The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Self (archive footage) 2011-09-23
Movie Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime Archival footage 2010-02-06
Movie How to Win the TV Debate Self (Archive Footage) 2010-04-12
Movie Casino Jack and the United States of Money Self (archive footage) 2010-05-09
Movie Beyond the Black Rainbow Self (archive footage) 2010-12-03
Movie Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics Self (archive footage) 2010-11-09
Movie Looking Back to the Future Self (archive footage) 2009-02-10
Movie Capitalism: A Love Story Self (archive footage) 2009-09-06
Movie Disco and Atomic War Self (archive footage) 2009-04-10
Movie Outrage Self (archive footage) 2009-04-24
Movie You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story Self (archive footage) 2008-05-15
Movie La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993 Self (archive footage) 2008-01-01
Movie Bigger Stronger Faster* Self (archive footage) 2008-05-30
Movie Milk Self (archive Footage) 2008-11-05
Movie Blood and Oil Self 2008-06-13
Movie Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House Self (archive footage) 2008-08-18
Movie All the Presidents' Wives Self (archive footage) 2008-06-24
Series The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom Self (archive footage) 2007-03-11
Movie Hammer & Tickle Self (archive footage) 2007-01-08
Movie The War on Democracy Self (Archive Footage) 2007-06-15
Movie Sputnik Mania Self (archive footage) 2007-12-31
Movie The Kingdom Self (archive footage) 2007-08-22
Movie Heckler Self 2007-11-04
Movie An Inconvenient Truth Self (archive footage) 2006-05-24
Movie The Sentinel Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2006-04-19
Movie Best Ever Spitting Image Self (Archive Footage) 2006-07-25
Movie ...So Goes the Nation Self (archive footage) 2006-10-04
Movie Ronald Reagan: An American President Himself 2005-01-25
Movie James Dean: Forever Young Himself (archive footage) 2005-05-20
Movie Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn Himself (archive footage) 2005-09-01
Movie Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs Himself 2005-07-15
Movie Remembering Reagan at His Ranch Self (archive footage) 2004-06-22
Movie Strip Search self (archive footage) 2004-04-27
Movie Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Self (archive footage) 2004-07-14
Movie Stand-up Reagan Self (archive footage) 2004-09-07
Movie A Decade Under the Influence Himself (archive footage) 2003-04-25
Movie Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films Himself (archive footage) 2003-06-27
Movie Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux' Self (archive footage) 2003-09-22
Movie The Cockettes Self (archive footage) 2002-01-16
Series The Century of the Self Self (archive footage) 2002-03-17
Movie Naqoyqatsi Self (archive footage) 2002-09-02
Movie American Psycho Self 2000-04-13
Movie According to Occam's Razor 1999-01-01
Movie Presidential Bloopers Self (archive footage) 1999-05-18
Movie American Beauty President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited) 1999-09-15
Movie Secrets of the CIA Self (archive footage) 1998-01-01
Movie Reagan Self (archive footage) 1998-02-23
Movie Sports on the Silver Screen Self (archive footage) 1997-03-16
Movie Frank Capra's American Dream Self (archive footage) 1997-01-01
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Movie Inside the White House Self (archive footage) 1996-01-01
Movie Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion Self (archive footage) 1996-06-30
Movie All Power to the People! Self (archive footage) 1996-06-01
Movie Nixon Self (archive footage) 1995-12-22
Movie Forrest Gump Self - (Assassination Attempt) 1994-06-23
Series Thatcher: The Downing Street Years Himself 1993-10-20
Movie Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Self (archive footage) 1991-07-15
Movie Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1990-07-18
Movie Positive Himself 1990-05-04
Movie Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (archive footage) 1990-06-04
Movie Roger & Me Self (archive footage) 1989-09-01
Movie Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Self (archive footage) 1989-12-01
Movie James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self 1988-11-22
Movie House II: The Second Story Soilder (archive footage) (uncredited) 1987-05-14
Movie Hollywood Uncensored Self (archive footage) 1987-12-01
Movie Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (archive footage) as himself 1987-07-15
Movie America, You're Too Young to Die Himself 1985-12-31
Movie Horror House on Highway Five Richard Nixon 1985-01-01
Movie Acts of Violence 1985-01-02
Movie Tyranny of the Status Quo: Beneficiaries Self (Archival Footage) 1984-01-01
Movie Tyranny of the Status Quo: Politicians Self (Archival Footage) 1984-01-01
Movie Tyranny of the Status Quo: Bureaucrats Self (Archival Footage) 1984-01-01
Movie 43/84: 1984 Self 1984-09-03
