Gerald McRaney

Biography: With his imposing frame and commanding presence, this veteran TV actor started out playing villains but shot to fame as a good guy on the lighthearted '80s action series Simon & Simon. Boasting a Southern amiability and a deadpan drawl, he charmed audiences and Designing Women star Delta Burke, who became his third wife after they guest-starred on their respective series. His next show, the family sitcom Major Dad, was a moderate success and firmly established him as a stern yet lovable patriarch, a role he continued to embody on his subsequent show, Promised Land. McRaney also popped up in a slew of TV-movies, often opposite his wife, and even tried his hand at directing, helming multiple episodes of his first two hit series. In the '90s and '00s, he suffered through a few failed shows but always found work as a guest star on long-running series (JAG, CSI, West Wing), rarely straying from his effective stereotype, except for his deliciously malicious turn on Deadwood. In 2006,With his imposing frame and commanding presence, this veteran TV actor started out playing villains but shot to fame as a good guy on the lighthearted '80s action series Simon & Simon. Boasting a Southern amiability and a deadpan drawl, he charmed audiences and Designing Women star Delta Burke, who became his third wife after they guest-starred on their respective series. His next show, the family sitcom Major Dad, was a moderate success and firmly established him as a stern yet lovable patriarch, a role he continued to embody on his subsequent show, Promised Land. McRaney also popped up in a slew of TV-movies, often opposite his wife, and even tried his hand at directing, helming multiple episodes of his first two hit series. In the '90s and '00s, he suffered through a few failed shows but always found work as a guest star on long-running series (JAG, CSI, West Wing), rarely straying from his effective stereotype, except for his deliciously malicious turn on Deadwood. In 2006, McRaney was tapped to portray the mayor of Jericho, Kansas, on the postnuclear holocaust drama Jericho, but left the show at the end of the first season to pursue other projects. And in 2010, he signed on to play a CIA boss on J.J. Abrams' spy drama Undercovers. In his spare time, McRaney enjoys the outdoors and is an avid camper, hunter and fisherman. Expand

Gerald McRaney's Scores

Average career score: 66
Highest Metascore: 93 Deadwood: Season 2
Lowest Metascore: 43 Agent X: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
26 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 5 Oct 3, 1985 Richard "Rick" Simon / Director / Rick tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 4 Sep 27, 1984 Richard "Rick" Simon / Director / Rick tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 3 Sep 29, 1983 Rick Simon / Director / Rick tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 2 Oct 7, 1982 Richard "Rick" Simon / Rick tbd
tbd Magnum, P.I.: Season 3 Sep 30, 1982 Rick Simon tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 1 Nov 24, 1981 Richard "Rick" Simon / Rick tbd
tbd The Incredible Hulk: Season 3 Sep 21, 1979 Frank Rhodes tbd
tbd The Dukes of Hazzard: Season 2 Sep 21, 1979 Workman 6.8
tbd The Incredible Hulk: Season 2 Sep 22, 1978 Colin / Sam tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 4 Sep 16, 1977 DA John Pleasance tbd
tbd CHiPs: Season 1 Sep 15, 1977 Demick tbd
tbd The Streets of San Francisco (1972): Season 5 Sep 30, 1976 Henry Buck tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 3 Sep 24, 1976 Jeryl tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 2 Sep 12, 1975 Manager tbd
tbd The Streets of San Francisco (1972): Season 4 Sep 11, 1975 Jeff Dixon tbd
tbd The Waltons: Season 3 Sep 12, 1974 Tim Collins tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 20 Sep 9, 1974 Pete Murphy tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 1 Mar 27, 1974 Irv tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 19 Sep 10, 1973 Lonnie Colby tbd
tbd Alias Smith and Jones: Season 3 Sep 16, 1972 Actor tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 9 Nov 24, 1981 Rick Simon tbd