[proud American in Canada]

Ronald Reagan was much more than a movie star. He was a sports announcer, he toured the country giving speeches as a spokesman for GE, and he served in the Army. He was indeed a self-made man, not an elite.

http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/biography/

[churchillbuff]

Ronald Reagan was much more than a movie star."""

He was also a union president. Heston in his memoirs says Reagan was a great, effective president of SAG.