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Hugh 190-192cm says on 28/Dec/09
A little over 6"0 as president. Prior to that 6"1
Doug1960 says on 13/Nov/09
Segal was in "Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe" with Jaqueline Bisset who is 5'6". And at one point, Segal and Bisset are standing and facing one another, as they recite dialogue. And it's obvious by the focus, that Segal is standing many feet closer to the camera, in order to appear taller than Bisset.
Segal is no more than 5'6" in his bare feet. He's a shorty big head with no torso. No way is he 5'10". Remember that actors are simply highly paid liars. While you the audience are their accomplices. Hollyweird. The dream factory. Hugh 191cm says on 16/Oct/09
Close to 6ft1 in office. Mike says on 21/Sep/09
6-1?
No way.
Look again at the video. Majority is taller.It is also like that in many other pictures.If he would be smaller than the majority of basketball players, then I could buy 6-1, but those are not basketballplayers.
It's just his slim body type that makes him look tall.
I would say he was never more than 5-9. Tim Beasley says on 18/Aug/09
Did Ronald Reagan ever wear his dress cowboy boots with his presidential suit? adam says on 16/Aug/09
Was shorter than Errol by about an inch so close to 6-1 is correct. Was a good man and a sterling president also. Frank2 says on 20/Jul/09
Reagan and 5'10" Milton Berle:
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Elvis and 6'3" Steve Forrest:
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I think ol' Elvis wasn't six feet. But Reagan was definitely 6'1". I met Elvis and Reagan. When I met Elvis he appeared to be my height or 5'11" but I now wonder if he wore lifts. By the time I met Reagan he had dropped down to six feet even. That was after he left office. GeneP says on 12/Jul/09
I met President Reagan in 1979, before he announced his 1980 candidacy for president. He was attending a political conference in Oregon. He certainly had an engaging manner away from the podium. He treated everyone who approached him with patience and respect. At this time, he appeared to be 6' 1" or slightly taller. I am 5' 8" and he had at least five inches on me. I've met many political celebrities and he was definitely among the nicest. Larry Jessee says on 30/Jun/09
I met President Reagan in 1984 at the Olympic Traning Center in Colorado Springs. I think he was 73? He seemed a bit taller than me at 6'0". Probably 6'1? What was most impressive was his youthful looking skin, he looked all of about 55. The most charismatic person , that I have ever met! Hugh 190cm says on 27/Jun/09
6ft1 i can buy in the 50's. 5ft11-6ft in Office. Mike says on 25/Jun/09
6-1?Never.
Look at him in this movie about in the end, where he is standing in uniform in a row besides others. You see that the majority is taller.Can a 6-1 guy be smaller than so many people?Unless those guys are all basketball players. In addition,the average height at that time was less than the average height today.
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Reagan during his presidency always seemed to have been an inch or two taller than people around him, on average. He was about 6' during his later years. Frank2 says on 21/Jun/09
Nonsense. I met Reagan after he left office. He was strolling through the Century City shopping mall with his Secret Service detail. I walked up and shook his hand and we spoke. I had recently worked with his wife Nancy when she came onto the Fox lot to record her anti-drug radio spots for the Kiwanis Club. Reagan was a solid 6'. He was taller than me by an inch and I'm 5'11". He was 6'1" in his prime. So I'd say he was every inch of 6" while serving as president. Since I'm the only one here who's met him and spoken with him (I did on another occasion when he was in the Fox Plaza Building), I'm the one to confirm his height. I still have two letters from Nancy thanking me for handling the recordings sessions. There were two of those sessions. Later, I saw Nancy at the Grill in Beverly Hills and we had a nice chat, By then Alzheimer's had stricken Reagan. As we spoke she took my hand and held it. I'll never forget that day. Tom says on 20/Jun/09
Reagan May have been 6 ft when he was younger but he was 5 ft 11 in the 1980's ...Photos don't lie and I don't think Reagan was vane enough to wear shoe lifts. George Bush Sr. was 6 ft 2 and Reagan was a full three inches shorter. FACT. Doug says on 20/Jun/09
I've seen tons of photos of Reagan next to celebrities who I know the height of and every time he seems to look 5'11", barely 6'. Doug says on 20/Jun/09
6'1 is bull in office. Why is it in every picture he looks 5'11" compared to Arnie (who was 3 inches taller) and other men who are known to be in the 6'1"-6'2" range and they all have 2-3 inches on Reagan? Peak height 184 cm. In office 181-2cm. Hugh 190cm says on 6/Jun/09
Slightly over 6ft when in office. 183cm-184cm F. H. Pigg says on 19/May/09
I'm pretty sure Reagan was 7' 6" tall and weighed close to 300 pounds, all rock solid muscle. T. Kelley says on 22/Apr/09
