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With his imposing frame and commanding presence, this mustachioed 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....
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With his imposing frame and commanding presence, this mustachioed 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, rarely straying from his effective stereotype, except for his deliciously malicious turn on Deadwood.
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Family

Brother:  Buddy McRaney  
Daughter:  Jessica McRaney  ((mother is Beverly Root))
Daughter:  Kate McRaney  ((mother is Patricia Rae Moran))
Ex-wife:  Beverly Root  ((married 1967; divorced 1971))
Ex-wife:  Patricia Rae Moran  
Father:  Clyde McRaney  
Mother:  Edna McRaney  
Sister:  Ann McRaney  
Son:  Angus McRaney  ((mother is Beverly Root))
Wife:  Delta Burke  ((married May 28, 1989))

Education

Long Beach High School, Long Beach, MS
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
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