Biography
Gerald McRaney is a highly respected and talented character actor who easily transitions between the stage, television and movies. He starred in the CBS drama Jericho, his fourth television series for the network, and on HBO‘s award-winning series Deadwood as George Hearst, father of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. He also appeared this past season in the Broadway production of Horton Foote‘s Dividing The Estate. It is during his run in this play, that Robert Duvall asked him to join the cast of Get Low after watching his performance.
Recognized by fans around the world, McRaney spent eight years as the irrepressible, yet immensely likable private investigator Rick Simon on Simon and Simon. He went on to become the nation's favorite U.S. Marine in Major Dad.
McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi. He became interested in acting when he injured a knee playing football in junior high school and found the only openings left were in the drama club. Encouraged by his performances in school productions, he went on to major in drama at the University of Mississippi.
McRaney‘s first acting job when he moved to Hollywood was in an episode of Night Gallery. He next followed it with four appearances on Gunsmoke which then led to steady work in television movies such as The Law, Roots II, and in many series, including The Incredible Hulk, The Rockford Files, Police Woman, Designing Women and How the West Was Won, among many others.
McRaney, who is married to actress Delta Burke, is a founding member of the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc., a non-profit organization that addresses health issues such as drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and addiction; firearm safety; human trafficking; mental health and HIV/AIDS prevention. In that role, he has testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations to obtain Senate endorsement of the group‘s efforts.
Sony Pictures Classics
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2019 |
The Unspoken Subject: David Milch and Deadwood |
2010 |
Deadwood: The Real Deadwood – 1877 |
Deadwood: Trusting the Process with David Milch |
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2007 |
Deadwood: The Education of Swearengen & Bullock |
2003 |
The Designing Women Reunion (TV movie) |
2001 |
The Directors: Wolfgang Petersen |
1998 |
Target Presents CBS Sneak Peek - a.f. |
1990 |
Intimate Portrait (series) |
1987 |
A Woman's Guide to Firearms |
Director
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1991 |
Love and Curses... And All That Jazz (TV movie) |
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1992 |
Major Dad |
The Election Show (S04E06) |
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1989 |
Simon & Simon |
Simon Says 'Good-Bye' (S08E13) |
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1988 |
Simon & Simon |
Second Swell (S07E05) |
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1986 |
Simon & Simon |
A Significant Obsession (S05E17) |
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The Cop Who Came to Dinner (S06E04) |
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1985 |
Simon & Simon |
Slither (S04E18) |
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1984 |
Simon & Simon |
Under the Knife (S03E19) |
Screenwriter
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1987 |
Simon & Simon |
I Thought the War Was Over (S06E20) |