Reagan Jason Robards, Sr. Ruth Roman George Sanders Karen Sharpe Robert F. Simon Dean Stockwell Everett Sloane Stella Stevens Jimmy Stewart Nick Stewart Olive Sturgess Hope Summers Gloria Talbott Rod Taylor Phyllis Thaxter Gene Tierney Audrey Totter Harry Townes Claire Trevor Lurene Tuttle Gary Vinson Beverly Washburn David Wayne Christine White Jesse White Cornel Wilde Rhys Williams Natalie Wood Fay Wray Will Wright Ed Wynn Keenan Wynn Reagan fired by General Electric Michael Reagan, adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, contends that Attorney General of the United States Robert F. Kennedy pressured GE to cancel The General Electric Theater or at least to fire Reagan as the host if the program were to continue. The series was not dropped because of low ratings but political intervention, the younger Reagan still maintains. Michael claimed that Robert Kennedy told GE officials that the company would receive no federal contracts so long as Reagan was host of the series. Michael noted the irony that his father's dismissal propelled Reagan into the political arena, and eighteen years afterwards, Reagan would take the oath of office as the oldest person to become U.S. president up to that time (Joe Biden would surpass this record with his election in 2020) Kennedy's directive is another example of the "law of unintended consequences". Had Kennedy stayed out of GE contract matters, likely there would have been no Governor or President Reagan. From Reagan: The Life, H.W. Brands, Anchor Books, New York 2015 Page 124–125: Reagan's jeremiads against encroaching government cited the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a case in point – until he got wind that TVA executives were listening and wondering to General Electric's boss, Ralph Cordiner, why they shouldn't shift their purchases to a more appreciative company. Cordiner said he wouldn't censor Reagan – a move that caused Reagan to censor himself. Reagan recalled saying: “Mr Cordiner, what would you say if I could make my speech just as effectively without mentioning TVA?” [He also recalled the response:] “Well, it would make my job easier.” Reagan concluded the story “Dropping TVA from my speech was no problem.” [This quote is taken directly from Where's the Rest of Me?, Ronald Reagan with Richard G. Hublen, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1965, pp. 269–270] Page 131: In 1961, the Justice Department launched a probe into price-fixing in the electrical equipment industry. General Electric was a