I met Ronald Reagan. I saw him in person many times. I am 6'1", and he was exactly the same height as me. I don't see a listing for George H. W. Bush. He may be a little shorter now, but in the 1980's he was 6'3". His son George W. is 4 or 5 inches shorter. Anonymous says on 19/Mar/09
I watched the same show, and I myself am baffled at the statement of having to remodeled for President Reagan. I wonder if that was a "uh-oh" . Doug says on 23/Feb/09
Strange but Reagan seemed 6 ft max in office. Perhaps this was his peak height but he was no taller than 6 foot flat while president I'm sure. Mike says on 18/Feb/09
I watched a show on TV about the history of the White House and they talked about the desk in the Oval Office which has been in there for about 150 years or so. It was modified several times for presidents......for example FDR had a door put on the front to cover his legs so you couldn't see his wheelchair he was sitting in....there is a famous picture of JFK Jr playing as a little kid peaking out of this door. They then said that they had to modify the desk and raise it up about 2 inches for Ronald Reagan because of his height. He must have been tall. aram x says on 24/Jan/09
Then how tall is Nancy Reagan? MHouillon says on 23/Jan/09
6'1 is def. too tall. Peak height: 183cm (6'), later years 5'11 (180cm). Zabulun says on 8/Jan/09
He was 6 ft to 6-1 as a young man. He wore a size 10.5 D shoe. Unknown says on 26/Nov/08
George, Ted was much taller than what you say. He towered over Michael Jordan on a picture.
Dude, he never was 6-2. That's nonsense. Look at some pictures of him besides others, and you will see that he never was. He was 5-11 at most. George H. says on 25/Nov/08
Prime Ted Kennedy was a little over 6'2". My cousin (6'2.5") used to work for him and he said he was almost literally a hair taller than Ted K. Unknown says on 24/Nov/08
Reagan can never be 6-1.
I saw pictures of him, standing beside Ted Kennedy, who does not seem to be very tall, 5-11 at most, and Reagan is about 2 inches shorter.
So far under 6-1. Paul says on 1/Nov/08
I know it is a wax museum, but at Madame Tussauds in Washington, D.C. the model of Regan was a legitimate 6'1". The other models like JFK, Clinton and so-on seemed right on the money, and if the model of Reagan is anything to go by then the height this site lists would be bang on. Just something to keep in mind. Lebensdorf says on 17/Aug/08
He looked about 5'11'' or even 5'10'' whilst in office, especially toward the middle to the end of his tenure. He definitely lost height. Mr Mayfair says on 15/Dec/07
Six foot tall when a lifeguard and at the start of his film career.
Five eleven when became President, but probably an inch or so shorter when he passed :( Mike says on 17/Oct/07
Compared to Sunny Bono, who is 1,66cm.
Reagan does not have that much height difference in order to be 6-1.
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There is no way on earth that Regan ever could have been 6-1, even in his younger days.
I would give him no more than 5-11 for his presidency time.His slim body type made im appear taller. Maybe he was a maximum of 6' in his prime, but I doubt even that. Miguel says on 24/Aug/07
Rossano Brazzi was 5-11. I met him in 1958 in Rome at his home, Via Sistina 57 .I took a picture next to him and he was at least 1 inch taller than me (5-10 at that time). MHouillon says on 14/Jul/07
At the end of his life 5'10 ? Are you crazy ? He never lost 7cm! He was 185cm (6'1) at most and later maybe 181-180cm (5'11.25-5'11). Paul says on 20/Dec/06
No, Reagan was never 6'3" nor did he claim to be. He did have very good posture and a commanding presence which probably made some think he was bigger than he was. I still maintain that a young Reagan was closer to 6'1". Middle aged at 6' and by the end of his life he was about 5'10". George H says on 13/Dec/06
The highest I heard for him was 6'1", in his prime. 6'3" is crazy. Robert says on 12/Dec/06
Reagan can never be 6-3.no way sleuth says on 4/Dec/06
I know a guy who says he's 6'3" who says he met Reagan and they looked eye-to-eye. Paul says on 27/Aug/06
In watching some Reagan movies on DVD recently I think he looks like a solid 6 footer, but not much more. There's a long shot of Pat Neal and him walking where she is wearing 2" heels and he only looks a couple of inches taller. Later in the movie there's a close up of the two and the difference is much greater. Perhaps she had taken off her shoes?
He looks a couple inches taller than Robert Cummings who was probably around 5'10" and several inches taller than Pat O'Brien who I'd guess at 5'9" or so at age 40. Frank2 says on 9/May/06
For what it's worth, I'm watching the film Night Unto Night and Reagan is about an inch taller than 6' Broderick Crawford. I met Crawford twice, once in the late 1960's and later in the late 1970's and he was definitely taller than me by an inch. I used to watch Crawford's TV series Highway Patrol. Crawford was spposedly such a big drunk that they finally pulled his driver's license so the driving he did in that patrol car was the only driving he did, period.
