Biography
Ronald 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.
Upon his college 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 appearing in over fifty movie productions. 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. His start in politics occurred during his work for General Electric.
Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After supporting 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 defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980 presidential election.
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Acting Credits (412)
Soccer's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
2026
Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Self (archive footage)
2026
Disneyland Handcrafted
Self (archive footage)
2026
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage)
2025
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog
Self
2025
Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
Self (archive footage)
2025
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
Self (archive footage)
2025
Sally
Self (archive footage)
2025
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
2025
Becoming Madonna
Self (archive footage)
2024
Why Trump?
Self (archive footage)
2024
The White House Effect
Self (archive footage)
2024
Hinckley
Self (archive footage)
2024
America's Woman
Self
2024
Duels of History
2024
Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer
Self : USA President (Archive footage)
2024
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
Self (archive footage)
2024
Ronald Reagan's Speech at Normandy
2024
Reagan: Portrait of a Presidency
Self (archive footage)
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
2024
Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Great Heisman Race of 1997
Self (archive footage)
2023
Lockerbie
Self (archive footage)
2023
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Self (archive footage)
2023
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Kennedy Dynasty
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2023
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
In the Grip of Gazprom
Self (archive footage)
2023
Three Wars
Self (archive footage)
2023
Bandit
Self (archive footage)
2022
Riotsville, USA
Self (archive footage)
2022
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self - (archive footage)
2022
Prelúdio
Self (archive footage)
2022
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Self (archive footage)
2022
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
Self (archive footage)
2021
Fiasco
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Self (archive Footage)
2021
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2021
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Self (archive footage)
2021
Mondo Hollywoodland
Self (archive footage)
2021
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
Self (archive footage)
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
2021
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2020
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Reagans
Self (archive footage)
2020
Television Event
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Soul of America
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Plot Against the President
Self (archive footage)
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
2020
Ronald Reagan: His Winning Wit
Self (archive footage)
2020
First Ladies
Self (archive footage)
2020
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
2020
FACE OF FIRE
(voice)
2020
The Way I See It
Self (archive footage)
2020
Challenger: The Final Flight
Self (archive footage)
2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self (archive footage)
2020
High Score
Self (archive footage)
2020
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self (archive footage)
2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Self (archive Footage)
2020
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Self (archive footage)
2020
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
Public Trust
Self (archive footage)
2020
Laboratory Greece
Self (archive footage)
2019
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
The Devil Next Door
Self(archive footage)
2019
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
2019
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Self (archive footage)
2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Family
Self (archive footage)
2019
Killing Patient Zero
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
2019
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
2019
Hesburgh
Self (archive footage)
2019
Leaving Neverland
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
The Era of Neoliberalism
Self (archive footage)
2019
Vice
Self (archival footage) (uncredited)
2018
The Corporate Coup D'État
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Above Majestic
Self (archive footage)
2018
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
Self (archive footage)
2018
88/18
Self (archive footage)
2018
Reversing Roe
Self (archive footage)
2018
King Bibi
Self (archive footage)
2018
Who Is America?
Self (archive footage)
2018
Game Changers
Self (archive footage)
2018
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Road to Mass Incarceration
Self (archive footage)
2018
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
Beirut
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
¡Las Sandinistas!
Self (archive footage)
2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Der Reichstag
Self (archive footage)
2017
Chasing a Dream: Out of the Shadows
Self - Archived Footage
2017
The Arrow of Time
Self (archive footage)
2017
Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
Self (archive footage)
2017
American Made
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Atomic Blonde
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Snowfall
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Код доступа
Self
2017
Get Me Roger Stone
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Reagan Show
Self (archive footage)
2017
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
2016
Shadow World
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2016
13th
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Billboard Boys
Self (archive footage)
2016
Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым
