Ronald Reagan filmography
Reagan in Dark Victory (1939)
This is a list of movies of all of Ronald Reagan's most prominent onscreen acting roles as well as narrating roles. Also, included in this list are some of Reagan's special cameo appearances. He retired from acting so that he could be active in politics. He was elected Governor of California and soon President of the United States.
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes/Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air | Andy McCaine | |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel | Radio announcer (uncredited) | voice |
| 1938 | Sergeant Murphy | Private Dennis Reilley | |
| 1938 | Swing Your Lady | Jack Miller | |
| 1938 | Accidents Will Happen | Eric Gregg | |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Pat Dunn | |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Radio announcer (uncredited) | voice |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | Radio announcer at premiere | voice |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Neil Dillon | |
| 1938 | Brother Rat | Dan Crawford | Co-starring Jane Wyman |
| 1938 | Going Places | Jack Withering | |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft | First of the Bancroft series |
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Alec Hamm | |
| 1939 | Code of the Secret Service | Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft | Second in Bancroft series |
| 1939 | Naughty but Nice | Ed "Eddie" Clark | |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Jim Donohue | |
| 1939 | The Angels Wash Their Faces | Deputy District Attorney Patrick "Pat" Remson | |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft | Third in the Bancroft series |
| 1939 | Sword Fishing | Narrator | voice; Academy Award Nomination-Best Short |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Dan Crawford | Co-starring Jane Wyman |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Marty Allen | With Jane Wyman |
| 1940 | Murder in the Air | Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft | Fourth film in the Bancroft series |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne, All American | George "The Gipper" Gipp | |
| 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Eddie Kent | With Jane Wyman |
| 1940 | Alice in Movieland | Himself (uncredited) | [1] |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | George Armstrong Custer | |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | Gilbert "Gil" Jones | |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby | Peter "Pete" Rowan | |
| 1941 | International Squadron | Jimmy Grant | |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Matt Saywer | |
| 1942 | Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter | Lt. Saunders | Short |
| 1942 | Kings Row | Drake McHugh | Academy Award Nomination-Best Picture |
| 1942 | Juke Girl | Steve Talbo | |
| 1942 | Mister Gardenia Jones | Gardenia Jones | Academy Award Nomination-Best Short |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Johnny Hammond | |
| 1942 | Beyond the Line of Duty[2] | Narrator | voice; Academy Award Win-Best Short |
| 1943 | Cadet Classification | Narrator | Short |
| 1943 | The Rear Gunner[2] | Lieutenant Ames | Academy Award Nomination-Best Short |
| 1943 | For God and Country | Father Michael O'Keefe | Short |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Cpl. Johnny Jones | Academy Award Win-Scoring of a Musical Picture; Academy Award Nomination-Best Sound |
| 1945 | Target Tokyo | Narrator (voice)[3] | |
| 1945 | The Fight for the Sky | Narrator | voice; Short |
| 1945 | The Stilwell Road | Narrator | voice |
| 1945 | Wings for This Man | Narrator | voice |
| 1947 | Stallion Road | Larry Hanrahan | |
| 1947 | That Hagen Girl | Tom Bates | |
| 1947 | The Voice of the Turtle | Sergeant Bill Page | Reissued as One for the Book |
| 1949 | John Loves Mary | John Lawrence | |
| 1949 | Night Unto Night | John Galen | |
| 1949 | The Girl from Jones Beach | Bob Randolph | |
| 1949 | The Hasty Heart | Yank | |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Cameo | |
| 1950 | Louisa | Harold "Hal" Norton | |
| 1951 | The Big Truth | Narrator/Host | voice |
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Burt Rainey | |
| 1951 | The Last Outpost | Captain Vance Britten | aka Cavalry Charge |
| 1951 | Bedtime for Bonzo | Professor Peter Boyd | |
| 1952 | Hong Kong | Jeff Williams | |
| 1952 | The Winning Team | Grover Cleveland Alexander | |
| 1952 | She's Working Her Way Through College | Professor John Palmer | |
| 1953 | Tropic Zone | Dan McCloud | |
| 1953 | Law and Order | Frame Johnson | |
| 1954 | Prisoner of War | Webb Sloane | |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana | Farrell | |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner | Cowpoke | |
| 1957 | Hellcats of the Navy | Commander Casey Abbott | Co-starring Nancy Davis |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors | Narrator | voice |
| 1963 | Heritage of Splendor | Narrator | voice; Short |
| 1964 | The Killers | Jack Browning |
Ronald Reagan Filmography Media
Publicity photograph of Reagan as host of General Electric Theater, 1950s
Still of Reagan from Knute Rockne, All American, 1940
Reagan, then-president of the Screen Actors Guild, testifying at a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing, 1947
References
- ↑ Stephanie Thames. "Jean Negulesco Shorts". Turner Entertainment Networks. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Helfer, Andrew (author), Steve Buccatello (artist), and Joe Station (artist). Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography. Hill and Wang. 25.
- ↑ "Target Tokyo Archived 2016-08-30 at the Wayback Machine." Victory in the Pacific. PBS. Accessed October 9, 2008.
Other websites
- Ronald Reagan on IMDb
- "Life and Times" Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, flash presentation chronicles Reagan's Hollywood years, from the Reagan Library
- General Electric Theatre "The Dark, Dark Hours", rare 1954 video starring Ronald Reagan and James Dean. Edited to 6 minutes in length.
- "Ronald Reagan on TV" by Billy Ingram, at TVParty.com.
- Ronald Reagan at the Internet Archive, collection of television programs