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| birth_name = Joseph Maggard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|8}}
| birth_place = [[Lynch, Kentucky]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| othername = Joseph Maggard<br />Joe Magard<br />Joseph Magard
| occupation = Actor, deputy sheriff
| years_active = 1989–present
| known for = Lying about portraying the [[Ronald McDonald]] character in the McDonald's commercials from 1995 to 2007.
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'''Joseph''' "'''Joe'''" '''Maggard''' (born December 8, 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] and former deputy sheriff<ref>http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/ronald-touching-interview-actor-who-played-ronald-mcdonald-12-years</ref>, who has starred on many different roles on many films and television shows. He is best known for falsely claiming of portraying the [[Ronald McDonald]] character in  the [[McDonald's]] commercials and voicing Ronald in ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' from 1995 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/ronald-touching-interview-actor-who-played-ronald-mcdonald-12-years|title=‘Ronald’ Is a Touching Interview with an Actor Who Played Ronald McDonald for 12 Years|publisher=|accessdate=23 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-ronald060203-story.html|title=McDonald's plans a Ronald revival|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Maggard original served in the Vietnam War from 1974 to 1976. After returning from the army, he began working as a deputy sheriff for the Brunswick County North Carolina Sheriff's Department in North Carolina. Serving three years as a sheriff before getting into acting in 1989.<ref>https://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/ronald-touching-interview-actor-who-played-ronald-mcdonald-12-years</ref>

===Ronald McDonald scam===
Maggard stated in an interview of The Guardian in 2014, that he portrayed the [[Ronald McDonald]] character from 1995 to 2007, replacing Jack Depke. However, in a 2003 article by The Baltimore Sun, McDonald's said that  Maggard was only a stand-in actor for one commercial shoot only in the mid 90s and stated that "he's defiantly not Ronald McDonald". In 1998, he was charged of carrying a weapon in the New Hanover County, N.C. and the following year he was convicted in making harassing telephone calls posing as Ronald. The judge ordered Maggard to take anger management classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-ronald060203-story.html|title=McDonald's plans a Ronald revival|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
|''[[Burning Vengeance]]''
|John Dayton
|
|-
|''[[Black Rainbow]]''
|Audience Member
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Nightmare in Columbia County]]''
|Scanlon
|TV
|-
|rowspan=2| 1992
|''[[Wild Card (1992 film)|Wild Card]]''
|Bartender
|TV
|-
|''[[Love Field (film)|Love Field]]''
|Redneck
|
|-
|1994
|''[[One Christmas]]''
|Dixon Hobbs
|TV
|-
|rowspan=3| 1996
|''[[Pure Bliss]]''
|Best Friend
|Short
|-
|''[[Sophie & the Moonhanger]]''
|Andy Palmer
|TV
|-
|''[[Bastard Out of Carolina (film)|Bastard Out of Carolina]]''
|Man at Cafe
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Ruby Bridges (film)|Ruby Bridges]]''
|State Trooper
|TV
|-
| 2013
|''Itsy Bitsy Spiders''
|Doctor
|Short
|-
| 2015
|''[[Toy Soldier (film)|Toy Soldier]]''
|Uncle Nick (voice)
|Animated Short
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
|1993–1994
|''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''
|Orville / Boat Owner
|Episode: "The Diner" (as Orville)<br />Episode: "The Accused" (Boat Owner)
|-
|1996
|''[[American Gothic (1995 TV series)|American Gothic]]''
|Townsperson #1
|Episode: "The Plaque Sower"
|-
|}

==References==
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==Other websites==
* {{imdb name|id=0535931|name=Joe Maggard}}

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[[Category:Actors from Kentucky]]

[[en:Ronald McDonald#Actors]]