Self (archive footage)
2016
How to Win the US Presidency
Self (archive footage)
2016
Zero Days
Self (archive footage)
2016
Business of Disaster
Self - US President (archive footage)
2016
The Eighties
Self (archive footage)
2016
Race for the White House
Self (archive footage)
2016
Fatal News
Self (archive footage)
2016
Forensic Justice
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Occupation of the American Mind
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Making of Trump
Self (archive footage)
2015
Narcos
Self (archive footage)
2015
Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Emperor's New Clothes
Self (archive footage)
2015
All Eyes and Ears
Self (archive footage)
2015
Uncovering Wolfen
Self (archive footage)
2015
Laissez-faire
Self (archive footage)
2015
Bitter Lake
Self (archive footage)
2015
MLB Network Presents
Self (archive footage)
2015
Unwarranted Influence
2014
Het geheim van Ruud Lubbers
Self (archive footage)
2013
JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Self (archive footage)
2013
Night of the Sea Monkey
Self (archive footage)
2013
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2013
Koch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
2013
Our Nixon
Self (archive footage)
2013
The World According to Dick Cheney
Self (archive footage)
2013
Before the Revolution
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Untold History Of The United States
Self (archive footage)
2012
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Self
2012
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Self (archive footage)
2012
The House I Live In
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
The Party Of Reagan
Self (archive footage)
2012
Palme
Self (archive footage)
2012
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Self (archive footage)
2012
An Escalator in World Order
Self (archive footage)
2012
41
Self (archive footage)
2012
Secret Service Secrets
Ronald Reagan
2012
Taking the Oath: America's History From Oval Office
Self (archive footage)
2011
Vito
Self (archive)
2011
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Undefeated
Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
2011
Breaking the Taboo
Self (archive footage)
2011
Reagan
Self (archive footage)
2011
Reagan
Self (archive footage)
2011
Ronald Reagan: An American Journey
Self (archive footage)
2011
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Self (archive footage)
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Self (archive footage)
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
2010
How to Win the TV Debate
Self (archive footage)
2010
Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
Self (archive footage)
2010
Capitalism: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2009
Outrage
Self (archive footage)
2009
Disco and Atomic War
Self (archive footage)
2009
Looking Back to the Future
Self (archive footage)
2009
MLB: Baseball's Seasons
Self (archive footage)
2009
Milk
Self (archive footage)
2008
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
Self (archive footage)
2008
Dennis O'Rourke on Dennis O'Rourke
Self (archive footage)
2008
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self (archive)
2008
All the Presidents' Wives
Self (archive footage)
2008
Blood and Oil
Self (archive footage)
2008
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Self (archive footage)
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
2008
La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993
Self (archive footage)
2008
Heckler
Self
2007
The War on Democracy
Self (Archive Footage)
2007
Sputnik Mania
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
Self (archive footage)
2007
Hammer & Tickle
Self (archive footage)
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self (archive footage)
2006
...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
2006
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self (archive footage)
2006
An Inconvenient Truth
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Sentinel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
The Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn
Self (archive footage)
2005
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
Self (archive footage)
2005
Ronald Reagan: An American President
Self
2005
President Ronald Reagan: The Great Speeches
Self
2004
Stand-up Reagan
Self (archive footage)
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Self (archive footage)
2004
Salute to Reagan - A President's Greatest Moments
Self
2004
Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
Self (Archive footage)
2004
Strip Search
self (archive footage)
2004
The UFO Conspiracy
Self – UFO Witness (archive sound)
2004
With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America
Self
2004
Ronald Reagan: The Great Speeches
self
2004
Days That Shook the World
Self (archive footage)
2003
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
Self (archive footage)
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Self (archive footage)
2003
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self (archive)
2002
We Get to Win This Time
Self (archive)
2002
Guts and Glory
Self (archive)
2002
The Century of the Self
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
Self (archive footage)
2002
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years
Self (archive footage)
2001
American Psycho
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
Self (archive footage)
1999
Grass
Self (archive footage)
1999
Presidential Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1999
According to Occam's Razor
1999
Reagan
Self (archive footage)
1998
Secrets of the CIA
Self (archive footage)
1998
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1997
Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise
Self (archive footage)
1997
Political Decadence
Self (archive footage)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
Self (archive footage)
1996
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
1996
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
Self (archive footage)
1996
Inside the White House
Self (archive footage)
1996
Shanks for the Memory
1994
A Time For Choosing
Self
1994
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
Self
1993
Post No Bills
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
Are We Alone In the Universe?