[Editor Rob: I will add Broderick at your estimate!] Gonzalo says on 8/May/06
I think he was 6`1. I have seen a pic of him and Burt Lancaster and Reagan appeared to be taller A-Bomb says on 20/Apr/06
Frank2,
Conservative hey. I'd be what you American's coin as a "liberal". However, I've always had a soft spot for Reagan - not the policies mind you, but the person and the icon. I liked Clinton too, but he came across as arrogant too often - Reagan had a very humble approach and his speech giving abilities were spectacular. I'm glad to read from you that he was genuinly friendly. I got the 5'11 height at the time of him taking office from Lou Cannon's "Role of a lifetime", but I hadn't read it for years and only remembered that I came across this height at some time and thought it may have related to that. On rereading it didn't say anything of the sort - it only mentioned that Reagan at 16 was 5'11" (in context of him being a footballer I think). Frank2 says on 13/Apr/06
When I worked at Fox I was given the job of handling Nancy Reagan coming onto the lot and recording her anti-drug campaign commercial spots for the Kiwanis Club. Since I was almost the lone conservative there they handed me the task of coordinating everything with the Secret Service and with Nancy's assistant. This was after President Reagan left office and had his new office in The Fox Plaza Building (used in Diehard) along with Nancy. I did this a couple of times. Nancy was a wonderful woman. Several years later when I spotted her seated across from me at a restaurant in Beverly Hills I walked over to say hello and to inquire as to how her husband was doing battling that awful Alzheimer's disease. She took my hand and held it the entire time I stood there. I'll never forget it as long as I live. Seeing her bent over her husband's casket during his funeral really tore me up. He was really the light in her life and now it's gone out.
Anyway, right after I handled the logistics of getting her onto the lot for the first recording session I ran into Reagan at of all places the Disney Store located in a mall in Century City. I would occasionally walk to the mall for lunch since it wasn't that far from the studio. I went up to him and we spoke. I told him I had worked with his wife and he was quite grateful saying all sorts of nice complements. We parted and then from time to time I'd see him coming and going from his office at The Plaza since I had business in that building. He was always cheerful and very friendly.
When I met Reagan he was slightly taller than me so I'd say close to 6'. I'm sure he was 6'1" when he was younger. And Bush is definitely 5'11". I have distant relatives who know him and his dad. I've seen photos of him with the husband who's 5'10" and Bush is taller in every shot. I mean just look at how tall he is next to Arnold Shwarzenegger! And Arnold is certainly over 6'. I've met him and he's not the short guy who people some believe wears lifts. No way!
One year I was attending the NAB convention in Las Vegas and got to hear Reagan speak. He was still President then and he gave a spectacular address. He had people standing up and cheering! Paul says on 12/Apr/06
That's a very interesting photo Frank2. Thanks. I've other photos where Flynn is noticably taller than Reagan. I recall Reagan once said Flynn made himself look taller in an outdoor group shot by kicking some dirt in a pile and then standing on it. Flynn, being the bigger star, probably got extra special boots whenever they appeared in one of their war films together.
If you don't my asking, what were the circumstances of you (Frank2) meeting him after he left office? That must have been quite a thrill. I saw him give a speech (outdoors in blistering heat) when he was 80 and it was remarkable how fit he looked and his voice was clear and strong. It was just a few years later when he gave a speech at his 83rd birthday party that one could tell that he was starting to have problems.
I've only been face to face with one President. That being George W. Bush. Despite claims to the contrary, he is approximately 5'11" no more and not much less. I wasn't close enough to Reagan to get a good estimate, but he was still noticably taller than medium height, but not more than 6 foot either. Then again, he was 80 years old at the time.
[Editor Rob: ah, the old 'kicking dirt in a pile' trick...a classic] Frank2 says on 14/Mar/06
That's correct. Van Johnson was about 6'2" when he was young. Robert Taylor was no more than 5'10" as you can see in both photos. He's at least five inches shorter than 6'3" Jimmy Stewart. Rossano Brazzi wore huge lifts in all of his films. He was about 5'8". Reagan was at his full height of 6'1" when that photo was taken. Frank2 says on 26/Feb/06
Nope. I met him after he left office and he was at least six feet. I'm 5' 11" and he was taller than me. Paul says on 16/Dec/05
In her book about her Dad's declining years ("The Long Goodbye") she wrote that one of the things she noticed the most was that he was shrinking. She noted that he was a 6 footer as a younger man but by his late 80s he was about her size: 5'10".
From pictures I've seen of Reagan as a younger man, he does look like a 6 footer. But he was in his 70s by the time he was President so some shrinkage had probably already taken place. |
