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.
Movie | Uncovering Wolfen | Self (archive footage) | 2025 |
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Movie | Public Trust | Self (archive footage) | 2020-02-17 |
Movie | The Way I See It | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-18 |
Series | The Reagans | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-15 |
Movie | Zappa | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-27 |
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 | The Plot Against The President | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-16 |
Movie | Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-26 |
Movie | Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-14 |
Movie | Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind | Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-13 |
Movie | Hesburgh | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-26 |
Movie | Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner | Self (archive footage) | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self (archive footage) | 2019-09-20 |
Movie | Bombshell | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2019-12-13 |
Movie | Laboratory Greece | Self (archive footage) | 2019-12-08 |
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 | Game Changers | Self (archive footage) | 2018-06-29 |
Movie | Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | 2018-06-15 |
Movie | Beirut | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-11 |
Movie | King Bibi | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-05 |
Movie | The Road to Mass Incarceration | Self | 2018-06-13 |
Movie | ¡Las Sandinistas! | Himself (archive footage) | 2018-03-12 |
Movie | Reversing Roe | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-01 |
Movie | Vice | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | The Corporate Coup D'État | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-11-18 |
Movie | ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-12 |
Movie | Above Majestic | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-30 |
Movie | American Made | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-08-18 |
Movie | The Reagan Show | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-22 |
Movie | Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-08-21 |
Movie | Get Me Roger Stone | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-23 |
Movie | The Arrow of Time | Self (archive footage) | 2017-10-03 |
Movie | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
Movie | Der Reichstag | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-19 |
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 | The Billboard Boys | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2016-09-25 |
Movie | HyperNormalisation | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-25 |
Movie | Shadow World | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 2016-10-14 |
Movie | Bitter Lake | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-24 |
Movie | All Eyes And Ears | Himself | 2015-04-20 |
Movie | Laissez-faire | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-30 |
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 | Koch | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2013-02-01 |
Movie | JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later | Himself | 2013-11-12 |
Movie | The Presidents' Gatekeepers | Self (archive footage) | 2013-09-12 |
Movie | 41 | Self (archive footage) | 2012-06-12 |
Movie | The House I Live In | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-10-05 |
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 | 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 | The Undefeated | Self - President of the United States (archive footage) | 2011-07-15 |
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 | Disco and Atomic War | Self (archive footage) | 2009-04-10 |
Movie | Capitalism: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-06 |
Movie | Outrage | Self (archive footage) | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | Bigger Stronger Faster* | Self (archive footage) | 2008-05-30 |
Movie | La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993 | Self (archive footage) | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | Blood and Oil | Self | 2008-06-13 |
Movie | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self (archive footage) | 2008-05-15 |
Movie | All the Presidents' Wives | Self (archive footage) | 2008-06-24 |
Movie | Milk | Self (archive Footage) | 2008-11-05 |
Movie | Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House | Self (archive footage) | 2008-08-18 |
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 | The Kingdom | Self (archive footage) | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | Sputnik Mania | Self (archive footage) | 2007-12-31 |
Movie | Heckler | Self | 2007-11-04 |
Movie | The Sentinel | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2006-04-19 |
Movie | An Inconvenient Truth | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-24 |
Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-04 |
Movie | Best Ever Spitting Image | Self (Archive Footage) | 2006-07-25 |
Movie | Ronald Reagan: An American President | Himself | 2005-01-25 |
Movie | James Dean: Forever Young | Himself (archive footage) | 2005-05-20 |
Movie | Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs | Himself | 2005-07-15 |