Self (archive footage)
1991
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
Self(archive footage)
1991
Armageddon: The Future of the Planet is at Stake
Self (archive footage)
1991
The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Self
1991
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990
Positive
Self
1990
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Self (archive footage)
1989
Roger & Me
Self (archive footage)
1989
The Choice
Self
1988
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
Praise the Lord
Self
1988
Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done
Self - American President (archive footage)
1988
Hollywood Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
1987
Der springende Punkt
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
1987
The Journey
Self
1987
Rockin' Ronnie
Self (archive footage)
1986
Destination Nicaragua
Self (archive footage)
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986
America, You're Too Young to Die
Self
1985
Backstage at the White House
Self (archive footage)
1985
Acts of Violence
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
43/84: 1984
Self
1984
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Self (archive footage)
1984
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
Self (archive footage)
1983
Not Necessarily the News
Self (archive footage)
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Frontline
Self (archive footage)
1983
EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program
Self (archive footage)
1983
Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera
Self (archive footage)
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
The Killing of America
Self (archive footage)
1981
Faces of Death II
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Weekend World
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Cold Turkey
Self (archive footage)
1971
Great Performances
Self
1971
Hollywood Blue
(archive footage)
1970
Head
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Autumn and Cardboard
Self
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
Mondo Hollywood
1967
The Victory Squad
Self
1966
The Killers
Jack Browning
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Judge Howard R. Stimming
1963
World in Action
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
1962
The Hold-Out
Narrator
1962
The Truth About Communism
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Governor of California
1961
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Rex Kent
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Rex Kent
1961
The Young Doctors
Narrator (voice)
1961
Startime
Self – Host
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Alan Royce
1959
Hellcats of the Navy
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
1957
A Child is Born: A Christmas Story Presented by Ronald Reagan
Narrator
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Maj. Will Sinclair
1956
The Dangerous Drugs
Narrator
1956
Tennessee's Partner
Cowpoke
1955
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
1955
The Dark, Dark Hours
Joe
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
Farrell
1954
The Road to Edinburgh
Host
1954
Prisoner of War
Webb Sloane
1954
Law and Order
Frame Johnson
1953
The Other Wise Man
Narrator
1953
The Oscars
Self
1953
General Electric Theater
Self - Host
1953
General Electric Theater
George
1953
General Electric Theater
Host
1953
General Electric Theater
George Carroll
1953
Tropic Zone
Dan McCloud
1953
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Death Valley Days
Self - Host
1952
Death Valley Days
David Glasgow Farragut
1952
She's Working Her Way Through College
John Palmer
1952
The Winning Team
Grover Cleveland Alexander
1952
Hong Kong
Jeff Williams
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Doctor
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lt. Paul Random
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Steve Davis
1951
The Big Truth
Self - Host
1951
Bedtime for Bonzo
Professor Peter Boyd
1951
The Last Outpost
Capt. Vance Britten
1951
Storm Warning
Burt Rainey
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Merle Fisher
1950
Louisa
Hal Norton
1950
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Hasty Heart
Yank
1949
It's a Great Feeling
Ronald Reagan (uncredited)
1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
Bob Randolph - Robert Benerik
1949
Night Unto Night
John Galen
1949
John Loves Mary
John Lawrence
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Texaco Star Theater
Self
1948
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
1947
The Voice of the Turtle
Sergeant Bill Page
1947
That Hagen Girl
Tom Bates
1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Self (uncredited)
1947
Stallion Road
Larry Hanrahan
1947
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
1946
Wings for This Man
Narrator (voice)
1945
The Stilwell Road
Narrator
1945
The Fight for the Sky
Narrator (voice)
1945
Target Tokyo
Narrator
1945
Recognition of the CG-4A Glider
Narrator (voice)
1944
B-29 Flight Engineer
Narrator / Voice of Pilot (voice)
1944
Operation of the Glider Pick-Up by the C-47
Narrator (voice)
1944
Air Siege
Narrator (voice)
1944
Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
Captain
1944
This Is the Army
Johnny Jones
1943
For God and Country
Michael O'Keefe
1943
The Rear Gunner
Lt. Ames
1943
Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter
Jimmy Saunders
1943
Cadet Classification
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Beyond the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
1942
Desperate Journey
Flight Officer Johnny Hammond
1942
Juke Girl
Steve Talbot
1942
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Gardenia Jones
1942
Shoot Yourself Some Golf
Self
1942
Kings Row
Drake McHugh
1942
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Matt Sawyer
1941
International Squadron
Jimmy Grant
1941
Million Dollar Baby
Peter Rowan
1941
The Bad Man
Gil Jones
1941
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
1940
Santa Fe Trail
George Custer
1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Eddie Kent
1940
Knute Rockne All American
George Gipp
1940
Murder in the Air
Brass Bancroft
1940
An Angel from Texas
Marty Allen
1940
Alice in Movieland
Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
Dan Crawford
1940
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
Lt. Brass Bancroft
1939
Sword Fishing
Narrator (voice)
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
Patrick "Pat" Remson
1939
Hell's Kitchen
Jim Donahue
1939
Naughty But Nice
Eddie
1939
Code of the Secret Service
Brass Bancroft
1939
Dark Victory
Alec
1939
Secret Service of the Air
Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft
1939
Going Places
Jack Withering
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Ronald (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Brother Rat
Dan Crawford
1938
Girls on Probation
Neil Dillon
1938
Boy Meets Girl
Announcer
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Pat Dunn
1938
Accidents Will Happen
Eric Gregg
1938
Hollywood Hotel
Radio Host at Premiere (uncredited)
1938
Swing Your Lady
Jack Miller
1938
Sergeant Murphy
Pvt. Dennis Reilley
1938
Love Is on the Air
Andy McCaine
1937
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr: Ronald Reagan
Self
The Unelected Statesman
Self (archive footage)
And One Was Loyal
Host
Attack on the Americas
Himself
Spartamerika
Self (archive footage)
The Kennedy Half Century
Self (archive footage)