Movie Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera Self (archive footage) 1983-01-01
Movie EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program Self 1983-01-02
Movie Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983-02-25
Movie The Killing of America Self (archive footage) 1981-09-05
Movie The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's Self (archive footage) 1980-01-04
Movie It's Showtime Self (archive footage) 1976-03-31
Movie Cold Turkey Self (archive footage) 1971-02-19
Movie Head Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited) 1968-11-06
Movie The Killers Jack Browning 1964-07-07
Series Kraft Suspense Theatre Unknown 1963-10-10
Movie The Young Doctors Narrator (voice) 1961-08-23
Series The Dick Powell Show Unknown 1961-09-26
Series The DuPont Show with June Allyson Unknown 1959-09-21
Movie Hellcats of the Navy Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish) 1957-05-01
Series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Unknown 1956-10-05
Movie Tennessee's Partner Cowpoke 1955-09-21
Movie Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast 1955-07-17
Movie Prisoner of War Webb Sloane 1954-05-04
Movie Cattle Queen of Montana Farrell 1954-11-18
Series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 1954-10-27
Movie Tropic Zone Dan McCloud 1953-01-14
Series General Electric Theater Self - Host 1953-02-01
Movie Law and Order Frame Johnson 1953-05-13
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19
Movie Hong Kong Jeff Williams 1952-04-18
Movie She's Working Her Way Through College John Palmer 1952-07-09
Movie The Winning Team Grover Cleveland Alexander 1952-06-20
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1952-10-01
Movie Storm Warning Burt Rainey 1951-02-10
Movie Bedtime for Bonzo Professor Peter Boyd 1951-04-05
Series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Unknown 1951-10-05
Movie The Last Outpost Capt. Vance Britten 1951-04-04
Movie Louisa Hal Norton 1950-05-31
Series Lux Video Theatre Unknown 1950-10-02
Movie The Hasty Heart Yank 1949-09-20
Movie Night Unto Night John Galen 1949-06-10
Movie John Loves Mary John Lawrence 1949-02-04
Movie It's a Great Feeling Ronald Reagan (uncredited) 1949-08-01
Movie The Girl from Jones Beach Bob Randolph - Robert Benerik 1949-07-16
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Unknown 1948-06-20
Movie Stallion Road Larry Hanrahan 1947-04-12
Movie So You Want to Be in Pictures Himself (uncredited) 1947-06-07
Movie The Voice of the Turtle Sergeant Bill Page 1947-12-25
Movie Blow-Ups of 1947 Self 1947-12-31
Movie That Hagen Girl Tom Bates 1947-11-01
Movie Blow-Ups of 1946 Self 1946-12-31
Movie The Fight for the Sky Narrator (voice) 1945-06-21
Movie Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter Jimmy Saunders 1943-02-02
Movie The Rear Gunner Lt. Ames 1943-04-10
Movie This Is the Army Johnny Jones 1943-08-14
Movie For God and Country Michael O'Keefe 1943-05-15
Movie Kings Row Drake McHugh 1942-02-02
Movie Shoot Yourself Some Golf Himself 1942-04-04
Movie Juke Girl Steve Talbot 1942-05-30
Movie Breakdowns of 1942 Self 1942-12-31
Movie Beyond the Line of Duty Narrator (voice) 1942-11-07
Movie Desperate Journey Flying Officer Johnny Hammond 1942-09-26
Movie The Bad Man Gil Jones 1941-03-28
Movie Breakdowns of 1941 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1941-11-14
Movie Million Dollar Baby Peter Rowan 1941-05-31
Movie Nine Lives Are Not Enough Matt Sawyer 1941-09-20
Movie Alice in Movieland Carlo's Guest (uncredited) 1940-03-03
Movie An Angel from Texas Marty Allen 1940-04-27
Movie Brother Rat and a Baby Dan Crawford 1940-01-13
Movie Santa Fe Trail George Custer 1940-12-20
Movie Breakdowns of 1940 Self 1940-12-31
Movie Tugboat Annie Sails Again Eddie Kent 1940-10-26
Movie Murder in the Air Brass Bancroft 1940-06-01
Movie Knute Rockne All American George Gipp 1940-10-05
Movie Dark Victory Alec 1939-04-20
Movie Secret Service of the Air Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft 1939-03-04
Movie Naughty But Nice Eddie 1939-06-23
Movie Code of the Secret Service Brass Bancroft 1939-05-27
Movie Smashing the Money Ring Lt. Brass Bancroft 1939-10-21
Movie Angels Wash Their Faces Patrick "Pat" Remson 1939-08-26
Movie Breakdowns of 1939 Self 1939-12-31
Movie Hell's Kitchen Jim Donahue 1939-07-08
Movie Accidents Will Happen Eric Gregg 1938-04-09
Movie Hollywood Hotel Radio Host at Premiere (uncredited) 1938-01-15
Movie Sergeant Murphy Pvt. Dennis Reilley 1938-01-01
Movie Cowboy from Brooklyn Pat Dunn 1938-07-09
Movie Swing Your Lady Jack Miller 1938-01-08
Movie Breakdowns of 1938 Ronald (archive footage) (uncredited) 1938-12-31
Movie Going Places Jack Withering 1938-12-31
Movie The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) 1938-07-20
Movie Brother Rat Dan Crawford 1938-10-29
Movie Girls on Probation Neil Dillon 1938-10-22
Movie Boy Meets Girl Announcer 1938-08-27
Movie Love Is on the Air Andy McCaine 1937-10-02
Movie The Birth of a Nation Child in Sheet 1915-02-08