Movie | Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn | Himself (archive footage) | 2005-09-01 |
Movie | Strip Search | self (archive footage) | 2004-04-27 |
Movie | Remembering Reagan at His Ranch | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-22 |
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 | Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2003-06-27 |
Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Himself (archive footage) | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-22 |
Movie | The Cockettes | Self (archive footage) | 2002-01-16 |
Movie | Naqoyqatsi | Self (archive footage) | 2002-09-02 |
Series | The Century of the Self | Self (archive footage) | 2002-03-17 |
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 |
Movie | Inside the White House | Self (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | All Power to the People! | Self (archive footage) | 1996-06-01 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion | Self (archive footage) | 1996-06-30 |
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 | Positive | Himself | 1990-05-04 |
Movie | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1990-07-18 |
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 | Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story | (archive footage) as himself | 1987-07-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 1987-12-01 |
Movie | Horror House on Highway Five | Richard Nixon | 1985-01-01 |
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Movie | America, You're Too Young to Die | Himself | 1985-12-31 |
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 | Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast | 1955-07-17 | |
Movie | Tennessee's Partner | Cowpoke | 1955-09-21 |
Movie | Prisoner of War | Webb Sloane | 1954-05-04 |
Series | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1954-10-27 | |
Movie | Cattle Queen of Montana | Farrell | 1954-11-18 |
Movie | Tropic Zone | Dan McCloud | 1953-01-14 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Self - Host | 1953-02-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Law and Order | Frame Johnson | 1953-05-13 |
Movie | The Winning Team | Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1952-06-20 |
Movie | Hong Kong | Jeff Williams | 1952-04-18 |
Movie | She's Working Her Way Through College | John Palmer | 1952-07-09 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | The Last Outpost | Capt. Vance Britten | 1951-04-04 |
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 | Louisa | Hal Norton | 1950-05-31 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | John Loves Mary | John Lawrence | 1949-02-04 |
Movie | Night Unto Night | John Galen | 1949-06-10 |
Movie | It's a Great Feeling | Ronald Reagan (uncredited) | 1949-08-01 |
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Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | That Hagen Girl | Tom Bates | 1947-11-01 |
Movie | Stallion Road | Larry Hanrahan | 1947-04-12 |
Movie | So You Want to Be in Pictures | Himself (uncredited) | 1947-06-07 |
Movie | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 1947-12-31 |
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Movie | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | 1946-12-31 |
Movie | The Fight for the Sky | Narrator (voice) | 1945-06-21 |
Movie | The Rear Gunner | Lt. Ames | 1943-04-10 |
Movie | Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter | Jimmy Saunders | 1943-02-02 |
Movie | For God and Country | Michael O'Keefe | 1943-05-15 |
Movie | This Is the Army | Johnny Jones | 1943-08-14 |
Movie | Shoot Yourself Some Golf | Himself | 1942-04-04 |
Movie | Kings Row | Drake McHugh | 1942-02-02 |
Movie | Juke Girl | Steve Talbot | 1942-05-30 |
Movie | Desperate Journey | Flying Officer Johnny Hammond | 1942-09-26 |
Movie | Beyond the Line of Duty | Narrator (voice) | 1942-11-07 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | The Bad Man | Gil Jones | 1941-03-28 |
Movie | Million Dollar Baby | Peter Rowan | 1941-05-31 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
Movie | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Matt Sawyer | 1941-09-20 |
Movie | Alice in Movieland | Carlo's Guest (uncredited) | 1940-03-03 |
Movie | Brother Rat and a Baby | Dan Crawford | 1940-01-13 |
Movie | An Angel from Texas | Marty Allen | 1940-04-27 |
Movie | Murder in the Air | Brass Bancroft | 1940-06-01 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 1940-12-31 |
Movie | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Eddie Kent | 1940-10-26 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | George Custer | 1940-12-20 |
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 | Hell's Kitchen | Jim Donahue | 1939-07-08 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 1939-12-31 |
Movie | Smashing the Money Ring | Lt. Brass Bancroft | 1939-10-21 |
Movie | Angels Wash Their Faces | Patrick "Pat" Remson | 1939-08-26 |
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 | Boy Meets Girl | Announcer | 1938-08-27 |
Movie | Going Places | Jack Withering | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-07-20 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Ronald (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | Brother Rat | Dan Crawford | 1938-10-29 |
Movie | Girls on Probation | Neil Dillon | 1938-10-22 |
Movie | Love Is on the Air | Andy McCaine | 1937-10-02 |
Movie | The Birth of a Nation | Child in Sheet | 1915-02-08 |