
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964. Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he helped manage his family's department store. During World War II, he flew aircraft between the U.S. and India. After the war, Goldwater served in the Phoenix City Council. In 1952, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he rejected the legacy of the New Deal and, along with the conservative coalition, fought against the New Deal coalition. Goldwater also challenged his party's moderate to liberal wing on policy issues. He supported the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution but opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, disagreeing with Title II and Title VII. In the 1964 U.S. presidential election, Goldwater mobilized a large conservative constituency to win the Republican nomination, but then lost the general election to incumbent Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson in a landslide.
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- 2020 · #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Road to Mass Incarceration as Self
- 2016 · Race for the White House as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Imminent Threat as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · The World of Amateur Radio as Self
- 2007 · Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Fog of War as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Dick as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1997 · Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature as Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
- 1988 · American Experience as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Backstage at the White House as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Broken Rainbow as Self - Senator, R-Arizona (uncredited)
- 1982 · I Love Liberty as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1966 · The Making of the President: 1964 as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 · The Ham's Wide World as Self
- 1964 · Choice as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self