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The Ronald Reagan filmography includes a complete list of the films and/or television screen work that Ronald Reagan appeared in, beginning in 1937 and ending in 1965. Reagan, born in Illinois, moved to California where he signed a contract with Warner Brothers studios in 1937.[1] He acted in numerous films, including Love Is on the Air, Cowboy from Brooklyn, and Boy Meets Girl for the first year, and in 1938 he starred alongside Jane Wyman in Brother Rat. They married in 1940, having a child, Maureen, and adopted a son, Michael until the marriage ended in divorce in 1948.[2] During the marriage, Reagan continued to star in flims such as Dark Victory, An Angel from Texas, Knute Rockne All American, and King's Row. After the outbreak of war in the early 1940s, Reagan joined the Army Air Force in 1942. Although his nearsightedness limited him from active duty,[3] he was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit, producing movies including Beyond the Line of Duty, The Rear Gunner, and This is the Army.
Following military service in the United States Cavalry, Reagan resumed his film work. He met fellow star Nancy Davis in 1950 and they married two years later; the marriage would be one of the closest in US political history,[4] and the couple had two children: Patti and Ron.[4] Although Reagan continued his acting career, making films such as Cattle Queen of Montana, Tennessee's Partner, and Hellcats of the Navy (where he costarred alongside his wife) he did not secure as many roles any longer. Thus, Reagan turned to television, becoming the host of GE's General Electric Theater and later Death Valley Days; he made one last film — The Killers — before retiring as an actor.
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1937 |
Love Is on the Air |
Andy McCaine |
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| 1937 |
Hollywood Hotel |
Radio announcer (uncredited) |
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| 1938 |
Sergant Murphy |
Private Dennis Reilley |
|
| 1938 |
Swing Your Lady |
Jack Miller |
|
| 1938 |
Accidents Will Happen |
Eric Gregg |
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| 1938 |
Cowboy from Brooklyn |
Pat Dunn |
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| 1938 |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse |
Radio announcer (uncredited) |
|
| 1938 |
Boy Meets Girl |
Radio announcer at premiere |
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| 1938 |
Girls on Probation |
Neil Dillon |
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| 1938 |
Brother Rat |
Dan Crawford |
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| 1938 |
Going Places |
Jack Withering |
|
| 1939 |
Secret Service of the Air |
Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft |
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| 1939 |
Dark Victory |
Alec Hamm |
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| 1939 |
Code of the Secret Service |
Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft |
|
| 1939 |
Naughty But Nice |
Ed "Eddie" Clark |
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| 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 |
|
| 1940 |
Brother Rat and a Baby |
Dan Crawford |
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| 1940 |
An Angel from Texas |
Marty Allen |
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| 1940 |
Murder in the Air |
Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft |
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| 1940 |
Knute Rockne All American |
George "The Gipper" Gipp |
|
| 1940 |
Tugboat Annie Sails Again |
Eddie Kent |
|
| 1940 |
Alice in Movieland |
Guest at Carlo's (uncredited) |
|
| 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 |
King's Row |
Drake McHugh |
|
| 1942 |
Juke Girl |
Steve Talbot |
|
| 1942 |
Desperate Journey |
Johnny Hammond |
|
| 1942 |
Beyond the Line of Duty |
Narrator (voice) |
Film won Academy Award for Best Short |
| 1943 |
Cadet Classification |
Narrator |
|
| 1943 |
The Rear Gunner |
Lieutenant Ames |
|
| 1943 |
This is the Army |
Johnny Jones |
|
| 1947 |
Stallion Road |
Larry Hanrahan |
|
| 1947 |
That Hagen Girl |
Tom Bates |
|
| 1947 |
The Voice of the Turtle |
Sergeant Bill Page |
|
| 1949 |
John Loves Mary |
John Lawrence |
|
| 1949 |
Night Unto Night |
John Galen |
|
| 1949 |
The Girl from Jones Beach |
Bob Randolph |
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| 1949 |
The Hasty Heart |
Yank |
|
| 1950 |
Louisa |
Harold "Hal" Norton |
|
| 1951 |
The Big Truth |
Narrator/Host |
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| 1951 |
Storm Warning |
Burt Rainey |
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| 1951 |
The Last Outpost |
Captain Vance Britten |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1961 |
The Young Doctors |
Narrator (voice) |
|
| 1963 |
Heritage of Splendor |
Narrator |
|
| 1964 |
The Killers |
Jack Browning |
|
[edit] Television
| Year(s) |
Title |
Role |
Episode |
Notes |
| 1950 |
Nash Airflyte Theatre |
Tommy Blunt |
The Case of the Missing Lady |
|
| 1952 |
Hollywood Opening Night |
|
The Priceless Gift |
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| 1953 |
Medallion Theatre |
|
A Job for Jimmy Valentine |
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| 1953 |
The Revlon Mirror Theater |
|
Next Stop: Bethlehem |
|
| 1953-1954 |
Lux Video Theatre |
Merle Fisher |
A Place in the Sun |
|
|
|
Merle Fisher |
Message in a Bottle |
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| 1953-1954 |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars |
|
The Edge of Battle |
|
|
|
|
The Jungle Trap |
|
|
|
|
The Doctor Comes Home |
|
| 1953-1954 |
The Ford Television Theatre |
Lieutenant Commander Masterson |
Beneath These Waters |
|
|
|
Steve Wentworth |
And Suddenly, You Knew |
|
|
|
|
The First Born |
|
| 1956 |
General Electric Summer Originals |
|
Jungle Trap |
|
| 1960 |
The DuPont Show with June Allyson |
Alan Royce |
The Way Home |
|
| 1960 |
Startime |
Host |
The Swingin' Singin' Years |
|
| 1961 |
Zane Grey Theater (The Westerners) |
Major Will Sinclair |
The Long Shadow |
|
| 1954-1962 |
General Electric Theater |
Host |
Appeared in 35 episodes |
|
| 1961-1963 |
The Dick Powell Show |
Guest Host |
The Last of the Private Eyes |
|
|
|
Rex Kent |
Who Killed Julie Greer? |
|
| 1963 |
Wagon Train |
Captain Paul Winters |
The Fort Pierce Story |
|
| 1964 |
Kraft Suspense Theatre |
Judge Howard R. Stimming |
A Cruel and Unusual Night |
|
| 1964-1965 |
Death Valley Days |
Host |
Appeared in eight episodes |
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