Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

February 5, 1911 (114 years old)

Place of Birth

Tampico, Illinois, USA

Ronald Reagan

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.

Known For

President Ronald Reagan: The Great Speeches

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

Armageddon: The Future of the Planet is at Stake

The Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

Tyranny of the Status Quo: Beneficiaries

Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr: Ronald Reagan

Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg

Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera

A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

Operation of the Glider Pick-Up by the C-47

Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Salute to Reagan - A President's Greatest Moments

Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

A Child is Born: A Christmas Story Presented by Ronald Reagan

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Taking the Oath: America's History From Oval Office

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

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