Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) 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
American Beauty
(1999)
President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Atomic Blonde
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
American Made
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
The Kingdom
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Milk
(2008)
Self (archive Footage)
The Sentinel
(2006)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bombshell
(2019)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(2021)
Self (archive Footage)
Beirut
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Above Majestic
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
Strip Search
(2004)
self (archive footage)
Kings Row
(1942)
Drake McHugh
Capitalism: A Love Story
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
An Inconvenient Truth
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Love Is on the Air
(1937)
Andy McCaine
Brother Rat
(1938)
Dan Crawford
Girls on Probation
(1938)
Neil Dillon
Sergeant Murphy
(1938)
Pvt. Dennis Reilley
Breakdowns of 1938
(1938)
Ronald (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boy Meets Girl
(1938)
Announcer
Accidents Will Happen
(1938)
Eric Gregg
Cowboy from Brooklyn
(1938)
Pat Dunn
Swing Your Lady
(1938)
Jack Miller
Hollywood Hotel
(1938)
Radio Host at Premiere (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
(1938)
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Going Places
(1938)
Jack Withering
Secret Service of the Air
(1939)
Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft
Hell's Kitchen
(1939)
Jim Donahue
Code of the Secret Service
(1939)
Brass Bancroft
Naughty But Nice
(1939)
Eddie
Smashing the Money Ring
(1939)
Lt. Brass Bancroft
Dark Victory
(1939)
Alec
Angels Wash Their Faces
(1939)
Patrick "Pat" Remson
Breakdowns of 1939
(1939)
Self
Sword Fishing
(1939)
Narrator (voice)
Knute Rockne All American
(1940)
George Gipp
Alice in Movieland
(1940)
Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1940
(1940)
Self
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
George Custer
An Angel from Texas
(1940)
Marty Allen
Brother Rat and a Baby
(1940)
Dan Crawford
Murder in the Air
(1940)
Brass Bancroft
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
(1940)
Eddie Kent
Breakdowns of 1941
(1941)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
International Squadron
(1941)
Jimmy Grant
Million Dollar Baby
(1941)
Peter Rowan
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
(1941)
Matt Sawyer
The Bad Man
(1941)
Gil Jones
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
Desperate Journey
(1942)
Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
Juke Girl
(1942)
Steve Talbot
Mr. Gardenia Jones
(1942)
Gardenia Jones
Beyond the Line of Duty
(1942)
Narrator (voice)
Shoot Yourself Some Golf
(1942)
Himself
Kings Row
(1942)
Drake McHugh
Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter
(1943)
Jimmy Saunders
The Rear Gunner
(1943)
Lt. Ames
This Is the Army
(1943)
Johnny Jones
For God and Country
(1943)
Michael O'Keefe
Cadet Classification
(1943)
B-29 Flight Engineer
(1944)
Narrator / Voice of Pilot (voice)
Recognition of the CG-4A Glider
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
Operation of the Glider Pick-Up by the C-47
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
(1944)
Captain
Air Siege
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
Wings for This Man
(1945)
Narrator (voice)
The Fight for the Sky
(1945)
Narrator (voice)
Target Tokyo
(1945)
Narrator
The Stilwell Road
(1945)
Narrator
Blow-Ups of 1946
(1946)
Self
That Hagen Girl
(1947)
Tom Bates
Blow-Ups of 1947
(1947)
Self
Stallion Road
(1947)
Larry Hanrahan
So You Want to Be in Pictures
(1947)
Himself (uncredited)
The Voice of the Turtle
(1947)
Sergeant Bill Page
Night Unto Night
(1949)
John Galen
The Girl from Jones Beach
(1949)
Bob Randolph - Robert Benerik
The Hasty Heart
(1949)
Yank
It's a Great Feeling
(1949)
Ronald Reagan (uncredited)
John Loves Mary
(1949)
John Lawrence
Louisa
(1950)
Hal Norton
The Last Outpost
(1951)
Capt. Vance Britten
The Big Truth
(1951)
Host
Storm Warning
(1951)
Burt Rainey
Bedtime for Bonzo
(1951)
Professor Peter Boyd
Hong Kong
(1952)
Jeff Williams
She's Working Her Way Through College
(1952)
John Palmer
The Winning Team
(1952)
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Tropic Zone
(1953)
Dan McCloud
Law and Order
(1953)
Frame Johnson
Prisoner of War
(1954)
Webb Sloane
Cattle Queen of Montana
(1954)
Farrell
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
(1955)
Tennessee's Partner
(1955)
Cowpoke
The Dangerous Drugs
(1956)
Narrator
Hellcats of the Navy
(1957)
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
(1961)
Rex Kent
The Young Doctors
(1961)
Narrator (voice)
The Truth About Communism
(1962)
The Killers
(1964)
Jack Browning
The Victory Squad
(1966)
Himself
Head
(1968)
Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Blue
(1970)
(archive footage)
Cold Turkey
(1971)
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
(1976)
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
(1980)
Self (archive footage)
The Killing of America
(1981)
Self (archive footage)
Let Poland Be Poland
(1982)
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(1982)
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera
(1983)
Self (archive footage)
EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program
(1983)
Self
Tyranny of the Status Quo: Politicians
(1984)
Self (Archival Footage)
Tyranny of the Status Quo: Bureaucrats
(1984)
Self (Archival Footage)
Tyranny of the Status Quo: Beneficiaries
(1984)
Self (Archival Footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
(1984)
Self (archive footage)
43/84: 1984
(1984)
Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
Acts of Violence
(1985)
America, You're Too Young to Die
(1985)
Himself
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
(1986)
Self
Destination Nicaragua
(1986)
Self (archive footage)
Der springende Punkt
(1987)
The Journey
(1987)
Self
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
(1987)
(archive footage) as himself
Hollywood Uncensored
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Praise the Lord
(1988)
Self
Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done
(1988)
Self - American President (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Roger & Me
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(1990)
(archive footage)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
(1990)
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
(1990)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Positive
(1990)
Himself
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
(1991)
Self
Are We Alone In the Universe?
