Ronald Reagan
Movies: Kings Row, Bedtime For Bunzo, Knute Rockne - All American.
Politics: President of SAG, Governor of California, President of USA.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Movies: Terminator, Predator, Kindergarten Cop.Politics: Governor of California.
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Jesse Ventura
Movies: Predator, Demolition Man, Batman & Robin.Politics: Mayor, then Governor of Minnesota.
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Clint Eastwood
Movies: Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Dirty Harry.Politics: Served as Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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Jerry Springer
Movies: The Defender, Austin Powers, Ringmaster.Politics: Mayor of Cincinnati.
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Al Franken
Movies: When a Man Loves a Woman, Stuart Saves His Family, Saturday Night Live.Politics: Senator.
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Sonny Bono
Movies: Hairspray, Dirty Laundry, Airplane II.Politics: Mayor of Palm Springs, California, Congressman.
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Fred Thompson
Movies: Sinister, Die Hard 2, In The Line of Fire.Politics: Lawyer, Senator, ran for President.
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Kal Penn
Movies: Harold & Kumar, Superman Returns, Van Wilder.Politics: Associate Director in the Obama administration.
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John Lodge
Movies: Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, Bulldog Drummond at Bay.Politics: Served as US Ambassador, US House Member and Governor of Connecticut.
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Shirley Temple
Movies: Heidi, Bright Eyes, Fort Apache.Politics: Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
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George Murphy
Movies: This Is the Army, Battleground, For Me and My Gal.Politics: Was a US Senator form California.
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Rex Bell
Movies: The Cowboy Kid, Battling with Buffalo Bill, Broadway to Cheyenne.Politics: Lt. Governor of Nevada.
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Alan Autry
Movies: House, At Close Range, In the Heat of the Night.Politics: Mayor of Fresno.
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Jack Kelly
Movies: Forbidden Planet, Maverick, To Hell and Back.Politics: Mayor of Huntington Beach.
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Robert Dornan
Movies: The Starfighters, To the Shores of Hell, Hell on Wheels.Politics: Member of US House of Representatives from Orange County, California.
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Fred Grandy
Movies: Death Race 2000, The Girl Most Likely to..., The Love Boat.Politics: Served four terms as Congressman to the state of Iowa.
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Ben Jones
Movies: Primary Colors, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Lincoln Conspiracy.Politics. Congressman to the 4th district of Georgia.
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Will Rogers Jr.
Movies: The Story of Will Rogers, The Boy from Oklahoma, Wild Heritage.Politics: Congressman for Southern California.
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Sheila James Kuehl
Movies: Zelda.Politics: Served on California State assembly and State Senate.
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John Gavin
Movies: Psycho, A Time to Love and a Time To Die, Spartacus.Politics: Ambassador to Mexico, had also been president of SAG.
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Morgan Mason
Movies: Sex Lies and Videotape, Twenty-One, The Harvest.Politics: Held a number of positions under Ronald Reagan.
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Wendell Corey
Movies: Rear Window, The Search, The Rainmaker.Politics: Republican campaigner, served on Santa Monica city council, ran for Congress.
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Ben Stein
Movies: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Casper, Expelled.Politics: Speech writer for Nixon and Ford.
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Gary Coleman
Movies: Movin' In, Diff'rent Strokes, The Kid with the 200 I.Q.Politics: Ran for California Governor in the same race Arnold Schwarzenegger won.
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Marilyn Chambers
Movies: Rabid, Angel of H.E.A.T., Party Girls.Politics: Was a minor Candidate for Vice-President in 2004 and President in 2008.
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Nancy Kulp
Movies: Aristocats, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Parent Trap.Politics: Ran for the US House.
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Tom Laughlin
Movies: Billy Jack.Politics: Ran for President several times.
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Pat Paulsen
Movies: Brand X, Blood Suckers from Outer Space, Auntie Lee's Meat Pies.Politics: Ran for President many times.
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Howard Stern
Movies: Private Parts, I Spill Your Guts, Ryder P.I.Politics: Ran for Governor of New York in 1994.
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Charlton Heston
Movies: Planet of the Apes, Ben-Hur, Touch of Evil.Politics: President of both the Screen Actors Guild and the National Rifle Association.
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Sean Penn
Movies: Milk, Mystic River, Dead Man Walking.Politics: Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti.
