``Ronald Reagan: The Signature Collection'' Debuts on DVD August 15 from Warner Home Video.

BURBANK, Calif. -- On August 15, Warner Home Video will introduce "Ronald Reagan: The Signature Collection," featuring five outstanding film performances from the prolific actor and longtime Warner Bros. contract player, who served two terms as Governor of California and then became one of the most popular American presidents of the 20th century. Included in the all new-to-DVD collection are "Kings Row," a Best Picture Award nominee and probably Mr. Reagan's best performance; "Knute Rockne All-American," the actor's best remembered role ("Win one for the Gipper!"); the wartime drama "The Hasty Heart"; the topical "Storm Warning"; and lastly, "The Winning Team," with Reagan playing Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.

The collection will sell for $49.92 SRP. All titles are exclusive to the collection except "Kings Row" and "Knute Rockne All-American" which will be available individually for $19.97 SRP each.

Reagan was born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Ill. and was raised in Dixon. During high school, he played football and appeared in his first play, Philip Barry's "You and I." On a trip to California for Cubs spring training, Reagan met a former WHO friend, who had appeared in a few movies. She set up a meeting with an agent who arranged a screen test with Warner Bros., resulting in a seven-year contract for $200 per week.

Reagan made his screen debut in "Love is on the Air" but first came to prominence when he was cast in a major role opposite Bette Davis in "Dark Victory," a performance which helped him win his most famous role, as the ill-fated Notre Dame football hero George Gipp in "Knute Rockne All-American."

Mr. Reagan made 50 films in all. Highlights include "Brother Rat," "Going Places," "This Is the Army," "The Voice of the Turtle," "Hong Kong," "Hellcats of the Navy," and the infamous "Bedtime for Bonzo" in which he played opposite a chimpanzee.

Mr. Reagan served a five-year term as president of the Screen Actors Guild, a position he again assumed in 1959. In 1954 he began an eight-year stint as the host of the television series "General Electric Theater." His final film was Don Siegel's 1964 remake of "The Killers."