Reagan, Ron 1958– (Ronald Reagan, Jr.)

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Reagan, Ron 1958- (Ronald Reagan, Jr.)

PERSONAL

Full name, Ronald Prescott Reagan; born May 20, 1958, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Ronald (an actor and U.S. President) and Nancy (an actress) Reagan; brother of Patti Davis (an actress and writer); half-brother of Michael Reagan and Maureen Reagan (deceased); married Doria Palmieri, 1980.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, 1 William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor, producer, and talk show host. Former member of Joffrey Ballet.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Features reporter, Good Morning America, ABC, 1983-86.

Brothel owner, General Hospital, ABC, 1989.

Host, The Ron Reagan Show, syndicated, 1991.

Host, E! News Daily Documentaries, E! Entertainment Television, 1993.

Correspondent, Front Page, Fox, 1993-94.

Himself, Record Breakers, 1996-97.

Host, TV.com, syndicated, 1998.

Former coanchor of Scarborough Country, MSNBC.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Host, Whatta Year1986, ABC, 1986.

AIDS: Changing the Rules, PBS, 1987.

Host, Sid & Marty Krofft's Redeye Express, CBS, 1988.

Host, M & W Men and Women, ABC, 1988.

Ron Reagan Is the President's Son, Cinemax, 1988.

Ronald Reagan: An American Success Story, NBC, 1989.

Host and reporter, The Whole World Is Watching, E! Entertainment Television, 1992.

Host, See How They Run, E! Entertainment Television, 1992.

Saturday Night Live's Presidential Bash, NBC, 1992.

Host and reporter, In Censors We Trust, E! Entertainment Television, 1993.

Presenter, The 14th Annual CableACE Awards, Lifetime, 1993.

Host and narrator, Hollywood Commandos, AMC, 1997.

Interviewee, "Reagan," The American Experience, PBS, 1998.

Host, The 2001 Crufts Dog Show, Animal Planet, 2001.

Host, Eukanuba Tournament of Champions, Animal Planet, 2001.

Host, The AKC/Eukanuba American Dog Classic, Animal Planet, 2002.

Politics: A Pop Culture History, VH1, 2004.

Host, AKC/Eukanuba National Championship 2005, 2005.

AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, Tampa, Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1986.

(As Ronald Reagan, Jr.) The Dame Edna Experience, ITV, 1989.

Cousin Dewey, "Toby or Not Toby," Dream On, HBO, 1991.

Himself, "1984," Behind the Music (also known as VH1's "Behind the Music"), VH1, 2000.

"Who Will Get Alzheimers?," 20/20 (also known as ABC News 20/20), ABC, 2001.

Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, multiple appearances, 2004-2006.

Host, "Star Trek vs. Star Wars," Connected: Coast to Coast, 2005.

"Block the Vote," Now with Bill Moyers (also known as Now), PBS, 2006.

Guest, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, 2006.

Television Appearances; Other:

White House security guard, My Date with the President's Daughter (movie), ABC, 1998.

Himself, Tanner on Tanner (pilot), Sundance Channel, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer, The Whole World Is Watching, E! Entertainment Television, 1992.

Coproducer, See How They Run, E! Entertainment Television, 1992.

Producer, In Censors We Trust, E! Entertainment Television, 1993.

Film Appearances:

Frank, Soul Man (also known as The Imposter), New World, 1986.

(Uncredited) The Panama Deception, 1992.

Himself, Post No Bills (documentary), Plan B Productions, 1992.

Himself, America Speaks Out (documentary), Barking Harley Productions, 2004.

WRITINGS

Contributor to Playboy in the 1980s.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Washington Post, June 25, 2004, pp. C1, C3.