

In the episode Common Ground, 2017, Frank states that Joe was his firstborn and that he misses him every day. In later seasons, the writers appear to have retconned the order of birth. In several episodes in the earlier seasons, it is clearly established in dialogue that Danny was the oldest of the siblings followed by Erin, Joe and Jamie in that order Frank mentions that Danny was in diapers during the Watergate hearings which took place in 1973-74, while the final scene at the Reagan family plot in the episode " The Blue Templar" shows Joe's date of birth on his headstone as June 6, 1977. As a young man, Danny worked construction. During high school, Danny dated Marianne Romano ( Charisma Carpenter), who was described by his partner Baez as "the queen bee, super good looking, a little crazy, and dynamite in the sack" to which he agreed.

They lived on Staten Island until their home was destroyed in a fire in the season 7 finale, which was set by a drug cartel in retaliation to a recent bust Danny made. circa 2004), until Linda's death off-screen between seasons 7 and 8. He was happily married to Linda since 1996, with whom he has two sons, Jack (b. The eldest son of the current New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan and his wife Mary, Danny grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn with a younger sister, Erin, and two younger brothers, Joe and Jamie. He is portrayed by New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg. Joseph Conor "Joe" Reagan (younger brother) †ĭetective First Grade Daniel Fitzgerald Reagan is the eldest son of Commissioner Frank Reagan. However, in season 7, new mayor Margaret Dutton affirms that his polls are better than any of the NY Mayors. In the first season, Frank is well regarded and respected by his officers and his city, to the point where the mayor felt threatened by his popularity however, by season 6, public opinion regarding the police – and him personally – has changed so drastically that he gets booed off-stage while speaking at Columbia University. In 2011, after the election of Carter Poole ( David Ramsey), Frank offers to tender his resignation, but Poole decided to keep Frank on as PC. Frank was appointed the Police Commissioner by Mayor Frank Russo ( Bruce Altman). Paul's Chapel, where he and other officers slept in the pews. He spent days at Ground Zero, and took refuge at St. On September 11, 2001, Frank was working in the North Tower when the South Tower collapsed. He thereafter served in various positions across the city, including Chief of the Brooklyn South Division and the Chief of Department of the NYPD, culminating in being appointed Police Commissioner. He began his career as a patrol officer, and was later promoted to Detective 3rd Grade. Paula visits Frank and reveals the news in an effort to get her son, a young detective in the firearms unit, assigned to a less dangerous precinct.Īfter serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War (during which time he held the rank of Lieutenant and was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal ), Frank became the third generation of Reagans to become a police officer. Paula said the two had a brief affair and she never told Joe about her pregnancy or his son. It's revealed in Season 10's "Family Secrets" that Frank also has one more grandson, Joseph Hill, the son of Paula Hill, whom Joe Reagan met at the academy. Frank is also a loving grandfather to Erin's daughter, Nicky Reagan-Boyle ( Sami Gayle), and Danny's two children, Jack (Tony Terraciano) and Sean Reagan (Andrew Terraciano). Frank married Mary Margaret Reagan (née Conor) in the early 1970s, and they have four children together: Danny, Erin, Joe, and Jamie. His older brother, Peter Christopher Reagan, died of leukemia at the age of 18 months, over a year before Frank was born. star Tom Selleck, is the patriarch of the Reagan family.įrank is the younger son of Henry ( Len Cariou) and Betty Reagan, born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York in the early 1950s. Reagan family Family tree įrank Reagan is played by actor Tom Selleck.Ĭommissioner Francis Xavier Reagan, portrayed by former Magnum P.I.
