James Brady
Actor
- Born
- August 29, 1940 · Centralia, Illinois, USA
- Died
- August 4, 2014 (age 73)
James Scott Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an American journalist, politician, activist and American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald Reagan.
On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Brady during Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, which occurred two months and 10 days after Reagan's inauguration.
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Brady's death in 2014 was eventually ruled a homicide, caused by the gunshot wound he received 33 years earlier in 1981.
Known for
Acting5
- 2023Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight as Self (archive footage)
- 2004National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service as Self - Reagan Press Secretary (archive footage)
- 1991Without Warning: The James Brady Story as James Brady (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1981The Killing of America as Self (archive footage)
- 1981Faces of Death II as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)