Ronald Reagan's Acting Career
Ronald Reagan was a very successful man in his adulthood. He graduated from Eureka College in 1932. He worked as a radio sports announcer for a few years, and became the president in 1980, which is what made him famous.
A day in 1937, Ronald asked his mananger at WHO (a radio sports announcing company), to go to Los Angeles to cover a Chicago Cubs practice game. His boss reluctantly agreed, thinking that Ronald just really, really wanted to go see the Chicago Cubs at a game. But the real reason was to try to start an acting career in Hollywood. Ronald had heard about the actors the Hollywood directors produced, and he wanted to be famous too. He turned out to be an okay actor, but he only got the starring role in one movie soon after: George Gipp, the part of a college football star in Knute Rockne. Ronald was married to actress Jane Wyman in January 1940 and had two children. They were: daughter Maureen Reagan, and son Michael Reagan. Christina Reagan died on the same day that she was born as an infant, on June 26, 1947. 8 years later, Ronald and Jane divorced. After Ronald and Jane divorced, Ronald met Nancy …show more content…
Somebody fired a gun directed at the president, Ronald Reagan. Four men were injured: Ronald Reagan (president), James Brady (White House secretary), Thomas Delahanty (Washington DC police officer), and Tim McCarthy (Secret Service officer). Only James Brady suffered a death, later in his life, because of this assassination attempt. The gunman was John Hinckley Jr., who wanted to impress Jodie Foster, an actor whom he saw in a movie before. John had already enrolled at Yale, the college that Jodie had enrolled in. He had been trying to get her attention ever since. He even left a note under Jodie's dorm door, stating that he could "no longer wait to impress
A day in 1937, Ronald asked his mananger at WHO (a radio sports announcing company), to go to Los Angeles to cover a Chicago Cubs practice game. His boss reluctantly agreed, thinking that Ronald just really, really wanted to go see the Chicago Cubs at a game. But the real reason was to try to start an acting career in Hollywood. Ronald had heard about the actors the Hollywood directors produced, and he wanted to be famous too. He turned out to be an okay actor, but he only got the starring role in one movie soon after: George Gipp, the part of a college football star in Knute Rockne. Ronald was married to actress Jane Wyman in January 1940 and had two children. They were: daughter Maureen Reagan, and son Michael Reagan. Christina Reagan died on the same day that she was born as an infant, on June 26, 1947. 8 years later, Ronald and Jane divorced. After Ronald and Jane divorced, Ronald met Nancy …show more content…
Somebody fired a gun directed at the president, Ronald Reagan. Four men were injured: Ronald Reagan (president), James Brady (White House secretary), Thomas Delahanty (Washington DC police officer), and Tim McCarthy (Secret Service officer). Only James Brady suffered a death, later in his life, because of this assassination attempt. The gunman was John Hinckley Jr., who wanted to impress Jodie Foster, an actor whom he saw in a movie before. John had already enrolled at Yale, the college that Jodie had enrolled in. He had been trying to get her attention ever since. He even left a note under Jodie's dorm door, stating that he could "no longer wait to impress