Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was a 20th century Human politician who served as President of the United States of America. An image of him was among several historical images seen by Daniels and Archer in the time stream as the timeline reorganized itself. 

Background information
He was the 40th president and served from 1981 until 1989. Before entering politics, he was a Hollywood actor, whose credits include ' (1942, with Dame Judith Anderson), ' (1954, with Anthony Caruso), ' (1955, appearing again with Caruso) and ' (1964, written by Gene L. Coon and co-starring Seymour Cassel). In addition, Whit Bissell, Skip Homeier and Dean Stockwell made appearances on , a Sunday night hosted by Reagan from 1954 to 1962.

Ronald Reagan wrote in his diary on, "After dinner we ran Star Trek III. It wasn't too good."

Reagan (then former president) visited the Paramount Pictures studios in during the shooting of. Although unfamiliar with most of Star Trek, he did enjoy meeting Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner and the many Klingon background performers hired for the episode. Later, when asked about the Klingons, he said "I like them. They remind me of Congress." During the tour through the sets including the Great Hall, an ailing Gene Roddenberry dropped his cane. The former president graciously knelt and retrieved it for him. Reagan later quipped, "I felt as if I had been knighted." ("Intergalactic Guest Stars" ("Presidential Visit: Ronald Reagan", TNG Season 5 DVD special feature)

The script of describes Malcorian Chancellor Avel Durken as "in his fifties, slight in stature, no Ronald Reagan here, there is a gentle, Woodrow Wilson quality, thoughtful, brilliant, committed."

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