He was the elder brother of the Hollywood star and United States President Ronald Reagan.

From the 1930s through the 1950s, Neil Reagan directed the radio series Dr. Christian, starring Jean Hersholt.

In between he launched a brief Hollywood career as a supporting actor in films such as Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) and Doughboys in Ireland (1943).

[citation needed] Reagan died from heart failure at a hospital in San Diego on December 11, 1996, at age 88.

His wife, Ruth Elizabeth "Bess" Reagan (née Hoffman;[3] 1908–2010), whom he wed in 1935, died in 2010 at the age of 102.