Gerald McRaney
Gerald McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, United States on August 19th, 1947 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 77, Gerald McRaney biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Gerald Lee McRaney (born August 19, 1947) is an American television and film actor.
McRaney is best known as one of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land.
In Jericho's first season and the final season of Deadwood, he was a series regular.
In season eight of Castle, he appeared as main antagonist Mason Wood on a recurring basis.
Barlow Connally appeared in the A&E series Longmire and appears as Dr. Jeremy The NBC series This Is Us is a TV show This Is Us is a recurring role.
Nathan Katowski, whose role earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Early life
McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, and the son of Clyde and Edna McRaney. He is of Scottish and Choctaw ancestry. He attended the University of Mississippi for college. McRaney worked in Louisiana oil fields before achieving fame as an actor.
Personal life
McRaney married actress Delta Burke on May 28, 1989; the couple had been dating two years before during her guest appearance on a Simon & Simon episode. He appeared on the film Designing Women as Dash Goff (who was named after a real person from Fayetteville, Arkansas, who Delta Burke's fellow castmate, Annie Potts, encountered while filming Pass the Ammo on location).
At Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, McRaney was Bacchus in the Krewe of Bacchus.
Despite being a veteran of the Marine Corps and a Marine Corps officer on Major Dad, he has always been a fan of veterans and troops, but he is not a veteran. During Operation Desert Storm, he made several trips to assist the troops. McRaney visited sailors and Marines on board ships moored in Toulon, France, on Thanksgiving of 1993, and signed autographs for the men on board the ships during one of the USO-sponsored trips. He autographed one sailor's cowboy hat while on board the USS Ashland. During Operation Restore Hope in Somalia in 1993, he visited troops. In 1994, he brought troops of task force 180 deploying to Haiti for Operation Restore Democracy. McRaney chaired the Department of Veterans Affairs' 2002 National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, which saluted hospitalized veterans and praised volunteerism at the VA medical center. He has appeared in commercials for the Wounded Warrior Project.
McRaney underwent heart transplantation in Houston, Texas, in August 2004.
McRaney, who endorsed incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush for re-election in 1992, said, "Most of my life I've been a Democrat, but the last two presidential elections have convinced me that I may as well go ahead and declare myself a Republican." In 1968, Hubert Humphrey received his first presidential election. McRaney introduced Second Lady Marilyn Quayle at the 1992 Republican National Convention.
In 2008, McRaney favoured Republican nominee John McCain for president.
McRaney has appeared in television commercials for the National Rifle Association dating back to 1987.
Career
In film, he starred in Night of Bloody Horror (1969), a low-budget slasher film in which he played the lead character Wesley Stuart.
On television, McRaney appeared in The Dukes of Hazzard in the episode "Hazzard Connection" (November 9, 1979), played a receptionist in two different episodes of The Rockford Files, and portrayed Tim Ryder, a heroin-addicted Vietnam War veteran in one episode of Hawaii Five-O. In addition, he starred in numerous episodes of The Incredible Hulk playing roles as a jealous boyfriend, a jealous race car driver, an angry police officer, and a disturbed police chief, and his miniseries roles include Dr. Henderson in Women in White (1979) and a town local, Harry Owens in Roots: The Next Generations (1979). However, McRaney is perhaps best known for his role as Rick Simon in the 1980s television show Simon & Simon. He also had starring roles in Major Dad and Promised Land, and a recurring role on Designing Women.
McRaney portrayed business mogul Adam Brock in the last eight episodes of Darren Star's primetime soap opera Central Park West, which ran on CBS in 1995–96. He later appeared as General Alan Adamle in two episodes of the NBC drama The West Wing; played a prominent role in the third season of the HBO television series Deadwood, as gold prospector George Hearst; and starred in the CBS postapocalyptic series Jericho as Johnston Green.
Additionally, he has acted in many television films, such as: Not Our Son (1995); Going for Broke (2003); and Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004), as General George S. Patton. He also starred in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode 9.24 "All In") and Diagnosis: Murder (episode 1.13 "Lily") as Det. Andy Ruggio.
In 1999, he starred in the film A Holiday Romance as Cal Peterson. In the late 2000s, McRaney co-hosted the cable outdoor hunting and shooting series The World of Beretta, drawing on his own sport interests. The series featured the sponsor's rifle and shotgun products in a number of hunting locations around the world, and often featured a celebrity shooter to hunt with McRaney.
In 2010, he starred as the villainous General Morrison in the film The A-Team (2010) and played a recurring role as CIA handler Carlton Shaw in the NBC action drama Undercovers. Also that year, he hosted a cable series on Spike TV that encouraged viewers Don't Be a Victim. One episode highlighted an instance wherein his lifelong friend and Simon & Simon costar Jameson Parker was shot twice.
In 2011, he began playing a recurring role as a judge on the US drama Fairly Legal. In 2012, McRaney played General Luntz in Red Tails, and Calvin in the film Heart of the Country. He made several appearances in a guest role on the television shows Longmire (2012–2015) and Mike & Molly (2012–2013). Later in 2013, he had a recurring role in the final season of Southland.
In 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017, he appeared in the Netflix series House of Cards as the billionaire Raymond Tusk of an energy corporation specializing in nuclear power. He also made two appearances in a supporting role on the FX Network drama Justified. From 2012 to 2017 he played the wealthy, powerful real estate developer Barlow Connally on the A&E/Netflix series Longmire.
In 2015, he starred in the dark-comedy Focus as Bucky Spurgeon and in Coat of Many Colors as Rev. Jake Owens, Dolly Parton's maternal grandfather and preacher. In 2016, he appeared as main antagonist and recurring character Mason Wood (LockSat) during the eighth and final season of Castle.
In 2016, he began appearing in the NBC series This Is Us as Dr. Nathan Katowski, a role for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award.