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| Gerald McRaney as Mayor Johnston Green on "Jericho" - © CBS |
Gerald McRaney was 14 when he was possessed with the notion to become an actor. Five years later, Gerald McRaney landed a job with a New Orleans rep company, laboring away as an oil-field worker during the off-season. In 1969, Gerald McRaney made his film bow in the Southern-fried cheapie "The Night of Bloody Horror."
Moving to L.A. in 1971, Gerald McRaney took acting lessons with Jeff Corey, struggling to lose his Mississippi accent, and drove a cab between TV jobs. For nearly a decade, Gerald McRaney paid the rent by playing murderers, psychos and rapists. The actor was finally "humanized" as down-home, college-educated private eye Rick Simon on the breezy detective series "Simon and Simon," which ran from 1981 to 1988. After this, Gerald McRaney was briefly considered for the starring role in "Coach;" instead, he was cast as Marine major J. D. "Mac" McGillis in the long-running (1989-93) family sitcom "Major Dad."
Gerald McRaney made his directorial debut with the 1991 TV movie "Love and Curses…And All That Jazz," in which he also starred. In 1995, Gerald McRaney was brought in to hype the flagging CBS drama series "Central Park West;" when this series tanked, he resurfaced as the star of the "family values" weekly drama "Promised Land" (1996), a spin-off of his guest appearance on TV's "Touched by an Angel."
Married twice, Gerald McRaney's second wife was "Designing Woman" co-star Delta Burke.
| GERALD MCRANEY: FACTS |
How tall is Gerald McRaney? How old is Gerald McRaney? Where was Gerald McRaney born? Find out here.
Age: 62 years old
Birthday: August 19, 1947
Height: 6' 1"
Nickname: Mackie
Full Name / Real Name: Gerald Lee McRaney
Birthplace: Collins, MS
Wife: Delta Burke
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