Ronald Reagan The Hollywood Icon Who Became President

A new movie opens tomorrow on the life of former President Ronald Reagan. It is the first full-length film focusing on the life of the 40th ... During the program, cast members Dennis Quaid, who plays Ronald Reagan, Elya Baskin who plays a soviet defector, Amanda Righetti who plays Nelle ... As president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later as a representative of the General Electric Co., he embarked on a program of self-education. A multitalented up-and-comer will rock the role of a young Ronald Reagan in the biopic "Reagan." Actor and musician Tommy Ragen, ... Ronald Reagan is, arguably, the most successful actor in history, having catapulted from a career as a Warner Bros. contract player and television star, into ... The only movie actor ever to become president, he had a remarkable skill as an orator that earned him the title “the Great Communicator.” His policies have been ... As his career was slowing down a bit, he was elected to the position of the president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and served two different ... After leaving acting, Ronald Reagan embarked on the most successful political career of any actor in history: two four-year terms as Governor of California ... Ronald Reagan, actor-turned-U.S. President, dies. The former chief executive, who acted in 50 movies before becoming a world leader, was 93. Reagan, in a way, was like Leslie Nielsen was in his early days: Square, stolid, stiff and perfectly bland leading man material. He was a movie ...