Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is the labor union representing film actors in the United States. The guild guarantees members a minimum daily wage on union productions ("scale") and handles payment of residuals. Since 1995 the guild has also selected members for the Screen Actors Guild Award.

Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild

From http://www.sag.org/history/presidents.html:

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• (1933, 1938-1940) Ralph Morgan
• (1933-1935) Eddie Cantor
• (1935-1938, 1946-1947) Robert Montgomery
• (1940-1942) Edward Arnold
• (1942-1944) James Cagney
• (1944-1946) George Murphy
• (1947-1952, 1959-1960) Ronald Reagan
• (1952-1957) Walter Pidgeon
• (1957-1958) Leon Ames
• (1958-1959) Howard Keel
• (1960-1963) George Chandler
• (1963-1965) Dana Andrews
• (1965-1971) Charlton Heston
• (1971-1973) John Gavin
• (1973-1975) Dennis Weaver
• (1975-1979) Kathleen Nolan
• (1979-1981) William Schallert
• (1981-1985) Edward Asner
• (1985-1988) Patty Duke
• (1988-1995) Barry Gordon
• (1995-1999) Richard Masur
• (1999-2001) William Daniels
• (2001-2005) Melissa Gilbert (over Rhoda actress Valerie Harper)
• (2005-) Alan Rosenberg (with 40.0%, over Morgan Fairchild with 34.7% and Robert Conrad with 25%)