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.

Ray Rayner 1968-69 U.S./Global Portrayed Ronald in the U.S. McDonalds commercial ads for only two years.

George Voorhis 1968-70 local to Southern California Helped introduce the "Big Mac" sandwich in McDonald's TV/print ads.

Bob Brandon 1970-75 U.S./Global Portrayed Ronald for only five years.

King Moody 1969-85 U.S./Global 2nd longest stint as Ronald McDonald amongst actors; played role of "Shtarker" in the CBS-TV series Get Smart.

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.