Ronald Reagan

===Screen Actors Guild presidency===
When [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] resigned as president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] (SAG) on March 10, 1947, Reagan was elected to that position, in a special election.{{sfn|Cannon|2003|p=86}} Reagan's first tenure saw various labor-management disputes,{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=133}} the [[Hollywood blacklist]],{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=146}} and the [[Taft–Hartley Act]]'s implementation.{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=154}} On April 10, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) interviewed Reagan and he provided them with the names of actors whom he believed to be [[communist sympathizers]].{{sfn|Pemberton|1998|p=32}} During a [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] hearing, Reagan testified that some guild members were associated with the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]]{{sfn|Cannon|2003|p=97}} and that he was well-informed on a "jurisdictional strike".{{sfn|Cannon|2003|p=98}} When asked if he was aware of communist efforts within the [[Screen Writers Guild]], he called the efforts "hearsay".{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=89}} Reagan would remain SAG president until he resigned on November 10, 1952;{{sfn|Eliot|2008|p=266}} [[Walter Pidgeon]] succeeded him, but Reagan stayed on the board.{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=179}}

The SAG fought with film producers over [[Residual (entertainment industry)|residual payments]]{{sfn|Pemberton|1998|p=35}} and on November 16, 1959, the board installed Reagan as SAG president for the second time,<ref>{{cite news |date=November 17, 1959 |title=Reagan Heads Actors Guild |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/phoenix-arizona-republic-nov-17-1959/ |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |page=47 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |via=[[NewspaperArchive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> replacing the resigned [[Howard Keel]]. In his second stint, Reagan managed to secure the payments for actors whose theatrical films were released from 1948 to 1959 and subsequently televised. The producers were initially required to pay the actors fees, but they ultimately settled for pensions instead. However, they were still required to pay residuals for films after 1959. Reagan resigned from the SAG presidency on June 7, 1960, and also left the board;{{sfn|Cannon|2003|pp=111–112}} [[George Chandler]] succeeded him as SAG president.{{sfn|Landesman|2015|p=173}}