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Ronald Reagan
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.
As actor
Disneyland Handcrafted
Sally
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog
Breakdown: 1975
Henry Fonda for President
Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer
Hinckley
Reagan: Portrait of a Presidency
Duels of History
Why Trump?
The White House Effect
Ronald Reagan's Speech at Normandy
America's Woman
Becoming Madonna
In the Grip of Gazprom
The Kennedy Dynasty
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
The Great Heisman Race of 1997
Commitment to Life
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Prelúdio
Bandit
Riotsville, USA
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
The Eyes of Tammy Faye