George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Senator Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at the age of 18, Bush postponed going to college and became the youngest aviator in the US Navy at the time. He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40. He became involved in politics soon after founding his own oil company, serving as a member of the House of Representatives, among other positions. He ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in 1980, but was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be the vice presidential nominee, and the two were subsequently elected. During his tenure, Bush headed administration task forces on deregulation and fighting drug abuse. In 1988, Bush launched a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as president, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency; military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf at a time of world change; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and after a struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes that Congress had passed. In the wake of economic concerns, he lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton. Bush is the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, and Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. He is the last president to have been a World War II veteran. Until the election of his son George W. Bush to the presidency in 2000, Bush was commonly referred to simply as "George Bush"; since that time, the forms "George H. W. Bush", "Bush 41", "Bush the Elder", and "George Bush, Sr." have come into common use as a way to distinguish the father from the son.
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Movie | The Plot Against The President | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-16 |
Movie | The Soul of America | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-22 |
Series | The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-03-03 |
Movie | Meeting Gorbachev | Self (archive Footage) | 2019-05-03 |
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Movie | Reversing Roe | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-01 |
Movie | The Corporate Coup D'État | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-11-18 |
Movie | LA 92 | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-04-28 |
Movie | Gaga: Five Foot Two | Self | 2017-09-08 |
Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - The Constitution | 2017-07-04 |
Movie | How to Win the US Presidency | Self (archive footage) | 2016-08-01 |
Movie | 13th | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | Shadow World | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 2016-10-14 |
Movie | Bitter Lake | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-24 |
Movie | Laissez-faire | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-30 |
Movie | JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick | Self (archive footage) | 2014-11-19 |
Movie | All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State | Self (archive footage) | 2014-04-28 |
Movie | Inequality for All | Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-19 |
Movie | Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way | Self | 2013-10-11 |
Movie | The Presidents' Gatekeepers | Self | 2013-09-12 |
Movie | 41 | Self (archive footage) | 2012-06-12 |
Movie | Advise & Dissent | 2012-01-17 | |
Movie | The House I Live In | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-10-05 |
Series | Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States | Himself | 2012-11-12 |
Movie | Reagan | Self (archive footage) | 2011-02-07 |
Movie | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | His Way | Self | 2011-03-04 |
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 | The President's Book of Secrets | Self (archive footage) | 2010-12-01 |
Movie | Dark Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | White House Revealed | Self (archive footage) | 2009-02-16 |
Movie | Looking Back to the Future | Self (archive footage) | 2009-02-10 |
Movie | Housequake | Self | 2009-08-07 |
Movie | Mao's Last Dancer | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2009-10-01 |
Movie | Being W | Self (archive footage) | 2008-05-17 |
Movie | Bigger Stronger Faster* | Self (archive footage) | 2008-05-30 |
Movie | Splendor and Wisdom | Himself | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | George H.W. Bush | Self | 2008-01-29 |
Movie | Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony | Self | 2008-08-08 |
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 | The Return of the War Room | Self | 2008-10-13 |
Movie | All the Presidents' Wives | Self | 2008-06-24 |
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Movie | The Kingdom | Self (archive footage) | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | The War on Democracy | Self (archive footage) | 2007-06-15 |
Movie | An Inconvenient Truth | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-24 |
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Movie | Why We Fight | Himself (archive footage) | 2005-01-20 |
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Movie | Strip Search | self (archive footage) | 2004-04-27 |
Series | Open Access | Unknown | 2004-02-01 |
Movie | The World According To Bush | Self | 2004-05-27 |
Movie | Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) | Self - Former U.S. President | 2004-08-13 |
Movie | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-25 |
Movie | National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service | Self | 2004-10-24 |
Movie | JFK II: The Bush Connection | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-09 |
Movie | Journeys with George | Self (archive footage) | 2002-03-08 |
Movie | Bowling for Columbine | Self | 2002-10-09 |
Movie | The One | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-11-02 |
Series | The American President | Self | 2000-04-09 |
Movie | When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Presidential Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | 1999-05-18 |
Movie | Strange Justice | Self - Announcing Clarence Thomas Nomination (archive footage) | 1999-08-29 |
Movie | Secrets of the CIA | Self (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Totally Bill Hicks | Self (archive footage) | 1998-11-23 |
Series | Fox News Sunday | Unknown | 1996-04-28 |
Movie | Spin | Self | 1995-10-05 |
Movie | Nixon | Self (archive footage) | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | The Life And Times of Paul Boesch | Himself | 1994-04-01 |
Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Feed | 1992-10-01 | |
Movie | Commercial Entertainment Product | Self (archive footage) | 1992-11-24 |
Movie | Ceausescu: Behind the Myth | Self (archive footage) | 1991-05-14 |
Movie | Minnesota Twins: Simply The Best | Himself | 1991-12-21 |
Movie | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Himself ('Read my lips. No new taxes.' news video) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1990-07-18 |
Movie | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Himself | 1990-04-21 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |