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The Films of Ronald Reagan
Internet Movie Database (IMDb) ^ | 6/16/04

Posted on 06/16/2004 3:01:14 PM PDT by Wolfstar

Killers, The (1964) .... Jack Browning... aka Ernest Hemingway's The Killers (1964) (USA: promotional title)
Young Doctors, The (1961) (voice) .... Narrator
Hellcats of the Navy (1957) .... Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Tennessee's Partner (1955) .... Cowpoke
Cattle Queen of Montana (1955) .... Farrell
Prisoner of War (1954) .... Webb Sloane
Law and Order (1953) .... Frame Johnson
Tropic Zone (1953) .... Dan McCloud
She's Working Her Way Through College (1952) .... Prof. John Palmer
Winning Team, The (1952) .... Grover Cleveland Alexander
Hong Kong (1952) .... Jeff Williams... aka Bombs Over China (1962) (USA: reissue title)
Big Truth, The (1951) .... Host/Narrator
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) .... Prof. Peter Boyd
Last Outpost, The (1951) .... Capt. Vance Britten... aka Cavalry Charge (1962) (USA: reissue title)
Storm Warning (1951) .... Burt Rainey
Louisa (1950) .... Hal Norton
Hasty Heart, The (1949) .... Yank
Girl from Jones Beach, The (1949) .... Bob Randolph (Robert Venerik)
Night Unto Night (1949) .... John Galen
John Loves Mary (1949) .... John Lawrence
Voice of the Turtle, The (1947) .... Sergeant Bill Page... aka One for the Book (1947) (USA: reissue title)
That Hagen Girl (1947) .... Tom Bates
Stallion Road (1947) .... Larry Hanrahan
Cadet Classification (1943) .... Narrator
For God and Country (1943) .... Father Michael O'Keefe
This Is the Army (1943) (as Lt. Ronald Reagan) .... Johnny Jones
Desperate Journey (1942) .... Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
Juke Girl (1942) .... Steve Talbot
Kings Row (1942) .... Drake McHugh
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) .... Matt Sawyer
International Squadron (1941) .... Jimmy Grant
Million Dollar Baby (1941) .... Peter 'Pete' Rowan
Bad Man, The (1941) .... Gilbert 'Gil' Jones... aka Two-Gun Cupid (1941) (UK)
Santa Fe Trail (1940) .... George Armstrong Custer
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) .... Eddie Kent
Knute Rockne All American (1940) .... George 'The Gipper' Gipp... aka Modern Hero, A (1940) (UK)
Murder in the Air (1940) .... Brass Bancroft
Angel from Texas, An (1940) .... Marty Allen
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) .... Dan Crawford... aka Baby Be Good (1940) (UK)
Smashing the Money Ring (1939) .... Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft... aka Queer Money (1939)
Angels Wash Their Faces, The (1939) .... Deputy Dist. Atty. Patrick 'Pat' Remson... aka Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) (USA)
Hell's Kitchen (1939) .... Jim Donohue
Naughty But Nice (1939) .... Ed 'Eddie' Clark
Code of the Secret Service (1939) .... Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft
Dark Victory (1939) .... Alec Hamm
Secret Service of the Air (1939) .... Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft
Going Places (1938) .... Jack Withering
Brother Rat (1938) .... Dan Crawford
Girls on Probation (1938) .... Neil Dillon
Boy Meets Girl (1938) .... Announcer
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (1938) (uncredited) (voice) .... Radio Announcer
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) .... Pat Dunn... aka Romance and Rhythm (1938) (UK)
Accidents Will Happen (1938) .... Eric Gregg
Swing Your Lady (1938) .... Jack Miller
Hollywood Hotel (1937) (uncredited) .... Radio anouncer
Submarine D-1 (1937) (scenes deleted) .... Paul, One of Ann's Suitors
Sergeant Murphy (1937) .... Pvt. Dennis Riley
Love Is on the Air (1937) .... Andy McCaine... aka Radio Murder Mystery, The (1937) (UK)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: filmography; films; ronaldreagan
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Posted on FR for those who are interested in this side of President Reagan's career. The RWR pages at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) includes a biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia. It reads, in part, "In 1937 he went to Hollywood where, as a contract player for Warner Bros., he was groomed for stardom, playing leads in B pictures and supporting roles in A's. He had a pleasant screen presence, and was by no means as bad an actor as his detractors would have one believe. Nor was he strictly, as the press would have it, 'a B-movie actor.' "
1 posted on 06/16/2004 3:01:14 PM PDT by Wolfstar
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To: onyx; My2Cents; doodlelady

Just an FYI ping.


2 posted on 06/16/2004 3:02:06 PM PDT by Wolfstar (It is now time for us to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: Wolfstar

Crosslinked:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1148235/posts
Ronald Reagan Passes- some links...
various FR links | 06-05-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy


3 posted on 06/16/2004 3:13:47 PM PDT by backhoe (Sleep tight, Ronnie... you reminded me of my Dad so much...)
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To: backhoe

Thanks for cross-linking this to your excellent compendium thread, Backhoe. I posted this under Miscellaneous and Extended News, but it could easily be overlooked by people who may be trying to find such info, but who don't know about the IMDb.


4 posted on 06/16/2004 3:17:42 PM PDT by Wolfstar (It is now time for us to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: Wolfstar
Hellcats of the Navy (1957) .... Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

I just watched this. I enjoyed it.

5 posted on 06/16/2004 3:19:46 PM PDT by hopespringseternal (People should be banned for sophistry.)
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To: Wolfstar

Wow, thank you for posting that list. I had no idea he was in so many films!


6 posted on 06/16/2004 3:19:56 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (Goodbye, President Reagan. You will be missed.)
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To: hopespringseternal

Where were you able to see "Hellcats of the Navy?" I would like to see it if were available. Did Reagan play a Hellcat pilot in the film?


7 posted on 06/16/2004 3:34:50 PM PDT by sasportas
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To: Wolfstar
Saturday afternoon at the Uptown Theater -- Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) .... Eddie Kent
8 posted on 06/16/2004 3:55:50 PM PDT by JimSEA ( "More Bush, Less Taxes.")
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To: Wolfstar

True story here:

Part I of King's Row was on the TV one afternoon many years ago when I went into labor with my first child.When it was over I called my husband at work and off we went.

I watched Part II the next day in my hospital room so lots of personal memories here concerning Ronald Reagan.


9 posted on 06/16/2004 3:58:17 PM PDT by Mears
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To: hopespringseternal

It was actually a very entertaining movie. RWR was in some good films. As Maltin's bio says, he was a better actor than his political opponents would have us believe.


10 posted on 06/16/2004 4:34:25 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Our duty now is to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: proud American in Canada

You are most welcome. I posted if for folks like you who might be interested in this info, but didn't know where to find it.


11 posted on 06/16/2004 4:35:11 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Our duty now is to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: JimSEA

I never saw that film, but have seen several of RWR's movies. I think I'd enjoy seeing the Tugboat Annie flick.


12 posted on 06/16/2004 4:36:13 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Our duty now is to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: Mears

Cool atmospheric background to the birth of your child. :-)


13 posted on 06/16/2004 4:37:19 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Our duty now is to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: Wolfstar
A little surprised how many he made.

Also haven't seen many of them. "The Hasty Heart" was pretty good although a little too sad.

14 posted on 06/16/2004 4:41:03 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Wolfstar

"Bombs Over China (1962)"? I like! :-)


15 posted on 06/16/2004 4:42:36 PM PDT by My2Cents (Well.....there you go again.)
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To: My2Cents

I'll have to make a point of seeing it first chance I get. RWR did a couple of films with Errol Flynn. Both were good.


16 posted on 06/16/2004 4:51:05 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Our duty now is to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: yarddog

Try to catch "Santa Fe Trail," in which he played second lead to Errol Flynn. A riproaring western from Hollywood's golden age.


17 posted on 06/16/2004 4:52:41 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Our duty now is to preserve President Reagan's legacy and take it into the future.)
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To: Wolfstar
Phil Hendrie (the cleverest radio guy in America) recommended RR's last movie, The Killers. He said Reagan's acting was superb, the best of his career.

I did an internet search and, sure enough, both the movie and RR get glowing reviews.

Here's the kicker: RR plays a bad guy, and all the reviews say his portayal is "chilling" or amazingly convincing.

To me, that says a lot both about RR's acting ability, and also about his insight into what bad people were really like.

18 posted on 06/16/2004 4:59:37 PM PDT by Urbane_Guerilla
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To: Wolfstar

Yes "Sante Fe Trail" was one of the few I have seen. It was a fine movie altough a little weak as history.


19 posted on 06/16/2004 5:07:39 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog
Agree, "The Hasty Heart" is my favorite RWR movie.

Patricia Neal: "Yank, Lachie's parent were never married. Do you know what that means?"
Ronald Reagan: [pause]"He certainly is!"

20 posted on 06/16/2004 5:13:08 PM PDT by quark
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