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Armageddon: The Future of the Planet is at Stake
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Post No Bills
(1992)
A Time For Choosing
(1994)
Self
Inside the White House
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
All Power to the People!
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Reagan
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Secrets of the CIA
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Presidential Bloopers
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
According to Occam's Razor
(1999)
American Beauty
(1999)
President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
(2002)
Self
The Cockettes
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
(2003)
Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
(2004)
Self (Archive footage)
Stand-up Reagan
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Strip Search
(2004)
self (archive footage)
President Ronald Reagan: The Great Speeches
(2004)
Self
Salute to Reagan - A President's Greatest Moments
(2004)
Himself
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: An American President
(2005)
Himself
The Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn
(2005)
Himself (archive footage)
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
(2005)
Himself
An Inconvenient Truth
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
The Sentinel
(2006)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
...So Goes the Nation
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Best Ever Spitting Image
(2006)
Self (Archive Footage)
Hammer & Tickle
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Heckler
(2007)
Self
The War on Democracy
(2007)
Self (Archive Footage)
Sputnik Mania
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
The Kingdom
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Milk
(2008)
Self (archive Footage)
All the Presidents' Wives
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Blood and Oil
(2008)
Self
Bigger Stronger Faster*
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Capitalism: A Love Story
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Outrage
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Disco and Atomic War
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Looking Back to the Future
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
How to Win the TV Debate
(2010)
Self (Archive Footage)
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
(2010)
Archival footage
Beyond the Black Rainbow
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Reagan
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Reagan
(2011)
Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: An American Journey
(2011)
Self
The Undefeated
(2011)
Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
The House I Live In
(2012)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
41
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
An Escalator in World Order
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
The Untold History Of The United States
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Propaganda
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Before the Revolution
(2013)
Self
Our Nixon
(2013)
Self
Koch
(2013)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later
(2013)
Himself
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Unwarranted Influence
(2014)
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
All Eyes And Ears
(2015)
Self
Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg
(2015)
himself
The Making of Trump
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Laissez-faire
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Bitter Lake
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
How to Win the US Presidency
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
13th
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
The Occupation of the American Mind
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
Shadow World
(2016)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
The Billboard Boys
(2016)
Himself (Archive Footage)
Zero Days
(2016)
Himself (archive footage)
Der Reichstag
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Get Me Roger Stone
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Arrow of Time
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
American Made
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Atomic Blonde
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
¡Las Sandinistas!
(2018)
Himself (archive footage)
Beirut
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Corporate Coup D'État
(2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Above Majestic
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Game Changers
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
King Bibi
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Road to Mass Incarceration
(2018)
Self
Reversing Roe
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Era of Neoliberalism
(2019)
Himself (Archive Footage)
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
(2019)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hesburgh
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Bombshell
(2019)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
(2019)
Self
Sid & Judy
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Killing Patient Zero
(2019)
Himself (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Laboratory Greece
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Way I See It
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Public Trust
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
(2020)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zappa
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Plot Against the President
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: His Winning Wit
(2020)
Himself
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
John Lewis: Good Trouble
(2020)
Self (archive Footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Television Event
(2020)
Himself (archive footage)
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Absolute Proof
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(2021)
Self (archive Footage)
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
(2021)
Self
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
(2021)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
(2021)
Self - (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywoodland
(2021)
Himself
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
In the Grip of Gazprom
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
(2023)
Self (Archive Footage)
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
The Kennedy Dynasty
(2023)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mehdi Amel - The Colonial Mode of Production
(2024)
Self (archive footage)
Production