Actors who have played Ronald McDonald

The actors listed in this table are generally understood to have portrayed Ronald McDonald under an official contract to the McDonald's Corporation.

Actor	Year	Areas appeared	Notes
Willard Scott	1963-65	local to US East Coast	Originated character, then named "Donald McDonald", in Washington, D.C. area TV ads in 1963. Well respected TV personality/longtime weatherperson on NBC-TV's Today morning show.
Bev Bergeron	1966-68	local to Southern California	Appeared in TV ads on the West Coast. Career includes 15 years of performing 5 magic shows a day at Walt Disney World's Diamond Horseshow Review, as well as over 16,000 shows.
George Voorhis	1968-70	local to Southern California	Helped introduce the "Big Mac" sandwich in McDonald's TV/print ads.
Ray Rayner	1968-69	U.S./Some global ads	Longtime Chicago area TV personallty and staple of children's television in the 1960s and 1970s on WGN-TV.
Bob Brandon	1970-75	U.S./Global
King Moody	1975-85	U.S./Global	2nd longest stint as Ronald McDonald amongst actors; played role of "Shtarker" in the CBS-TV series Get Smart.
Squire Fridell	1985-91	U.S./Global	Only one commercial actually credited on imdb.com; has also done thousands of TV commercials as pitchperson for. Portrayed Ronald in Mac and Me and The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island.
Jack Doepke	1991-99	U.S./Global	Last actor to portray Ronald in the fictional world of McDonaldland.
David Hussey	2000-2014	U.S./Global	Longest serving stint as Ronald McDonald (14 years) Portrayed Ronald in McKids Adventures.
Brad Lennon	2014-present	U.S./Global	Current actor in role as Ronald McDonald.