Jerry Parr was just 9 years old when his father took him to see "Code of the Secret Service," the 1939 action drama starring Ronald Reagan and Rosella Towne. It changed his life.

Secret Service agent Jerry Parr shoves President Ronald Reagan into his limousine after he was shot outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. (Ron Edmonds/AP) By Michael S. Rosenwald ...

WASHINGTON — Jerry Parr, the Secret Service agent credited with helping save President Ronald Reagan from a 1981 assassination attempt, died Friday. He was 85. Parr died of congestive heart ...